Oscars 2026- Amy Madigan wins Best Actress in a Supporting Role

What I loved about every single performance nominated for Supporting Actress was the sheer scope of contrast contained in each one. There was vulnerability and fearlessness, fierce physicality and quiet emotion, both subtlety and a balls-to-the-wall commitment to what each one of you put on screen. You all allowed what makes the art of acting so exhilarating. Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value. Inga Yvesdottir Lillos, Sentimental Value. I felt like the most important person in the world, and then you were gone again. I didn't see you for several months. Amy Madigan, Weapons. I had realized far too late that I was standing on the wrong corner, and by the time I put that together, oh, I'd missed it entirely. So I had to walk all the way across town to get here. Umi Masako, Sinners. I know I am brave. I work every route my grandmama taught me to keep you and that crazy brother of yours safe, every day since you've been gone. Tiana Taylor, One Battle After Another. You want your power over me the same reason you want your power over the world? You and your crumbling hell ego will never do this revolution like me. And the Oscar goes to Amy Madigan. This is great. Everybody's asking me in the press and all this, well, it's been 40 years, and, you know, what's different about this time? It's different. It's got this little gold guy. I mean, I was in the shower last night trying to think of something to say as I was shaving my legs, and I got pants on. I don't have to worry about that. I'm sorry. And, you know, we were kind of advised that, you know, don't say all these names because nobody knows who the hell these people are, but you're not rattling them off. They're people that mean something to you that you couldn't be here without them. First and foremost, I just have to thank Zach Kroeger, our writer and director. He just wrote, he just wrote a dream part, and when I, he let me just grab it by the throat, and we had a ball. You know, I want to thank Mary, you know, who is on set all the time, our producer, and, of course, you know, Warner Brothers and New Line and Pam and Mike, but, you know, it's all the people who helped me get here. You know, you're just, as you can tell, I'm a little flummoxed, you know what I mean? I also want to just give some tribute to Elle and Inga and Wunmi and Teyana. I, oh, my legs are shaking because when I was doing all the weapons stuff, I was kind of traveling on my own, and people from One Battle and people from Sinners and all the films, they just kind of gave me a hug and said, yeah, come on in and let us know you, and you can know us, so I think that, but most of all, I want to thank my beautiful daughter Lily, her husband Sean, and, of course, all the dogs, but the most important is my beloved Ed, who's been with me forever, and that's a long-ass time, and none of this would mean anything if he wasn't by my side, so thank you very much. I'm very overwhelmed.