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[Blind Gossip] This actress from a famous acting family was overheard talking about the movie roles she was offered but turned down.

She said she turned down the lead in Thelma and Louise, the lead in Breaking The Waves, and the lead in L.A. Confidential.

She wasn’t saying this in a sad way, but more of a smacks herself upside the head, “What was I thinking?” kind of way!

All of those roles went on to gain Oscar nominations/wins for the actresses who took the parts. Our actress has never won an Academy Award. Perhaps if she keeps working, she will score an Oscar of her own someday!

Similar: Oscar Restraint

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  2. For some reason Bridget Fonda comes to mind, but she hasn’t done much in recent years. Has she retired from acting?

  6. Melanie Griffith, daughter of Tippi Hedron
    “if she keeps working…” hint for Working Girl, which Melanie was in, and is one if my favourites of hers.

    What a different career she might have had had she taken those roles…

    • I never understood why she chose to play the mom in Lolita. The girl out acted her and stole every scene, and she looked old before her time. Annoying, unlikeable role, she should’ve given that to someone else tbh.

    • She also turned down Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, The Grifters, Jurassic Park.
      So many great movies she turned down. I guess she can only blame herself.

    • The god she turned down those roles. She never had the acting chops to pull off an Oscar win.

  11. I think this might be Melanie Griffith because of the timing and the working reference

  12. Melanie Griffith, bubblehead that she’s always been? “Working (Girl)” ought to be enough of a hint.

    I do like Working Girl, along with Something Wild & RKO 281

  19. Patricia Arquette (I think Drew Barrymore is too young to have played the lead in LA Confidential)

    • Plus i love Drew but wasn’t the female lead the Veronica Lake lookalike played by Kim Bassinger? In a million years do you see Drew doing that role. She is wonderful but is known more for comedy or drama not as a staight up sex pot. Now Melanie Griffith as a breathy hooker cut to look like a famous movie star might have worked. Maybe a Marilyn Monroe type?

  20. Jamie Lee Curtis?

    I like Trading Places. She’s great but I really can’t picture her in Breaking the Waves. The others, definitely.

    • I think this is it. Her age is appropriate to have played leads in those movies, her parents are well regarded actors, and her father has a couple Oscars. Laura’s been nominated twice. I hope she gets the award.

  30. I want to say Bridget Fonda.

    Clue: “if she keeps working” might allude to the fact that she hasn’t acted in anything since 2002.

  31. I’ll take a guess and say Annette Bening. She’s from a famous acting family (Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine) and she has been nominated 4 times for an Oscar but has yet to win one.

  36. Melanie Griffith; clue “working”.
    Favorite Movie: Born Yesterday with Don Johnson, Edward Hermann and John Goodman. It may be a little uneven, but she’s a delight.

  41. Michelle Pfeiffer? I know she was up to play either Thelma or Louise. And is sans Oscar.

    White Oleander and Frankie and Johnny. Favourite Catwoman as well.

  49. Changing answer to Bridget Fonda!

    She was great in Singles, but she’s pretty much retired now.

  50. Melanie Griffith.
    I loved Working Girl…and that’s one of the clues…”if she keeps working.”