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 it seems that her performance is something great according to the critics, which is a guarantee of an Oscar nomination. The King's Speech may not be focused in her character, but Mrs. Burton is an awesome actress and knows how to call all the attentions to her and I've a feeling that she will do the same with the Oscar voters. Will she win? Maybe, it's possible, definetly!
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.
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/monster-mum. 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.
Dianne Wiest for Rabbit Hole - Diane Wiest have been away from juicy roles and now, with Rabbit Hole, she seems to be back to them. She is loved by the Academy, scoring two wins, and the Oscar voters love grandmothers, specially with grief issues, and the critics raved her, describing her as "terrific" and "one of the standouts of the movie alongside Nicole Kidman", which is something great, specially when you know that, well, Rabbit Hole is Nicole Kidman's movie. So, why not a nomination for her? Academy love, talent, serious actress, juicy role, acclaimed movie... Yes, I smell Oscar perfume in the air for her!
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.
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/monster-mum. 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.
Dianne Wiest for Rabbit Hole - Diane Wiest have been away from juicy roles and now, with Rabbit Hole, she seems to be back to them. She is loved by the Academy, scoring two wins, and the Oscar voters love grandmothers, specially with grief issues, and the critics raved her, describing her as "terrific" and "one of the standouts of the movie alongside Nicole Kidman", which is something great, specially when you know that, well, Rabbit Hole is Nicole Kidman's movie. So, why not a nomination for her? Academy love, talent, serious actress, juicy role, acclaimed movie... Yes, I smell Oscar perfume in the air for her!
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