If Judi Dench hadn't won for Shakespeare in Love?
Would she have won for the Oscar Chocolat?
These 2 films were the only times she was nominated for a supporting role.
The thought of her taking home an Oscar for her hideous mugging through Chocolat makes me shudder. Her Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love may not be great acting or have too much screentime (although it's hardly the blink-and-you-miss-it cameo some people seem to suggest) but it's a welcome, witty presence in the film. There are many less-deserving Oscar-winners, before and since.
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