Despite what you might think Amy Adams, as great an actress as she is, has never won an Oscar. Zero Oscars for Sir Albert Finney too, despite 5 nominations! Lets take a look at those who have come close, but got no cigar!
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
3️⃣ Nominations
🎞 Chaplin (1991)
🪖 Tropic Thunder (2009)
💣 Oppenheimer (2024)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
AMY ADAMS
6️⃣ Nominations
🎨 Junebug (2005)
⛪️ Doubt (2008)
🥊 The Fighter (2010)
👨👦 The Master (2012)
💰 American Hustle (2013)
👔 Vice (2018)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
MARK RUFFALO
4️⃣ Nominations
♂️ The Kids Are All Right (2010)
🤼♂️ Foxcatcher (2014)
🗞 Spotlight (2015)
🎬 Poor Things (2024)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
ANNETTE BENING
5️⃣ Nominations
🕶 The Grifters (1990)
🌹 American Beauty (1999)
🎭 Being Julia (2004)
♂️ The Kids Are All Right (2010)
🏊♀️ Nyad (2024)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
ALBERT FINNEY
5️⃣ Nominations
💋 Tom Jones (1963)
🚂 Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
🎭 The Dresser (1983)
🥃 Under the Volcano (1984)
⚖️ Erin Brockovich (2000)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
MICHELLE PFEIFFER
3️⃣ Nominations
💔 Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
🎹 The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
💝 Love Field (1992)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
RICHARD BURTON
7️⃣ Nominations
🖤 My Cousin Rachel (1952)
🗡 The Robe (1954)
👑 Becket (1964)
🔍 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
👫 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
🏴 Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
🐴 Equus (1977)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
MICHELLE WILLIAMS
5️⃣ Nominations
👢 Brokeback Mountain (2005)
💙 Blue Valentine (2010)
👄 My Week with Marilyn (2011)
🌊 Manchester by the Sea (2016)
📽 The Fabelmans (2023)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
BRADLEY COOPER
5️⃣ Nominations
📓 Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
💰 American Hustle (2013)
🔫 American Sniper (2014)
🎵 A Star Is Born (2018)
🎹 Maestro (2024)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
GLENN CLOSE
8️⃣ Nominations
🐰 Fatal Attraction (1987)
💔 Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
📖 The World According to Garp (1982)
⚰️ The Big Chill (1983)
⚾️ The Natural (1984)
🛎 Albert Nobbs (2012)
👰♂ The Wife (2019)
🏚 Hillbilly Elegy (2021)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
RYAN GOSLING
3️⃣ Nominations
📝 Half Nelson (2006)
✨️ La La Land (2016)
👠 Barbie (2024)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
SAOIRSE RONAN
4️⃣ Nominations
🪖 Atonement (2007)
🗽 Brooklyn (2015)
🐞 Lady Bird (2017)
♀️ Little Women (2019)
0️⃣ Academy Awards
TOM CRUISE – ZERO OSCARS?
3️⃣ Nominations
🇺🇲 Born on the Fourth of July (1990)
🏈 Jerry Maguire (1997)
🐸 Magnolia (2000)
He was also nominated (but failed to win) as a producer in 2023, with his return to the role of Maverick in the much-loved Top Gun sequel.
0️⃣ Academy Awards
CAREY MULLIGAN
3️⃣ Nominations
✏️ An Education (2009)
💋 A Promising Young Woman (2020)
🎹 Maestro (2024)
0️⃣ Academy Awards