by Nathaniel R
UPDATED POST: To correct for a second batch of ballots as I received both comment ballots and mail ballots.
Since the annual Supporting Actress Smackdown arrives tomorrow I thought I'd share a few notes from your ballots. Thanks for getting them in so quick. The most divisive performance with everything from 1 heart to 5 hearts on reader ballots was the Oscar frontrunner, I Tonya's Allison Janney. But it was Phantom Thread's Lesley Manville and Lady Bird's Laurie Metcalf who were neck and neck all through the counting of reader ballots. I'm on pins and needles -- looks like it might be close tomorrow!
After the jump your favorite contenders who missed the Oscar nomination...
We also asked readers to include "favorite five who weren't nominated" in their ballots. Fifty-six different names were cited in total with five way out front. Here are the women who showed up on multiple ballots in order:
[tie] Michelle Pfeiffer (mother!)
Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
...those two were out front comfortably. The next three were tied with strong support to complete your "alternate" Oscar ballot.
[tie] Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip)
Hong Chau (Downsizing)
Betty Gabriel (Get Out)
Outside the "alternates" which we'll pretend makes a ten-wide list with the actual nominees (isn't it a beauty?) here were the other women who were able to acquire at least a few votes, ranked by groups...
- [tie] Nicole Kidman (Killing of a Sacred Deer)
Elisabeth Olsen (Ingrid Goes West)
Sienna Miller (The Lost City of Z) - [tie] Kirsten Dunst (Beguiled)
Allison Williams (Get Out)
Bria Vinaite (The Florida Project)
Lois Smith (Marjorie Prime) - [tie] Beanie Feldstein (Lady Bird)
Amira Casar (Call Me By Your Name) - [tie] Melissa Leo (Novitiate)
Harriest Samson Harris (Phantom Thread)
Catherine Keener (Get Out)
Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner 2049) - [tie] Naomie Ackie (Lady Macbeth)
Talia Webster (Good Time)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Darkest Hour)
Gemma Jones (God's Own Country)
No other women received more than a couple of votes.
Thoughts?