{"id":903021,"date":"2026-09-23T22:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903021\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T22:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:40:11","slug":"tender-loving-care-awards-categories-kate-oflynn-for-supporting-actress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903021\/","title":{"rendered":"Tender Loving Care Awards Categories: Kate O’Flynn for Supporting Actress"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTender Loving Care<\/a>, the great British auteur Mike Leigh<\/a>\u2019s latest and possibly final film \u2014 a dramedy about a variety of women who devote their lives to caring for others\u00a0\u2014 is, like many of Leigh\u2019s earlier works, a true ensemble piece. That has left many wondering how its individual cast members would be positioned this awards<\/a> season. Now we know.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter has learned that only one member of the cast, Marion Bailey<\/a>, who plays Birdie, the matriarch of a family central to the plot, will be campaigned for best actress, while everyone else \u2014 including Widow\u2019s Bay breakout Kate O\u2019Flynn, who plays Birdie\u2019s daughter Amy, and Bailey\u2019s real-life daughter Alice Bailey Johnson<\/a>, who plays Amy\u2019s roommate and fellow social worker Rosie \u2014\u00a0will be pushed for best supporting actress.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAlice Bailey Johnson and Kate O\u2019Flynn in Tender Loving Care<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Joseph Lynn\/Thin Man Films Ltd\/Bleecker Street<\/p>\n

\n\tBailey and O\u2019Flynn have the most screen time, totaling almost exactly the same as each other. But, Bleecker Street<\/a> and talent reps reasoned, Bailey is the veteran of the two, is first-billed in the film\u2019s credits and has the film\u2019s most emotional scenes, particularly one in the family kitchen. (Bailey is Leigh\u2019s leading lady off screen, as well \u2014\u00a0the two have been in a relationship for several years.)<\/p>\n

\n\tO\u2019Flynn, meanwhile, is playing a character who is literally supporting Bailey\u2019s character \u2014 Amy helps Birdie to navigate the decline of Geoff, Birdie\u2019s husband and Amy\u2019s father, played by theater veteran Paul Jesson, who will be promoted for best supporting actor.<\/p>\n

\n\tO\u2019Flynn, coming off the first season of Widow\u2019s Bay and her recent Emmy win, is the film\u2019s highest-profile star and probably its strongest bet to land a nom. Promoting her in the supporting actress race is also helpful for Bleecker Street, given that the small but scrappy distributor already has a strong best actress contender in the running for another film it\u2019s handling, Carrie Coon for The Liberation.<\/p>\n

\n\tUltimately, the best argument for Tender Loving Care may be for a best ensemble Actor Award nomination, something Bleecker Street is making a concerted push for. Bailey, O\u2019Flynn and Bailey Johnson are headed to New York to accompany Leigh at the film\u2019s New York Film Festival screening on Monday. And while they are in the Big Apple, the trio of actresses will also attend a screening and Q&A targeting the Actor Awards nominating committee members.<\/p>\n

\n\tTender Loving Care will open in the U.S. on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tender Loving Care, the great British auteur Mike Leigh\u2019s latest and possibly final film \u2014 a dramedy about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[471348,64,63,1703,174782,447,134,365562,471349,449978,471350],"class_list":["post-903021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-alice-bailey-johnson","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-awards","tag-bleecker-street","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-kate-oflynn","tag-marion-bailey","tag-mike-leigh","tag-tender-loving-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}