The nominees in the Best Actress category for the 83rd annual Academy Awards were announced on January 25, 2011. The winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role will be announced at the Academy Awards ceremony, slated to be held at 8 p.m. EST on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
The 2011 nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role include Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), and Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine).http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html Both Bening and Portman took home Best Actress wins at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, held on January 16.http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/ Bening won in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category, while Portman won in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama category.http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/
The 2010 Best Actress winner was Sandra Bullock, for her performance in The Blind Side.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/07/sandra-bullock-wins-best_n_489475.html Other contenders in 2010 included first-time nominee Gabourey Sidibe, for her performance in Precious, and Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia, who was nominated for the thirteenth time in the Best Actress category.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000658/awards
Best Actress and Supporting Actress Oscar Nominees
Five actresses received Best Actress Academy Award nominations in 2011. Two are veterans of the Oscar race, two have been nominated for Oscars before and one is a newcomer to the Academy Awards. The nominees for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role are: Annette Bening for ''The Kids Are All Right'' Nicole Kidman for ''Rabbit Hole'' Jennifer Lawrence for ''Winter's Bone'' Natalie Portman for ''Black Swan'' Michelle Williams for ''Blue Valentine''
Best Actress 2010 Nominees
2011 Nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right
- Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole
- Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone
- Natalie Portman in Black Swan
- Michelle Williams in Blue Valentinehttp://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html
2010 Nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side - WINNER!
- Helen Mirren in The Last Station
- Carey Mulligan in An Education
- Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
- Meryl Streep in Julie & Juliahttp://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html
2009 Nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Kate Winslet in The Reader - WINNER!
- Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie in Changeling
- Melissa Leo in Frozen River
- Meryl Streep in Doubt
2008 Nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Julie Christie in Away From Her
- Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose - WINNER!
- Laura Linney in The Savages
- Ellen Page in Juno
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