The document discusses four actresses who gave outstanding performances in 2017 but may be overlooked for Oscars: Sally Hawkins for her role portraying artist Maudie Dowley Lewis in "Maudie"; Sonia Braga for her role as a widowed music critic facing eviction in "Aquarius"; Rebecca Hall for her complex role of a news anchor who committed suicide in "Christine"; and Allison Janney for her role in the indie film "Tallulah". These performances were praised but the actresses may not receive due recognition from the Academy Awards.

1. Four
Women
Who
Shouldn’t
Be
Overlooked
At The 2017
Oscars

2. We have a few months
to go before next
year’s Academy
Awards, and it’s clear
that there is a lot of
competition.

3. There are a number of
talented women who
are strong contenders
for Academy Awards.

4. Two stand-out performances
were those of Natalie
Portman in Jackie and Emma
Stone in La La Land, but there
were a number of other
women who made a huge
impact on the silver screen
this year.

5. Here are a few actresses who
deserve some serious
recognition for their roles:

6. Sally
Hawkins
in
Maudie

7. In this biopic of Canadian folk
artist Maudie Dowley Lewis,
Sally Hawkins delivers a
stellar performance. This
performance may even top
her Golden-Globe winning
role in Mike Leigh’s film
Happy-Go-Lucky.

8. Aisling Walsh’s Maudie
premiered at the Telluride
film festival and immediately
caused quite a buzz. While
the film didn’t generate much
more buzz in Toronto, Sally
Hawkins’ performance is
undeniably excellent.

9. She conveys the effects of
Maudie Dowley Lewis’
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
with extreme accuracy but
doesn’t led the affliction
overpower the role.

10. Sônia Braga
in
Aquarius

11. A Brazilian actress has not
been nominated for a best
actress Oscar since Fernanda
Montenegro was nominated
for her role in the 1998 film
Central Station.

12. Many are hoping that Sônia
Braga is the next Brazilian
actress to be nominated. In
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film
Aquarius, Braga plays a
widowed and retired music
critic named Clara who is
being driven out of her home.

13. English-speaking audiences
best know Sônia Braga for
her Golden-Globe nominated
role in Kiss of the Spider
Woman. She has worked
steadily since that role but
has truly outdone herself in
Aquarius.

14. Rebecca Hall
in
Christine

15. Rebecca Hall has had a steady
acting career for 20 years,
wowing audiences with her
roles in The Prestige, The
Town and Vicky Cristina
Barcelona.

16. While all of these roles were
excellent, Hall’s role in Christine is
the most complex and demanding
role she’s ever had to take on.
Antonia Campos’ dark character
study focuses on Christine
Chubbuck, a news anchor who
committed suicide on live TV in the
70s.

17. Hall takes on the role in full force,
boldly digging into Chubbuck’s
insecurities and portraying an
empathetic portrait of her

18. Allison
Janney
in
Tallulah

19. Allison Janney excels at pretty
much everything she does, but
surprisingly, most of her roles have
been on the small screen.

20. In fact, she has now received four
Emmys for the West Wing. Bit she
hasn’t been largely recognized in a
film until now.

21. Tallulah is an indie film that was
largely overlooked, but one
standout role was that of Janney.
She plays an academic mother who
is forced to befriend a stranger who
claims to be the pregnant girlfriend
of her estranged son. Even if the
movie didn’t receive much praise,
Allison Janney deserves quite a bit
of it.

22. As numerous women are getting
demanding roles and playing them
to a tee, we hope to see these four
women and many more receive
nominations in 2017.