2022 is over and all movies have been released. And that means the Oscars are just around the corner!
And that means that in just a few days, 20 new acting nominees will be vying for these four coveted statuettes.
To help the Academy, I’ve compiled a whole list of incredible achievements from 2022 that deserve an Oscar. I’ve seen a TON of movies this year so there was a lot of competition but these are my favorites.
1.
Antonio Banderas—Felix Rivero (Official competition)
2.
Bella Ramsey – Birdy (Catherine, called Birdy)
3.
Bill Nighy — Mr. Williams (life)
4.
Camila Mendes — Dream (take revenge)
5.
Cate Blanchett — Lydia Tar (TAR)
6.
Colin Farrell — Padriac Suilleabhain (The Banshees by Inisherin)
7.
Dale Dickey—Faye (A Lovesong)
8th.
Danielle Deadwyler – Mamie Till-Mobley (until)
9.
Daryl McCormack – Leo Grande (Good luck to you Leo Grande)
10
Donald Elise Watkins — Kunle (Emergency)
11.
Emma Thompson – Nancy Stokes (Good luck to you Leo Grande)
12.
Felix Kammerer — Paul Baumer (nothing new in the West)
13.
Frankie Corio — Sophie Paterson (After sun)
14
Jennifer Lawrence—Lynsey (dam)
fifteen.
Jenny Slate — Marcel (Marcel the Shell with shoes on)
16
John Cho—Max Park (do not let me go)
17
Julia Roberts — Georgia Cotton (Entrance ticket to paradise)
18
Lesley Manville – Ada Harris (Mrs. Harris goes to Paris)
19
Margot Robbie — Nellie LaRoy (Babylon)
20
Michelle Yeoh — Evelyn Wang (Everything everywhere at once)
21
Olivia Colman – Hilary Small (realm of light)
22
Park Hae-il — Detective Jang Hae-jun (decision to go)
23
Paul Mescal — Calum Paterson (After sun)
24
Tilda Swinton — Julia Hart & Rosalind Hart (The Eternal Daughter)
25
Viola Davis — Nanisca (The Woman King)
Best Supporting Actor:
26
Aimee Lou Wood – Miss Harris (life)
27
Angela Bassett – Queen Ramonda (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
28
Bad Bunny – The Wolf (fast train)
29
Barry Keoghan – Dominic Kearney (The Banshees by Inisherin)
30
Brian Tyree Henry — James Aucoin (dam)
31
Carey Mulligan – Megan Twohey (she said)
32
Da’Vine Joy Randolph — Pooh (On the come up)
33
Dolly De Leon – Abigailtriangle of sadness)
34
Gal Gadot — Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle (Death on the Nile)
35
Guslagie Malanda — Laurence Coly (Holy Omer)
36
Gustav De Waele — Remi (Close)
37
Hong Chau — Liz (The whale)
38
Jamie Lee Curtis — Deirdre Beaudeirdre (Everything everywhere at once)
39
Janelle Monae — Helen Brand & Andi Brand (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
40
Janet McTeer – Lillian Bloom (The menu)
41
Kate Hudson – Birdie Jay (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
42
Ke Huy Quan – Waymond Wang (Everything everywhere at once)
43
Keke Palmer—Em Haywood (nope)
44
Kerry Condon — Siobhan Suilleabhain (The Banshees by Inisherin)
45
Nina Hoss — Sharon Goodnow (TAR)
46
Pedro Pascal — Javi Gutierrez (The unbearable weight of massive talent)
47
Rachel Sennott—Alice (body body body)
48
Sally Field – Marilyn Cowan (Spoiler alert)
49
Stephanie Hsu — Joy Wang (Everything everywhere at once)
50
Matt Rogers & Tomas Matos — Luke & Keegan (fire island)