The Best Actress category at the 2023 Oscars features an increasingly close race between two front-runners, with the winner’s odds continuing to increase throughout the awards season. Following Jessica Chastain’s 2022 win for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, the nominees for Best Actress at the 95th Academy Awards are Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once, Cate Blanchett for Tár, Michelle Williams for The Fabelmans, Ana de Armas for Blonde, and Andrea Riseborough for To Leslie.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY While Yeoh, Blanchett, and Williams were predicted to land nominations at the 2023 Oscars for Best Actress, Ana de Armas and Andrea Roseborough’s nominations were surprises over the snubbed Danielle Deadwyler and Viola Davis .
Yeoh has already won Best Actress equivalents at the Golden Globes and Saturn Awards, with pending nominations in the category at the Satellite Awards, BAFTAs, and SAG Awards. The latter two award bodies will be critical in assessing the predicted winner at the 2023 Oscars, so another Academy Award nominee could pull ahead of she takes home these key awards instead of Yeoh.
Could There Be An Upset In The Oscars 2023 Best Actress Race? While Michelle Yeoh is the predicted Best Actress winner, she isn’t a lock in the category. The race is extremely close between Yeoh and Tár actress Cate Blanchett, so it wouldn’t be an upset if either actress took home the award.
It’s possible that Williams or even Riseborough and Armas could upset Yeoh and Blanchett, but such an occurrence would inevitably cause controversy. Yeoh and Blanchett have been the front-runners long before the Oscars 2023 nominations were announced, with their performances being the most critically acclaimed and recognized throughout the award season.
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