
Cat Blanchett stars in Tár, a 2022 psychological drama film directed and written by Todd Field. She plays a renowned musical composer-conductor whose life and downfall is followed in the film.

Viola Davis stars in The Woman King as a general who trains the next generation of warriors to fight their enemies. The film is an American alternate history movie about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey during the 17th to 19th centuries.

Ana de Armas is nominated for her role in Blonde, that takes a fictionalized spin on the life and career of American actress Marilyn Monroe.

Michelle Williams as Steven Spielberg’s mother proxy in The Fabelmans has won herself a best actress nod.

Olivia Colman will play Hilary, the manager of a movie theater known as the Empire, located in the quaint English seaside town of Margate in the film Empire of Light.