The Finest Supporting Actress race for the Oscars appeared to have a frontrunner rising, however now there could be a brand new favourite. Amy Madigan made headlines early in awards season by racking up wins with critics, together with a Critics’ Alternative Awards win, for her efficiency in Weapons. On the identical time, One Battle After One other‘s Teyana Taylor remained on the forefront of the race for many.
As soon as she gained on the Golden Globes, delivered an ideal speech, after which watched One Battle After One other obtain 13 Oscar nominations general, her place as the anticipated Finest Supporting Actress winner felt secure. The one factor that might change that might be shedding further precursor awards, like BAFTA and SAG (now formally generally known as the Actor Awards), particularly if Madigan have been the recipient of the trophies.
The BAFTA winners at the moment are identified, and, surprisingly, Taylor wasn’t the winner in Finest Actress in a Supporting Function. Neither was Madigan, as she wasn’t a nominee. As a substitute, Sinners‘ Wunmi Mosaku gained at BAFTA, which could simply make her the favourite to win the Oscar.
Wunmi Mosaku’s BAFTA Win Is Big For The Oscars
As one of many nice surprises of the 2026 Oscar nominations, Mosaku has now secured her first main win of awards season by way of the BAFTA recognition. In doing so, the British group went with a unique winner than the Golden Globes and Critics’ Alternative Awards.
Why is that so notable? BAFTA, CCA, and Golden Globes have solely given their Finest Supporting Actress classes to 3 separate performances eight occasions beforehand. And when that occurs, it’s the BAFTA winner who stands one of the best probability of additionally profitable on the Oscars, traditionally talking.
The final time this occurred was in 2020, when Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian) gained GG, Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) gained CCA, and Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) gained BAFTA. It was Youn who then went on to win the Oscar after additionally profitable at SAG.
Youn was the fifth BAFTA winner in a GG-CCA-BAFTA cut up yr to complete the award season because the Oscar winner, too. The others are Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton, 2007), Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, 2004), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love, 1998), and Juliette Binoche (The English Affected person, 1996).
That correlation is large for Mosaku. If she was solely going to win one among these awards (she wasn’t nominated for the Golden Globes), BAFTA was the one to get primarily based on the information. She’s now seeking to be the sixth such winner out of 9 cases, with Mosaku’s place strengthened by being connected to Sinners‘ record-breaking nomination depend.
This places all eyes on the upcoming Actor Awards ceremony to find out whether or not Mosaku would be the actress in the end topped by the Academy within the Finest Supporting Actress class.
When these splits occurred earlier than, two of the 5 BAFTA winners (Blanchett and Youn) additionally gained at SAG earlier than profitable the Oscar. The opposite cases noticed SAG match with GG and CCA as soon as every, whereas 2007 noticed Ruby Dee win at SAG after not profitable at GG, CCA, or BAFTA.
When the Actor Awards occur on Sunday, if Mosaku wins the Finest Supporting Actress class, her placement because the Oscars favourite can be locked in. And even when she loses, she nonetheless might deserve that standing, particularly if non-Academy nominees Odessa A’zio or Ariana Grande change into shock winners.
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Los Angeles, CA
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March 15, 2026
- Web site
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https://www.oscars.org/