Best Supporting Actress is usually one of my favorite categories at the Oscars. This is the place where most of my favorite actresses get nominations, (Toni Collette, Catherine Keener) or even wins (Marisa Tomei or this year where one of Allison Janney or Laurie Metcalf will win.)
It's interesting, because if you were to describe these roles on paper none of them would really sound comedic. Molly Shannon plays a mother dying of cancer. Rosemarie DeWitt plays a woman just leaving a relationship who uses her sister's crush to try and get pregnant. Shailene Woodley is a young woman encountering her troubled first love. Julianne Moore plays an actress that lives in her own little bizarro world. Greta Gerwig plays the most outright comedic character, a woman who seems to know everything and yet nothing.
Yet, each woman finds the perfect mixture of comedic moments along with the dramatic pathos to bring these characters to the forefront. These performances are all supporting, and they are all missed when not on-screen.
Who will join this list? Laurie Metcalf? Allison Janney? Hong Chau? Perhaps one of Get Out's supporting ladies; Catherine Keener, Allison Williams or Betty Gabriel?
We'll find out soon.
Best Supporting Actress Winners:
2016: Molly Shannon as Joanne Mulcahey in Other People.
2015: Greta Gerwig as Brooke Cardinas in Mistress America
2014: Julianne Moore as Havana Segrand in Maps to the Stars
2013: Shailene Woodley as Aimee Finecky in The Spectacular Now
2012: Rosemarie DeWitt as Hannah in Your Sister's Sister
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