Best Actress

Awards Nominations: 

* Independent Spirit Award Nominee
+ Gotham Nominee 
+ National Board of Review Winner 
+ New York Film Critics Circle Award Winner
+ Los Angeles Film Critics Association Winner
+ Broadcast Film Critics Association Winner
+ Golden Globe Nominee
* Screen Actors Guild Nominee
+ National Society of Film Critics Winner
* BAFTA Nominee

The Low Down:

Renée Zellweger has continued to dominate all season long, with none of the other contenders ever really having any winning momentum. The critic’s favorite, Lupita Nyong’o, was snubbed. Perhaps there’s a world in which Scarlett Johansson upsets (does that double nomination mean anything?), but I may be thinking of last year’s Glenn Close/Olivia Colman debacle too much. 

Frontrunners: 

  1. Renée Zellweger, Judy***+++
  2. Charlize Theron, Bombshell**
  3. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story**
  4. Saoirse Ronan, Little Women*
  5. Cynthia Erivo, Harriet*