Take a look at every woman nominated for best actress at the Oscars
the Oscars weathered a postponement of the voting window, a change of date, the lack of a host, and a whole new location to accommodate COVID protocols—so you’d think that now, with things back to normal, the 2022 ceremony would be smooth sailing for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Then there was the news last week that Rachel Zegler—the lead in Steven Spielberg’s best-picture nominee,—had not been an extended an invite, coinciding with the announcement of a lineup of presenters that was, to put it politely, eclectic, including the likes of Tony Hawk, Kelly Slater, and DJ Khaled.
Less reflective of the Academy but just as much of a roller coaster has been the awards-season race in general—and few categories are as hotly contested as best actress, which, just days before the Oscars ceremony begins, is still anyone’s game. What makes this year’s best-actress runoff so interesting, though, is the way in which it speaks less to the quality of the performances this year than to the internal politics of the Academy and the kind of actors they like to reward.
Here, we run through every actor nominated for best actress—and why this will be the trophy to watch at this year’s Oscars.While Stewart might have had one of the strongest showings out of the gate with the effusive reviews she received for her performance in Pablo Larraín’s divisive, revisionist take on Princess Diana when it premiered in Venice last year, she’s struggled to maintain that momentum as awards season has chugged along. Don’t count her out just yet, though.
was divisive, with the actor leaning more into capturing the essence of the TV legend than offering pitch-perfect naturalism, on paper it is clearly catnip to Academy voters, who love anything that looks to Hollywood history.
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