85th Academy Awards – 'Best Supporting Actress’

  

    

I’ve finally made it the acting categories… and I am 3 for 3 for all four categories!  So let’s get to it and keep the perfect record alive!

But I shouldn’t get too cocky.  Everyone nominated for Supporting Actress have received nominations in the past… and two of them have won!

For a complete look at eligibility and voting procedures, please take a look at last year’s post:  84^th Academy Awards – Best Supporting Actress.

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Nominations:

·         Amy Adams – The Master

o   4^th nomination.  Previously nominated for Junebug, Doubt, and The Fighter.

I am a huge P.T. Anderson film (Writer/Director of The Master)… however I just didn’t get this film.  That said, the performances were fantastic… I just wish the film was as gripping as the acting.

Adams has won the Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, National Society of Film Critics Award, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award, and named Hollywood Film Festival’s “Supporting Actress of the Year”.

·         Sally Field – Lincoln

o   3^rd nomination, 2 wins for Norma Rae and Places in the Heart.

Sally Field was really good in this film, but I don’t think she’ll win.  Sometimes merely standing next to Daniel Day-Lewis is going to get you a nomination or two.  That said, I have Field down as one of the top 5 Best Actress performances… not Supporting.

Field has won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, and New York Film Critics Circle Award.

·         Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

o   2^nd nomination.  Previously nominated for Rachel Getting Married.

Anne Hathaway is my pick for the win.  Her performance in Les Mis was breathtaking and coupled with the box office success of Dark Knight Rises, she has a huge leg up.

Hathaway has won the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, Austin Film Critics Association Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, Kansas City Film Critics, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award, Southeastern Film Critics Association Award, and the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award.

·         Helen Hunt – The Sessions

o   2^nd nomination, 1 win for As Good as It Gets.

The Sessions is the only movie in this category I haven’t seen yet, so I can’t really comment on Hunt’s performance… but it doesn’t look like she’s been getting a whole lot of love beyond nominations.

Won the Palm Springs International Film Festival “Spotlight” Award and San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award.

·         Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

o   2^nd nomination.  Previously nominated for Animal Kingdom.

Sadly Weaver is the long shot here.  Even more so than Helen Hunt.  Although Weaver was spectacular… and totally believable as Robert DeNiro’s wife and Bradley Coopers mother… she hasn’t won an away from her performance.

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My Two Cents:

First of all, I was disappointed to see Kristen Scott Thomas (Salmon Fishing in The Yemen) and Maggie Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) left off this list.  Hell, even Salma Hayak (Savages) was great!

Anyway, most years the Screen Actors Guild Award for Supporting Actress predicts the Oscar winner… and like last year with Octovia Spencer, Anne Hathaway is going in with all three top awards: Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, and the Golden Globe. 

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Prediction: 

1.      Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

2.     Sally Field - Lincoln

3.     Amy Adams – The Master

4.     Helen Hunt – The Sessions

5.     Jackie Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook