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Best Actress
Last Update: November 22, 2006
 
 
RANK
NOMINEE
SCORE CHANGE

1
Hellen Mirren
The Queen
97 =

2 Meryl Streep
The Devil Wears Prada
81 =
3 Penélope Cruz
Volver
80 =

4 Judi Dench
Notes on a Scandal
68 +1
5 Kate Winslet
Little Children
67 -2
6 Cate Blanchett
The Good German
54 =
7 Annette Bening
Running With Scissors
52 =

8 Beyonce Knowles
Dreamgirls
41 =
9 Renee Zellweger
Miss Potter
35 =
10 Sienna Miller
Factory Girl
30 =

11 Naomi Watts
The Painted Veil
29 +1
12 Maggie Gyllenhaal
Sherrybaby
29 +1
13 Nicole Kidman
Fur
26 -2
14 Gretchen Mol
The Notorious Bettie Page
26 +1
15 Kirsten Dunst
Marie-Antoinette
21 -1
 
16 Laura Dern
Inland Empire
19 +4
17 Gong Li
Curse of the Golden Flower
18 +27
18 Keke Palmer
Akeelah and the Bee
17 -2
19 Jennifer Hudson
Dreamgirls
15 NEW!
20 Rachel Weisz
The Fountain
14 +12
 
21 Cate Blanchett
Notes on a Scandel
14 +15
22 Ellen Page
Hard Candy
14 -4
23 Anna Paquin
Margaret
14 +13
24 Sandra Huller
Requiem
14 +22
25 Laura Linney
Jindabyne
13 +14
 
26 Angelina Jolie
The Good Shepherd
13 -6
27 Ashley Judd
Come Early Morning
13 NEW!
28 Robin Wright
Penn Breaking and Entering
13 +15
29 Sigourney Weaver
Snowcake
13 +19
30 Julianne Moore
Children of Men
13 +19
 
31 Sarah Jessica Parker
Spinning Into Butter
13 +19
32 Susan Sarandon
Doris and Bernard
13 +19
33 Bryce Dallas Howard
As You Like It
13 +19
34 Gillian Anderson
The Last King of Scotland
13 +19
35 Cate Blanchett
Babel
13 +19
 
36 Keisha Castle-Hughes
The Nativity Story
13 -18
37 Paz Vega
10 Items or Less
13 -17
38 Toni Collette
Little Miss Sunshine
13 -9
39 Juliette Binoche
Breaking and Entering
12 -15
40 Emily Rios
Quinceanera
12 -11
 
41 Diane Lane
Hollywoodland
12 -9
42 Kyra Sedgwick
Loverboy
12 -10
43 Maria Bello
World Trade Center
11 -5
44 Natalie Portman
Goya's Ghosts
11 -24
 

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