Rank | Name | Film | Distributor |
1 | Angela Bassett | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
The nation of Wakanda is pitted against intervening world powers as they mourn the loss of their king T’Challa. |
2 | Jamie Lee Curtis | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | A24 |
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. |
3 | Kerry Condon | “The Banshees of Inisherin” | Searchlight Pictures |
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them. |
4 | Jessie Buckley | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
A group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a string of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men.
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5 | Charmaine Bingwa | “Emancipation” | Apple Original Films |
A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him. |
Next in Line |
6 | Nina Hoss | “Tár” | Focus Features |
Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár. widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra. |
7 | Kate Hudson | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story” | Netflix |
Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case. |
8 | Janelle Monáe | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case. |
9 | Hong Chau | “The Whale” | A24 |
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. |
10 | Gabrielle Union | “The Inspection” | A24 |
A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. |
Other Top-Tier Contenders |
11 | Claire Foy | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
12 | Dolly De Leon | “Triangle of Sadness” | Neon |
13 | Stephanie Hsu | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | A24 |
14 | Carey Mulligan | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
15 | Thuso Mbedu | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
16 | Laura Dern | “The Son” | Sony Pictures Classics |
17 | Keke Palmer | “Nope” | Universal Pictures |
18 | Aimee Lou Wood | “Living” | Sony Pictures Classics |
19 | Olivia DeJonge | “Elvis” | Warner Bros. |
20 | Lashana Lynch | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
Also In Contention |
21 | Judith Ivey | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
22 | Sadie Sink | “The Whale” | A24 |
23 | Jennifer Connelly | “Top Gun: Maverick” | Paramount Pictures |
24 | Anne Hathaway | “Armageddon Time” | Focus Features |
25 | Vanessa Kirby | “The Son” | Sony Pictures Classics |
26 | Whoopi Goldberg | “Till” | Orion/United Artists Releasing |
27 | Emma Corrin | “My Policeman” | Amazon Studios |
28 | Jennifer Ehle | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
29 | Jean Smart | “Babylon” | Paramount Pictures |
30 | Sally Field | “Spoiler Alert” | Focus Features |
All Contenders Listed (Unranked-Alphabetical) |
— | Ahna O’Reilly | “Where the Crawdads Sing” | Sony Pictures |
— | Aimee Lou Wood | “Living” | Sony Pictures Classics |
— | Alejandra Flechner | “Argentina, 1985” | Amazon Studios |
— | Alix West Leller | “The Good Nurse” | Netflix |
— | Amanda Bearse | “Bros” | Universal Pictures |
— | Amber Grey | “Master” | Amazon Studios |
— | Andrea Riseborough | “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Andrea Riseborough | “Matilda” | Netflix |
— | Angela Bassett | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
— | Anne Hathaway | “Armageddon Time” | Focus Features |
— | Anya Taylor-Joy | “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Anya Taylor-Joy | “The Northman” | Focus Features |
— | Ashely Park | “Mr. Malcolm’s List” | Bleecker Street |
— | BJÖRK
| “The Northman” | Focus Features |
— | Benja K. Thomas | “A Love Song” | Bleecker Street |
— | Billie Piper | “Catherine Called Birdy” | Amazon Studios |
— | Bria Danielle Singleton | “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” | Sony Pictures |
— | Candice Bergen | “As They Made Us” | Quiver |
— | Carey Mulligan | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
— | CCH Pounder | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Charlotte Gainsbourg | “The Pale Blue Eye” | Netflix |
— | Charmaine Bingwa | “Emancipation” | Apple Original Films |
— | Chloë Sevigny | “Bones & All” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Christina Jackson | “Devotion” | Sony Pictures |
— | Claire Foy | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Connie Britton | “Breaking” | Bleecker Street |
— | Crystal Clarke | “Empire of Light” | Searchlight Pictures |
— | Dakota Johnson | “Cha Cha Real Smooth” | Apple Original Films |
— | Danai Gurira | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
— | Dolly De Leon | “Triangle of Sadness” | Neon |
— | Dominique Thorne | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
— | Doona Bae | “Broker” | Neon |
