Ann Dowd's One-Woman Oscar-Nomination Campaign

Actress Ann Dowd received huge acclaim for her role in the indie film Compliance. But the studio told her it didn't have money to lobby the Academy for a best supporting actress award for her. So Dowd did something exceedingly rare in Hollywood: She spent $13,000 on her own campaign.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2013/01/12/169064986/ann-dowds-one-woman-oscar-nomination-campaign?ft=1&f=1008

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