A Post on 81st Academy Awards - Best Actress Category Nominees

This is what the academy had to say about each of the nominees, during the awards night:
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
In frozen river, you played a woman who's lost everything, yet in a truest american sense still holds hope for a better day. Your authentic portrayal not only brought a stark focus to all those, who are too often left out ..
Meryl Streep in Doubt
In doubt, you gave us another of your singular recreations - a strict catholic nun. But, you let our senses struggle, holding on to her moral beliefs,while feeling the time of tide moving over against her ..
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway, we loved you as a princess, we loved you in prada and this year you fearlessly stepped into the shoes of someone struggling with addiction and grief ..
Kate Winslet in The Reader
Kate Winslet, your brilliant performance in the reader encompasses all the qualities that have always drawn us to you - passion, vulnerability and extra-ordinary depth. As you character moved through time, love and most dire of circumstances, we as your audience Kate, never lose a connection to you. This is yet another, unforgettable portrait ..
Angelina Jolie in Changeling
A young mother in 1928 loses her only son and is forced to take part in a cover up by the police force, investigating his disappearance. Such was the loss for the woman of that time, that in this world has been played so authentically, thanks to the very modern gifts of Angelina Jolie. In changeling, your search for justice and for the truth, led with heart-breaking anguish and stead-fast determination, reminded us all of the enduring power of a mother's love. As one who would not let her son be forgotten ..

And the 81st Academy Award for best actress went to - Kate Winslet for The Reader!!

After watching all of these flicks, I did agree on most of the short commentary which academy had for each of these nominees, but about the winner, I have to differ.

Of course, as I understand, Academy awards winners are selected by a democratic process of voting by members of the academy. So, the Winners of these awards are surely the most popular or most liked performances by the members of academy. But, it does not mean that they are the best performances. Each person comes with a different perspective on things and I am using this platform to put forth my perspective - on the performances by these various actresses, and also the winner among them for me.

Enjoy the posts on each of the individual actresses that follow and also their movies :-)