by 2022 is done and all the movies have been released. And that means the Oscars are right around the corner!
And that means, in just a few days, 20 new active nominees will be vying for those four coveted statues.
And so to help out the Academy, I’ve put together a whole list of incredible Oscar-worthy performances from 2022. I watched a ton of movies this year, so there was a lot of competition, but these are my favorites.
1.
Antonio Banderas – Felix RiveroOfficial Competition)
2.
Bella Ramsey – Birds (Catherine, known as Birdy)
3.
Bill Nighy — Mr. Williams (Living)
4.
Camila Mendes – Drea (Take Revenge)
5.
Cate Blanchett – Lydia Tar (TAR)
6.
Colin Farrell – Padriac SuilleabhanBanshees Inisherin)
7.
Dale Dickey – Faye (Love Song)
8.
Danielle Deadwyler – Mamie Till-Mobley (Till)
9.
Daryl McCormack – Leo Grande (Good luck to you, Leo Grande)
10.
Donald Elise Watkins – Kunle (Emergency)
11.
Musician(s): Emma Thompson – Nancy StokesGood luck to you, Leo Grande)
12.
Felix Kammerer – Paul Baumer (All quiet on the Western Front)
13.
Frankie Corio – Sophie Paterson (After the sun)
14.
Jennifer Lawrence – Lynsey (Tochar)
15.
Jenny Slate – Marcel (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On)
16.
John Cho – Max Park (Don’t Make Me Go)
17.
Julia Roberts – Georgia Cotton (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 all at once)
21.
Olivia Colman – Hilary SmallEmpire of Light)
22.
Park Hae-il – Detective Jang Hae-jun (Leave decision)
23.
Pól Mescal – Calum Paterson (After the sun)
24.
Tilda Swinton – Julia Hart & Rosalind Hart (The Eternal Miss)
25.
Viola Davis – Nanisca (The Lady King)
Best Supporting Performance:
26.
Aimee Lou Wood – Miss Harris (Living)
27.
Angela Bassett – Queen Rammonda (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
28.
Bad Bunny – The Wolf (Bullet Train)
29.
Barry Keoghan – Dominic Kearney (Banshees Inisherin)
30.
Brian Tyree Henry – James Aucoin (Tochar)
31.
Carey Mulligan – Megan Twohey (She said)
32.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – Pooh (Coming Up)
33.
Dolly De Leon – Abigail (Triangle of Sorrows)
34.
Gal Gadot — Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle (Death on the Nile)
35.
Guslagie Malanda – Laurence Coly (Saint Omer)
36.
Gustav De Waele – Remi (Close)
37.
Hong Chau – Liz (The Great Whale)
38.
Jamie Lee Curtis – Deirdre Beaudeirdre (Everything everywhere all 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 all at once)
43.
Keke Palmer – Em Haywood (It’s not)
44.
Kerry Condon – Siobhan Suilleabhain (Banshees Inisherin)
45.
Nina Hoss – Sharon Goodnow (TAR)
46.
Pedro Pascal – Javi Gutierrez (The Unbearable Weight of Enormous Talent)
47.
Rachel Sennott – Alice (Bodies Bodies Bodies)
48.
Sally Field – Marilyn Cowan (Spoiler alert)
49.
Stephanie Hsu – Joy Wang (Everything everywhere all at once)
50.
Matt Rogers & Tomas Matos – Luke & Keegan (Fire Island)
