Oscar Beat: Best Actor Predictions—It’s Gary Oldman Then Everyone Else

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Adam Chitwood
October 16, 2017

Well folks, it’s that time. I’ve been covering some preliminary buzz and shakeups in this current awards season for the past couple of months, but as we head into November, the race starts taking a much more solid shape and predictions come into play. All this week I’ll be laying out my preliminary predictions for some of the biggest categories, and I’m kicking things off with the Best Actor race—which, actually, of all the major races is maybe the least exciting of all.

Indeed, while previous years saw various actors jockeying for the top position, this one very much seems like it’s Gary Oldman’s to lose. The beloved performer turns in a wholly transformative performance in Joe Wright’s World War II drama Darkest Hour, in which he plays Winston Churchill. Oldman is indeed as good as everyone’s saying, and bolstered by an Anthony McCarten script that gives him multiple explosive speeches—which he subsequently hits out of the park—this is a film chock full of “Oscar clip”-worthy scenes.

But beyond Oldman, it’s really not that competitive of a Best Actor race—this year Best Supporting Actor is where the real fight is. Timothee Chalamet should absolutely be in contention for his star-making turn in Call Me By Your Name, which continues to rack up critical support after first bowing at Sundance earlier this year. It’s a major contender in multiple big categories, and while younger performers don’t usually score Best Actor nominations, if the Academy takes to Call Me By Your Name the way audiences at Sundance, TIFF, and the New York Film Festival did, he should make the cut.

There’s also Jake Gyllenhaal giving one of the best performances of his career in Stronger, although his footing is less solid given that the film seems to have unperformed at the box office and, disappointingly, is at risk of being forgotten come Oscar time. Andrew Garfield could be back in the mix for his impressive turn as a paraplegic in director Andy Serkis’ true-story drama Breathe. That film has some mediocre reviews, which may stand in Garfield’s way, but the guy’s incredibly likeable and does a swell job in the film. And, let’s face it: if he can get nominated for Hacksaw Ridge, a nod for Breathe is entirely possible.

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Eddie Redmayne cuts a gaunt figure as he begins work in London on his latest movie The Danish Girl

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By RYAN SMITH FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 11:14 EST, 28 February 2015 | UPDATED: 11:15 EST, 28 February 2015



In recent weeks, Eddie Redmayne collected an array of acting honours - including a coveted Best Actor Oscar - for his critically-acclaimed turn as Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything.

And the 33-year-old actor was spotted getting into character for another challenging role, as he plays transgender artist Einar Wegener, later known as Lili Elbe, in The Danish Girl.

On Saturday, newlywed Eddie was seen on the London set of his anticipated 1920s-set movie wearing a striped three-piece suit and looking considerably gaunt, having shed weight for the role.

Sipping a warm beverage and carrying a script, the actor marched his way through the English capital's rain-soaked streets with the top button of his blazer tightly done up.



His sighting on the set comes days after the first picture of him dressed as a woman - complete with a chestnut brown wavy bob and bright red lipstick - was unveiled.

The movie follows painter Einar, who was persuaded by his wife Gerda Waud, played by Alicia Vikander, to pose for her in women’s clothes after one of her models failed to show. In time, he became Lili and started on the transformation into a woman.

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L.A. Film Critics Association 2014 Complete Winner's List: Tom Hardy, 'Boyhood' Win Big!

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December 7, 2014



The winners have been officially announced for the 2014 Los Angeles Film Critics Association!

The film Boyhood took home a total of four awards including Best Picture, best director (Richard Linklater), actress (Patricia Arquette), and best editing.

Other notable winners include Tom Hardy (Locke) for Best Actor, with Michael Keaton (Birdman) as runner up.

Agata Kulesza won Best Supporting Actress for Ida with the runner up going to Rene Russo for Nightcrawler.

Click inside for the entire list of winners from the 2014 Los Angeles Film Critics Association…

Best picture: Boyhood. Runner-up: The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Best actor: Tom Hardy, Locke. Runner-up: Michael Keaton, Birdman.

Best director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood. Runner-up: Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Best foreign-language film: Ida. Runner-up: Winter Sleep.

Best screenplay: Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Runner-up: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo, Birdman.


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Tom Hiddleston and Gillian Anderson Among Winners at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

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December 01, 2014 04:28:01 GMT



Tom Hiddleston and Gillian Anderson are big winners at the 2014 Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Hiddleston and Anderson were awarded with Best Actor and Best Actress award respectively at a ceremony which took place at the London Palladium on Sunday night, November 30.

