Oscar Predictions: Best Actress: Does Andrea Riseborough’s ‘To Leslie’ Nomination Change the Actors’ Campaign?

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LAST UPDATE: January 24, 2023

Oscars 2023 Predictions: Best Actress

category comment: The biggest surprise of the Oscar nominations was undoubtedly English star Andrea Riseborough for her role as a Texas lottery-winning single mother in Michael Morris’s drama “To Leslie” from independent distributor Momentum Pictures. The grassroots campaign was launched on top of the Oscar voting, where leading members of the acting industry, including Amy Adams, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron and Kate Winslet, organized screenings. Riseborough has earned much respect from the Hollywood community and moviegoers alike, with roles in past winning films like “Birdman” (2014). Her inclusion is worth celebrating and will likely inspire future campaigns from actors whose studios don’t have the financial wherewithal to mount awards campaigns for their performers.

Will this give many other underappreciated players hope to move on?

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ALL AWARDS CONTESTANTS AND RANKINGS:

And the expected nominees are:
Range	Name	Movie	Distributor
one	michelle yeoh	“Everything everywhere, all at once”	A24
one	An elderly Chinese immigrant is thrown into a crazy adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes that connect to the lives she could have led.
2	cate blanchett	“Tar”	Focus functions
2	Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár. she is widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and the first female principal conductor of a major German orchestra.
3	Andrea Riseborough	“To Leslie”	impulse images
3	Inspired by real events. A single mom from West Texas wins the lottery and blows it just as quickly, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, when her charm wears thin and she has nowhere to go, she struggles to rebuild her life and find redemption.
4	michelle williams	“The Fabelmans”	universal images
4	A semi-autobiography based on Spielberg’s own childhood growing up in post-war Arizona, from the age of seven to eighteen.
5	Anne of Arms	“Blond”	Netflix
5	A fictional chronicle of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe.

Academy Awards 2023 Predictions

The 95th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theater and will be televised live on ABC on Sunday, March 12, 2022.

category winner 2022: Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (Searchlight Pictures)

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