Poll: Best Way to Win an Acting Oscar

Results of 552 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

    

   Just do a good job in a good film.
2. 2.
   

   Colin Firth in The King's Speech (2010)

    

   Portray a real person
3. 3.
   

   Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot (1989)

    

   Play a character with a mental or physical disability
4. 4.
   

   Matthew McConaughey and Denis O'Hare in Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

    

   Gain or lose a lot of weight or other physical transformation
5. 5.
   

   Paul Newman in The Color of Money (1986)

    

   Have several previous nominations but no wins
6. 6.
   

   Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (2013)

    

   Play an original character
7. 7.
   

   Hilary Swank, Peter Sarsgaard, and Brendan Sexton III in Boys Don't Cry (1999)

    

   Portray an LGBTQ character