What ’s the best way to increase your chance of winning an acting Oscar ? represent a real somebody ! As it turns out , portrayals of real - life historical figures , scientists , celebrities , political flesh , and criminal have always been popular with Academy voter . And , in recent old age , the number of actors nominated for depict real masses has risen dramatically .
According toNational Geographic , about one - third of the Best Actress and Best Actor Oscars over the past 50 years have function to performer playing real mass . Since 2003 , that number has increased to more than half of Best Actress winners and two - third of Best Actor achiever . for illustrate just how much Hollywood seems to love biopics , National Geographiccreated an synergistic chartthat express the accurate statistical distribution of performing nominating speech for both fictional and real character since 1966 .
Over the year , actors and actresses have snag Oscar for their portrait of General George Patton , Eleanor of Aquitaine , Ray Charles , Edith Piaf , Margaret Thatcher , Stephen Hawking , Mahatma Gandhi , and more . Out of this year ’s 10 lead acting nominees , five are nominated for portraying real people .
“ I think that increasingly , there ’s a move to reducing risk when producing in Hollywood studios,”The Biopic in Contemporary Film Cultureco - editor Belén Vidal toldNational Geographic . “ So that means that something like a biopic of a notable personality , especially if there ’s a preexist book or new account , is reckon as more of a good investment . ”
National Geographic ’s data point chart serves as a fascinating overview of the history of both the Academy Awards and pic in oecumenical . Check it out to see the characters , both real and fabricated , the Academy has awarded over the last 50 years .
[ h / tNational Geographic ]
