Amy Adams for The Fighter
While I must confess that I don't like Amy Adams at all for some unknown reason (I confess that I would prefer see Mila Kunis or Lesley Manville instead of her between the nominees), I must admit that this girl can act in a very natural way and I won't be surprised if she appears between the Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress nominees. Her performance in The Fighter received raves from the critics and the audiences in general liked her, so it isn't surprising seeing her between the nominees of a lot of awards (Golden Globes, SAG Awards, Critics' Choice Awards and critics organizations' awards), specially for being part of a movie that breathes "Oscar oxygen". The Academy like pretty women and Adams is pretty. The Academy like pretty women playing the leading character's "trophy wife/girlfriend" or the pretty women who support the leading character and Adams does something like this in The Fighter. Plus, she benefits from previous Oscar love, being an Academy Award nominee actress for both Juneburg and Doubt (for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nod for each one). It's easier see Adams between the nominees than out of them...
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, in spite of not being her best one, but she stills miles above average performances. In fact, I think HBC was even better in Sweeney Todd, but this year, she benefits from the huge Oscar buzz the whole movie is getting and she have been nominated for all the big prizes of the season, scoring Golden Globe, SAG Award, Critics' Choice Award and a lot of critics' organizations awards nominations and she won the BIFA Award of Best Supporting Actress. The King's Speech may not be focused on her character, but Mrs. Burton is an awesome actress and knows how to call all the attentions to her (I've the feeling that she will do the same with the Oscar voters)... Will she win? Maybe, it's possible, but there are other strong contenders!
Melissa Leo for The Fighter
David O. Russell provided a showy character to Melissa Leo, in the way that she may be called the scene stealer of The Fighter. She delivers the best performance of the all movie alongside Christian Bale's one and Leo brings something to the screen that makes the audience wanting more from her. She also get raved by the critics and a big couple of critics organizations' awards have been flying to her hands, besides the fact that playing Alice Eklund gave her Golden Globe, SAG Awards and Critics' Choice Awards nominations (the last two organizations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Acting Ensemble) and an Academy Award nomination is going on her direction with any doubt! Plus, Melissa Leo may be the most likely actress this year to take the Oscar of Best Supporting Actress home alongside Weaver (who deserves it, but who won't take it!): showy character, great movie, a previous Oscar nomination (Best Leading Actress for Frozen River) and a status of serious actress.
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 have been getting a lot of Oscar buzz for her performance in the Australian movie Animal Kingdom, as an evil matriarch of a family of criminals and the Academy loves unknown faces and the role of the villain/monster-mum/the-most-diabolical-thing-i've-ever-seen. In my opinion, her performance is totally Oscar-worthy and she should won, but I think she is a lucky woman if she will get a nod! She have been nominated for all the major awards (Golden Globe, Critics' Choice Award) and she won some several ones (Satellite Award, LA Film Critics Award or the National Board of Review), but it seems that the competition is really strong this year and the Best Supporting Actress race is the most umpredictable race this season (I thought Dianne Wiest would receive a lot of nods for her performance in Rabbit Hole, but she didn't, besides the fact that I didn't expected all the awards' attention that the stunningly sexy Mila Kunis have been collecting for Black Swan). I want Jacki Weaver to get a nod and she luckly will get it! I want Jacki Weaver to take the Oscar home, but she won't, almost surely!
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
In spite of being True Grit's leading actress, Miss Steinfeld have been promoted as supporting actress and the most incredible thing is that she have been being nominated and awarded as supporting actress! In spite of being a victim of a category fraud (which benefits her due to the fact that the Best Supporting Actress race is less competitive this year than the Best Leading Actress one), I must admit that she deserves an Oscar nod according to the reviews I read about True Grit. She's described as the stand-out of the movie and while some critics say that she and Bridges shine a lot, others say that she can shine more than the veteran actor in some parts of the movie. The description of Hailee Steinfeld's performance as "captivating" created a lot of Oscar buzz around her and she have been nominated for a lot of awards, including a SAG Award and two Critics' Choice Award (Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Performer) and there are few the critics organizations' awards that she didn't won recently. Steinfeld is a strong contender to a nomination, but it isn't guaranteed at all in spite of a lot of buzz around her, but... is she an "Anna Paquin"?!
in serious consideration: Mila Kunis (Black Swan); Lesley Manville (Another Year);
in consideration: Dianne Wiest (Rabbit Hole)
in serious consideration: Mila Kunis (Black Swan); Lesley Manville (Another Year);
in consideration: Dianne Wiest (Rabbit Hole)
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