The Loki depicter on "The Avengers" took home the award for his role in "Coriolanus" after beating other contenders such as Mark Strong and Ben Miles. Receiving the trophy from Helen Mirren, Hiddleston said that he was "so proud" to be honored with the award. As quoted by BBC, the 33-year-old actor described "Coriolanus" as a "bloody, brutal, angry play." He received four stitches during the gig and "had the scars to prove it."

Anderson, meanwhile, won the Best Actress award for her performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire". The actress, who currently stars on "The Fall" alongside Jamie Dornan, was quoted as saying, "I haven't done that many plays and any time I do one I feel like an imposter."

James McAvoy handed the NOOK Award for Best Play to Rona Munro's "The James Plays" while the Best Musical trophy was awarded to "The Scottsboro Boys". Benedict Cumberbatch, who attended the event with his theater director/actress fiancee Sophie Hunter, presented the lifetime achievement award to Tom Stoppard.

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Michael Keaton, Benedict Cumberbatch and Steve Carell signal lift-off for Oscar's Best Actor category

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By Kristopher Tapley  

TELLURIDE — If you asked me to pick between the three commanding, sure-fire awards-contending lead actor performances on display at this year's Telluride Film Festival, I'd have a break down. Yet that's just what Academy voters will surely be asked to do in a few months' time, with added pressure in the form of whoever fills out the rest of the competitive category.

In "Birdman," Michael Keaton may well end up putting forth the most compelling case for a win. Not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but some things are just patently obvious. Keaton is resurrected by this film, a tried-and-true narrative that we just saw play out last year with Matthew McConaughey. More than that, he's revealing shades of a character that will no doubt connect with actors, presenting the very id of a soul desperate to perform but hamstrung and even quarantined by the realities of the "business" of "show business."

In "The Imitation Game," Benedict Cumberbatch delivers his career-best work in a biopic that is sure to find Academy love and adoration across the board. "Birdman" certainly left a crater, but Morten Tyldum's film feels very much like the breakout of the festival. It's on everyone's lips and I've overheard more than a few compare the experience to the "King's Speech" coming out of 2010. And a lot of that stems from the undeniable layers Cumberbatch exhibits in his performance as ill-fated computer pioneer Alan Turing, finding graceful emotional notes amid the otherwise eccentric playground of the film's subject.


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Daniel Day Lewis immerses himself in the role of dad as he enjoys some father and son bonding By EMMA GRITT (MAIL ON LINE)

Father and son: Daniel Day-Lewis and his son Gabriel enjoyed a day together in Manhattan

 Past life: Daniel and Isabelle Adjani, Gabriel's mother

Daniel Day Lewis is as reclusive as he is talented, so it was a surprise to see him enjoying a public day out with his son.

The British born actor was seen walking through Manhattan with 17-year old Gabriel.

Earlier this year, Daniel scooped his third Best Actor Oscar, but it's clear the role he relishes most is that of being a parent.

The silver-haired star was dressed casually in a blue jacket and jeans as he wandered around Soho.

Gabriel definitely bears a resemblance to his famous father, and looks like he could end up being as tall as the 6'1 Lincoln star.

In a rare interview, he told The Sun that becoming a parent was really special to him. 

He said: 'It utterly changed my life. I don’t think there’s a parent on this earth who would give you a different answer.

He added: 'I don’t know if I can describe my feelings about being a father in real life.

'In real life, I have sons. Sons are different. Sons are a pushover. Daughters can be quite difficult. At least, that’s what I hear.'

Daniel and Gabriel's mum, French actress Isabelle Adjani, were together for six years before they went their separate ways, months before their son's birth.

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Martin Freeman wins Empire Award best actor for performance in The Hobbit (THE INDEPENDENT)

Martin Freeman was the epitome of modesty as he overcame star competition to win best actor at the Jameson Empire Film Awards tonight.

“It's possible that my performance was not the best if the year,” he said of his performance in The Hobbit. “but I'll take it.”

Similar modesty came when Dame Helen Mirren was named an Empire “legend”. “I feel more of a leg-over than a legend,” she quipped. “I have been more in my career.”

Jennifer Lawrence won best actress and Sam Mendes was named both best director and the “inspiration” awards, held in the Grosvenor House Hotel.

