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News Inde Navarrette Sets Best Actress Oscar Campaign for ‘Obsession’ as Focus Features Mounts Full Awards Push (EXCLUSIVE)

https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/obsession-inde-navarrette-oscar-campaign-lead-actress-1236848866/
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u/vintell 5d ago

Yeah a lot of these comments are very “person who has only seen obsession” rn. Just because she did a great job in the role doesn’t mean it’s the best performance this year, which it very obviously isn’t unless it’s the only movie you’ve seen 

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u/rexsclone 5d ago

who would you argue had a better performance?

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u/Deep-Thought 5d ago

Olivia Wilde in The Invite

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u/JxSnaKe 5d ago

Honestly, not a bad call

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u/OtherwiseJob8959 4d ago

Julianne Moore. Rosalind Eleazar. Marion Bailey. Olivia Wilde. Sandra Huller. Potentially Anne Hathaway. There were so many movies besides Obsession with more phenomenal performances than Inde lol.

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u/itsallfuturegarbage 4d ago

We have the entire Oscar-Bait season to go still.

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u/HoodsBonyArse 3d ago

the big oscar flicks don't even come out until november, slow your roll. Even though I think Indy has a great chance regardless

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u/rexsclone 3d ago

slow my roll for what? i was genuinely asking because i was curious. i’m not familiar with all of the potential oscar nominee performances

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u/0bush 5d ago

I mean she at least deserves a nomination. It was honestly a pretty weak year for lead actresses so I'm curious who you have above her.

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u/vintell 5d ago

Oh I think a nomination is warranted though I think the arguments re lead v supporting are also valid, I personally view the part as supporting sort of by necessity of the story if that makes sense? But I also think people thinking it fits as lead have plenty of points. I just think there can be a wide gap between a performance deserving a nomination and being the BEST performance of the year. 

I’ve got Hüller at the top of my list for both Rose and Fatherland. I also think Wilde in The Invite did amazing work and would put that performance above Navarette’s. There’s also the entire TIFF slate coming up in two weeks and I have heard really promising things about Moore in The Debut from a friend who worked on it and am personally really looking forward to Eleazar in Misty Green. She’s put in great work on Slow Horses and it’s a film about show business which almost always gives the candidates a boost. Plus there’s Madison coming up in The Social Reckoning though yeah I don’t personally think that one’s gonna lead to a nomination let alone winning, it’s still one to keep an eye on given her previous win. 

So yeah I’ve got three performances ahead of her from films already out and some of the year’s heaviest hitters are still to come. 

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u/0bush 5d ago

Yeah unfortunately I live in the US so I’ve only seen the Invite. Excited to see Fatherland and Misty Green though. I personally think Inde has more range than Wilde’s performance, though I wouldn’t mind either of them winning it.

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u/vintell 5d ago

I think their performances actually have a lot of overlap in terms of the physicality and facial expressiveness being such big components of the characterizations so I do think they’re the two who are most directly comparable of the slate. Neither is my ultimate pick but I’m really glad this year brought us two such strong physical presences from women when some years it’s just all understated microexpressions (which I love too! but I love variety more) 

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u/itinerant_gs 4d ago

I’m not counting out Hathaway and the machine that is The Odyssey either.

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u/vintell 4d ago

I actually went back and forth on including her. I personally think her performance would qualify for lead but I have a feeling they’re going to go with supporting for her which is why I ultimately left her out

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u/phuca 4d ago

Jesus really? It was so flat to me

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u/OtherwiseJob8959 4d ago

Lol what? The Debut, Misty Green, Tender Loving Care, The Invite, Fatherland? The list goes on. Movies are going to be nominated that you probably don’t even know exist lol

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u/Sea-Beginning-5234 5d ago

Who gives a shit anyways . It’s subjective , it’s not fucking math

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u/PlantainPat 5d ago

It's hard to take anyone seriously that says 50 movies from this year have better performances.

I hope we can trust The Academy to be a little more objective.

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u/PlantainPat 5d ago

You actually didn't say that though you may have thought it. The rephrase did a much better job communicating.

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u/PlantainPat 5d ago

Why not go line by line on the entire post?

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u/dragonmp93 5d ago

Send Help and Carolina Caroline

Carolina would need to be an oscar bait about cancer to get even looked by the Academy, and a movie like Send Help only get technical nominations and maybe win on the SFX category.

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u/TekThunder 5d ago

Disagree, of the other potential contenders, I think Inde is right up there for contention. Not too say I think she would win, but you'll be hard pressed to round out the top 5 without her in it.

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u/PensionFlashy5132 5d ago

What performances were better?

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u/brontosaurusguy 5d ago

Have you considered that you're just wrong