Veteran actress Dolly De Leon made a mark on her performance as Abigail in Ruben Ostlund's film "Triangle of Sadness."
Making its red carpet premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the film received a lot of good reviews from film critics and even won the Palme d'Or at the festival.
But aside from its big victory, De Leon caught the attention of the audience and film critics. According to Variety magazine's 2023 Oscars predictions, she was named as top three contenders for the best-supporting actress category.
Although De Leon is not officially nominated, Variety's award senior editor Clayton Davis commented on De Leon's performance.
"Her committed turn not only makes her the defining supporting performance of the year thus far but also, if enough Academy members make a note to focus on quality (and not simply name recognition as they can often do), she could be the frontrunner walking into awards season," Davis mentioned.
Aside from Clayton Davis, Jacqueline Coley from Rotten Tomatoes pointed out De Leon's strong performance in the film.
"Character actress Dolly De Leon is the name we want everyone to take note of as she has skyrocketed to the top of our early predictions for Supporting Actress," Coley wrote.
De Leon became a versatile actress, starting from theater productions up to playing supporting roles on television.
So far, in the 93-year history of the Academy Awards in the US, no Filipino has been nominated in the major categories of the most prestigious award-giving body in movies.
The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced in February 2023.
Here's everything you need to know about Dolly:
- She began her acting career in the BA Theater Arts program at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
- De Leon was mentored by the late Tony Mabesa (National Artist for Theater)
- She was part of the teleserye "Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan" (2001), and Pintada (2012).
- Her first screen credit was in "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" III in 1991 where she played a dorm mate.
- De Leon was one of the producers for the play “Never Again: Voices of Martial Law” which was performed in 2016.
- De Leon is now part of Fusion Entertainment, founded by Chris Evans, and Adam Kersh.
- In 2017, De Leon was the recipient of Outstanding Ensemble Performance by Philstage’s Gawad Buhay for her work in Nina Raine’s acclaimed play Tribes.
- De Leon has worked with highly-regarded Filipino directors Lav Diaz and Erik Matti on the HBO anthology series Folklore, in which she played the leading role.
- She has also starred in more than 30 stage productions, ranging from Shakespeare to Harold Pinter to Samuel Beckett.
- She won the award for Best-supporting actress on 2020 FAMAS Award for her 2017 film "Verdict" (Article by Carissa Alcantara)