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The Best Never-Nominated Club: 2019

Iconic performances, scene-stealing turns in Oscar nominated movies, big names in the industry, great careers and widespread recognition... there are actors who check all these boxes that the AMPAS hasn't yet recognized with (at least) one Oscar nomination.
We are in the warm pre-awards season months and people are already publishing their contenders - some of them benefit from the "overdue for an Oscar nod" factor - and some of them appear on this list. "The Best Never-Nominated Club" hopes to recognize the efforts of some of the most respectable movie names working these days and give them visibility so people (and Oscar voters) don't forget they're still waiting for some Oscar consideration.



KEVIN BACON
July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (age 60)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCESThe River Wild (1994), Murder in the First (1995), Mystic River (2003) and The Woodsman (2004)


EMILY BLUNT
February 23, 1983 in Roehampton, London, England, UK (age 36)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCESThe Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Victoria (2009), Sicario (2015), The Girl on the Train (2016), A Quiet Place (2018) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018)


JIM CARREY
January 17, 1962 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (age 57)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCESThe Truman Show (1998), Man on the Moon (1999), Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004) and I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)


KIRSTEN DUNST
April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA (age 37)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCESInterview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), The Cat's Meow (2001), Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004) and Melancholia (2011)


COLIN FARRELL
May 31, 1976 in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland (age 43)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: Tigerland (2000), In Bruges (2008), Ondine (2009), The Lobster (2015) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)


DANNY GLOVER
July 22, 1946 in San Francisco, California, USA (age 72)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: To Sleep with Anger (1990), Beloved (1998) and Pushing Dead (2016)


JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT
February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA (age 38)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: Mysterious Skin (2004), (500) Days of Summer (2009), 50/50 (2011) and Don Jon (2013)


SCARLETT JOHANSSON
November 22, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA (age 34)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: Ghost World (2001), Lost In Translation (2003), Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003), Match Point (2005), Her (2013), Don Jon (2013) and Under the Skin (2014)


ANDIE MACDOWELL
April 21, 1958 in Gaffney, South Carolina, U.S. (age 61)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), Green Card (1990), Short Cuts (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Love After Love (2018)


CARMEN MAURA
September 15, 1945 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain (age 73)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" (1988), ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990), La comunidad (2000) and Volver (2006)


EWAN MCGREGOR
March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK (age 48)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: Trainspotting (1996), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Young Adam (2003), The Ghost Writer (2010) and The Impossible (2012)


GUY PEARCE
October 5, 1967 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (age 51)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: L.A. Confidential (1997), Memento (2000), The Proposition (2005), The King's Speech (2010) and The Rover (2014)


DONALD SUTHERLAND
July 17, 1935 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (age 83)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: M*A*S*H* (1970), Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Ordinary People (1980), Without Limits (1998) and Pride and Prejudice (2005)


AUDREY TAUTOU
August 9, 1976 in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France (age 42)
OSCAR CALIBER PERFORMANCES: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) and Coco avant Chanel (2009)

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