< Supporting Actress Blogathon - "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard." - Awardsdaily - The Oscars, the Films and everything in between.
  • About Us
  • Sasha Stone
  • Editor Ryan Adams
  • Clarence Moye
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Awardsdaily - The Oscars, the Films and everything in between.
  • Home
  • Oscar Predictions
    • Best Picture
    • Best Actor
    • Best Actress
  • Good As Gold
  • Forum
  • AD TV
  • Podcasts
  • FYC Gallery
  • Interviews
  • All News
  • Home
  • Oscar Predictions
    • Best Picture
    • Best Actor
    • Best Actress
  • Good As Gold
  • Forum
  • AD TV
  • Podcasts
  • FYC Gallery
  • Interviews
  • All News
No Result
View All Result
Awardsdaily - The Oscars, the Films and everything in between.
No Result
View All Result

Supporting Actress Blogathon – “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.”

by Sasha Stone
January 17, 2010
in AWARDS CHATTER
16

The website StinkyLulu is showcasing a Supporting Actress blogathon with many different points of view on the Best Supporting Actress contenders. I have been asked to participate. Most of those I would choose have already been taken – Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Vera Farmiga, etc. I wanted to try to find some names that others had not already written so beautifully about, like Marion Cotillard for Public Enemies and Rosamund Pike in An Education. I even like the Ginnifer Goodwin reference from He’s Just Not That Into You – she was great in that. So choosing one that hasn’t been chosen already is difficult. But I finally found a few who have been utterly ignored: Heather Graham in The Hangover, Mimi Kennedy, Anna Chlumsky and Gina McKee from In the Loop.

Heather Graham holds her own up against some very funny actors. She hasn’t gotten any “buzz” for her supporting turn, nor has she been campaigning, necessarily, for it. What I like about this blog-a-thon idea is that that it opens up the possibilities outside of the little box we all sometimes find ourselves in. We create this box because we want to be right. In our realistic look at the possibilities we refuse to acknowledge people who might be worthy of recognition. Our choices, though, are usually based on how other voting bodies – the critics, the guilds — have voted. You can hope for anyone to be a strong contender but that doesn’t mean they will be.

Graham plays a single-mom-stripper who somehow manages to get herself married overnight to a seemingly good guy. She pluckily goes along with it and waits for the inevitable, when the guy wakes up to the reality of the situation. She knows he’s not about to marry a stripper, no matter how pretty she is. Lucky for her, though, his wife is an unbearable shrew, thus, her chances improve as the film wears on. Graham is funny throughout, but she gets one really great scene at the end of the movie when he tells her that their “marriage” is over.

On the one hand, Graham’s work is your typical whore-with-a-heart-of-gold — this is a Hollywood tradition that usually captures the heart of the Academy if, say, it’s played by someone not usually cast in that role. Graham, though, has been down this road a few times. Nonetheless, she is brilliant in The Hangover and one of the reasons for the film’s almost accidental success.

What I love about Graham’s work overall, and especially in The Hangover, is that she gives herself over fully to the part. She is funny, sexy, sincere — and pretty much steals every scene she’s in.

Anna Chlumsky, Mimi Kennedy, and Gina McKee from In the Loop

One of the best things about In the Loop is that both men and women get equally funny parts. The film is a brilliant ensemble — you will not find a stronger ensemble of actors in any other film this year, with the possible exception of Inglourious Basterds. Anna Chlumsky hasn’t been seen around much since My Girl, but in In the Loop she plays a young staffer who happens to write up a paper about the potential invasion of Iraq that causes a stir with the government officials she works with and for, specifically her boss Karen Clark (the absolutely hilarious Mimi Kennedy who “bleeds from the mouth”).¬† Chlumsky and Kennedy are so funny together in their half-trusting relationship of boss and aid. Chlumsky is annoyed with Kennedy and the feeling is almost mutual.

Gina McKee (most well known as the wheelchair bound Brit in Notting Hill) plays someone like Karen Clark across the pond. She plays the only smart person in a room full of idiots. She seems to have it all in perspective as she tries to hold everything, and everyone, together. She also gets to act opposite Peter Capaldi who dresses her down at every opportunity. McKee is the audience’s only in back into sanity. She has no time or patience for the idiocy that surrounds her. She holds everything together with a needle and thread – without her, there is complete chaos.

