Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012) (Photo: Instagram, @cinematicrooms)
Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006) (Photo: Instagram, @daysofcinephilia)
Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line (2005) (Photo: Instagram, @diamond_eyez_713)
Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray (2004) (Photo: Instagram, @meghillbilly)
Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004) (Photo: Instagram, @ms_alexvause_)
Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000) (Photo: Instagram, @lookcloser_)
Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994) (Photo: Instagram, @timburtonfansoficial)
Joe Pesci as Tommy DeSimone in Good Fellas (1990) (Photo: Instagram, @bmlee423)
Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990) (Photo: Instagram, @davidwatchesmovies)
F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1984) (Photo: Instagram, @kukriking)
Ben Kingsley as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Gandhi (1982) (Photo: Instagram, @omar_life_long_living)
Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) (Photo: Instagram, @claire_r_doyle)
Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980) (Photo: Instagram, @cinema97)
George C. Scott as General George S. Patton in Patton (1970) (Photo: Instagram, @best.movie.lines)
Anne Bancroft as Anne Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (1962) (Photo: Instagram, @cinemaandfashion)
This year’s list of Oscar nominees features a host of films based on true stories and people. Leonardo DiCaprio might win Best Actor for his portrayal of 19th century frontiersman Hugh Glass in The Revenant while Jennifer Lawrence might pick up the Best Actress award for playing Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano in Joy. Here is a list of 15 Oscar-winning performances based on real people.
