#1

Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind

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#32 Amy Adams,

Junebug

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#16 Beyonce Knowles,

Dreamgirls

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hspace="6">#17 Julie Walters, Billy Elliot

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hspace="6">#8 Angelina Jolie, Wanted

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#25 Naomi

Watts, Mulholland Drive

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#9

href="http://www.film.com/celebrities/taraji-henson/14529332">Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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#24 Marisa Tomei, In

the Bedroom

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#5 Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Dark Knight

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#28 Laura

Linney, Kinsey

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hspace="6">#12 Ellen Page, Juno

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#21

href="http://www.film.com/celebrities/cate-blanchett/14646209">Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age

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#4 Rachel Weisz,

The Constant Gardener

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#29

Judi Dench, Iris

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#13 Cameron

Diaz, Vanilla Sky

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#20 Frances

McDormand, Almost Famous

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#6 Keira Knightley, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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#27 Charlize Theron, North Country

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#11 Rachel

McAdams, Wedding Crashers

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#22

href="http://www.film.com/celebrities/meryl-streep/14514473">Meryl Streep, Doubt

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#3

href="http://www.film.com/celebrities/nicole-kidman/14645012">Nicole Kidman, The Hours

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#30 Anne Hathaway,

Rachel Getting Married

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#14

Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River

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#19 Kate Winslet, Eternal

Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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#7 Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire

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#26

href="http://www.film.com/celebrities/judi-dench/15034280">Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents

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#10 Famke Janssen,

X-Men

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hspace="6">#23 Keisha Castle Hughes, Whale Rider

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#15 Juliette Binoche,

Chocolat

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#18

href="http://www.film.com/celebrities/julianne-moore/15034299">Julianne Moore, The Hours

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#2 Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls

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#31 Melissa Leo, Frozen River

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