Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
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Poll: Favorite Oscar-Nominated Sovereign Performance
Which of these select Oscar-nominated sovereign performances depicting a ruler or a co-ruler movie character* is your favorite one? * King, Queen, Emperor, Emperess, Dictator and Dictatress [first in their line rulers] or other equivalents (real-life, fictional or alleged).
Vote in the companion poll: Favorite Oscar-Nominated Noble Performance?
Make Your Choice
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Yul Brynner in The King and I (1956)
Rama IV, aka Mongkut: King of Siam -
Helen Mirren in The Queen (2006)
Queen Elizabeth II: Queen of United Kingdom -
Kenneth Branagh in Henry V (1989)
Henry V: King of England -
Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Idi Amin: President for Life of Uganda (Dictator) -
Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Elizabeth I: Queen of England -
Colin Firth in The King's Speech (2010)
George VI: King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions, Emperor of India -
Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator (2000)
Lucius Aurelius Commodus: Emperor of Roman Empire -
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Elizabeth I: Queen of England -
Anthony Hopkins in The Two Popes (2019)
Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger: Sovereign of Vatican City -
Olivia Colman in The Favourite (2018)
Anne I: Queen of Great Britain -
Laurence Olivier in Henry V (1944)
Henry V: King of England -
722-64 Katharine Hepburn on the set of "Lion In Winter" 1968 © 1978 Bob Willoughby MPTV
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen Consort of France (King Louis VII), Queen Consort of England (King Henry II), Queen Mother to English kings: King Richard I and King John plus Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right -
Richard Burton in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Henry VIII: King of England -
Charles Chaplin in The Great Dictator (1940)
Adenoid Hynkel: Dictator of Tomania -
Judi Dench in Mrs. Brown (1997)
Queen Victoria: Queen of England -
Peter O'Toole in The Lion in Winter (1968)
Henry II: King of Englandor Peter O'Toole in Becket (1964) as Henry II: King of England
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Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth (1998)
Elizabeth I: Queen of England -
Robert Shaw in A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Henry VIII: King of England -
Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963)
Gaius Julius Caesar: Dictator of the Roman Republic -
Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech (2010)
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon: Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and the Dominions, Empress Consort of India -
Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Macbeth, King of Scots and Alba, Mormaer of Moray previously Lord Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and also Thane of Cawdord Alba -
Helen Mirren in The Madness of King George (1994)
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: Queen Consort Great Britain and Queen Consort of Ireland -
John Gielgud in Becket (1964)
Louis VII: King of France -
Charles Boyer in Conquest (1937)
Napoleon Bonaparte I: Emperor of the French -
Bette Davis in Juarez (1939)
Carlota, aka Charlotte of Belgium: Empress Consort of Mexico (acted as regent) -
Laurence Olivier in Richard III (1955)
Richard III: King of England -
Vanessa Redgrave in Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Queen Mary: Queen of Scots -
José Ferrer, Vincent Donahue, and Nicholas Joy in Joan of Arc (1948)
The Dauphin - Charles VII, later King of France -
Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes (2019)
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Sovereign of Vatican City -
Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette (1938)
Marie Antoinette: Queen Consort of France -
Brian Aherne in Juarez (1939)
Maximilian I: Emperor of Mexico -
Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George (1994)
George III: King of Great Britain and King of Ireland -
Basil Rathbone in If I Were King (1938)
Louis XI: King of France -
Janet Suzman in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Another Oscar-Nominated Sovereign Not ListedAleandra Feodorovna, Empress Consort of Russia aka Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (pictured example)
