The Ford On Film End Of Year Awards 2015: Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor

Hello, and welcome to part 2 of the Ford On Film End of Year Awards 2015! Yesterday, I ranked my ten best films of the year, with Inside Out, Steve Jobs, and Sicario taking the top three positions, as well as World of Tomorrow taking the prize for Best Short Film.

Today, I’m counting down my choices for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actress. There have been some phenomenal supporting turns from this year, many of which are already tipped as awards favourites. First up, here are my picks for Best Supporting Actress:

Honourable Mentions:

Mya Taylor “Alexandra – Tangerine”

Rachel Weisz “Nosebleed Woman – The Lobster”

Suzanne Clement “Kyla – Mommy”

5.

Marion Cotillard “Lady Macbeth – Macbeth”

Perhaps a controversial choice for Best Supporting, but Macbeth feels more like Michael Fassbender’s film than a joint lead. Despite struggling with her accent, Marion Cotillard gives an emotional performance as Lady Macbeth, convincing husband Fassbender to kill the King and take the crown as his own. Unlike previous adaptations, director Justin Kurzel portrays the Macbeths as grieving parents, and Cotillard’s performance reflects that, her church soliloquy absolutely devastating.

Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle reinvent the biopic with the thrilling Steve Jobs

Danny Boyle may hold the director’s credit, but Steve Jobs is an Aaron Sorkin film through and through. Like The Social Network, Sorkin tells the tale of one of the 21^st century’s biggest successes through a cast of incredibly intelligent characters, clever pop culture references, and streams of rapid fire dialogue. Though Steve Jobs has the usual Sorkin downfalls (one voice for every character, every single person being a genius and a wit), it’s also one of the boldest biopics of the decade, and with the help of Boyle’s dynamic direction, it might just be the film of the year.