Last 10 Best Actress Oscar Winners

2008: French actress Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose." She's French, so that'll probably be that for her. (AP )

2007: Helen Mirren won for "The Queen." She's been in tons of stuff since, including bikinis on the beach. We like her - she's a tough cookie. (AP )

2006: Reese Witherspoon won for "Walk the Line." She's been in several hits since, including this holiday season's "Four Christmases." But let's take this opportunity to mention her "Walk the Line" co-star Joaquin Phoenix, who obviously took the music thang to heart, and is now in training to become a professional rapper. Yikes. (AP )

2005: Hilary Swank won her second Best Actress award for "Million Dollar Baby."She's the real deal. (AP )

2004: Charlize Theron won for "Monster." Heard from her much since? Us neither. (AP )

2003: Nicole Kidman won for "The Hours." Now her immobile forehead gets more attention than her acting. (AP )

2002: Halle Berry won for her role in "Monster's Ball," becoming the first and only African- American woman to win for Best Actress. She's still rocking it hard, but the Oscar-worthy stuff has kind of fallen by the wayside. (AP )

2001: Julia Roberts won for "Erin Brockovich," then took time out for mommyhood. It sounds like 2009 might be the start of her big comeback, with several films on tap. (AP )

2000: Hilary Swank won her first Best Actress Oscar for "Boys Don’t Cry." And she was just getting started. (AP )

1999: Gwyneth Paltrow won for "Shakespeare in Love." Then she fell in love with singer Chris Martin, started the truly awful navel-gazing web site GOOP.com, and the acting kind of fell off a bit. (AP )