Best Actress in a Leading Role prediction (October)

Best Actress is shaping up to be very competitive potentially several worthy performances being shut out come nomination mourning.

1. Viola Davis for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2. Francis McDormand for Nomadland

3. Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Women

4. Amy Adams for Hillbilly Elegy

5. Kate Winslet for Ammonite