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Oscars 2013: Daniel Day-Lewis collects record third Oscar with a smile Lincoln star says he needs to 'lie down for a couple of years' as he dismisses attempts to label him greatest ever actor as 'daft' Maev Kennedy and Catherine Shoard The Guardian, Monday 25 February 2013 17.43 EST

Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, and Christoph Waltz. Photograph: Peter West/Rex Features

Long after the Californian sun rose, the Oscar winners and losers were waking up after a night of loud applause and louder frocks, hilarious acceptance speeches and dire jokes.

As universally predicted, Daniel Day-Lewis took the Oscar for best actor for his towering performance in Lincoln, and also enters the record books as the first male actor to be a third-time victor, after winning for My Left Foot in 1990 and There Will Be Blood in 2008.

Day-Lewis is sometimes seen as a remote and slightly chilly figure, renowned for his obsessive preparation and for remaining in character throughout the filming – hard on his wife, the actor and director Rebecca Miller, given that the 16th president of the United States had a notoriously difficult relationship with his wife, who spent time in a mental hospital after his death.

"Since we got married 16 years ago, my wife Rebecca has lived with some very strange men," he told the audience. "Luckily she's the versatile one of the family and she's been the perfect companion to all of them."

Day-Lewis also won the audience accolade for the best joke when he insisted that Meryl Streep, presenter of his Oscar, had been Steven Spielberg's first choice to play Abraham Lincoln, and in return he himself had been destined to play Margaret Thatcher.

Backstage after his win, he said he could not think of anyone else he urgently wants to play. "I need to lie down for a couple of years. It's really hard to imagine doing anything after this." He dismissed any attempt to label him the greatest actor of all time as "daft".


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Daniel Day-Lewis makes Oscars history with best-actor win (CBS NEWS)

Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for best actor for his exactingly authentic performance as President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's historical drama at Sunday's Academy Awards. Going into the night, the British actor was the favorite to win.

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Will Daniel Day-Lewis be first actor to win 3 Academy Awards for Best Actor? (SCREEN INVASION)

By John H. Foote

Who else might have been deserving?

In the history of the Academy Awards, since 1927, no single actor has managed to win three Academy Awards for Best Actor. Nine have won twice, while Jack Nicholson has won twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor. Character actor Walter Brennan won three times as Best Supporting Actor before 1950 and at least one actor should have won three Best Actor awards in a span of six years in the sixties, but did not. Incredibly Katherine Hepburn won four times as Best Actress, the first in the thirties, back to back awards in the sixties and the final one in 1981 putting her far ahead of both the men and women.

Thirteen women have won twice for Best Actress, with Ingrid Bergman and Meryl Streep each winning another for Best Supporting Actress, and many of the ladies, could have won more than they did. Is it not bizarre that Streep just became a two time Best Actress winner only a year ago??


Daniel Day-Lewis will likely become the first actor to be a triple Best Actor winner for his magnificent performance in Lincoln (2012), the years best film. Day-Lewis first won for his stunning work in My Left Foot (1989) and just five years ago for There Will Be Blood (2007) arguably the greatest male performance ever put on film. His win for Lincoln (2012) will place him where no other actor has ever been, but in hindsight, several could have been perhaps should have been three time winners (or more) before now.

Fredric March, Spencer Tracey, and Gary Cooper were all deserving two time Oscar winners, with not one of them having a chance at a third. However, the other six all should be three time winners.


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Golden Globes - Best Actor Drama Nominee - Daniel Day Lewis (FEMALE FIRST)

Name: Daniel Day Lewis

Age: 55

Character: Abraham Lincoln

Film: Lincoln

Synopsis: In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery.

With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

Previous Golden Globe Wins: Daniel Day Lewis has one Golden Globe for There Will Be Blood





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Daniel Day-Lewis and director Steven Spielberg arrive at the 'Lincoln' premiere during AFI Fest 2012 presented by Audi at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 8, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Awards season kicked off last night with the New York Film Critics Circle handing Best Picture to Zero Dark Thirty and Best Actor to Daniel Day-Lewis for his turn in Lincoln, The Los Angeles Times reports. Day-Lewis' co-star Sally Field was also recognized for her performance as Mary Todd Lincoln, as was Tony Kushner for penning the the Steven Spielberg-directed biopic.

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Colin Firth attending Vanity Fair Oscar party, February 2011

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Colin Firth is back for P-p-p-part II of The King’s Speech Actor to return to royal role (THE SUN) EDITED BY GORDON SMART Colin Firth is back for P-p-p-part II of The King’s Speech Actor to return to royal role In talks for another Speech ... Colin Firth and on-screen wife Helena Bonham Carter By GORDON SMART

IT’S good Colin Firth doesn’t fumble his lines at awards dos.

