Amy Adams has been nominated for an Oscar 5 times for movies like Doubt, The Master, and American Hustle. In 2016, she was excellent in her part as Louise Banks in the sci-fi flick Arrival. And she wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar for this part, which made her fans furious.

Perhaps the reason why Adams still hasn’t won this trophy is because she started her career in Hollywood rather late, she was already 25 years old at the time she began in the industry. By this age, many stars have been nominated for an Oscar a few times since it’s pretty normal to start an acting career at an early age. But Adams still has a lot of time ahead of her.

Bradley Cooper was nominated for an Oscar 3 years in a row. The first time took place in 2013 when he was nominated for Best Actor for his leading role in Silver Linings Playbook, but the statuette went to Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln. The next year, Cooper was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in American Hustle, but it was Jared Leto who won the Oscar that time. The third time, he was nominated for his leading part in American Sniper, but he was overshadowed by Eddie Redmayne who played Stephen Hawking.

It seems that Cooper hasn’t gotten his golden opportunity yet. However, he’s going to have a really good chance at leaving the ceremony with the award in his hand this year. His project, A Star Is Born, where he was the movie director, the producer, the scriptwriter, and the leading actor, is very promising. We hope that he will eventually win this very long-awaited and well-deserved statuette.

Saoirse Ronan is only 24 but she has already participated in the race for the most prestigious movie award 3 times. Her first nomination took place when she was only 13 years old and it was for her part in Atonement. Then she was one of the Best Actress nominees for her part in Brooklyn, and last year she almost won the award for her leading part in Lady Bird.

Ronan is one of the examples of an early acting career. But during last year’s ceremony, she had to compete with power players like Frances McDormand (60 years old) and Meryl Streep (68 years old). Ronan said in her interview that she isn’t competitive about awards and that the nomination itself felt like a victory to her. By the way, she’s going to have a good chance at winning an Oscar this year for her part as Mary Stuart in Mary Queen of Scots.

Joaquin Phoenix has had 3 Oscar nominations so far: one for Best Supporting Actor for Gladiator and Best Actor for both Walk the Line and The Master. It’s weird but he was never nominated for his excellent acting in Her and Inherent Vice.

There have been rumors that Phoenix doesn’t want to attend these never-ending events and have to give countless interviews just to be considered for the award.

Tim Burton’s muse and the leading star of his films has been nominated for an Oscar twice. The first time took place in 1998 when she got a Best Actress nomination for The Wings of the Dove. The second time, it was in 2011 when she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her part in the historical drama The King’s Speech. Alas, both times, luck wasn’t on Carter’s side. It’s interesting that she didn’t win any awards and wasn’t even nominated for anything for her outstanding performance as Marla in Fight Club.

Carter’s stoke of bad luck when it comes to awards isn’t just with the Oscar. She’s also a 7 time Golden Globe nominee and never a winner. Is it possible that her image is too bodacious for conservative members of the Academy?

Throughout his long acting career, Depp has been nominated for an Oscar 3 times. In 2004, it was a Best Actor nomination for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, but he lost to Sean Penn in the movie Mystic River. Next year he was nominated for his leading part in Finding Neverland but he lost again. In 2008, Depp was nominated again for his leading part in the musical drama Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, but he lost to Daniel Day-Lewis.

Depp says in his interviews that he isn’t interested in awards. After the Black Mass release, which was positively taken by European and American critics, he mentioned that “he never wanted to win an Oscar,” he acted not for the sake of winning awards, but for his fans.

Sharon Stone has starred in more than 40 feature films but she became a worldwide celebrity thanks to her part in Basic Instinct. As for the Oscars, she was nominated for an Oscar only once for her part in Casino but the award went to Susan Sarandon that year.

Stone began her acting career in Hollywood pretty late too. She became famous at the age of 34. Before that she used to work as a model and took acting parts in B movies. Since she couldn’t find recognition in the USA, she moved her focus to Europe. They say that it is her who made the Cannes Film Festival one of the most popular and highly-regarded movie festivals in the world, which is no less prestigious than the Academy Awards. In the 90s, Stone was the host and the encourager of the festival’s charitable event.

This actor that is so loved by millions was nominated for an Oscar only once in 2004 in the Best Actor category for his part in Lost in Translation. At that time, he lost to Sean Penn. It’s interesting that despite Murray’s parts in such iconic movies as Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters, he’s never won any awards for them.

In one of his interviews, Murray confessed that he had decided to not participate in the Oscars race any more. He compared the desire to win an Oscar with a virus that prevents him from thinking clearly. After he didn’t win the Oscar for Lost in Translation he said, “6 months later, I realized I had gotten the virus. I had been infected.” He also mentioned that the careers of some of his peers faltered because of this golden statue. “People have this post-Oscar blowback, they start thinking, ’I can’t do a movie unless it’s Oscar-worthy.’ It just seems people have difficulty making the right choices after that.”

