Top 10 longest Best Actress Oscar-nominated performances [PHOTOS]

While lengthy Best Actress Oscar-nominated performances are rarer than ones put in the running for Best Actor, a significant amount of them have emerged over 96 years. Exactly 50 have surpassed 90 minutes of screen time, and the overall longest Oscar-nominated turn is a lead female one. Tour our photo gallery to learn which 10 Best Actress-nominated performances are the longest of all time.

This countdown is presented in terms of physical screen time, meaning any time an actress can actually be seen on screen or heard off screen. Moments involving silent and non-visible scene presence do not apply here. Nearly all of the 479 performances ever nominated for this honor were able to be counted, with the exception of one from a lost film: Betty Compson (“The Barker,” 1930).

Only two of the entrants on this list are from the 21st century, while the rest were recognized prior to the 59th Academy Awards in 1987. The overall screen time average for nominees in this category is one hour, three minutes, and 52 seconds – almost seven minutes lower than the corresponding male one.

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