Oftentimes, the actors nominated in these categories have had a decently long trajectory in the industry.

It wasn’t always that way, though.

The young actress,only freshly fourteen when she was nominated, is a powerhouse as her villainous character.

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It’s a really complicated, nuanced part.

He tragically passed away in a car crash at 30 years old, but his legacy lives on.

It’s then that her mother (Nancy Kelly) begins to suspect she was somehow responsible.

Jodie Foster as Iris looking at Robert De Niro in ‘Taxi Driver’

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At the heart of it all is one of the most endearing ensembles of any 2000s film.

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Close up of Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie, looking into the distance in ‘True Grit’

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A woman holding Bonita Granville’s hand in ‘These Three’

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Paikea happily running on the beach in Whale Rider

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Saoirse Ronan in Atonement

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Brandon DeWilde from ‘Shane’ in a field

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Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) lying in bed scared in the “I see dead people” scene of ‘The Sixth Sense’

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Flora McGrath looking angrily at someone in The Piano

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Patty McCormack as a blonde girl with two brains looking back in The Bad Seed.

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Abigail Breslin as Olive, holding her face and looking excited in Little Miss Sunshine

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