He’s agreed to return as stammering monarch George VI for a sequel to The King’s Speech – the role that earned him a stack of trinkets including a Best Actor Oscar.

Stars of the original — Helena Bonham Carter, who played George’s wife Queen Elizabeth, and Geoffrey Rush, who was the king’s speech therapist — have also said they are desperate to return, along with director Tom Hooper.

A movie source said the sequel will be set during the carnage of World War Two’s Blitz.

Amazingly it will not focus on how George struggled to control his stammer as bombs rained down on London. The insider said: “The sequel is going to be about the experience of families during the Blitz. It will focus on how the privileged Royal Family was hit by the crisis, compared to the more ordinary family of George VI’s speech therapist.

“The focus will be on George but it will also show how the whole royal household was affected. There’s still amazing interest in the Blitz. The movie is still in the very early stages but everyone’s keen to get going soon.”


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Colin Firth on Letterman (11/23/2010)

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Colin Firth: Chadha wants Firth to play Mountbatten The film is based on the book Freedom at Midnight (INDIA TODAY)

If Gurinder Chadha has her way, Delhi could play host to Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth this October.

The British filmmaker of Indian origin, best known for her 2002 comedy hit Bend It Like Beckham, returns to India in October to shoot portions of her new film on Lord Mountbatten. According to the buzz the film has generated, Firth, who won the Best Actor Oscar for The King's Speech last year, is Chadha's first choice to play Mountbatten.

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: Critics' Choice Awards Prove They're Ready for Prime Time Hillary Atkin ■ Posted June 20, 2012 at 7:23 AM (TV WEEK)

Was it really elementary that PBS’s “Sherlock" was awarded the trophies for best movie/miniseries and best actor in a movie/miniseries? The real question could be, who is Benedict Cumberbatch and why did critics love him more than Kevin Costner in History’s vaunted “Hatfields & McCoys”?

Having not yet seen “Sherlock,” but getting the message from colleagues that we are sure to get hooked on it, we have only the clue that Mr. Costner felt that this awards fest was important enough to show up -- and the inkling that he will be rewarded by Emmy voters.


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Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller and Matilda share honours at Olivier Awards Joint wins for the two stars of Frankenstein, and for four young actresses, as Matilda sweeps the board Paul Jones 9:31 AM, 16 April 2012 (RADIO TIMES)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller shared the best actor gong, while four young stars were named joint best actress in a musical, as Matilda swept the board at last night's annual Olivier Awards, which celebrate achievements in theatre.

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller (soon to appear in Elementary, a modern-day US take on the great detective) collected a joint best actor prize for their dual roles as Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creation in director Danny Boyle’s stage version of Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror classic.


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Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch win Best Actor at Olivier Awards (MAIL ON LINE)

Triumphant: Ruth Wilson with her Best Actress accolade for Anna Christie and Jonny Lee Miller holding his shared Best Actor trophy with Benedict Cumberbatch (not pictured) for their performance in Frankenstein

Scots actor James McAvoy looked dapper in a black suit as he arrived with actress wife Anne-Marie Duff. The Last King Of Scotland star was at the ceremony to present the Best Revival Award to Anna Christie.

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The best films of 2011: Peter Bradshaw's choice

Despite the UK Film Council's golden age, 2011 was very much a mixed bag of events

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Cannes do ... We Need to Talk About Kevin. Photograph: Nicole Rivelli

 

 

In some ways, 2011 was the strangest year in living memory for British cinema. The UK Film Council was officially wound up at the end of March, a showy act from this coalition government, annulling a Labour creation on the grounds of high salaries and cronyism, but transferring much of its budget and responsibilities to the British Film Institute. And this at a time when the Film Council was having a golden age: a bag of Oscars for The King's Speech and a feeling that it had fostered real talent. Something was going very right for British cinema. Lynne Ramsey's We Need to Talk About Kevin premiered at Cannes; Steve McQueen's Shame and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights made waves at Venice.

