Are you ready for the season finale of this massive Supporting Actress Smackdown season? We're closing with 1987 on Thursday, November 19th and your votes count.
Let's meet your fellow panelists, shall we?
ATO ESSANDOH
Ato Essandoh is an actor. He plays Dr Kwesi Weisberg-Abban on Netflix’s astronaut drama Away...
Past projects include Tales from the Loop, The Code, Altered Carbon, Vinyl, Chicago Med, Jason Bourne, Django Unchained and more. He’s got a podcast about the artistic journey called "Radio Zamunda" and another about racism and friendship called “Unrelated.” [Twitter | Instagram | IMDb]
MANUEL BETANCOURT
Manuel Betancourt is a lapsed academic and a freelance culture writer. He’s a contributing editor to Film Quarterly as well as the film columnist for Electric Literature. He’s a contributor to the award-winning middle grade graphic novel The Cardboard Kingdom (and its upcoming sequel!) and the author of Judy at Carnegie Hall, a book all about that dazzling diva’s famed 1961 concert. [Twitter | Instagram]
NAVEEN KUMAR
Naveen Kumar is a culture writer and editor whose recent work appears on them.us, The Daily Beast, InStyle, and The Hollywood Reporter. He serves as theatre critic for the queer news site Towleroad and contributes reviews to Time Out New York. His arts features have appeared in The New York Times, L.A. Times, Vox, Teen Vogue, and more. [Twitter]
KATHIA WOODS
Kathia Woods is an entrepreneur/radio host. She’s the and the creator of CupofSoulShow, where she covers pop culture featuring minority creatives in movies, and television. Kathia was born in Munich Germany but is of Brazilian descent. She is fluent in 5 languages and a graduate of Temple University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Art. Kathia is a member of several great organizations amongst them Philadelphia Grammy Chapter, PABJ, NAHJ, AAFCA, OAFFC, The Alliance of Women Film Journalist, Critics Choice and LEJA. In her spare time, she likes to read, travel and cook. [Twitter]
HOSTED BY...
NATHANIEL ROGERS
Nathaniel is the creator and owner of The Film Experience. He is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and a longtime Oscar pundit here at TFE. His writing has also appeared at other publications including Vanity Fair, Vulture, Slate, Towleroad, and Winq.
If you are a working actor, a renowned critic, film historian, a novelist, or an arts professional of some kind, chances are good that he has meant to invite you to a Smackdown panel, or would have if he happened to know you were obsessed with supporting actresses. [Twitter | Contact | Instagram]