Honorable Mentions
Emily Blunt – A Quiet Place
Blunt’s intense performance elevates a high-concept premise into an evocative thrill-ride.
Claire Foy – Unsane
In an often silly movie, Foy’s damaged performance keeps the tension alive.
Mia Goth – Suspiria
How can you know what they’ll ask you in return?
Tuva Novotny – Annihilation
A definitively great supporting performance; Nuvotny has the most empathetic role in the film.
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Don’t you raise your voice at me. I am your mother.
Viola Davis – Widows
The grim, compelling performance that holds this ensemble drama together.
Ann Dowd – Hereditary
You didn’t kill her, Annie. She isn’t gone.
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Fisher reveals talent beyond her years with this pitch-perfect performance.
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
I’m off the deep end. Watch as I dive in.
Anna Kendrick – A Simple Favor
Kendrick in iconic mode, playing a character no one could have played better or even as well.
Jennifer Jason Leigh – Annihilation
I don’t know what it wants or if it wants, but it’ll grow until it encompasses everything. Our bodies and minds will be fragmented into their smallest parts until not one part remains. Annihilation.
Carey Mulligan – Wildlife
With a backlog filled with fantastic performances, Mulligan delivers her career best as a troubled housewife.
Tilda Swinton – Suspiria
Pre-God, pre-devil; Mother Tenebrarum, Mother Lachrymarum and Mother Suspiriorum. Darkness, tears and sighs.
Ruth Wilson – The Little Stranger
One of today’s most underrated actresses turns in a typically transformative performance in this creepy drama.