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2026: Hey, It’s Them Gals! Character Actor Challenge

I loved Allison's character actor challenge, so I'm trying it out myself! See the challenge here.

The idea is simple: pick 10 character actors, and watch five of their movies. Then there are two extra prompts! Challenge begins January 1 and ends December 31.

1. Allison Janney
2. Kathy Bates
3. Julianne Moore
4. Toni Collette
5. Jessica Lange
6. Merritt Wever
7. Frances Conroy
8. Margo Martindale
9. Loretta Devine
10. Tilda Swinton

extra prompts:
- Watch a heist movie, those things are character actor fests
- Watch (or rewatch) 12 Angry Men (or sub in another ensemble courtroom drama if you like)

  • I, Tonya
  • The Roses
  • The Girl on the Train
  • The Hours
  • Margaret
  • Fried Green Tomatoes
  • Midnight in Paris
  • Dolores Claiborne
  • Revolutionary Road
  • The Great Lillian Hall
  • Maps to the Stars
  • Crazy, Stupid, Love.
  • Non-Stop
  • Chloe
  • The Room Next Door
  • Goodbye June
  • The Sixth Sense
  • Muriel's Wedding
  • Nightmare Alley
  • Clockwatchers
  • Grey Gardens
  • Tootsie
  • All That Jazz
  • Crimes of the Heart
  • Titus
  • Christy
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Memory
  • Something the Lord Made
  • Strike!
  • Joker
  • The Power of the Dog
  • Sleepless in Seattle
  • The Tale
  • The Crucible
  • Cocaine Bear
  • Mother's Day
  • Cars 3
  • August: Osage County
  • Practical Magic
  • Waiting to Exhale
  • This Christmas
  • The Starling
  • Naked
  • Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
  • Asteroid City
  • Isle of Dogs
  • The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Eternal Daughter
  • Inside Man
  • Anatomy of a Fall