![]() She was up against Kate Hudson in Almost Famous (most people though Kate would win), Judi Dench (Chocolat), Frances McDormand (Almost Famous) and Julie Walters (Billy Elliott). But Harden is excellent, and she deserved the Oscar. The film itself is very good, and very much a labor of love and a tour-de-force performance by Harris. At the 2001 Oscars, there was even a big surprise winner: Marcia Gay Harden! MGH won the Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock, directed by her friend Ed Harris (who also played Jackson Pollock). People saved their best looks for the Oscars and it didn’t feel like you had already seen the nominees at a million awards shows beforehand. They were a glamorous event and a hot ticket. Twenty years ago, the Academy Awards were still pretty fun.
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