In that case the Best
Supporting Actress race turns into this:
Not exact matches
Far fewer industry observers were predicting the film to factor into the highly competitive
races for best picture, director and
supporting actress, where Lesley Manville received a nomination for her magnificently icy
turn as Woodcock's sister and business partner.
I mean, I'm not sure that Rachel's is the strongest performance in the Best
Supporting Actress group but it's already been established that there's category fraud in that group to begin with, and if Rachel wants to step up to that challenge and
turn it into a
race, for sure I'm down.
I've been wondering if the
supporting actress race could
turn out to be like the 2007 one where a respected
actress, but whose work is not usually Academy - friendly (Farmiga and Gyllenhaal), beats the front runner with their one Academy - friendly role.