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Poll: The Oscars: Irish Movie Characters' Pot of Gold?

Which Oscar-winning movie character of Irish descent* is your all-time favorite? * character ethnicity determined by historical fact, story line, character back story or surname assumption

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    Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting (1997)

    Sean Maguire, 1998 Best Supporting Actor
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    Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby (2004)

    Maggie Fitzgerald, 2005 Best Actress
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    Sean Connery in The Untouchables (1987)

    Jim Malone, 1988 Best Supporting Actor
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    Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    Scarlett O'Hara, 1938 Best Actress
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    Bing Crosby in Going My Way (1944)

    Father Chuck O'Malley, 1945 Best Actor
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    Emma Stone in La La Land (2016)

    Mia Dolan, 2017 Best Actress
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    Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    R.P. McMurphy, 1976 Best Actor
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    Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago (2002)

    Velma Kelly, 2003 Best Actress
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    Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)

    Hugh Glass, 2016 Best Actor
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    Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line (2005)

    June Carter, 2006 Best Actress
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    Gene Hackman in The French Connection (1971)

    Detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle, 1972 Best Actor
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    Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker (1962)

    Annie Sullivan, 1963 Best Actress
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    Christian Bale in The Fighter (2010)

    Dicky Eklund, 2011 Best Supporting Actor
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    Holly Hunter in The Piano (1993)

    Ada McGrath, 1994 Best Actor
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    Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954)

    Terry Malloy, 1955 Best Actor
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    Helen Hunt in As Good as It Gets (1997)

    Carol Connelly, 1998 Best Actress
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    Spencer Tracy in Boys Town (1938)

    Father Edward J. Flanagan, 1939 Best Actor
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    Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot (1989)

    Bridget Fagan Brown, 1990 Best Supporting Actress
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    Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot (1989)

    Christy Brown, 1990 Best Actor
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    Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker (1962)

    Helen Keller, 1963 Best Supporting Actress
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    Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way (1944)

    Father Fitzgibbon, 1945 Best Supporting Actor
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    Anna Paquin in The Piano (1993)

    Flora McGrath, 1994 Best Supporting Actor
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    Tim Robbins in Mystic River (2003)

    Dave Boyle, 2004 Best Supporting Actor
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    Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon (1973)

    Addie Loggins, 1974 Best Supporting Actress
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    722-1007 Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart in "The Philadelphia Story" 1940 MGM

    Macaulay Connorn, 1941 Best Actor
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    Julianne Moore in Still Alice (2014)

    Alice Daly-Howland, 2015 Best Actress
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    Burl Ives in The Big Country (1958)

    Rufus Hannassey, 1959 Best Supporting Actor
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    Eva Marie Saint in On the Waterfront (1954)

    Edie Doyle, 1955 Best Supporting Actress
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    Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

    Mildred Hayes, 2018 Best Actress
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    Renée Zellweger in Judy (2019)

    Judith 'Judy' Garland, 2020 Best Actress (born Frances Ethel Gumm)

    added 25 January 2024


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