Without question, the Academy made a good move by breaking with tradition and having two former Best Actress winners present the Best Actress Oscar with Foster (who won Best Actress twice, for The Accused and Silence of the Lambs) and Lawrence (who won the top award for Silver Linings Playbook).
Academy Award winners Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster will present the Best Actress award at the 2018 Oscars, thus replacing last year’s Best Actor winner Casey Affleck.
Variety reports that Best Actress winners Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster will hand out the award for Best Actress at the 2018 Oscars this Sunday.
At least in the case of Affleck, the move to have Foster and Lawrence present the Best Actress Oscar is an apparent nod to the #MeToo movement to call out and prevent sexual harassment and assault in film and television industries, as well as the Time’s Up organization – which will be highlighted specifically during the 2018 Oscar ceremonies – a legal defense fund for victims of sexual harassment, assault, and abuse in the workplace.