— | Dot-Marie Jones | “Bros” | Universal Pictures |
— | Edie Falco | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Ego Nwodim | “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” | Sony Pictures |
— | Elaine Cassidy | “The Wonder” | Netflix |
— | Elizabeth Olsen | “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” | Marvel Studios |
— | Émilie Dequenne | “Close” | A24 |
— | Emily Mitchell | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Emma Corrin | “My Policeman” | Amazon Studios |
— | Emma Thompson | “Matilda” | Netflix |
— | Emma Thompson | “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” | No U.S. Distribution |
— | Emmy Raver-Lampman | “Dog” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Eve Lindley | “Bros” | Universal Pictures |
— | Florence Kasumba | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
— | Frances McDormand | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Gabrielle Union | “Strange World” | Walt Disney Pictures |
— | Gabrielle Union | “The Inspection” | A24 |
— | Gemma Chan | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
— | Gillian Anderson | “The Pale Blue Eye” | Netflix |
— | Greta Gerwig | “White Noise” | Netflix |
— | Griselda Sicillani | “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” | Netflix |
— | Haley Bennett | “Till” | Orion/United Artists Releasing |
— | Haley Lu Richardson | “After Yang” | A24 |
— | Hong Chau | “The Menu” | Searchlight Pictures |
— | Hong Chau | “The Whale” | A24 |
— | Iris Berben | “Triangle of Sadness” | Neon |
— | Isabella Rossellini | “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” | A24 |
— | Jamie Lee Curtis | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | A24 |
— | Jane Adams | “Dog” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Janelle Monáe
| “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
— | Janet McTeer | “The Menu” | Searchlight Pictures |
— | Janet McTeer | “The Menu” | Searchlight Pictures |
— | Jayme Lawson | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
— | Jayme Lawson | “Till” | Orion/United Artists Releasing |
— | Jean Smart | “Babylon” | Paramount Pictures |
— | Jeannie Berlin | “The Fabelmans” | Universal Pictures |
— | Jennifer Connelly | “Top Gun: Maverick” | Paramount Pictures |
— | Jennifer Ehle | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
— | Jessica Chastain | “Armageddon Time” | Focus Features |
— | Jessica Hardwick | “The Lost King” | Warner Bros. |
— | Jessica Harper | “Bones & All” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Jessica Henwick | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
— | Jessie Buckley | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Jodie Turner-Smith | “After Yang” | A24 |
— | Joely Richardson | “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” | Netflix |
— | Jojo Regina | “Where the Crawdads Sing” | Sony Pictures |
— | Judi Dench | “Allelujah” | No U.S. Distribution |
— | Judith Ivey | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Judith Ivey | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Judith Light | “The Menu” | Searchlight Pictures |
— | Julia Butters | “The Fabelmans” | Universal Pictures |
— | Julianne Nicholson | “Blonde” | Netflix |
— | Kaitlyn Dever | “Ticket to Paradise” | Netflix |
— | Kate Berlant | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
— | Kate Hallett | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Kate Hudson | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
— | Kate Winslet | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Kathryn Hahn | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
— | Keke Palmer* | “Nope” | Universal Pictures |
— | Kerry Condon | “The Banshees of Inisherin” | Searchlight Pictures |
— | Kiki Layne | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
— | Kila Lord Cassidy | “The Wonder” | Netflix |
— | Kim Dickens | “The Good Nurse” | Netflix |
— | Kim Dickens | “The Good Nurse” | Netflix |
— | Kimberly Guerrero | “Montana Story” | Bleecker Street |
— | Kristen Stewart | “Crimes of the Future” | Neon |
— | Lashana Lynch | “Matilda” | Netflix |
— | Lashana Lynch | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
— | Laura Dern | “The Son” | Sony Pictures Classics |
— | Léa Drucker | “Close” | A24 |
— | Léa Seydoux | “Crimes of the Future” | Neon |
— | Lesley Sharp | “Catherine Called Birdy” | Amazon Studios |
— | Leslie Uggams | “Nanny” | Amazon Studios |
— | Li Jun Li | “Babylon” | Paramount Pictures |
— | Lily Fisher | “Blonde” | Netflix |
— | Lucy Boynton | “The Pale Blue Eye” | Netflix |
— | Lupita Nyong’o | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
— | Lyric Hurd | “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” | Sony Pictures |
