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Gerwig has given one of the best female performances of the year, and Frances is bound to stick with you awhile after your first viewing.

Mullan is great, and Colman gives the best female performance of the year behind Juliette Binoche in Certified Copy.

My favorite female performance of the year belonged to Essie Davis in Jennifer Kent's The Babadook, but that seems like the exception to the rule laid down by the two Agatas (Kulesza and Trzebuchowska) in Ida, Emily Browning in God Help the Girl, Tilda Swinton in Only Lovers Left Alive, Anne Dorval in Mommy, and the heroine in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

More crucially, and the thing that truly reminded us of her talent, was Ry Russo - Young «s «Nobody Walks,» in which Thirlby gives one of the more undervalued female performances of the year as an aspiring filmmaker staying with an L.A. family (John Krasinski and Rosemarie DeWitt) who up - ends their lives.

It is no surprise that Saoirse Ronan gives one of the most deeply felt and wonderful female performances of the year in Brooklyn.

Do her supporters here believe she gave the best female performance of the year in either category?

Rooney Mara gave my favorite female performance of the year, and she probably has the most raw screen time of any of the actresses in this category (being the absolute lead of the film will do that for you).

And Mara is neck and neck with Saoirse Ronan for my favorite overall female performance of the year (and overall performance at all, really), so she got the nod over Stewart.

This isn't really an actor - driven movie, however, and Williams isn't given enough to do to make it plausible for her to register as anybody's single favorite supporting - female performance of the year.

It would be a major understatement to say that she doesn't make the most of it, because Kendrick easily delivers one of the best female performances of the year.

That was my favorite female performance of the year.

Finally, this year, she went from intriguing newcomer to movie - star - in - the - making, first bringing an unexpected depth to the potentially stereotypical role of Amy Schumer's square married sister in Trainwreck, then transcending every other female performance of the year with her astonishing turn as the kidnapped and imprisoned young mother of Room.

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Lady GaGa has been nominated for Album of the Year (for her album Fame Monster), Best Pop Collaboration, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Dance Recording, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Short Form Music Video.

A 38 - year - old female professional / elite triathlete (and medical doctor) of 13 years presented with decreased performances in the Ironman triathlon, alongside a number of physiological ailments during training and competition over the previous several years.

We present the case of a 38 - year - old female professional / elite Ironman triathlete who presented with decreased performances, alongside severe gastrointestinal distress, excess fatigue, and severe daytime hunger.

And a cast to dream of down to the smallest roles, most of the actors giving the performance of their lifetime: J.Lo is hardly recognizable as the irrelevant pop singer of recent years, doing a great job as a female cop tempted by the attracting opposites of bank robber George Clooney, who was never better than here.

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Three of the year's strongest female performances threaten convention, the one that says females are usually cast as supporting, loving, noble characters who give of themselves in the service of the male lead.

2000: Ellen Burstyn and Jennifer Connelly in «Requiem for a Dream were two of the top five best female performances in that year.

Most of the best actress performances this year function as supporting female characters, even when they're leads.

What remains is a mix of triumphs both male and female, lead and supporting, all of which set the bar high for the performances still to come this year.

For the second year in a row, Claire Foy took home the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama for her astounding work on Netflix original The Crown, though this time around, she was absent — and her victory came as something of a surprise.

After delivering one of the best performances in years as another female (of a sort) caught between two men in Ex Machina a few months back, Alicia Vikander has continued one hell of a year with a showstopping performance as the spirited Gabby.

Another entry in the popular documentary subgenre about performers and performances (exemplified by «Searching for Sugar Man» last year), this again focuses on a figure of modest fame (1990s female punk pioneer Kathleen Hanna and her band Bikini Kill).

Lynne Ramsay) Starring the remarkable Samantha Morton (who turns in this year's best female performance, hands down) as the titular Morvern, Lynne Ramsay's follow - up to her wonderfully minimalist Ratcatcher is an examination of the ways in which reality is what you make of it.

But despite two terrifically nuanced performances by its male leads and a good try by its somewhat miscast female star, the simmering dramatics behind «Denial» never quite reach a satisfying boil of righteous indignation and justice served that was felt in last year's similar «Spotlight,» the expose about the uncovering of the Catholic Church's pedophile priest scandal.

If I say that I like Violette Nozière fractionally less than such considerably less admired movies as Ten Days Wonder and Nada, that isn't to imply that it's less than a very remarkable and exciting movie, and Isabelle Huppert's performance may be the best female acting of the year.

The story of 16 - year - old Jenny (Carey Mulligan, in the star - making performance that earned her the coveted Hollywood Film Festival award for Best Hollywood Breakthrough Performance forperformance that earned her the coveted Hollywood Film Festival award for Best Hollywood Breakthrough Performance forPerformance for a Female!)

It's strange that even in a year roundly hailed as a strong one for actresses, some of the best female lead performances keep getting ignored.

Sally Hawkins Given that she gave one of the most widely acclaimed female performances of the last few years — as the ever - sunny Poppy in Mike Leigh «s «Happy - Go - Lucky,» which won her a Golden Globe — it's a little puzzling that Sally Hawkins hasn't exploded since.

