The Bellazon Awards: Best Actress

[U.K.]

I guess the 15 manditory and 5 TV optional ?

Why is TV down to 5? Isn't there at least as many TV actresses as film ones - probably more?

[Joe > Average]

Not knocking you as a person but...Why do you torment me ?!

[U.K.]

Not knocking you as a person but...Why do you torment me ?!

I did? Sorry.

[COP11]

BLOODY HELL PEOPLE!! I cannot be the only person that has favorite performances from the past decade!!

[Squeege Beckenheim]

I hope this is how we are supposed to vote.

1. Naomi Watts (21 Grams)

2. Charlize Theron (North Country)

3. Natalie Portman (Garden State)

4. Anne Hathaway (Love & other Drugs)

5. Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)

6. Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)

7. Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada)

8. Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

9. Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)

10. Diane Keaton (Something's Gotta Give)

11. Keira Knightley (Atonement)

12. Tilda Swinton (Julia)

13. Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air)

14. Johanna Wokalek (Baader Meinhof Komplex)

15. Hilary Swank (P.S. I Love You)

16. Helen Mirren (The Queen)

17. Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)

18. Rachel Weisz (The Fountain)

19. Juliette Binoche (Dan In Real Life)

20. Frances McDormand (Burn after Reading)

[Mickiala]

1.Eva Green(Casino Royale)

2.Noomi Rapace(Girl With the Dragon Tatoo)

3.Kate Beckinsale(Pearl Harbor)

4.Nicole Kidman(Australia)

5.Angelina Jolie(Beyond Borders)

6.Marion Cotillard(Inception)

7.Naomi Watts(The Painted Veil)

8.Cate Blanchett(The Missing)

9.Famke Janssen(X Men 3 The Last Stand)

10.Rose Bryne(Troy)

11.Zoe Saldana(Avatar)

12.Natalie Portman(Where the Heart Is)

13.Keira Knightley(Pirates of the Caribbean)

14.Sandra Bullock(The Blind Side)

15.Charlize Theron(Hancock)

16.Scarlett Johanssen(The Other Boleyn Girl)

17.Glenn Close(Stepford Wives)

TV

18.Hayley Atwell(Pillars of the Earth)

19.Mariska Hargitay(Law and Order)

20.A.J Cook(Criminal Minds)

[donbot]

Pretty hard list to come up with <_<

01. Natalie Portman (Closer)

02. Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)

03. Meryl Streep (Doubt)

04. Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)

05. Ellen Burstyn (Requiem For a Dream)

06. Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)

07. Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

08. Naomi Watts (21 Grams)

09. Jennifer Connelly (Requiem For a Dream)

10. Rachel McAdams (The Notebook)

11. Audrey Tautou (Amelie)

12. Penelope Cruz (Vanilla Sky)

13. Thora Birch (Ghost World)

14. Uma Thurman (Kill Bill)

15. Michelle Monaghan (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)

TV

01. Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under)

02. Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under)

03. Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under)

04. Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)

05. Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)

[U.K.]

Films

01. Naomi Watts - (King Kong (2005))

02. Angelina Jolie - (Tomb Raider (2001))

03. Zoe Saldana - (Avatar (2009))

04. Rachel Weisz - (The Mummy Returns (2001))

05. Patricia Velasquez - (The Mummy Returns (2001)

06. Natalie Portman - (Revenge of the Sith (2005))

07. Jessica Alba - (Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007))

08. Kate Beckinsale - (Van Helsing (2004))

09. Jennifer Garner - (Elektra (2005))

10. Thandie Newton - (Chronicles of Riddick (2004))

11. Bridget Moynahan - (I, Robot (2004))

12. Charlize Theron - (Aeon Flux (2005))

13. Camilla Belle - (10,000 BC (2007))

14. Anita Briem - (Journey to the Centre of the Earth 3D (2008))

15. Megan Fox - (Transformers (2007))

TV

01. Yamila Diaz - (GE Profile series)

02. Jennifer Garner - (Alias)

03. Jennifer Love Hewitt - (Ghost Whisperer)

04. Eliza Dushku - (Tru Calling)

05. Sophia Myles - (Doctor Who)

[U.K.]

Lots of great nominations. When does the competition start?

[sagitario]

1. Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice)

2. Sandra Bullock (Premonition)

3. Jodie Foster (Flightplan)

4. Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings)

5. Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd)

6. Liv Taylor (Lord of the Rings)

7. Ashley Greene (Twilight)

8. Emma Watson (Harry Potter)

9. Kate Beckinsale (Underworld)

10. Kristen Stewart (Twilight)

11. Tilda Swinton (The Chronicles of Narnia)

12. Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village)

13. Naomi Watts (The Ring)

14. Halle Berry (X-Men)

15. Angelina jolie (Wanted)

16. Amber Heard (All the Boys Love Mandy Lane)

TV

17. Katie Mcgrath (Merlin)

18. Tabrett Bethell (Legend of the Seeker)

19. Bridget Regan (Legend of the Seeker)

20. Michelle Ryan (Merlin)

[Michael*]

Okay, finally ready...

01. Audrey Tautou (Amelie)

02. Julianne Moore (The Kids Are Alright)

03. Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

04. Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

05. Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)

06. Tilda Swinton (I Am Love)

07. Frances McDormand (Fargo Burn After Reading)

08. Meryl Streep (Doubt)

09. Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherry Baby)

10. Eva Green (The Dreamers)

11. Carey Mulligan (An Education)

12. Jennifer Connelly (Requiem for a Dream)

13. Ellen Page (Juno)

14. Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

15. Naomi Watts (21 Grams)

01. Emily Deschanel (Bones)

02. January Jones (Mad Men)

03. Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter)

04. Anna Torv (Fringe)

05. Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

[donbot]

07. Frances McDormand (Fargo)

[Michael*]

Oops - file under "slight technical cock-up"...