Tags: SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sasha Stone

Sasha Stone

Sasha Stone has been around the Oscar scene since 1999. Almost everything on this website is her fault.

Next Post

Speaking of Funny Women...

Sign up for Awards Daily's Breaking News

* indicates required

Robin Wright’s Performance in Land Could Shake up the Oscar Race

Robin Wright’s Performance in Land Could Shake up the Oscar Race
by Sasha Stone
January 20, 2021
24

Cristin Milioti On What She Spent Hours On Reddit Researching about Her ‘Palm Springs’ Character

Cristin Milioti On What She Spent Hours On Reddit Researching about Her ‘Palm Springs’ Character

Courtesy of Hulu

by Megan McLachlan
January 20, 2021
0

Reframe: Minority Report

Reframe: Minority Report
by David Phillips
January 19, 2021
3

Fernando Garcia Named Executive Vice President of the Oscars

Fernando Garcia Named Executive Vice President of the Oscars
by Sasha Stone
January 19, 2021
1

Sam Feder On How ‘Disclosure’ is a Call for Action for Hollywood

Sam Feder On How ‘Disclosure’ is a Call for Action for Hollywood

(Photo: Netflix)

by Joey Moser
January 19, 2021
0

Monica Levinson On Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’s “Loveable Misogynist” Hook That Drew Her In

Monica Levinson On Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’s “Loveable Misogynist” Hook That Drew Her In

Courtesy of Amazon Films

by Megan McLachlan
January 20, 2021
4

Critics Choice Nominates 2020 Television, Not ‘WandaVision’ (Yet)

Critics Choice

(Photo: Critics Choice)

by Clarence Moye
January 18, 2021
7

The Case for News of the World

The Case for News of the World
by Sasha Stone
January 18, 2021
12

Consider Uggie, Episode 2: Was Uggie an LGBTQ Icon?

Consider Uggie, Episode 2: Was Uggie an LGBTQ Icon?

Courtesy of MUBI/Ariztical Entertainment

by Megan McLachlan
January 18, 2021
0

Hunter Doohan On Adam’s Guilt and Questionable Choices for Showtime’s ‘Your Honor’

Hunter Doohan On Adam’s Guilt and Questionable Choices for Showtime’s ‘Your Honor’

(Photo: Skip Bolen/SHOWTIME)

by Joey Moser
January 18, 2021
0

‘Palm Springs’ Editor Matt Friedman On the Risks They Took with That Montage Scene

‘Palm Springs’ Screenwriter Andy Siara Talks the Film’s Dinosaurs and How Hall & Oates Became the Closing Song

Courtesy of Hulu

by Megan McLachlan
January 18, 2021
1

‘Crown,’ ‘Ozark,’ Netflix Dominate Critics Choice TV Awards

“The Stuff Of Which Fairy Tales Are Made…”

The Crown S4. Picture shows: Diana Princess of Wales (EMMA CORRIN). Filming Location: Military Hostel Front, Malaga

by Clarence Moye
January 18, 2021
6

‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ EP Austin Winsberg Dishes Out Some Major Clues About Season Two

‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ EP Austin Winsberg Dishes Out Some Major Clues About Season Two

Photo: Sergei Bachlakovr/NBC

by Shadan Larki
January 18, 2021
1

Join us Facebook

AwardsDaily Crew

  • About Us
  • Sasha Stone
  • Editor Ryan Adams
  • Clarence Moye
  • Contact Us

ADTV Crew

  • ADTV Home
  • Megan McLachlan, Co-Editor
  • Clarence Moye, Co-Editor
  • Jalal Haddad, Senior Contributor
  • Joey Moser, Senior Contributor
  • Kevin Dillon
  • Shadan Larki
  • Ben Morris
  • David Phillips

Follow on Twitter

ADTV Twitter

  • Contact
  • About Us
  • Advertising on Awards Daily

© 1999-2021 AwardsDaily.com

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Oscar Predictions
    • Best Picture
    • Best Actor
    • Best Actress
  • Good As Gold
  • Forum
  • AD TV
  • Podcasts
  • FYC Gallery
  • Interviews
  • All News

© 1999-2021 AwardsDaily.com