For an actor to win an Oscar after being long overdue, two things need to be true.
First: Do they have years of stellar output without a an Oscar nomination, or repeated nominations with no wins? See: Glenn Close (8 Oscar nominations), Amy Adams (six), and Bradley Cooper (four).
Enter the awards zone once and it’s easier to get back in.Second: Do they have the right role in the right year? Without that quality and timing, justice can’t be served.
(See: Renee Zellweger winning on her fourth go-round in “Judy” or Paul Newman winning for “The Color of Money” after seven nods.)Finally: Short of an Oscar itself, the best thing that can happen for a long-overdue actor is a SAG nomination.Among the awards contenders this year who cannot claim the overdue advantage are Oscar-winners Cate Blanchett (“Tar”), Olivia Colman (“Empire of Light”), Viola Davis (“The Woman King
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