This year, the women put their male counterparts to shame, with the Best Actress and
Supporting Actress categories among the most hotly contested.
Not exact matches
Even with campaigns in full swing for The Big Sick and Get Out,
among others, the acting
categories (with the exception of
Supporting Actress) are looking very... white.
Among the nominees are Pakistani American Kumail Nanjiani for «The Big Sick» (who wrote the original screenplay nominee with wife Emily V. Gordon, inspired by their courtship), «Mudbound»
actress Mary J. Blige (in the
supporting actress and original song
categories, the latter of which she shares with Raphael Saadiq) and three directors — Jordan Peele («Get Out»), Greta Gerwig («Lady Bird») and Guillermo del Toro («The Shape of Water»)-- who don't fit their
category's historically white male template.
It was bypassed by the main groups in New York and L.A., but it won in Boston and
among the New York online critics — and so far in the best picture, best director, best actor and best
supporting actress categories, it has won more awards than any other film.
Schitt's Creek swept the Canadian Screen Awards, winning nine of a possible 10
categories, including Lead
Actress in a Comedy (Catherine O'Hara); Lead Actor in a Comedy (Eugene Levy); Best Direction in a Comedy (Paul Fox); Best
Supporting Actor in a Comedy (Chris Elliott); and Best
Supporting Actress in a Comedy (Emily Hampshire);
among others.