Oscar Beat: The Best Supporting Actress Race At a Glance

There are complaints every year that while the
Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories
are stacked with talent, the low number of quality
female roles that appear in movies makes for
frustratingly thin Best Actress and Best
Supporting Actress races. Those complaints are
entirely valid, and while there are indeed a
plethora of excellent male roles that were on
display this year, the Best Supporting Actress
field has actually filled out quite nicely. In this
edition of Oscar Beat, I take a look at where the
category stands right now.

Here’s how I see the Best Supporting Actress
race stacking up as of now, ranked in order of
likelihood to secure a nomination :

1. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
2. Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
3. Emma Stone, Birdman
4. Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
5. Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
6. Laura Dern, Wild
7. Carmen Ejogo, Selma
8. Naomi Watts, St. Vincent
9. Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
10. Carrie Coon, Gone Girl

Best Picture
1. Boyhood
2. Selma
3. Birdman
4. The Imitation Game
5. The Theory of Everything
6. Whiplash
7. Unbroken
8. American Sniper
9. Gone Girl
10. Into the Woods
11. The Grand Budapest Hotel
12. Mr. Turner
13. Foxcatcher
14. Interstellar
15. Wild
Best Director
1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
2. Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
3. Ava DuVernay, Selma
4. Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
5. Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
6. Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner
7. Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
8. Clint Eastwood, American Sniper
9. David Fincher, Gone Girl
10. James Marsh, The Theory of Everything
Best Actor
1. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
2. David Oyelowo, Selma
3. Michael Keaton, Birdman
4. Benedict Cumberabatch, The Imitation Game
5. Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
6. Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
7. Jake Gyllehaal, Nightcrawler
8. Bradley Copoer, American Sniper
9. Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
10. Tom Hardy, Locke
Best Actress
1. Julianne Moore, Still Alice
2. Reese Witherspoon, Wild
3. Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
4. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
5. Hilary Swank, The Homesman
6. Amy Adams, Big Eyes
7. Jennifer Aniston, Cake
8. Shailene Woodley, The Fault in Our Stars
9. Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
10. Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Best Supporting Actor
1. J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
2. Edward Norton, Birdman
3. Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
4. Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
5. Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
6. Tom Wilkinson, Selma
7. Robert Duvall, The Judge
8. Alfred Molina, Love Is Strange
9. Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes
10. Chris Pine, Into the Woods