BFCA + GG + SAG + BAFTA: The Holy Quartet

For a quick refresher of last year, here’s the list:

BFCA + GG + SAG + BAFTA
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone (not nominated)
Alan Arkin – Argo
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones- Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Sally Field – Lincoln

BFCA + GG + SAG
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Denzel Washington – Flight (nominated)
Naomi Watts – The Impossible (nominated)

GG + SAG + BAFTA
Helen Mirren – Hitchcock

BFCA + SAG + BAFTA
Javier Bardem – Skyfall

BFCA + GG + BAFTA
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master (nominated)
Amy Adams – The Master (nominated)

BFCA + BAFTA
Judi Dench – Skyfall

GG + BAFTA
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained (nominated and won)

BFCA + SAG
Robert DeNiro – Silver Linings Playbook (nominated)

GG + SAG
Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy

BFCA only
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild (ineligible for SAG, nominated)
Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike
Ann Dowd – Compliance

SAG only
Maggie Smith – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Traditionally, a combination of GG and BAFTA hasn’t proved successful for most, until last year when Christoph Waltz won his second Oscar with just those two. Does that bode well for Amy Adams, Leonardo DiCaprio or Sally Hawkins?

For an even more in depth look at previous years, visit the forums.

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