Oscars 2020 Best Actor & Actress Predictions

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Getty Preparations on the red carpet before the 92nd Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.

The Academy Awards allow a chance for fans to see their favorite actors and actresses receive recognition for their work from the previous year. The Best Actor and Best Actress categories are some of the biggest awards of the night.

While it’s almost certain that 1917 will win Best Picture, there is always the possibility for an upset, especially this year, with the foreign film Parasite following closely, having won the Best Ensemble at the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards earlier in the year.

The Best Actor and Best Actress categories are pretty certain based on the rest of the 2020 awards season so far.

Here are our predictions for the big awards of the night:


Best Actor

The nominees for Best Actor:
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker (winner)
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

Who will win: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker. It’s pretty certain at this point that Phoenix will take home this award for his role as Arthur Fleck in Joker. He has consistently taken home the award this year, and it isn’t likely for there to be an upset at this point. While Adam Driver delivered what may be the strongest performance of his career to date in Marriage Story, it hasn’t been his year for awards.


Best Actress

Best Leading Actress Nominees:
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renée Zellweger, Judy (winner)

Who will win: Renée Zellweger, Judy. Zellweger has taken home every best actress award this year, including the BAFTA and SAG award in this category. It would be surprising for anyone else to end up with this award. While Johansson is nominated in both this category and that of Supporting Actress, it’s unlikely for there to be an upset here. Notably, Awkwafina was not nominated for an Academy Award for The Farewell. 


Best Supporting Actor

Nominations for Supporting Actor:
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (winner)

Who will win: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood. This category is Pitt’s to lose. He took home the SAG award in the category, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA. He used 2020 to prove he still has what it takes to be an award-winning actor and possibly delivered a more eye-catching performance than Leonardo DiCaprio, his Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood costar.


Best Supporting Actress

Nominations for Supporting Actress:
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Laura Dern, Marriage Story (winner)
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Who will win: Laura Dern, Marriage Story. Marriage Story will get some much-deserved recognition in this category. Dern has swept this category for most of the year so far. Notably missing from this category is Jennifer Lopez for her role in Hustlers.

Tune in to the Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb 9 at 8 p.m. on ABC to see if our predictions are correct and if your favorite performance of the year gets recognition.

The 92nd Oscars are being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

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