Colin Firth in The King's Speech (2010)
Portray a real person
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Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (2013)
Play an original character -
Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot (1989)
Play a character with a mental or physical disability -
Hilary Swank, Peter Sarsgaard, and Brendan Sexton III in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Portray an LGBTQ character -
Paul Newman in The Color of Money (1986)
Have several previous nominations but no wins -
Matthew McConaughey and Denis O'Hare in Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Gain or lose a lot of weight or other physical transformation -
Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Just do a good job in a good film.
