Two tough mothers lead a tight race for Best Supporting Actress
The 90th Academy Awards will air this Sunday, March 4, and Film Club is counting down the days leading up to the ceremony with an examination of this year’s major categories. Each day, A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky will break down a category and give us their picks for who should win, and who will win. Today, they’re looking at the nominees for Best Supporting Actress. They are:
- Mary J. Blige as Florence Jackson – Mudbound
- Allison Janney as LaVona Golden – I, Tonya
- Lesley Manville as Cyril Woodcock – Phantom Thread
- Laurie Metcalf as Marion McPherson – Lady Bird
- Octavia Spencer as Zelda Delilah Fuller – The Shape Of Water
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