It’s hard to believe it but Keanu Reeves has never been nominated for an Oscar. He became a worldwide celebrity after successful movies like Speed and Point Break, and The Matrix made him an iconic figure. Despite the fact that the movies he acted in won many awards including the Oscar, he has only won MTV Movie awards.

The reason why Reeves has never been nominated for an Oscar can be explained by the fact that he has a reputation for not being a really selective actor. He sometimes participates in projects that don’t have a lot of potential like Knock Knock and Siberia.

Tom Cruise was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category in 1990 for the first time. It was for his part in the movie Born on the Fourth of July but he lost to Daniel Day-Lewis. The second time took place 7 years later when Cruise was nominated for the award for his part in Jerry Maguire, but it was Geoffrey Rush who took the win that time. His third nomination was in the Best Supporting Actor category for his part in Magnolia.

Cruise’s situation can be explained by a theory called the Pitt-Hanks Continuum which says that there are 2 types of actors in Hollywood. The first type resembles Brad Pitt, the second one resembles Tom Hanks. The actors of the first type can consistently show excellent performance but they’ll never win the award. While the actors of the “Hanks” type can win an Oscar for their first successful work. You can’t argue with science. But we hope that Tom Cruise still has a good chance to win an Oscar in the future, just like Leonardo DiCaprio who had to wait for 20 years for his first Oscar.

Real success came to Jessica Chastain after The Help was released. She was immediately nominated for an Oscar in the Best Supporting Actress category. However, she didn’t win the golden statue that time. The next year she was nominated again for the movie Zero Dark Thirty but she lost to Jennifer Lawrence.

Jessica Chastain began her acting career in movies pretty late by industry standards, she was 33 years old at that time that she started. Besides, according to Jessica, she was told that she was too red and too old-fashioned at the beginning of her career. Luckily, she’s currently at the peak of her success and she has a very good chance to win the coveted Oscar in the near future.

It’s hard to believe it but Will Smith has won very few serious awards. At the same time his acting has always been good no matter what genre he’s playing in. His first nomination took place in 2002 when he was nominated in the Best Actor category for the biopic Ali, but he lost to Denzel Washington. 5 years later, he was nominated again for his leading part in The Pursuit of Happyness where he acted together with his son Jaden, but he didn’t win the Oscar then either.

Recently, the relationship between Will Smith and the Academy has worsened. In 2016, Will and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith accused the Academy Awards of racism and urged people of color to refrain from participating in the Oscar awards.

Williams has been an Oscar runner-up 4 times. 2 of the times she was nominated were in the Best Actress category for the movies Blue Valentine and My Week with Marilyn. Michelle had to gain 22 pounds for the part of Marilyn. The other 2 times she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the movies Brokeback Mountain and Manchester by the Sea. And for her work last year on All the Money in the World, she wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar.

Recently, the actress decided to switch from deep and dramatic roles to more simple projects like I Feel Pretty and Venom.

By her current age of 33, Keira has starred in many successful films and has been nominated for an Oscar twice. The first nomination took place in 2006, for her part in Pride & Prejudice. The second one happened recently in 2015, for her part in the historical drama The Imitation Game.

Despite her wide variety of roles and positive feedback from critics, she seems to be unlucky with the Oscar Awards. However, she’s recently become a mother, and we hope her best roles and awards are yet to come.

The situation with Robert Downey Jr. also seems unfair. He was first nominated for an Oscar a long time ago in 1993 for Best Actor in Chaplin. At that time he lost to Al Pacino. The second and the last time took place in 2009 when he was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for Tropic Thunder. However, during the 2009 ceremony, all the other nominees had no chance of winning, because Heath Ledger had been posthumously awarded the Oscar for his unforgettable part as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

Currently, Robert Downey Jr. is seen as Tony Stark by many. This is a classic example of how a good actor has become a hostage to one single character. However, he recently confessed that he wasn’t going to play Iron Man any longer. He said that at his current age of 53, he’d look pathetic in a superhero suit.

Many people know Glenn Close for her part as Cruella De Vil in the 101 Dalmatians movies. But very few are aware that Close has been nominated for an Oscar 6 times during her 36-year-long career. It’s worth mentioning that her first 5 nominations took place back in the 80s. Her last nomination took place in 2012 for her role as Albert Nobbs in Albert Nobbs.

Perhaps, the actress has been unlucky with who she’s gone up against because she’s been losing to actresses like Jessica Lange, Cher, and Meryl Streep. We hope that Glenn will eventually win her long-awaited Oscar this year for her part in the drama The Wife.

This is another representative of the theory we mentioned above called the Pitt-Hanks Continuum. We still can’t process why this actor hasn’t won an Oscar yet. Pitt’s first nomination took place in 1996 for his supporting part in Twelve Monkeys. The second one took place in 2009 for his part in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but he was once again out of luck. In 2012, Brad Pitt even had 2 nominations for Best Actor and Producer and won the Best Picture Academy Award in Moneyball and lost the Oscar again. Eventually, he managed to win his long-awaited golden statue, but it was not for his acting, it was as the producer of 12 Years a Slave.