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Best Actress
Last Update: November 8, 2006
 
 
RANK
NOMINEE
 SCORE CHANGE

1
Hellen Mirren
The Queen
 98 =

2 Meryl Streep
The Devil Wears Prada
 80 +1
3 Penélope Cruz
Volver
 77 +1
4 Kate Winslet
Little Children
 74 -1

5 Judi Dench
Notes on a Scandal
 59 +2
6 Cate Blanchett
The Good German
 53 =

7 Annette Bening
Running With Scissors
 49 -2
8 Beyonce Knowles
Dreamgirls
 37 +1
9 Renee Zellweger
Miss Potter
 35 -1

10 Sienna Miller
Factory Girl
 29 =
11 Nicole Kidman
Fur
 27 -1
12 Naomi Watts
The Painted Veil
 24 =
13 Maggie Gyllenhaal
Sherrybaby
 22 =
14 Kirsten Dunst
Marie-Antoinette
 19 =
 
15 Gretchen Mol
The Notorious Bettie Page
 16 =
16 Keke Palmer
Akeelah and the Bee
 15 +3
17 Dakota Fanning
Hounddog
 15 +4
18 Keisha Castle-Hughes
The Nativity Story
 14 -2
18 Ellen Page
Hard Candy
 14 +5
 
20 Laura Dern
Inland Empire
 14 -3
20 Natalie Portman
Goya's Ghosts
 14 +12
20 Angelina Jolie
The Good Shepherd
 14 +5
20 Paz Vega
10 Items or Less
 14 +5
24 Juliette Binoche
Breaking and Entering
 13 +8
 
25 Anne Hathaway
Becoming Jane
 13 -3
25 Fernanda Montenegro
Casa de Areja
 13 +7
25 Scarlett Johansson
Scoop
 13 +7
25 Shoreh Aghdashloo
The Nativity Story
 13 +7
29 Diane Kruger
Copying Beethoven
 12 +17
 
29 Toni Collette
Little Miss Sunshine
 12 +19
29 Emily Rios
Quinceanera
 12 +19
32 Rachel Weisz
The Fountain
 12 -13
32 Diane Lane
Hollywoodland
 12 +16
32 Kyra Sedgwick
Loverboy
 12 +16
 
32 Catherine O'Hara
For Your Consideration
 12 +15
36 Cate Blanchett
Notes on a Scandel
 11 -18
37 Maria Bello
World Trade Center
 11 +14
38 Laura Linney
Jindabyne
 10 -16
38 Scarlett Johansson
The Prestige
 10 +14
 
38 Julie Christie
Away From Her
 10 -7
38 Ivana Baquero
Pan's Labyrinth
 10 +14

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