— | Mabel Cadena | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
— | Madelyn Cline | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
— | Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja | “After Yang” | A24 |
— | Mar Carrera | “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” | Netflix |
— | Margot Robbie* | “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Maria Bakalova | “Bodies Bodies Bodies” | A24 |
— | Mariana Treviño | “A Man Called Otto” | Sony Pictures |
— | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | “The Sea Beast” | Netflix |
— | Marsha Stephanie Blake | “Brother” | No U.S. Distribution |
— | May Nivola | “White Noise” | Netflix |
— | Meteora Fontana | “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” | Netflix |
— | Michael Hyatt | “Where the Crawdads Sing” | Sony Pictures |
— | Michaela Coel | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
— | Michelle McLeod | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Michelle Monaghan | “Nanny” | Amazon Studios |
— | Michelle Williams* | “The Fabelmans” | Universal Pictures |
— | Michelle Wilson | “A Love Song” | Bleecker Street |
— | Michelle Yeoh | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Niamh Algar | “The Wonder” | Netflix |
— | Nicole Beharie | “Breaking” | Bleecker Street |
— | Nicole Beharie | “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” | Focus Features |
— | Avis Marie Barnes | “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” | Focus Features |
— | Zoey Deutch | “The Outfit” | Focus Features |
— | Nikki Amuka-Bird | “The Outfit” | Focus Features |
— | Nicole Kidman | “The Northman” | Focus Features |
— | Nicole LaLiberté | “Dog” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Nina Hoss | “Tár” | Focus Features |
— | Noémie Merlant | “Tár” | Focus Features |
— | Octavia Spencer | “Spirited” | Apple Original Films |
— | Olivia DeJonge | “Elvis” | Warner Bros. |
— | Olivia Wilde | “Babylon” | Paramount Pictures |
— | Olivia Wilde | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
— | Oona Chaplin | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Patricia Clarkson | “Monica” | No U.S. Distribution |
— | Patricia Clarkson | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
— | Pattrakorn Tungsupakul | “Thirteen Lives” | Amazon Studios/MGM |
— | Q’Orianka Kilcher | “Dog” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Queen Latifah | “Hustle” | Netflix |
— | Quintessa Swindell | “Black Adam” | Warner Bros |
— | Rachel Keller | “A Man Called Otto” | Sony Pictures |
— | Rachel Keller | “Butcher’s Crossing” | Saban Films |
— | Raffey Cassidy | “White Noise” | Netflix |
— | Rose Decker | “Nanny” | Amazon Studios |
— | Ruth Wilson | “See How They Run” | Searchlight Pictures |
— | Sabrina Carpenter | “Emergency” | Amazon Studios |
— | Sadie Sink | “The Whale” | A24 |
— | Sally Field | “Spoiler Alert” | Focus Features |
— | Samantha Morton | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
— | Samantha Morton | “The Whale” | A24 |
— | Selenis Leyva | “Breaking” | Bleecker Street |
— | Shayla Brown | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Sheila Atim | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
— | Sheila McCarthy | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
— | Sigourney Weaver | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Sigourney Weaver | “Call Jane” | Roadside Attractions |
— | Sophie Kauer | “Tár” | Focus Features |
— | Sophie Okonedo | “Raymond & Ray” | Apple Original Films |
— | Stephanie Hsu | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | A24 |
— | Sydney Chandler | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
— | Nadine Marshall | “The Silent Twins” | Focus Features |
— | Jodhi May | “The Silent Twins” | Focus Features |
— | Tamara Tunie | “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” | Sony Pictures |
— | Tanya Moodie | “Empire of Light” | Searchlight Pictures |
— | Taylor Swift | “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Tessa Thompson | “Thor: Love and Thunder” | Marvel Studios |
— | Thuso Mbedu | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
— | Ts Madison | “Bros” | Universal Pictures |
— | Vanessa Kirby | “The Son” | Sony Pictures Classics |
— | Vicki Berlin | “Triangle of Sadness” | Neon |
— | Whoopi Goldberg | “Till” | Orion/United Artists Releasing |
— | Wunmi Mosaku | “Alice, Darling” | Lionsgate |
— | Ximena Lamadrid | “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” | Netflix |
— | Zawe Ashton | “Mr. Malcolm’s List” | Bleecker Street |
— | Zoë Kravitz | “The Batman” | Warner Bros. |
— | Zoe Renee | “Master” | Amazon Studios |
— | Zoe Saldaña
| “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
— | Zooey Deschanel | “Dreamin’ Wild” | No U.S. Distribution |
