‘She made every scene she was in richer’
My pick for best supporting actress is Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers. Her performance alone elevated that film above all of Alexander Payne’s other remarkable films. As a Black woman actor playing a devastated single mother who’s just lost her only son in the Vietnam war, she was the tuning fork for a film that would have otherwise just been another enjoyable poke at the problems of rich, privileged people. She made every scene she was in richer, more meaningful, more real. She deserves that Oscar. Andrea Brunholzl, 58, Costa Mesa, California, US
