After winning the Oscar for Best Actress at the 86th Academy Awards for Steve Mcqueen's drama, Nyong'o has not yet signed a post-Oscar role. However, reports say she met with J.J. Abrams, sparking speculation she will have involvement in the new Star Wars movie.
A best actress nominee for 1985's The Color Purple and a supporting actress winner in 1990's Ghosts, Whoopi Goldberg had a bit hit in 1992's Sister Act and went on to star in both comedies like 1991's Soap Dish and dramas like 1996's Ghosts of Mississippi before taking her current seat on The View.
After her Best Actress nomination for 1993, What's Love Got To Do With It, in which she played Tina Turner, Bassett starred in hit adaptations of Terry McMillan's novels Waiting to Exhale (1995) and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). Most recently, she's played voodoo queen Marie Laveau in American Horror Story: Coven.
The Best Actress winner for 2001's Monster Ball Halle Berry next appeared as Jinx Johnson in the 2002 Bond adventure Die Another Day, reprised the role of Storm in several X-Men movies and stumbled with 2004's Catwoman. She'll next play an astronaut who returns to earth and her family in the upcoming CBS TV series Extant.
Gabourey Sidibe, who was nominated for best actress for playing the title role in 2009's Precious, found supporting parts in 2011's Tower Heist and 2012's Seven Psychopaths. She scored a role in Showtime's The Big C and has played one of the young witches-in-training in American Horror Story: Coven.
Octavia Spencer has followed up her Oscar win as best supporting actress in 2011's The Help with her appearance in last year's Fruitvale Station, on which she also served as an executive producer, and will be seen in the upcoming futuristic movie Snowpiercer.