About this episode
This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes playwright Isaiah Reaves to discuss the 2001 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Halle Berry won for her performance in "Monster's Ball," beating Judi Dench in "Iris," Nicole Kidman in "Moulin Rouge!," Sissy Spacek in "In the Bedroom," and Renée Zellweger in "Bridget Jones's Diary." We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Berry. 0:00 - 9:37 - Introduction 9:38 - 29:17 - Judi Dench 29:18- 54:09 - Nicole Kidman 54:10 - 1:19:13 - Sissy Spacek 1:19:14 - 1:39:44 - Renée Zellweger 1:39:45 - 2:03:39 - Halle Berry 2:03:40 - 3:03:10 - Why Halle Berry won / Twitter questions 3:03:11 - 3:08:30 - Who was the runner-up? Buy And the Runner-Up Is merch at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/and-the-runner-up-is?ref_id=24261 ! Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis ! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter Follow Isaiah Reaves on Instagram Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter and Instagram Theme/End Music: "Diamonds" by Iouri Sazonov Additional Music: "Storming Cinema Ident" by Edward Blakeley Artwork: Brian O'Meara