supporting actress

The film would be nominated for three Academy Awards: Jonze for director, Kaufman for original screenplay and Keener for supporting actress.

Leigh and Jean-Baptiste previously collaborated on 1996's Secrets & Lies - which scored Oscar nominations for best picture as well as best director and best supporting actress respectively.

That means The Piano Lesson could be seen by Academy voters as a second chance to recognise Deadwyler's work, potentially placing her in this year's best supporting actress race.

She will campaign for best supporting actress for Blitz, and best leading actress for The Outrun, in which she plays an alcoholic returning to her family in Orkney.

The production, with the original cast, was made into a film two years later, and Smith nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress.