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Best Actress Oscar = Bad For Your Love Life? March 15, 2010 Sandra Bullock, you've been warned. With the news today that Kate Winslet is splitting from her husband of seven years, American Beauty's Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (who also helmed Revolutionary Road, starring his wife), she's been added to a long (and sad) list of Best Actress winners whose career highs have been followed by a personal low. It could be coincidental, it could be the straw that broke the camel's back, but just as some feel the Best Supporting Actress award carries a "career curse" (those who win it are typically young ingenues whose career fails to come near the mark afterwards), the Best Actress trophy could now be spelling doom for your idyllic home life. Consider the stats from the last 10 years: Kate Winslet, 2009 Won for: The Reader Age at the time of win: 33 Status at the time: Married to Sam Mendes since 2003; two children Status since: Announced split March 2010 Reese Witherspoon, 2006 Won for: Walk the Line Age at the time of win: 29 Status at the time: Married to Ryan Phillippe since 1999; two children Status since: Announced separation October 2006, divorced 2008 Hilary Swank, 2005 Won for: Million Dollar Baby (also won in 2000 for Boys Don't Cry) Age at the time of win: 30 Status at the time: Married to Chad Lowe since 1997 Status since: Divorced in 2007 Charlize Theron, 2004 Won for: Monster Age at the time of win: 29 Status at the time: Dating Stuart Townsend since 2001 Status since: Split in January 2010 Halle Berry, 2002 Won for: Monster's Ball Age at the time of win: 35 Status at the time: Married to Eric Benet since 2001 Status since: Divorced in 2005 Julia Roberts, 2001 Won for: Erin Brockovich Age at the time of win: 33 Status at the time: Dated Benjamin Bratt since 1998 Status since: Split in June 2001 2008 winner Marion Cotillard and 2003 winner Nicole Kidman were both single at the time of their wins; the only marriage to have survived an Oscar so far, is that of 2007 winner Helen Mirren. Whether her maturity (she was 62 at the time of her win, married to Taylor Hackford since 1997 and) or that the Oscar was the icing to an already illustrious 40-year-career that needed nothing else to prove, you can draw your own conclusions. --Ellen

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