
Who Will Take Home Those Gold Statuettes? Predictions for the 2023 Academy Awards
Hollywood has spent the past several weeks honoring some of the best films of 2022. Months of campaigns, interviews, red carpets, and awards given out by different guilds, all lead up to film’s big night, the Academy Awards. It’s been an exciting season, and questions remain about who will take home two of the biggest awards — Best Supporting Actress and Best Actor.
The British Academy Film Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, two of the most important Oscar precursors, honored four different actors across those two categories. Jamie Lee Curtis won the SAG award for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, while Kerry Condon took home the BAFTA for The Banshees of Inisherin. Elvis’ Austin Butler was BAFTA’s Best Actor, SAG went to The Whale’s Brendan Fraser.
There’s something special about an Oscar night when some of the biggest races don’t seem to be a forgone conclusion. It gives the ceremony an extra sprinkle of magic, especially for those of us who love movies and love to discuss which films and performances have meant the most to us from the past year.
Here’s a look at the nominees in some of the big categories, and, with the help of awards prediction site Gold Derby, some guesses at who will take home those gold statuettes.
Best Picture:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Predicted winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Director:
Todd Field, Tár
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Predicted winner: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Predicted winner: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor:
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
Predicted winner: Austin Butler, Elvis
Best Supporting Actress:
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Predicted winner: Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best Supporting Actor:
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Predicted winner: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
We’ll find out for sure tonight. Enjoy the Oscars!