And with her searing work in Animal Kingdom still fresh in voters minds, Jacki Weaver may well compete
for the Supporting Actress trophy once more, playing another mother hen, only this time without malice.
Not exact matches
Les Miserables won the most BAFTAs of the night, taking home four
trophies including Best
Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway (duh) and Best Production Design (over Anna Karenina?
23rd Annual Critics» Choice Awards / / Frances McDormand, awarded Best
Actress, Sam Rockwell won the
trophy for Best
Supporting Actor
McDormand's co-star Sam Rockwell won the
trophy for Best
Supporting Actor, while Best
Supporting Actress went to Allison Janney
for her standout performance in «I, Tonya.»
To no one's surprise, Boyhood won the Broadcast Film Critics Association's Best Picture at the Critics Choice Movie Awards, but also took home
trophies for Best Director (Richard Linklater), Best
Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette) and Best Young Actor /
Actress (Ellar Coltrane).
While Danny Boyle's film walked away with four
trophies at the Globes, including one
for the best dramatic film, the Brit
actress took home two gongs — Best Actress for «Revolutionary Road» and Best Supporting Actress for «The Reader&
actress took home two gongs — Best
Actress for «Revolutionary Road» and Best Supporting Actress for «The Reader&
Actress for «Revolutionary Road» and Best
Supporting Actress for «The Reader&
Actress for «The Reader».
New mother Suranne Jones was named leading
actress for her role in «Doctor Foster», while other acting nods went to
supporting actor Tom Courtenay
for «Unforgotten», and
supporting actress Chanel Cresswell
for «This Is England» 90», which also won the miniseries
trophy.
On the television side, which spanned 10 awards, «Justified» was a surprise winner
for Best TV Drama Series, while the deliciously ribald «It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,» now entering its seventh season, was named Best TV Comedy Series, knocking off last year's winner, «The Big C.» Kate Winslet («Mildred Pierce») and Jason Isaacs (PBS» «Case Histories») were awarded Best
Actress and Best Actor prizes in the Miniseries or Motion Picture Made
for Television categories, while Vanessa Williams («Desperate Housewives») and Ryan Hurst («Sons of Anarchy») won
supporting performance
trophies, which span both TV movie and serial work.
Laurence Fishburne won the
supporting actor
trophy for «Last Flag Flying» and Tiffany Haddish won
supporting actress for «Girls Trip.»
Prior to their Oscar wins in respective categories, 12 Years a Slave took best feature, Matthew McConaughey took best actor
for Dallas Buyers Club, Cate Blanchett won best
actress for Blue Jasmine, Jared Leto took the best
supporting actor
trophy for Dallas Buyers Club, Lupita Nyong» o won best
supporting actress for 12 Years a Slave as well as the film's screenwriter John Ridley
for best screenplay.
Returning favorites included former winners Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water), Natalie Portman (Jackie), and Nicole Kidman (Lion), as well as Viola Davis, who is hotly tipped to take the Best
Supporting Actress trophy this year
for Fences.
In the last two years, wins in key categories at the Indie Spirits have also synced with the Oscars: At the 2014 ceremony, 12 Years a Slave took best feature, Matthew McConaughey took best actor
for Dallas Buyers Club, Cate Blanchett won best
actress for Blue Jasmine, Jared Leto took the best
supporting actor
trophy for Dallas Buyers Club, Lupita Nyong» o won best
supporting actress for 12 Years a Slave as well as the film's screenwriter John Ridley
for best screenplay.
There will also be
trophies for best -
supporting actor and
actress, director and ensemble cast, and
for categories like best «grown - up love story.»
Kristen Stewart proved she had the mettle to carry a
support part as (another) personal assistant opposite Binoche in Clouds of Sils Maria; she became the first American to win a Cesar, taking a
Supporting Actress trophy for the role.
The film took home the prize
for Best Picture as well as
trophies for Best Director (Terrence Malick), Best
Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain), Best Editing and Best Cinematography.
In film, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» garnered four
trophies, including best drama, McDonagh
for best screenplay, best
actress for Frances McDormand as a mother seeking justice
for her murdered daughter, and best
supporting actor
for Sam Rockwell as the hot - tempered, dim - witted sheriff's deputy who is supposed to leading the investigation.
Jessica Lange was up
for both Best
Actress and Best
Supporting Actress trophies in 1982.
Right at the beginning of the night another supposed also - ran took home a
trophy, with Kate Winslet winning Best
Supporting Actress for her performance in Steve Jobs.
Oprah's speech was an appropriate end,» she says, holding her
trophy for supporting actress in a motion picture.