Winning the prestigious Golden Oscar is certainly the dream of many actors and actresses and one of the greatest career highlights that is difficult to surpass. This can also be confirmed by the following Oscar winners, who undeservedly quickly sank into oblivion after receiving the award. Do you still remember them? Do you remember the films for which they took this prestigious award? Among them we find; Kim Basinger, Adrien Brody, Louis Gossett Jr., Chris Cooper, Jennifer Connelly, ... Geena Davis.
Kim Basinger
Hollywood actress Kim Basinger has had quite a few notable film roles in her long acting career, and one of them even won her an Oscar. With a role in the film LA Confidential in fact, Kim celebrated in the category for the best supporting actress, a success that she never came close to. After her divorce from Alec Baldwin, the star was unable to get a more prominent role and had to put up with lower paying films until she gave up acting completely and withdrew from the media and public eye.
F. Murray Abraham
Another Oscar winner that few people remember today is F. Murray Abraham. His biggest success was the role of Salieri in the biopic Amadeus, for which Abraham won an Oscar in 1985. And although his career in the film industry did not have major excesses after that, the actor claims that today he enjoys performing at the New York Opera, where no one recognizes him.
Louise Fletcher
The actress is best remembered for her role in the 1976 film, which won five Oscars. It is a movie starring Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Louise won an award for her role as a nurse, but had only a few more low-profile television roles in the years to come.
Adrien Brody
The movie Pianist the director Roman Polanski made a big impression in 2003, for which the actor was largely credited Adrien Brody, who played his role more than perfectly. It even brought him a prestigious film award. The only more notable role that followed was in a Salvador Dali biopic.
Louis Gossett Jr.
In 1983, the Oscar for the best male supporting role went to his hands quite rightly Louis Gossett Jr, namely for his role in the film An officer and a gentleman (Officer and Gentleman). The actor became the third African-American to win the golden statuette.
Helen Hunt
The star may not have completely sunk into oblivion compared to some of the already mentioned Oscar winners, but she never achieved great success. Helen received her golden statuette in 1998 for her performance in the film It will never get better.
Chris Cooper
In addition to the Oscar he received for the best supporting actor in the film Adaptation (The Adaptation) in 2003, Cooper also won a Golden Globe for his performance. Although we could see him in quite a few films since then, he never got such a notable role again.
Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer is another one of the more famous Hollywood actresses who rose to fame with the role of Russell Crowe's wife in the film The wonderful um. This also brought her an Oscar in 2002, and this has been followed to this day mainly by roles in films that did not achieve excessive success.
Geena Davis
After the award she received in 1989 for her role in the film The accidental tourist, you are Geena Davis also earned a nomination for the film Thelma and Louise, but her biggest success in her subsequent acting career remains the Golden Globe for the series Commander and Chief.
Roberto Benigni
The Italian director and actor impressed only in 1999 with his role in the film Life is beautifulo, namely in the foreign film category. Benigni later tried to repeat the success with a film Pinocchio, but unsuccessfully, but we could also see him in the movie To Rome with love.
