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One of the easiest ways to gauge how good or bad an actor is at their job is by looking at how many awards they\u2019ve either been nominated for or won, which paints a damning picture of Madonna<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yes, she scooped a Golden Globe for \u2018Best Actress \u2013 Musical or Comedy\u2019 in Evita for a performance that was undeniably impressive, which also gives her the unique distinction of having a 100% success rate at major awards ceremonies, since she emerged victorious the only time her acting has been shortlisted.<\/p>\n However, that doesn\u2019t come close to telling the full story. No female actor has ever won more Razzies than the \u2018Queen of Pop\u2019, who\u2019s right up there with Sylvester Stallone<\/a> and Adam Sandler as the most decorated stars in the history of the Razzies, claiming nine prizes from 16 nominations.<\/p>\n There\u2019s also the unavoidable fact that science dubbed her the single worst on-camera performer<\/a> in cinema history, so it\u2019s not unfair or untrue to suggest that Madonna is hardly the second coming of Katharine Hepburn. Mercifully, she realised that, and saved audiences even more pain by drawing a permanent line under her association with thespianism.<\/p>\n She\u2019s pop music royalty and one of its most iconic and innovative figures, but she was always better at her day job. Her filmography hasn\u2019t been a total washout, though, with Penny Marshall\u2019s A League of Their Own one of the highlights. It\u2019s comfortably one of her better turns, even if Madonna\u2019s reputation preceded her to such an extent that Debra Winger quit the cast after finding out she\u2019d been hired.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t an easy decision, either. The three-time Academy Award-nominated An Officer and a Gentleman, Terms of Endearment, Urban Cowboy, and A Dangerous Woman star spent three months training with the Chicago Cubs in preparation for her role as Dottie Hinson, which was eventually filled by Geena Davis just four weeks before the start of principal photography.<\/p>\n When she caught wind of Madonna\u2019s casting, Winger told Marshall that she hadn\u2019t signed on to make \u201can Elvis film,\u201d and thanks to the small print, she still got paid. \u201cThe studio agreed with me because it was the only time I ever collected a pay-or-play on my contract,\u201d she told The Telegraph<\/a>. \u201cIn other words, I collected my pay even though I did not play, and that\u2019s very hard to get in a court.\u201d<\/p>\n A League of Their Own would go on to become one of the most beloved sports movies of its time, even if Winger wasn\u2019t entirely convinced of its merits. \u201cAs entertaining as it was, you don\u2019t walk away going, \u2018Wow, those women did that,’\u201d she added. \u201cYou kind of go, \u2018Is that true?’\u201d<\/p>\n Offering faint praise to Davis, she thought her replacement \u201cdid OK\u201d in her absence, but she didn\u2019t even try to sugar-coat what she thought of Madonna\u2019s work: \u201cI think her acting career has spoken for itself.\u201d She\u2019s got a point, and there are nine Razzies to prove it<\/a>, and the mere thought of co-starring with the songstress was enough to convince Winger that she was better off without the picture.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Far Out \/ YouTube Still) Wed 29 October 2025 21:49, UK One of the easiest ways to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,1543],"class_list":["post-249179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-madonna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}