Two film-makers from Iran showed that cinema was able to address the question of the Arab spring: Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi, directors and pro-democracy campaigners, have been given prison sentences for alleged crimes against national security. Showing enormous courage, they made films in 2011 that were critical of Iran. Panahi's This Is Not a Film and Rasoulof's Good Bye were shown at Cannes. I was on the Un Certain Regard jury that gave Rasoulof the directing prize.
Film-makers showed that 3D was not simply the fad that many had feared, with three directors making movies that grappled with its possibilities. Wim Wenders' Pina, about choreographer Pina Bausch, captured the physicality of dance; Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams intensified the mysteries of cave paintings; and Martin Scorsese's Hugo applied 3D to a family fantasy adventure.
An established talent and a relative newcomer gave us two of the year's best films. Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life was a bold and visionary work on an unfashionable Christian-humanist theme; while Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist was, released later this month, a glorious and loving pastiche of the Hollywood silent age.

Best breakthrough: Tom Hiddleston, for working with Branagh, Allen and Spielberg in quick succession.

Survivor of the year: Woody Allen, for Midnight in Paris.

Worst sequel: Split between The Hangover Part II and The Human Centipede 2.

Peter Bradshaw's picks of 2011

Best film
The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Poetry (dir. Lee Chang-dong)
The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
Le Quattro Volte (dir. Michelangelo Frammartino)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)

Best director
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Andrea Arnold for Wuthering Heights
Terence Davies for The Deep Blue Sea
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Semih Kaplanoglu for Honey
Michelangelo Frammartino for Le Quattro Volte
Asghar Farhadi for A Separation
Duncan Jones for Source Code
Kelly Reichardt for Meek's Cutoff
Joanna Hogg for Archipelago

Best actor
Brad Pitt for The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
Jean Dujardin for The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
Peter Mullan for Tyrannosaur (dir. Paddy Considine)
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Daniel Henshall for Snowtown (dir. Justin Kurzel)
Aiden Gillen for Treacle Jr (dir. Jamie Thraves)
Gérard Depardieu for Mammuth (dirs. Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine)
Antonio Banderas for The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Michael Fassbender for Jane Eyre (dir. Cary Fukunaga)
Anders Danielsen Lie for Oslo, August 31st (dir. Joachim Trier)

Best supporting actor
Kenneth Branagh for My Week With Marilyn (dir. Simon Curtis)
David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine (dir. Jim Loach)
Ezra Miller for We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
Bruce Greenwood for Meek's Cutoff (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
Michel Galabru for Love Like Poison (dir. Katell Quillévéré)
Matthew Lewis for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (dir. David Yates)
Christopher Plummer for Beginners (dir. Mike Mills)
Albert Brooks for Drive (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn)
Chris Langham for Black Pond (dirs. Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe)
Udo Kier for Melancholia (dir. Lars von Trier)

Best actress
Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
Anna Paquin for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn (dir. Simon Curtis)
Rachel Weisz for The Deep Blue Sea (dir. Terence Davies)
Rinko Kikuchi for Norwegian Wood (dir. Tran Anh Hung)
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
Yun Jung-hee for Poetry (dir. Lee Chang-dong)
Liana Liberato for Trust (dir. David Schwimmer)
Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur (dir. Paddy Considine)
Catherine Deneuve for Potiche (dir. François Ozon)

Best supporting actress
Zawe Ashton for Dreams of a Life (dir. Carol Morley)
Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Lubna Azabal for Incendies (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
Sareh Bayat for A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
Rachael Blake for Sleeping Beauty (dir. Julia Leigh)
Valeria De Franciscis Bendoni for The Salt Of Life (dir. Gianni di Gregorio)
Elle Fanning for Super 8 (dir. JJ Abrams)
Marion Cotillard for Midnight in Paris (dir. Woody Allen)
Allison Janney for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
Sally Hawkins for Submarine (dir. Richard Ayoade)

Best documentary
Senna (dir. Asif Kapadia)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (dir. Martin Scorsese)
Cave f Forgotten Dreams (dir. oWerner Herzog)
Pina (dir. Wim Wenders)
Inside Job (dir. Charles Ferguson)
Dreams of a Life (dir. Carol Morley)
Bobby Fischer Against the World (dir. Liz Garbus)
Waste Land (dir. Lucy Walker)
Tt3d: Closer to the Edge (dir. Richard de Araques)
Project Nim (dir. James Marsh)

Best screenplay
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin for Moneyball (dir. Bennett Miller)
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March (dir. George Clooney)
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (dir. Woody Allen)
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo for Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Richard Ayoade for Submarine (dir. Richard Aoyade)
Benoît Délepine and Gustave de Kervern for Mammuth (dirs. Benoît Délepine, Gustave de Kervern)
Joe Cornish for Attack the Block (dir. Joe Cornish)
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan for tinker tailor soldier spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Kenneth Lonergan for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
Asghar Farhadi for A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)

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