At an Oscars full of nerve-shreddingly tight races, best actress was one of Sunday night's few entirely predictable categories.
Pundits were -- correctly -- unanimous that Jessie Buckley would win for her tear-jerking turn as William Shakespeare's wife in "Hamnet."
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