2020 was a banner year for women in film, both in front and behind the cameras.
Indelible Performances by Female Actors in 2020
(in alphabetical order):
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Jasmine Batchelor, The Surrogate
Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth
Candice Bergen, Let Them Talk
Haley Bennett, Swallow
Radha Blank, The Forty Year Old Version
Alison Brie, Promising Young Woman
Carrie Coon, The Nest
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Catherine Deneuve, The Truth
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Julia Garner, The Assistant
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Yeri Han, Minari
Diane Lane, Let Him Go
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Beanpole
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Vasilisa Perelygina, Beanpole
Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Meryl Streep, The Prom
Marisa Tomei, The King of Staten Island
Kate Winslet, Ammonite