Patricia Arquette as the mother in Linklater’s masterful Boyhood
Now that we have seen Disney’s musical, Into the Woods, we are adding the incomparable Meryl Steep, a perennial nominee, to out list of frontrunners.
At least two films offer strong supporting roles not for one but for for women: Birdman and Interstellaer.
And, as in the past, Jessica Chastain continues to impress in almost every film that she makes, and this season, she renders two strong, vastly different, interpretations in Internstellar and in A Most Violent Year.
Supporting Actresses (in alphabetical order):
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
If recognized, it will be her first Oscar nomination
Jessica Chastain, Interstellar or A Most Violent Year (I choose the latter)
Chastain as Oscar Isaac’s morally dubious wife
Chastain has been nominated twice before, for the lead (Zero Dark Thirty, 2011) and for the supporting (The Help, 2010)
Laura Dern, Wild
Dern has been nominated before, for Rambling Rose in 1991
Anne Hathaway, Interstellar
Hattaway won the Supporting Actress Oscar for Les Miserable
Keira Knightley. Imitation Game
Knightley has been nominated before
Vanessa Redgrave, Foxcatcher
A multiple nominee, Redgrave won the Supporting Actress Oscar in 1977 for Julia
Emma Stone as Michael Ketaon’s daughter in Birdman
Emma Stone, Birdman
Stone has never been nominated before
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Streep, queen of the Oscars, needs no introduction
Watts, Naomi, Birdman
Watts has been nominated twice before for the Best Actress Oscar
Previous Oscar Records
Of the 9 actresses (and 10 performances) on our list:
3 have won the Oscar
7 have been nominated.
New Oscar nominess (potentially): 2
Patricia Arquette and Emma Stone
