Sandra Bullock had her movie debut in the 1987 flop "Hangmen." Her first lead role came two years later in another bomb, "Who Shot Patakango?" It wasn't until she starred opposite Keanu Reeves in "Speed" that things really began to take off for her.
Bullock, pictured in a yearbook photo, is nominated for best actress for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy, a suburban mom who takes in a homeless African-American teenager and encourages his talents as a football player, in "The Blind Side."
(Scott Sowers)