{"id":43028,"date":"2018-02-27T07:37:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=43028"},"modified":"2018-12-08T23:08:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T04:08:30","slug":"oscars-2018-know-nominees-best-supporting-actress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/27\/oscars-2018-know-nominees-best-supporting-actress\/","title":{"rendered":"OSCARS 2018: Know Your Nominees: Best Supporting Actress"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In the days leading up to the 90th Academy Awards, FilmBuffOnline will be offering profiles on all the nominees in the major categories. Some may be well known, others might be new to you, but if you need a refresher on these talented nominees, here is what you need to know your nominees.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mary J. Blige<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Nominated for: <\/strong>Playing African-American sharecropper’s wife and mother to a WWII vet in the 1940\u2019s in Mudbound<\/strong>.
\nOther honors for this role:<\/strong>
\nDavis has received 19 nominations for this role, with one win. She has also received numerous nominations for Best Original Song for “Mighty River” from the film.
\nWhere you might know her from:<\/strong>
\nBlige is a successful R&B singer who has just started to branch out into film acting over the last decade. She has acted in\u00a0I Can Do Bad All By Myself<\/strong> and\u00a0Rock of Ages.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nHistory with Oscar:<\/strong>
\nThis is Mary J. Blige’s first acting nomination, but she is also nominated in the Best Original Song category in this year’s ceremony.<\/p>\n

Allison Janney<\/h2>\n

\"\"Nominated for:<\/strong> Playing the domineering mother of Tonya Harding in I, Tonya<\/strong>.
\nOther honors for this role:<\/strong>
\nJanney has been nominated in this category 47 times from other organizations, taking home 18 awards.
\nWhere you might know her from:<\/strong>
\nJanney is probably known best for her TV work in shows such as The West Wing <\/strong>and Mom! <\/strong>but she has also appeared in films such as Drop Dead Gorgeous<\/strong>, Juno<\/strong> and Spy. <\/strong>
\nHistory with Oscar:<\/strong>
\nThis is Allison Janney\u2019s first Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n

Lesley Manville<\/h2>\n

\"\"Nominated for:<\/strong> Playing the sister and business manager of Reynolds Woodcock in Phantom Thread<\/strong>.
\nOther awards for this role:<\/strong>
\nManville received 13 other nominations for this role, and took home two awards.
\nWhere you might know her from:<\/strong>
\nManville has had a long and varied career in her native England. American audiences might know her from her work in films like Topsy-Turvy <\/strong>and Vera Drake<\/strong>.
\nHistory with Oscar:<\/strong>
\nThis is Lesley Manville\u2019s first Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n

Laurie Metcalf<\/h2>\n

\"\"Nominated for:<\/strong> Playing the mother of a precocious teenager in Lady Bird<\/strong>.
\nOther honors for this role:<\/strong>
\nMetcalf has been nominated for 47 other awards, taking home 28 of them.
\nWhere you might know her from:<\/strong>
\nEven though she has appeared in films such as Uncle Buck<\/strong>, JFK<\/strong> and Scream 2<\/strong>, she will probably always be remembered for her Emmy-Winning role of Roseanne Barr’s sister Jackie in Roseanne<\/strong>.
\nHistory with Oscar:<\/strong>
\nThis is Laurie Metcalf\u2019s first Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n

Octavia Spencer<\/h2>\n

\"\"Nominated for:<\/strong> Playing an African-American cleaning woman in a government lab in The Shape of Water<\/strong>.
\nOther honors for this role:<\/strong>
\nSpencer has received 14 nominations for this role but has garnered no awards.
\nWhere you might know her from:<\/strong>
\nShe has played numerous roles on television. including Ugly Betty<\/strong>, Halfway Home<\/strong>, Mom<\/strong>, Raising the Bar<\/strong> and The Red Band Society<\/strong>. She has also appeared in films such as Bad Santa<\/strong>, Spider-Man<\/strong>, Snowpiercer<\/strong> and Fruitvale Station<\/strong>.
\nHistory with Oscar:<\/strong>
\nThis is Octavia Spencer\u2019s third Oscar nomination.
\n2017: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Hidden Figures<\/strong> (Lost to Viola Davis, Fences<\/strong>)
\n2012: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, The Help<\/strong> (Won<\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KNOW YOUR NOMINEES: In a field of first-time nominees (and a perennial favorite), the Oscar might go to a choice of TV veterans. <\/div>\n

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