As expected, Regina King won Best Supporting Actress for “If Beale Street Could Talk” at Sunday’s Critics’ Choice Awards, a week after taking home the Golden Globe. And just like that, her televised precursor run is done until the Oscars since she was snubbed by the Screen Actors Guild Awards and BAFTA. So will the Globe and Critics’ Choice Award be enough for her to go all the way? It’s been done before.
Since BAFTA moved its ceremony to before the Oscars 18 years ago, two people have won the Oscar with just the Globe and Critics’ Choice Award: Chris Cooper for Best Supporting Actor in “Adaptation” (2002) and Sean Penn for Best Actor in “Mystic River” (2003). Cooper lost the SAG and BAFTA to Christopher Walken (“Catch Me If You Can”), who was not nominated at the Globes or Critics’ Choice, the latter of which had three nominees back then.
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Since BAFTA moved its ceremony to before the Oscars 18 years ago, two people have won the Oscar with just the Globe and Critics’ Choice Award: Chris Cooper for Best Supporting Actor in “Adaptation” (2002) and Sean Penn for Best Actor in “Mystic River” (2003). Cooper lost the SAG and BAFTA to Christopher Walken (“Catch Me If You Can”), who was not nominated at the Globes or Critics’ Choice, the latter of which had three nominees back then.
