Best Actress:
Isabelle Huppert - Elle
Ruth Negga - Loving
Natalie Portman - Jackie
Emma Stone - La La Land
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins
Natalie Portman seemed to have this one in the bag early in awards season, but then the La La deluge happened. This, coupled with the fact that Jackie never had a serious wide release in theaters, pretty much gave the award to Emma Stone. With no real backlash against the best picture frontrunner, it isn't a matter of how many La La Land will win, but which of its 14 nominations will it actually lose... As for the other nominees, I don't know anyone who has seen Elle, Ruth Negga was the best part of a movie the Academy really wants to award but doesn't quite have the emotional oomph, and Meryl Streep is perfect (but that is actually a bit anticlimactic at this point). As for my snub below, I didn't actually like American Honey very much, but Sasha Lane's performance after literally being picked up off the street was jaw-dropping.
My Ballot:
Emma Stone - La La Land
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins
Ruth Negga - Loving
My Pick to Win:
Emma Stone - La La Land
Shamefully Snubbed:
Sasha Lane - American Honey
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