Best Actress in a Leading Role

1) Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

2) Viola Davis – The Help (TBS)

3) Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (TBS)

4) Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs (TBS)

5) Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

6) Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin (TBS)

7) Charlize Theron – Young Adult (TBS)

8) Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia (TBS)

9) Elisabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene (TBS)

10)Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaides (TBS)

11) Jessica Chastain – The Debt

12) Jodie Foster – Carnage (TBS)

13) Saorise Ronan – Hanna

14) Kate Winslet – Carnage (TBS)

15) Anna Paquin – Margaret (TBS)

16) Mia Wasikowski – Jane Eyre (TBS)

17) Emma Stone – The Help (TBS)

18) Brit Marling – Another Earth (TBS)

19) Emily Watson – Oranges and Sunshine (TBS)

20) Vera Famiga – Higher Ground (TBS)