Make that Burn After Reading.

[Chocolate]

1. Natalie Portman (Black Swan and others )

2. Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)

3. Charlize Theron (Monster)

4. Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line)

5. Salma Hayek (Freida)

6. Rachel McAdams (The Notebook)

7. Renee Zellweger (Chicago)

8. Marion Cotillard (La vie en rose)

9. Penelope Cruz (Nine)

10. Michelle Pfeiffer (I'm Sam)

11. Rebecca Romijn (Femme Fatal)

12. Jodie Foster (Flightplan)

13. Naomi Watts (21 Grams)

14. Jennifer Aniston (Derailed)

15. Angelina Jolie (Original Sin)

[Joe > Average]

I know it isn't easy, but thanks guys for going for it . I just want to make a few things as clear as I can since there have been many revisions.

1. The performance list was taken out to make things more simple (as the two were getting confused).

2. So the film actress list (top 15) is a list of best (or most talented) actresses. The performance in parenthesis are ONLY for insurrance that the voter at least thinks for a second before putting the name. I repeat, the order is by actress talent, not best individual performance and the performance is only insurrance that the voter took at least a second to think.

[U.K.]

So will there be rounds in this competition where people can decide which was the best acting (some of the acting could be on youtube links if people hadn't seen them acting)

or is it going to be like the totals added for all the lists and them being like a "top 100" thing (and no rounds)?

[Joe > Average]

Totals from the lists. I wanted to do one on one, but I remember in the "Everything About Her" comp people were like, "I haven't seen any of her movies, a clip isn't enough" "its in Spanish" ect. But anyway, I was wondering if this would be easier as...

A) A poll with 20-30 respected actresses from the decade (2000-2010)

B) An all-time list

C) 90s-present list (in contrast to all time as that's the most common range of awareness of this sites demographic)

D) other, speak up if so

Speak now or forever hold your peace .

[U.K.]

The problem with polls is you can only vote for 1 person (or 3 if it's a 3 question poll) - unless it's multiple choice poll - and you can only have a maximum of 20 choices per question. And with multiple choice polls each person selected gets the same number of points/votes. eg. with totals from a list, you could give more points to people's favourites than their less favourites.

A 'competition' keeps the thread going for longer and could let people select which were the best from those that are nominated (and lets you have more options for scores - like you could have 0-5 or 0-10 for each person or put each nominated person in order (so the best gets 10 points, second best 8 etc.).

When I did a poll that included 60 actresses and I said was based on talent, and it included quite a lot of Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominees and Oscar/BAFTA/Golden Globe winners from 1999-today (as well as some that weren't nominated ) only 11 people voted and it had less than a page of posts.

But 1999 to present (eg. C) would be good also, but we've already nominated haven't we - wouldn't we need to nominate again?.

So I think a 'competition' with rounds might be better to keep the competition going and gives people the chance to keep voting in the rounds instead of once for a poll/or a totals shown (like a top 100 list).

[Theron]

Man, this is really difficult but I'm gonna try...

1. Natalie Portman (Closer, Brothers, The Other Boleyn Girl, My Blueberry Nights, Goya's Ghosts, V For Vendetta, Garden State, Star Wars)
   
2. Keira Knightley (Atonement, Pride And Prejudice, Bend It Like Beckham, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Love Actually, The Duchess, Silk)
   
3. Angelina Jolie (Changeling, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Alexander, Beyond Borders, Wanted, Salt, The Tourist)
   
4. Charlize Theron (In The Valley Of Elah, Hancock, North Country, Head In The Clouds, The Italian Job, Trapped, Sweet November, The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion, The Legend Of Bagger Vance)
   
5. Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby, Insomnia)
   
6. Rachel Weisz (The Fountain, Agora, The Mummy, My Blueberry Nights, Runaway Jury, Constantine, About A Boy)
   
7. Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation, Girl With A Pearl Earring, In Good Company, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Match Point, Scoop, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Prestige)
   
8. Kate Beckinsale (Nothing But The Truth, The Aviator, Click, Laurel Canyon, Pearl Harbor, Underworld, Van Helsing, Whiteout)
   
9. Jennifer Connelly (Requiem For A Dream, Blood Diamond, The Day The Earth Stood Still, House Of Sand And Fog, Little Children, A Beautiful Mind)
   
10. Penélope Cruz (Volver, Los Abrazos Rotos, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Head In The Clouds, Vanilla Sky)
    
11. Marion Cotillard (Big Fish, A Good Year, Inception, Public Enemies)
    
12. Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds, National Treasure, Joyeux Noël, Wicker Park)
    
13. Rose Byrne (Adam, Wicker Park, Sunshine, Knowing, Troy)
    
14. Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side, Crash, The Proposal)
    
15. Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!, Australia, Cold Mountain, The Others)
    

As for the TV, I have a problem, I don't watch many TV series.

1. Amy Acker (Alias)
   
2. Mía Maestro (Alias)
   
3. Emilie De Ravin (Lost)
   
4. Rachel Nichols (Alias)
   
5. Evangeline Lilly (Lost)
   

PS: Watching other people's lists, I think I should include Ellen Burstyn (Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain, Greta).

[U.K.]

Rachel Weisz (The Fountain, Agora, The Mummy, My Blueberry Nights, Runaway Jury, Constantine, About A Boy)