I was just looking though Ziyi's awards, and although she was nominated for a Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA for Leading Ac
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mariahfan-1 — 15 years ago(March 16, 2011 07:28 PM)
not true there's Asian stars that have won academy awards Miyoshi Umeki won best supporting actress in 1958 for her stellar work in the movie Sayonara opposite Marlon Brando. Maybe the studio didn't lobby enough for Ms Ziyi to be nominated and other actors that work prodminantly in other languages have won Oscars Sophia Loren comes to mind.
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tich1030 — 11 years ago(July 09, 2014 03:15 PM)
Yeah but asian actors/actresses have NEVER won MAIN BEST ACTOR/ACTRESSES AWARD. Only best SUPPORTING awards. As for Ang Lee h5b4e won a award for best director which is okay for the academy award since it is BEHIND THE CAMERA.
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thomvic — 15 years ago(January 01, 2011 07:13 PM)
Very few asian actors get nominations, though Ken Watanabe got a nominiation for The Last Samurai.
I thought for Crouching Tiger that Michelle Yeoh or Ziyi Zhang should definitely have gotten a nomination considering they gave top notch performances. For Memoirs, I thought Zhang's performance was respectable. I think this is just the academy having some sort of bias against asians sometimes.
I mean to get a best picture nomination, the film most likely has to be both popular and critically acclaimed. How many foreign language films are so much better than the ones that get nominated and don't even get a nod? It's just bias. -
moviechicko_o — 15 years ago(November 03, 2010 02:45 AM)
She was most likely ditched in favor of Keira Knightley in P&P, which is understandable since P&P was much better reviewed than Memoirs.
I don't think her being Asian had anything to do with it. Her spot was shaky at best, considering her film had only a 35% on rotten tomatoes. She just missed out to a better performance. -
moviesbest — 15 years ago(December 10, 2010 09:44 AM)
What is Oscar ? Of-Special-Connection-American-Relationship. Their awards are NEVER fair. How many times have you ever seen a foreign actress won Best Actress in a foreign language film ? I only recall Sophia Loren; and that is because she hab68s a husband with good connections with the Americans.
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moviesbest — 15 years ago(December 19, 2010 12:01 AM)
I did not watch her in that movie but I saw her in Nine and I think she is a fine actress, much better than many past Oscar winners like Nicole who can never acted without something on her face and that Shakespeare in Love girl I don't even bother with her name.
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Nightstar_INC — 11 years ago(February 22, 2015 01:51 AM)
Which Shakespeare in Love girl? If you're talking about Judi Dench, she's in all the most recent Bond movies and she is up in age so making so many movies is getting hard for her.
As for Gweneth Paltrow the younger girl who was Shakespeare's love interest, yeah she's in some string of films called "Iron Man" opposite RDJ and also the "Avengers" film also. She's been in a lot of films in key roles and has appeared in and out of TV here and there.
Btw, time isn't the best evidence to prove whether one can act or not because then you forget popularity. There are a few actors/actresses that are horrible, but keep getting roles because people love them. If you want to use time, look at Shia LaBeouf. After his run on Even Stevens ended, he's been in a lot of movies since 2003, even before Transformers. I don't think he's the best actor by any means, but he keeps getting film roles, except the times where he feels he wants to "quit acting because Hollywood is too shallow and unartistic for him."
I will agree though, the more times you get nominated for an Oscar (although there are biases in the Academy) and sprinkle in wins here and there and you've got the best evidence of how good of an actor you are. Look at Meryl Streep.