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Best Actress nominees |
| Diane Keaton, nominated for Something's Gotta Give,
full-frontal nudity.
Diane was 57 when she stripped nekkid for
the big laugh in Something's Gotta Give. A less courageous actress might
have insisted on a head-and-shoulders shot, but Diane did the
right thing to make the scene work, and also to generate some profitable
buzz about the film.
Miss Keaton did previous screen nudity
nearly three decades ago in
Looking for Mr Goodbar.
You can find summaries of the reviews and
other details about the film
here.
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| Naomi Watts, nominated for 21
Grams, topless nudity.
Naomi's spectacular nipples provided the only reasons to
smile in this depressing non-linear film that one critic described as "a
movie that wallows so profoundly in its own misery that watching it is
like atoning for some sin you didn't commit."
Miss Watts has done previous screen nudity
in Gross Misconduct, Mulholland Drive, and The Outsider.
You can find summaries of the reviews and
other details about the film
here.
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| Charlize Theron, nominated for Monster, topless nudity.
The normally glamorous South African
underwent an astounding metamorphosis in order to create the proper
appearance to play "America's first female serial killer", Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in 2002 after 12 years on Florida's death
row.
In addition to the most complete natural physical
transformation since DeNiro in Raging Bull (Theron gained 30 pounds of
flab), the actress also disguised her face under make-up, and replicated the
mannerisms and swagger of Wuornos to such a degree that there was no longer any
of the beautiful Theron visible in the character.
Roger Ebert wrote, "This
is one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema."
Theron has also done screen nudity in 2 Days
in the Valley, The Devil's Advocate, The Cider House Rules, Reindeer
Games, and The Yards, plus very brief exposure in Sweet November.
You can find summaries of the reviews and
other details about the film
here.
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| Samantha Morton, nominated as best actress for "In
America", brief topless nudity.
In America is rated PG-13, and the nudity is
brief and dark, but it is there, so there was some nudity from four of
the five performances nominated for Best Actress in 2003.
This marks the sixth
film in which Morton has done nudity. The others: Band of Gold, Cracker,
Under the Skin, Jesus' Son, and Morvern Callar,
You can find summaries of the reviews and
other details about the film
here.
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Best Supporting Actress
nominees |
| Holly Hunter, nominated for Thirteen, frontal
nudity.
This film, a neo-realistic look at teen life
which was actually co-written by a young teenager, marks the seventh time
Hunter has done some nudity in a film, following The Piano, Crash,
Living Out Loud, Jesus' Son, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her,
and Harlan County War.
You can find summaries of the reviews and
other details about the film
here.
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| Patricia Clarkson, nominated for Pieces of April,
topless nudity or body double. I don't know if this
is really Miss Clarkson. It is her head, and some bare breasts, but it
is simply a photograph in an album, and there is no way to determine
whether Clarkson actually posed for it. Perhaps not. Before 2003, she
had done only some oblique topless nudity in Wendigo,
You can find summaries of the reviews and
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