Best Actress – Nicole Kidman

Film: The Hours

Wins for role: Golden Globe (best actress, drama), British Academy of Film and Television (best actress); Berlin International Film Festival, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award

Oscar wins/nominations:
Nominated for Best Actress, Moulin Rouge (2001)

Character Bio: Scarcely recognizable under sparse makeup, mousy brown hair and a prosthetic nose, Kidman portrays British author Virginia Woolf in the film adaptation of the award-winning novel The Hours. She turned in an understated, absorbing and completely convincing performance as Woolf, who struggles against crippling depression as she begins writing a new novel.