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Poll: Oscar-Nominated Women (Behind Great Men)
It's a very well-known idiom that "behind every great man, there is a woman" in the sense that the success of some men who marked history or made a difference depended for a large part on the support of their wives.
Far from being approving puppets, the following women knew how to show support, help, love and disapproval when it was called for and to a certain degree became the only persons with enough guts to call their men out on their mistakes or misbehaviors.
Not all these love stories ended well and some of the men 'in the front' didn't exactly achieve greatness but if we reduce that notion to success, the idiom still applies.
Which of these Oscar-nominated performances as real-life women who shared their lives with famous personalities is your favorite?
After voting, you might discuss the list here
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Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything (2014)
Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking in "The Theory of Everything" -
Sally Field and Gloria Reuben in Lincoln (2012)
Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln in "Lincoln" -
Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech (2010)
Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth in "The King's Speech" -
Helen Mirren in The Last Station (2009)
Helen Mirren as Sofya Tolstoi in "The Last Station" -
Sophie Okonedo in Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Sophie Okonedo as Tatiana Rusesabagina in "Hotel Rwanda" -
Jennifer Connelly and Adam Goldberg in A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash in "A Beautiful Mind" (the only Oscar-winning role) -
Joan Allen in Nixon (1995)
Joan Allen as Pat Nixon in "Nixon" -
Helen Mirren in The Madness of King George (1994)
Helen Mirren as Queen Charlotte of Hanover in "The Madness of King George" -
Diane Keaton in Reds (1981)
Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant in "Reds" -
Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull (1980)
Cathy Moriarty as Vicki La Motta in "Raging Bull" -
Valerie Perrine in Lenny (1974)
Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce in "Lenny" -
Geneviève Bujold in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Geneviève Bujold as Anne Boleyn in "Anne of the Thousand Days" -
Wendy Hiller in A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Wendy Hiller as Dame Alice More in "A Man for All Seasons" -
Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Teresa Wright as Eleanor Twitcher Gehrig in "The Pride of the Yankees" -
Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette (1938)
Norma Shearer as "Marie Antoinette"
