Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech - Helena Boham Carter is married with Tim Burton and is oftenly seen in her husband's works and in the Harry Potter franchise's movies, so her role as Elizabeth, the Queen consort of King George VI of UK is something different from what she have been done since some years ago and may give her a second Oscar nod. In fact, playing the English royalty is almost a guaranteed of Oscar or Oscar buzz and her role seems juicy and maybe a scene stealer one, which may put her under the Academy eyes. The King's Speech may not be focused in her character (certainly in Colin Firth's and Geoffrey Rush's ones), but Mrs. Burton is an awesome actress and knows how to call all the attentions to her and an Academy award nomination for Best Supporting Actress is almost sure for her if the movie will get the critical praise it needs to not being snubed by the Academy.
Marion Cotillard for Inception - the French Academy's darling may not have a big role in the movie of the year so far (I'm talking about Inception, of course!), but in every scene she appears she steals the audience's attentions. The way she plays the character (a kind of scary and psycho "bogeywoman") and her intriguing, strange and angelic beauty make us wanting to see more from her in the movie. She already won an Oscar for portraying Édith Piaf in La Vie En Rose and received raves and some nods for her performance in Nine and also got praise in Public Enemies. Maybe there are better performances than Marion Cotillard's amazing one, but she has the advantage of being part of the movie of the Summer and being the best chance of Inception get an acting nod by the Academy (behind her we have Leonardo Di Caprio as a dark horse), so I wouldn't be surprised if she will beat some names and get a nomination for the Oscar of Best Supporting Actress.
Elle Fanning for Somewhere - after winning the top prize of Venice Film Festival (the Golden Lion), Sofia Coppola's Somewhere seems to be in a good away to the Oscars and Elle Fanning may give an Oscar nod to the movie for her luminous and sweet performance as the daughter of a movie star (a little bit similar to Sofia Coppola herself or it's just me who thinks in this way?). In fact, Elle Fanning has a good body of work for such a young actress (Babel and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and was highly praised for her performance in Phoebe In Wonderland. So, why not giving an Oscar nod to the younger Fanning sister? She was who most shinned in Somewhere, according to the critics, playing a normal girl who likes Twilight, rock music and cooking in such an unreal world like a movie star's one! Shinning while playing such a normal character is difficult and Elle Fanning proved that she has something some serious actresses don't have while playing Cleo. Give her a nomination and I will be happy (I like her most than her sister for some reason)!
Lesley Manville for Another Year - she shinned a lot in Cannes and there were some people contesting the fact of she didn't win the prize of best female performance in the role of an achoolic woman who tries to find some meaning for her life between her friends in the most recent Mike Leigh's work (Another Year). In fact, it seems that the Academy likes to give nods to Mike Leigh's movie's actresses (the amazing performance by Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky doesn't count) and Lesley Manville may be the next one easily, specially with such a lot of buzz around her and in spite of some category placement problems (but I think she's supporting and that the producers will promote her as supporting actress, specially with an even more competitive race in the Best Leading Actress category!). Go Lesley, go (and don't forget the wine from Argentina to comemorate)!
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom - Jacki Weaver is a relatively unknown actress (completly unkown for me before watching the Animal Kingdom's movie trailer), but it seems that she is getting some Oscar buzz for her performance in the Australian movie Animal Kingdom, as an evil matriarch of a family of criminals. The Academy loves unknown faces and the role of the villain. My only concern is the competition this year, which makes the Best Supporting Actress almost unpredictable, specially with some names that are some of the Academy's "sweethearts", but I think that there is a strong possibility of Jacki Weaver being nominated and, maybe, take the gold home.
in consideration: Melissa Leo (The Fighter); Kristin Scott-Thomas (Nowhere Boy); Diane Wiest (Rabbit Hole);
Marion Cotillard for Inception - the French Academy's darling may not have a big role in the movie of the year so far (I'm talking about Inception, of course!), but in every scene she appears she steals the audience's attentions. The way she plays the character (a kind of scary and psycho "bogeywoman") and her intriguing, strange and angelic beauty make us wanting to see more from her in the movie. She already won an Oscar for portraying Édith Piaf in La Vie En Rose and received raves and some nods for her performance in Nine and also got praise in Public Enemies. Maybe there are better performances than Marion Cotillard's amazing one, but she has the advantage of being part of the movie of the Summer and being the best chance of Inception get an acting nod by the Academy (behind her we have Leonardo Di Caprio as a dark horse), so I wouldn't be surprised if she will beat some names and get a nomination for the Oscar of Best Supporting Actress.
Elle Fanning for Somewhere - after winning the top prize of Venice Film Festival (the Golden Lion), Sofia Coppola's Somewhere seems to be in a good away to the Oscars and Elle Fanning may give an Oscar nod to the movie for her luminous and sweet performance as the daughter of a movie star (a little bit similar to Sofia Coppola herself or it's just me who thinks in this way?). In fact, Elle Fanning has a good body of work for such a young actress (Babel and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and was highly praised for her performance in Phoebe In Wonderland. So, why not giving an Oscar nod to the younger Fanning sister? She was who most shinned in Somewhere, according to the critics, playing a normal girl who likes Twilight, rock music and cooking in such an unreal world like a movie star's one! Shinning while playing such a normal character is difficult and Elle Fanning proved that she has something some serious actresses don't have while playing Cleo. Give her a nomination and I will be happy (I like her most than her sister for some reason)!
Lesley Manville for Another Year - she shinned a lot in Cannes and there were some people contesting the fact of she didn't win the prize of best female performance in the role of an achoolic woman who tries to find some meaning for her life between her friends in the most recent Mike Leigh's work (Another Year). In fact, it seems that the Academy likes to give nods to Mike Leigh's movie's actresses (the amazing performance by Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky doesn't count) and Lesley Manville may be the next one easily, specially with such a lot of buzz around her and in spite of some category placement problems (but I think she's supporting and that the producers will promote her as supporting actress, specially with an even more competitive race in the Best Leading Actress category!). Go Lesley, go (and don't forget the wine from Argentina to comemorate)!
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom - Jacki Weaver is a relatively unknown actress (completly unkown for me before watching the Animal Kingdom's movie trailer), but it seems that she is getting some Oscar buzz for her performance in the Australian movie Animal Kingdom, as an evil matriarch of a family of criminals. The Academy loves unknown faces and the role of the villain. My only concern is the competition this year, which makes the Best Supporting Actress almost unpredictable, specially with some names that are some of the Academy's "sweethearts", but I think that there is a strong possibility of Jacki Weaver being nominated and, maybe, take the gold home.
in consideration: Melissa Leo (The Fighter); Kristin Scott-Thomas (Nowhere Boy); Diane Wiest (Rabbit Hole);
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