Oscar season is upon us, and in just a few quick weeks, the winners – and losers – of the 96th Academy Awards shall be introduced at a star-studded ceremony at LA’s Dolby Theatre.
So after all, consideration has turned to the nominees throughout the 23 classes, with particular consideration for the actors and actresses vying for the finest actor and actress gongs.
But for the ladies vying for the honour of being named finest actress in a number one function or finest actress in a supporting function, whereas profitable might mark the pinnacle of their careers, it will possibly additionally sound the demise knell for his or her private life, because of the so-called ‘Oscar love curse’.
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The ‘Oscar love curse’ refers to a pattern that has seen the winners of the finest actress or supporting actress classes go on to seemingly endure some kind of private love-life associated disaster, whether or not that be a break-up or divorce.
According to the UK’s Grazia, which did a deep-dive into the phenomena in 2022, 41 finest actress winners had skilled the break-up of a long-term relationship shortly after their Oscar win, whereas 23 finest supporting actress winners had suffered an identical destiny.
The record of finest actress winners who went on to endure heartache contains Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Hilary Swank, Reese Witherspoon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts and Charlize Theron, whereas finest supporting actress winners contains Jennifer Hudson and Rachel Weisz.
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Sandra Bullock suffered maybe the most public heartbreaks shortly after profitable her Oscar in 2010 for her starring function in The Blind Side.
The identical month she collected her Oscar, a number of ladies got here ahead to accuse James of dishonest, and their marriage didn’t survive, with Bullock swiftly divorcing her husband of 5 years and occurring to finish the adoption of her son Louis alone.
Meanwhile, Witherspoon received her Oscar in 2006 for the film Walk the Line and was seen in what seemed to be a heated change with then husband Ryan Phillippe after the ceremony. They introduced their break up simply six months later.
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Then there is Kate Winslet, who received the Oscar for her function in The Reader in 2009 – the identical 12 months her marriage to Sam Mendes ended.
To be honest, Grazia discovered loads of actresses – 18 to be precise – stayed with their companions, however it does seem extra headed to Splitsville shortly after their win than stayed collectively.
However, in a city the place the divorce price exceeds even the ‘one-in-three marriages finish in divorce’ statistic we consistently hear about, the figures are compelling.
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Maybe the different halves of the strongest ladies in Hollywood simply cannot take the highlight being so firmly on their companions
Or perhaps these actresses, on being so closely revered by their friends of their chosen career, realise their value and resolve to step away from a foul relationship.
Either means, it seems there is some correlation between the profession excessive of a girl profitable an Oscar and the private low of a relationship break-up.
So who is liable to falling sufferer to the Oscar love curse this 12 months, if the truth is it exists?
The record of nominees for finest actress in a number one function embrace Annette Bening, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Hüller, Carey Mulligan and Emma Stone.
Meanwhile, the nominees for finest actress in a supporting function embrace Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, America Ferrera, Jodie Foster and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.
Bening, has been married to reformed Hollywood lothario Warren Beatty since 1992. Mulligan has been married to singer-songwriter Marcus Mumford since 2012, and the couple shares three kids, whereas Stone married comic Dave McCary in 2020, and welcomed a daughter a month later.
Neither Gladstone nor German actress Hüller are recognized to be in a relationship proper now.
Of the supporting actresses, Blunt married fellow actor John Krasinski in 2012. The couple shares three kids and gave the impression to be rock strong, till a video clip of them on the purple carpet of this 12 months’s Golden Globes went viral after a TikTook person claimed he advised Blunt he ‘could not wait to divorce’.
Brooks married Dennis Gelin in January 2022, whereas Ferrera has been married to actor-director Ryan Piers Williams since 2011.
Foster married spouse Alexandra Hedison in 2014 whereas Randolph is believed to be single.
With Aussie actress Margot Robbie lacking out on a finest actress nomination for her title function in Barbie, it could simply show fortunate in preserving her relationship with husband Tom Ackerley, whom she married in 2016.
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