Oscars 2023: Top 10 Black contenders

Gabrielle Union

The Inspection will probably get Gabrielle Union a nomination for supporting actress at the Oscars in 2023. Union’s portrayal of Inez French, the unsupportive mother of a marine who is hazed and rejected because of his sexual orientation, garnered Oscar buzz. Union is a transgender mother and an advocate for the LGBTQ community in real life. The actress did a lot of introspection in order to get ready for her part in “The Inspection.” 

“I had to do a lot of research. I had to do just a huge deep dive and not just into who this woman was, it’s a real person, that’s a daunting task in and of itself, but I had to go inside myself to find her humanity and try to figure out: at what point do we intersect?” Union told CBS. Union, who has been acting for decades, said the role pushed her into a new place and gave her permission to “dream of other roles.”

I must emphasize that the above are merely projections. But until then, we wish our Black actors the best of luck at the 95th Academy Awards and look forward to the Oscars nominee list in January 2023.