13 Supporting Actors Who Successfully Campaigned for Lead Categories at the Oscars
variety.comClayton Davis With the news of Michelle Williams campaigning for lead actress, instead of supporting actress, for her performance in Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” many are wondering if this big move will pay off.
With bona fide contenders such as Cate Blanchett from “Tár” and Michelle Yeoh from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” already staking their claims as frontrunners, the category decision caused quite the stir on social media and punditry circles.
Not only because many felt Williams had the supporting category locked up for herself to win, but there is also a feeling that she is, in fact, a supporting player as free-spirited mother Mitzy Fabelman.
The film centers around Gabrielle LaBelle’s role as Sammy, a teenager who falls in love with cinema. Variety is taking a look back at some of the most notable modern-day “supporting performances” (after 1990), that were campaigned for lead actor or actress attention.
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