What had been touted as a weak year for female performances ended up delivering a brace of unexpected nominations, including Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl, Emily Blunt for Stephen Sondheim musical adaptation Into the Woods and Helen Mirren, who achieved her sixth nomination for the otherwise fairly forgettable gastro - romance The Hundred - Foot Journey.

Usually, these categories lock up pretty early with a clear frontrunner and the obvious runners - up, and it feels like we kind of scrape around the barrel looking for one or two people to round out the list of top ten female performances in a year.

This year, we look forward to a sampling of some mighty powerful female driven movies, each of which features an A-list cast and an exceptionally strong performance by the leading actress (es).

What??? This movie and the shape of water are tied as my favourites from last year mostly because of the lead female performances.

Last year's SAG Awards saw big wins for «Birdman» for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Eddie Redmayne for Male Actor in a Leading Role, Julianne Moore for Female Actor in a Leading Role, and J.K. Simmons and Patricia Arquette for supporting actor statuettes — all of whom went on to take home the Oscar later that year.

As Inception takes us deeper into Cobb's mind, we are treated to one of the gorgeous, haunting female characters of the year — Marion Cotillard in one of her best performances.

Best Picture «Another Year / Black Swan» Best Director Darren Aronofsky, «Black Swan» Best Actor James Franco, «127 Hours» Best Actress Natalie Portman, «Black Swan» Best Supporting Actor John Hawkes, «Winter's Bone» Best Supporting Actress Lesley Manville, «Another Year» Best Adapted Screenplay «The Social Network» (Aaron Sorkin) Best Original Screenplay «Another Year» (Mike Leigh) Best Art Direction «Inception» Best Cinematography «Inception» Best Costume Design «Black Swan» Best Film Editing «Inception» Best Makeup «Black Swan» /» Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows» Best Sound Editing «TRON Legacy» Best Visual Effects «Inception» /» Alice in Wonderland» /» Black Swan» Best Animated Feature «Chico and Rita ″ — one to watch Best Ensemble «Another Year» Most Underrated Film of the Year «4.3.2.1» — another one to watch Most Overrated Film of the Year «Inception» — I know I've awarded it a lot but a tadge overrated Breakthrough Performance (Female) Jennifer Lawrence, «Winter's Bone» Best Performance in a Bad Film Bojana Novakovic, «Devil» Worst Performance in a Good / Fairly Decent Film Mia Wasikowska, «Alice in Wonderland» Best Hero Luz / She, «Machete» — she was a good freedom fighter, shame about the film Best Villain Nina Sayers, «Black Swan» / Mal Cobb «Inception» Best Poster «Black Swan» Best Trailer (for a trailer released in 2010, not necessarily a film released in 2010) «Black Swan» Most Surprising Film of the Year «Centurion» Most Disappointing Film of the Year «Robin Hood» Most Ambitious Film of the Year «Inception»

It's a very strongly female crew [some 40 of this year's AFI films, btw, have women directors], it takes a really strong and in - depth look at American history and the politics of race, it's just really well - crafted with Dolby Atmos sound in a historical drama, and great performances from a really incredible ensemble cast.

This past year, I don't know what it was with hollywood but there were a lot of break out performances from young female actresses that made me... Continue reading «TOP 25 ACTRESSES 25 & UNDER»

Here's my overview of fifteen of the year's key female characters and performances, and women in documentaries.

In a perfect world, Rooney Mara would be in the Best Actress category where she belongs, leaving this category open to be rightfully won by Kristen Stewart, who gave the best pure supporting performance of any female this year.

Lesley Manville — unless they move Manville to supporting, it's hard to imagine this performance not being seriously considered as one of the best of the year, male or female.

And in this year, with so many incredible female performances, there's a laundry list of better options for Best Actress than her.

Meryl Streep stars as Katharine (Kay) Graham, the first female publisher of a major U.S. newspaper, and she delivers her most nuanced performance in years... that of a conflicted woman coming to grips with her immense power at a time when many men believed she lacked the capacity for making such far - reaching and weighty decisions.

It's hard to find any grand takeaways from the nominations, except that SAG voters generally agree with the consensus — but in a scattered and perhaps thin year for female performances, they sometimes have slightly offbeat taste... or, in the case of Watts and «St. Vincent,» very offbeat taste.

Everything that has been said about Kristin Scott Thomas» portrayal of Juliette is true; this is quite possibly the richest, most complicated character that has been written for a mature female actor in several years, and she seizes upon it to craft the most honest and perceptive performance of her career.

In all three years the difference in the percentage of male and female teachers with a summative performance rating who were rated below proficient was approximately 5 percentage points or less.

Before her debut at Caesars Palace, Celine Dion won five GRAMMY Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Album for Falling Into You (1996), and Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for «My Heart Will Go On» (1998).

Developer Telltale Games also won Studio of the Year while Melissa Hutchinson was honored in the Best Performance By a Human Female category for her role as Clementine.