2008 Best Supporting Actress WINNERS:
Golden Globe(GG): Cate Blanchett ("I'm Not There")
Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Rudy Dee ("American Gangster")
BAFTA: Tilda Swinton ("Michael Clayton")
Oscar: Tilda Swinton ("Michael Clayton")
Amy Ryan appeared to be a front runner for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, because she won many of the early critic awards. However, she failed to win any of the major awards, so by the time the Oscars rolled around Tilda Swinton was favored to win, because she was her movie's best chance for an Oscar.
"Gone Baby Gone" received 1 Oscar Nomination : Best Supporting Actress - Amy Ryan vs "Michael Clayton" received 7 Oscar nominations, including:
*Best Picture - Sydney Pollack
*Best Director -Tony Gilroy
Best Actor - George Clooney (Daniel Day-Lewis won for "There Will Be Blood")
*Best Supporting Actor - Tom Wilkinson
Best Supporting Actress - Tilda Swinton (WInner)
*Best Screenplay - Tony Gilroy (Diablo Cody won for "Juno")
*Best Original Score ("Atonement")
*"No Country for Old Men" won Best Picture / Best Director / Best Supporting Actor / Best Adapted Screenplay
In comparison, front runner and Best Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem won all the major awards (GG, SAG, BAFTA), including the Oscar.
Amy Ryan's nomination was her reward and recognition. She's now a great stage actress with a movie career. She was great in "Capote" (2005).

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I don't remember Tilda's performance in MC at all, while Amy's performance in GBG is still fresh and vivid in my mind. Brilliant work.

How the hell is Sandra Bullock winning Oscars while Amy Ryan is stuck doing crappy bitparts in crappy Stallone movies?
Hope she has a decent role in Birdman.

tilda was in a george clooney film
clooney is a huge star
the oscars are a TV show and they need ratings
they will snub better performances to nominate clooney instead
tom hanks charlie wilsons war
sharlto copley district 9
viggo mortensen a history of violence
ralph fiennes the constant gardener
jeff daniels the squid and the whale
joseph gordon levitt 50 50
leonardo dicaprio j edgar
thomas doret kid with a nike
pierce brosnan the matador
brendan gleeson the guard
john cusack grace is gone
ezra miller we need to talk about kevin
ricardo darín secret in their eyes
eric bana munich
ryan gosling drive
russell crowe cinderella man
ben foster the messenger
brad pitt assassination jesse james
emile hirsch into the wild
tom hardy warrior
michael stuhlbarg a serious man
owen wilson midnight in paris
denzel washington american gangster
karl markovics the counterfeiters
ryan gosling lars and the real girl
tobey Maguire brothers
il divo Toni Servillo
ryan gosling lars and the real girl
cillian murphy breakfast on pluto
russell crowe 3 10 to yuma
michael fassbender shame
isn't that beep crazy ???
clooney gets a nom for a giamatti impression in 'descendants'
while fassbender in 'shame' gets snubbed ?

She was really good in GBG, but it's hard to out do Tilda in Michael Clayton.
You need to see that one Koffee.

I haven't seen Michael Clayton but Tilda is a very good actress though. I thought Amy was great in GBG.
"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna *beep* wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.

She definitely should have won

I hadn't seen GBG at the time the Oscars were telecast and I had never heard of Amy Ryan. The little Oscar clip they showed of her made me seek out and watch this terrific film. I saw Michael Clayton, and Ryan was robbed!
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No, she didn't.

I said her look, not just her face but her whole look in the movie was not her best look. Her look in that scene all slumped down in the couch drunk and high with Dottie particularly was not a good look for her. Get it?
"Farts and poop and love and stufffffff.
Macaroni saladdddd."

She looked very white trash, but her face didn't look any different from what it normally looks like.

i know, i've seen the movie and it's one of the reasons i love Amy Ryan, but throughout the whole movie, including that scene, just not her best look but it fit the part, so
"Farts and poop and love and stufffffff.
Macaroni saladdddd."

That's just one facial expression, not representative of what she looked like overall.

lol, not the best look for her in that movie.
"I'm pretty sure she's baked on a professional level."

yea no wonder why i don't recognize her.. she looks younger and way better with longer hair the short hair makes her look old..

Yes, she does look different in the movie.
LIKE THIS:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/amy ryan gone baby gone/sti nkylulu/2007/AR-AmyRyan-GoneBabyGone-aintdotties.png
Or cut + paste: http://media.photobucket.com/image/amy ryan gone baby gone/stinkylulu/2007/AR-AmyRyan-GoneBabyGone-aintdotties.png

i watched the movie, she must have looked alot different.

When Academy members vote for performers, it's a little like voting for a prom queen in high school. It's not like it's actually the prettiest girl who wins, it's usually the person running who's the most POPULAR.
Ryan was primarily known as a New York stage actress when she was nominated. The vote was also split because Ruby Dee, a popular actress who also figured in the Civil Rights Movement, was nominated. After the votes got spread out, Tilda Swinton had the edge simply because she'd been around longer (i.e., had worked with more voters) while consistently giving solid performances.
Oscars are often given for cumulative work, or years of building up good will. I think that's what happened the year Ryan was nominated, because technically, her performance is amazing. There's not a single moment that could be better, and it's a VERY demanding role.

You'd remember her if you watched the movie.

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she was in that movie?? dont remember her

GONE BABY GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!