Best Actress 1986
Winner: Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
Nominees: Jane Fonda, The Morning After
Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart
Katheleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married
Sigourney Weaver, Aliens

The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Ranking Oscar's Ballot
 
 My Pick:
Sigourney Weaver, Aliens ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

From There:
Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jane Fonda, The Morning After ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Kathleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Who gets your vote in this field, and on my dream ballot below? VOTE HERE!


My Favorites from 1986:
(As determined by years of Oscar eligibility)

My Pick: Marie Rivière, The Green Ray (Summer)
Nominees: Barbara Hershey, Hannah and Her Sisters
Nominees: Catherine Mouchet, Thérèse
Nominees: Sigourney Weaver, Aliens
Nominees: Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters

Honorable Mentions: Melanie Griffith, Something Wild; Molly Ringwald, Pretty in Pink; Isabella Rossellini, Blue Velvet; Geena Davis, The Fly; Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God; Mia Farrow, Hannah and Her Sisters; Cathy Tyson, Mona Lisa; Louise Smith, Working Girls


Gourmet Prospects: Laura Dern, Smooth Talk; Chloe Webb, Sid and Nancy

Further Research: Julie Andrews, That's Life!; Rosanna Arquette, Nobody's Fool; Anne Bancroft, 'night, Mother; Kim Basinger, 9½ Weeks; Nicoletta Braschi, Down by Law; Beverly D'Angelo, Big Trouble; Guadalupe del Toro, Doña Herlinda and Her Son; Whoopi Goldberg, Jumpin' Jack Flash; Daryl Hannah, The Clan of the Cave Bear; Glenda Jackson, Turtle Diary; Giulietta Masina, Ginger and Fred; Mary Stuart Masterson, At Close Range; Elizabeth McGovern, Native Son; Bette Midler, Down and Out in Beverly Hills; Bette Midler, Ruthless People; Helen Mirren, The Mosquito Coast; Sissy Spacek, 'night, Mother

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