Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1998

Leading up to the 2011 Oscars, we'll showcase the past twenty years of Oscar Acceptance Speeches by Best Actress winners and Best Supporting Actress winners. (Note: In most cases, you'll have to click through to YouTube in order to watch the speeches, as embedding has been disabled at the request of copyright owners.)

Best Actress Nominees: 1998

Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
Julie Christie - Afterglow
Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown
Helen Hunt - As Good As It Gets
Kate Winslet - Titanic

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1998

Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Minnie Driver - Good Will Hunting
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Gloria Stuart - Titanic

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Helen Hunt wins Best Actress for her role in As Good As It Gets.

 Kim Basinger wins Best Supporting Actress for her role in L.A. Confidential.

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See nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1997

Leading up to the 2011 Oscars, we'll showcase the past twenty years of Oscar Acceptance Speeches by Best Actress winners and Best Supporting Actress winners. (Note: In most cases, you'll have to click through to YouTube in order to watch the speeches, as embedding has been disabled at the request of copyright owners.)

Best Actress Nominees: 1997

Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies

Diane Keaton, Marvin's Room

Frances McDormand, Fargo

Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient

Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1997

Joan Allen, The Crucible

Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces

Juliette Binoche, The English Patient

Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets & Lies

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Frances McDormand wins Best Actress for her performance in Fargo.

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Juliette Binoche (transcript only) wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The English Patient.

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Click on the following links to see the nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1996

Leading up to the 2011 Oscars, we'll showcase the past twenty years of Oscar Acceptance Speeches by Best Actress winners and Best Supporting Actress winners. (Note: In most cases, you'll have to click through to YouTube in order to watch the speeches, as embedding has been disabled at the request of copyright owners.) 

Best Actress Nominees: 1996 

Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking

Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility

Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas

Sharon Stone – Casino
Meryl Streep – The Bridges of Madison County

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1996

Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite

Kathleen Quinlan – Apollo 13

Kate Winslet – Sense and Sensibility
Joan Allen – Nixon
Mare Winningham – Georgia

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Susan Sarandon wins Best Actress for her performance in Dead Man Walking.

Mira Sorvino wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite.


See nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1995

Leading up to the 2011 Oscars, we'll showcase the past twenty years of Oscar Acceptance Speeches by Best Actress winners and Best Supporting Actress winners. (Note: In most cases, you'll have to click through to YouTube in order to watch the speeches, as embedding has been disabled at the request of copyright owners.)

Best Actress Nominees: 1995

Jodie Foster, Nell

Jessica Lange, Blue Sky

Miranda richardson, Tom & Viv

Winona Ryder, Little Women

Susan Sarandon, The Client

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1995

Rosemary Harris, Tom & Viv

Helen Mirren, The Madness of King George

Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction

Jennifer Tilly, Bullets Over Broadway

Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway

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Jessica Lange wins Best Actress for her performance in Blue Sky.

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Dianne Wiest wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Bullets Over Broadway.

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Click on the following links to see the nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1994

Leading up to the 2011 Oscars, we'll showcase the past twenty years of Oscar Acceptance Speeches by Best Actress winners and Best Supporting Actress winners. (Note: In most cases, you'll have to click through to YouTube in order to watch the speeches, as embedding has been disabled at the request of copyright owners.)

Best Actress Nominees: 1994

Holly Hunter - The Piano

Angela Bassett - What's Love Got To Do With It?

Emma Thompson - The Remains of the Day

Debra Winger - Shadowlands
Stockard Channing - Six Degrees of Separation

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1994

Anna Paquin - The Piano

Holly Hunter - The Firm
Rosie Perez - Fearless
Winona Ryder - The Age of Innocence
Emma Thompson - In the Name of the Father

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 Holly Hunter wins Best Actress for her performance in The Piano.

Anna Paquin wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Piano.

See nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993