A look at why Jodie Foster (“The Accused”) defeated Glenn Close (“Dangerous Liaisons”) at the Oscars

Why did Jodie Foster win the Best Actress Oscar for The Accused over Glenn Close for Dangerous Liaisons? In this video, The Awards Contender break down the ten main reasons why Foster was victorious at the 61st Academy Awards.

Foster would go on to win a second Best Actress Oscar a few years later for The Silence of the Lambs and be nominated later for Nell and Nyad. She was nominated as a teenager for Taxi Driver.

Close, famously, has been nominated for eight Oscars and never won. Some years, she deserved to win but things never went her way. I thought she’d win for The Wife (Olivia Colman won) and she certainly was deserving for Fatal Attraction (Cher won) and Dangerous Liaisons.

She’s certainly deserving on an honorary Oscar at this point. Until then, she will have to make do with her three Emmy Awards and three Tony Awards plus a few SAG Awards, three Golden Globes, an Indie Spirit, an Obie,. People’s Choice, and on and on.