Rose Byrne ('If only I could kick you')

The best thing about the swinging film she took part in: Rose Byrne is the outsider in a category whose prize seems destined to go into the hands of Jessie Buckley for 'Hamnet'. After earning Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the series 'Damages', Byrne arrived at an Oscar nomination for the complex role of an extremely troubled and stressed mother in 'If Only I Could Kick You'. A nomination she deserved.