Best Actress:
Jenny Slate – Obvious Child
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle
Tilda Swinton – Only Lovers Left Alive
Emily Blunt – Into the Woods
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Right on the Outskirts: Agata Trzebuchowska – Ida
It has not been a weak year for actresses – people have just been looking in the wrong places. Jenny Slate is remarkable in a comedic role that allows her some moments of melancholy as well. Emily Blunt is a force to be reckoned with in Into the Woods, lighting up the screen whenever present. Rosamund Pike gives a sinister and subversive performance as Amazing Amy and in all reality should be the actress to beat but has industry favorite Julianne Moore to contend with. Gugu Mbatha-Raw is being overlooked for whatever reason and it’s criminal when you see her get passed over for actresses like Felicity Jones who give good performances but nothing memorable. Tilda Swinton has had one hell of a year and her character Eve is warm and natural and oozes screen presence and she’ll be looked over for Jennifer Aniston who also was in a smaller movie but has industry cred.
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