Are you enjoying our super-sized Supporting Actress Smackdown season? We've already discussed 1947, 1957 (new!), 1981, and 2002. Ready for the fifth episode this season? It's focused on 1991 and it's coming up in just two weeks on Sunday July 26th so get watching and voting. Ready to meet the panel?
PLEASE WELCOME IN ALPHA ORDER ...
NIKKI M JAMES
Nikki M. James is a Tony Award-winning actress (The Book of Mormon) who recently starred as Viola in PublicWorks acclaimed production of Twelfth Night. Television credits include Monica Timmons in The Good Fight and The Good Wife, Violet Bell in Proven Innocent , and Rochelle Daudier in Brain Dead. [Twitter | Instagram]
RORY O'MALLEY
Rory O’Malley is best known for his Tony nominated performance on Broadway in The Book of Mormon and playing King George in Hamilton. He is currently voicing the character of Elwood on AppleTV’s Central Park. [Twitter | Instagram]
NICK WESTRATE
Nick is a Drama Desk winning actor, founding member of the Fair Wage OnStage movement, and a proud union member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet, Casa Valentina, A Moon for the Misbegotten. TV: Robert Townsend on AMC’s Turn: Washington’s Spies (series regular), HBO’s Mildred Pierce, The Tick, Adult Ed, Person of Interest, New Amsterdam, and the upcoming HBO’s miniseries The American Guest. Film: Ricki & the Flash and the upcoming feature, The Volunteers. [Twitter | Instagram]
AND WELCOME BACK TO RETURNING GUESTS WE KNOW YOU ❤
MARK HARRIS
Mark Harris is a writer for New York Magazine, and the author of "Pictures at a Revolution" and "Five Came Back". His next book, "Mike Nichols: A Life," will be published in February. [Twitter]
KATEY RICH
Katey Rich is the deputy editor of VanityFair.com and the co-host of the "Little Gold Men" and "Fighting in the War Room" podcasts, and has fond memories of her days on the Film Experience podcast, too. [Twitter | Instagram]
HOSTED BY...
NATHANIEL ROGERS
Nathaniel is the creator and owner of The Film Experience. He is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association ("Critics Choice") and The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics ("GALECA") 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 if he happened to know you were obsessed with supporting actresses. [Twitter | Contact | Instagram]
THE SUPPORTING ACTRESS SMACKDOWN OF 1991 ARRIVES ON SUNDAY, JULY 26th
Until then get to watching these performances and movies:
- Juliette Lewis in CAPE FEAR (nominated for 2 Oscars)
- Mercedes Ruehl in THE FISHER KING (nominated for 5 Oscars)
- Jessica Tandy in FRIED GREEN TOMATOES (nominated for 2 Oscars)
- Kate Nelligan in THE PRINCE OF TIDES (nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture)
- Diane Ladd in RAMBLING ROSE (nominated for 2 Oscars)