The Screen Actors Guild threw a fascinating wrench into awards season on Sunday night with its Best Supporting Actress category.
While Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actress Angela Bassett looked poised to cement her status as frontrunner for the Oscar, Everything Everywhere All at Once co-star and industry veteran Jamie Lee Curtis stunned with the victory.
It was her first Screen Actors Guild honor. The win also might be the indicator that Curtis will walk away with her first Oscar.
Since 2009, SAG’s Supporting Actress category has overlapped with the Oscars all but once. In 2018, Emily Blunt won for A Quiet Place in a category where eventual Oscar winner Regina King wasn’t nominated.
Curtis’ reaction to winning the award and ensuing speech were absolutely priceless.
Jamie Lee Curtis with a surprise win ? #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/AQzEVfw6af
— Natalie ❁ (@livelyackles) February 27, 2023
While nothing is settled in stone for March’s Oscar ceremony, the momentum has shifted Curtis’ way and may stay there.
If Bassett still winds up taking home the Academy Award, she’d be the first-ever actress to win for a Marvel film. However, right now, it’s all coming up Laurie Strode.