The 2019 Oscar nominations have been announced, so it is time to take a peek at who has the best chance of winning Best Actress. Another awards season is winding down to a close, and cinephiles are trying to forecast how the Academy Awards will shake out. More so than recently, this year was quite inconsistent and threw numerous curveballs at moviegoers as they looked to keep up with the names in contention. For a long stretch, a number of the significant races were up in the atmosphere, without a clear frontrunner emerging.
Things have changed now that the majority of the notable Oscar precursors have weighed in. In the build-up to the Oscars, the a variety of business guilds hand out their awards, such as the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Their wins normally have much overlap with the Academy, so today the picture has become clearer. Listed below are our predictions for Best Actor, ranking the five nominees in order of most likely to least likely to take home the gold.