2011 Oscar countdown: best and worst Best Actress winners in Oscar history

We start our 2011 Oscar countdown series looking back in Oscar history to select the best and worst Best Actress winners. From Janet Gaynor, who was honored in 1929 for her performances in three films (Seventh Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise, to Sandra Bullock, the most recent recipient for her mediocre turn in the ridiculously bad The Blind Side, 83 performers have been recognized with the trophy as best actress of the year in the 82 ceremonies held so far (the discrepancy in figures occurring on account of Katharine Hepburn's and Barbra Streisand's tie in 1968).

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2011 Oscar countdown

There is an inevitable relaxation in the film awards coverage once the Oscar nominations are announced. The award season is increasingly long and exhausting and it seems sometimes that the race ends where it once used to start: with the announcement of the nominations.

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