Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Here’s another actor overlooked despite impressively playing dual roles in a single movie. Us’ protagonist and her “Tethered” döppelganger looked identical but were otherwise completely different, not just in the way they moved and spoke, but in the psychic energy that emitted from their pores. Nyong’o had already won an Oscar for her feature-film debut in 12 Years a Slave six years prior—so you know the Academy is well aware of her talents. Its members just… didn’t feel the need to honor them in this particular instance.
