Will Michelle Williams ever win an Oscar?

[Boidiva02Participant Joined: May 24th, 2011 Topics: 178 Posts: 3580 View Predictions]

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I’m a huge fan of Michelle Williams and have longed for her to win an Oscar for many years. Do you think she’ll ever find herself a winner? What kind or project should she tackle to get herself into the winners circle?

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[jasonfaceParticipant Joined: Nov 13th, 2015 Topics: 5 Posts: 2615 View Predictions]

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Maybe for Sean Durkin’s Janis Joplin biopic!

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 0 Posts: 726 View Predictions]

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She will win an Oscar for a film called Manchester By The Sea, in the supporting role.

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 5 Posts: 952 View Predictions]

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Anonymous wrote:

She will win an Oscar for a film called Manchester By The Sea, in the supporting role.

Fingers crossed.

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[Jeffrey KareParticipant Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 199 Posts: 2890 View Predictions]

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Maybe Michelle Williams could win this year if Viola Davis ends up suffering the same as other actors/actress had at the Emmys when they reprised their Tony-Winning role(s) on screen.

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[M: The OriginalParticipant Joined: Aug 5th, 2014 Topics: 46 Posts: 5443 View Predictions]

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Jeffrey Kare wrote:

Maybe Michelle Williams could win this year if Viola Davis ends up suffering the same as other actors/actress had at the Emmys when they reprised their Tony-Winning role(s) on screen.

Won’t happen.

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 0 Posts: 726 View Predictions]

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M: The Original wrote:

jeffreykare wrote: Maybe Michelle Williams could win this year if Viola Davis ends up suffering the same as other actors/actress had at the Emmys when they reprised their Tony-Winning role(s) on screen. Won’t happen.

Could happen.

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[DDParticipant Joined: May 22nd, 2011 Topics: 25 Posts: 723 View Predictions]

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Her time will come. She’s a great actress; one of the best of her generation. Oscar voters usually like loud, transformative roles so she’ll likely win when she takes on one of those. And Williams is fine in MBTS, but the role is super slight. She has about seven minutes of screen time over a 139 minute movie. There’s a reason the Spirit Awards snubbed her. I doubt she wins the Oscar if nominated.

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[BeeParticipant Joined: Oct 25th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3997 View Predictions]

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Not this year and people need to get over it.

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[Karl VincentParticipant Joined: Sep 19th, 2014 Topics: 24 Posts: 342 View Predictions]

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I Feel like They are going to nominate Viola in lead like Winslet in 2009

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[M: The OriginalParticipant Joined: Aug 5th, 2014 Topics: 46 Posts: 5443 View Predictions]

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Karl Vincent wrote:

I Feel like They are going to nominate Viola in lead like Winslet in 2009

With Bening and possibly Huppert in the category there’s no point to give Viola the boost when they can award these overdue vets in BA.

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[Eddy QParticipant Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 19 Posts: 3152 View Predictions]

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Karl Vincent wrote:

I Feel like They are going to nominate Viola in lead like Winslet in 2009

Quoting myself from a previous thread:

[This is] not a good comparison because Winslet’s supporting campaign looked ridiculous even to the most casual observer; she was first-billed, there was no other actor in the film with a lead campaign, and everyone thought of The Reader as a “Kate Winslet movie”. The whole thing just seemed wrong, even more so than other recent category frauds like Mara and Vikander last year, because they had co-stars campaigning in lead to distract voters from their dubious category placement. Fences has a huge Lead Actor contender in Denzel Washington, and by many accounts Viola’s role is truly supporting. Oscar voters are extremely unlikely to contradict the FYC ads in this case.

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[AwardsConnectKeymaster Joined: Jan 16th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3653 View Predictions]

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Considering her track record of attaching herself to one fantastic project after another, I would say it’s exceedingly likely she prevails someday, perhaps even in Lead.

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[ziggyParticipant Joined: Nov 29th, 2013 Topics: 0 Posts: 573 View Predictions]

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I agree with above posters: she needs a loud and transformative role to win, and I can’t imagine a louder (in every sense) or more transformative role than Janis Joplin. If the film is good, it could be her ticket to the podium.

She’s a phenomenal screen actress – she has that translucent quality about her that makes a movie star, and she always manages to capture the essence of her role while being incredibly touching and relatable. Saw her on Broadway and the magic wasn’t there, but my dog does she shine on the silver screen.

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