1994 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner

The Piano
Holly Hunter
In the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.
1994 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Nominees

Shadowlands
Debra Winger

Six Degrees of Separation
Stockard Channing

The Remains of the Day
Emma Thompson
