OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Kerry Condon as Siobhán Súilleabháin IN “THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN”

Jennifer Ehle as Laura Madden in “SHE SAID”

Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang in “EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE”

Lashana Lynch as Izogie in “THE WOMAN KING”

Rachel Sennott as Alice in “BODIES BODIES BODIES”

AND THE WINNER:

STEPHANIE HSU AS JOY WANG IN "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE"

This is the first win and nomination for Stephanie Hsu. She wins for her performance as Joy Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

And with my first award of the year I have the pleasure of awarding Stephanie Hsu as my supporting actress choice of the year. I was familiar with Stephanie as a television performer the last couple of years prior to this year and had seen her in one film prior but with her work as Joy she moved into a completely different level of performance ability. Stephanie showcased a perfect blend of comedic ability and dramatic heft in this role nailing every note of the role. I was especially impressed by how she introduced an aspect of her role in the above scene, just the casual stroll she takes is so confident and so assured that I loved every moment of it. Nailing giving nothing while also giving everything was not an easy thing and Hsu did this beautifully so many times throughout the film.

Even when acting opposite a titan like Michelle Yeoh, Hsu never comes across as a lesser performer and instead acts on a similar level to Yeoh making for some truly incredible scenes between the two of them. With this role and the success she has had with it, I hope the world and more for Stephanie because based on this role there is so much she can play and I very much would love to see her in multiple amazing roles. Just a genius screen performance that is worth the recognition it has been getting since the film first premiered. (Love that it resulted in a deserved Oscar nomination)