With just 10 minutes of screen time in ‘The Odyssey’, Samantha Morton emerges as the favorite for the 2027 Oscar By Beatriz
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Actress Samantha Morton is being named as the big favorite for the Best Supporting Actress statuette at the 2027 Oscars for her brief appearance, just 10 minutes, in the film ‘The Odyssey’ (2026), a box office success directed by Christopher Nolan.
Morton managed to stand out in the production playing the character Circe, even among a cast full of stars such as Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, John Leguizamo and Lupita Nyong’o.
The British newspaper Daily Mail already indicates her as the likely winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for next year.
The periodical states: “She emerges as a strong and unexpected favorite in the race for next year’s Oscar.”
Samantha Morton’s career and achievements in cinema
The actress has already accumulated two Oscar nominations in her career. The first was in 2000, in the Best Supporting Actress category, for the film ‘Poucas e Boas’ (1999). She later received a nomination as Best Actress for ‘Terra de Sonhos’ (2003).
The history of cinema’s top prize shows that there are several cases of actors who were nominated or won the Oscar even with little screen time in their performances.
A notable example is Judi Dench, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for ‘Shakespeare in Love’ (1998), appearing for just six minutes in the film. Anthony Hopkins, in turn, was voted Best Actor in 1992 for his 16 minutes in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (1991), showing that the intensity of the performance can surpass the duration on stage.
Samantha Morton, aged 49, was born in the English city of Nottingham and has three children with filmmaker Harry Holm, her husband.
She has built an extensive career in theater, where she has received several awards for her performances on stage.
In cinema, his presence is also notable in acclaimed productions such as ‘Minority Report: A Nova Lei’ (2002), ‘O Libertino’ (2004) and ‘A Baleia’ (2022). The actress also has work on television, including the popular series ‘The Walking Dead’.
