Sally Hawkins is currently at the top of Gold Derby’s Best Actress Oscar predictions for her role in Guillermo Del Toro‘s film “The Shape of Water.” The movie from the director of “Pan’s Labyrinth” tells the story of a mute young woman working as a janitor. Should Hawkins succeed in getting a nomination for this film, it wouldn’t be the first time that an actor has been nominated or even in some cases won an Oscar for a role in which they didn’t speak, or spoke very little. In the above photo gallery, Gold Derby looks back on 10 actors who have earned Academy Awards attention for such roles. Will Hawkins join this list?

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