Yesterday saw the publication of what I believed to be the standout male performances from 2017 while today’s list is a rundown of the most impressive female performances of the year. And, much like yesterday’s list, this overview will also feature a number of omissions for various reasons, mainly my inability to see certain films. Cynthia Nixon in Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion comes to mind and one that I have seen show up on several lists.
Here is what I did see and what I think to be the standouts from 2017 (in no particular order):
TIFFANY HADDISH in Malcolm D. Lee’s Girls Trip
LINDSAY BURDGE in Nathan Silver’s Thirst Street
MIN-HEE KIM in Sang-soo Hong’s On the Beach at Night Alone
GARANCE MARILLIER in Julia Ducournau’s Raw
SEO-HYUN AHN in Joon-ho Bong’s Okja
ALLISON WILLIAMS and BETTY GABRIEL in Jordan Peele’s Get Out
CELIA ROWLSON-HALL in Celia Rowlson-Hall’s Ma
SANDRA OH and ANNE HECHE in Onur Tukel’s Catfight
TAVI GEVINSON in Dustin Guy Defa’s Person to Person
HARU KUROKI and COCCO in Shunji Iwai’s A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
FRANCES MCDORMAND in Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
KRISTEN STEWART in Olivier Assayas’ Personal Shopper
DAMEKA HAYES and CAROLINA MONNERAT in Theodore Collatos’ Tormenting the Hen
ELIZABETH MARVEL in Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
JOSLYN JENSEN in Paul Taylor’s Driftwood
LAURIE METCALF, SAOIRSE RONAN and BEANIE FELDSTEIN in Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird
NOÉE ABITA in Léa Mysius’ Ava
KIRIN KIKI in Hirokazu Koreeda’s After the Storm
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