The review aims 'to inform ... whether changes to the guidelines may be needed in a new era of social media and digital communication.'
Hailing from the UK, Riseborough has featured in dozens of films over the last two decades such as Birdman, The Grudge reboot and Mandy.
More recently, she starred alongside Margot Robbie in Amsterdam and played Mrs. Wormwood in Netflix's Matilda the Musical.To Leslie, helmed by revered TV director Michael Morris, follows a single mother from Texas who wins the lottery, only to squander it just as fast. To Leslie was released last October by independent film distributor Momentum Pictures, a subsidiary of Entertainment One.It made only $23,304 at the box office but has scored 98 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Puck reported that the wife of the film director, actress Mary McCormack, and friends had "emailed and called tons of members of the Academy's actors branch, begging them to see the little-watched alcoholic drama and post online about Riseborough's searing performance."Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Sarah Paulson, Edward Norton and Amy Adams all hosted viewing events in support for the film in the weeks before Oscar nominations were released.
Even Aussie Cate Blanchett took time out of her Critics Choice acceptance speech earlier in the month to praise Riseborough's performance.Winners of the Academy Awards will be announced on March 12.
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