2018 may well go down in history as the most volatile supporting actress race since 2007 (wherein four different women won the 5 televised prizes: Globes, Critics Choice, SAG, BAFTA, and Oscar). If you'll recall that historic year, those five prizes went, in order, to Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There), Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), Ruby Dee (American Gangster),and the final two went to Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton). The only Oscar nominee that year that didn't win a televised prize was little Saoirse Ronan (Atonement). Saoirse even lost the "Young Actress" prize at Critics Choice but she got the last laugh, already being considered a Great by her early twenties with two more nominations since then and momentum for a win should the right role come along and she's still just 24 years old...
That kind of volatility during awards season is how acting prizes should go since rare is the year where one performer is running circles around everyone else. Unless you're dealing with a Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine next-level type performance, one that will clearly go down in history as an all-timer there's absolutely no excuse not to spread the wealth! So far this year we've seen wins for Regina King at the first two shows, Emily Blunt at SAG, and we'll get a new winner at BAFTA since neither King nor Blunt are nominated. And then comes Oscar where it'll be either Adams, de Tavira, King, Stone, or Weisz. We're guaranteed at least three winners this season and we might even get four so that's very exciting! We still think Regina King will take the Oscar for a few different reasons, but anything might happen given the way the season has gone. If only the male acting categories could be as volatile!
On the freshly updated Best Supporting Actress Chart you'll see our theories on how each woman got nominated, trivia about the nominees, and you can vote daily on who SHOULD win. So check that out. And yes we will be doing a Supporting Actress Smackdown soon.