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Poll Suggestion: Oscar-Nominated Women (Behind Great Men)

It's a very well-known idiom that "behind every great man, there is a woman" in the sense that the success of some men who marked history or made a difference depended for a large part on the support of their wives.

Far from being approving puppets, the following women knew how to show support, help, love and disapproval when it was called for and to a certain degree became the only persons with enough guts to call their men out on their mistakes or misbehaviors.

Not all these love stories ended well and some of the men 'in the front' didn't exactly achieve greatness but if we reduce that notion to success, the idiom still applies.

Which of these Oscar-nominated performances as real-life women who shared their lives with famous personalities is your favorite?

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls526350089/

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5 months ago

Perhaps also Helen Mirren in The Last Station?

Laura Linney in Kinsey?

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5 months ago

FYC:

Talia Shire in Rocky

Sophie Okonedo in Hotel Rwanda

Amy Adams in The Fighter

Amy Adams in Vice

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Thanks for the suggestions, I've made a few changes so the list remains a little consistent

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List criteria:

  • only Oscar-nominated portrayals of real-life figures
  • not a scene-stealing role, even the male one was Oscar-nominated

Bullet points don't work in poll format. Please edit to:

List criteria:

- only Oscar-nominated portrayals of real-life figures

- not a scene-stealing role, even the male one was Oscar-nominated

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Please move this live poll thread to Praise (and see my corrections above).