Roberto Benigni – Won Best Actor for Life Is Beautiful (1998). (Photo: Instagram, @marieclaire_la)
Adrien Brody – Won Best Actor for The Pianist (2003). (Photo: Instagram, @adrienbrody)
Louis Gossett Jr. – Won Best Supporting Actor for An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). (Photo: Instagram, @annamaria1111)
Gwyneth Paltrow – Won Best Actress for Shakespeare in Love (1998). (Photo: Instagram, @gwynethpaltrow)
Halle Berry – Won Best Actress for Monster’s Ball (2001). (Photo: Instagram, @dishnation)
Kim Basinger – Won Best Supporting Actress for L.A. Confidential (1997). (Photo: Instagram, @fiftyshades.fsog)
Linda Hunt – Won Best Supporting Actress for The Year of Living Dangerously (1993). (Photo: Instagram, @ncisla)
Joel Grey – Won Best Supporting Actor for Cabaret (1972). (Photo: Instagram, @florentbuono)
Marlee Matlin – Won Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God (1986). (Photo: Instagram, @lemon.lyman)
Geena Davis – Won Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist (1988). (Photo: Instagram, @rab5878)
Joe Pesci – Won Best Supporting Actor for Goodfellas (1990). (Photo: Instagram, @kospionp)
Sean Connery – Won Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables (1987). (Photo: Instagram, @baphometofchaos)
Brenda Fricker – Won Best Supporting Actress for My Left Foot (1989). (Photo: Instagram, @movies4life17)
Jennifer Connelly – Won Best Supporting Actress for A Beautiful Mind (2001). (Photo: Instagram, @jenniferconnelly_)
Cuba Gooding Jr. – Won Best Supporting Actor for Jerry Maguire (1996). (Photo: Instagram, @cubagoodingjr)
If you’re suffering from an Oscar hangover right now, at least you can take heart in the fact that it (probably) won’t affect your career. For these unlucky former Academy Award winners, though, the Oscar seemed to have cursed their professional trajectory.
Here is a list of 15 Oscar winners we all forgot as great actors after they won the golden statue. Some, like Marlee Matlin, are all but completely forgotten while others, like Gwyneth Paltrow, just bombed after some bad roles despite remaining on the A-list.
