Oscars 2012: Handicapping

BEST ACTRESS

= Odds to Win

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

Lawrence plays Tiffany, a mysterious girl who intrigues a recovering mental patient, in this adaptation of Matthew Quick's novel. She has one previous Oscar nomination ("Winter's Bone"). 

Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

Riva plays Anna, an elderly woman whose marriage is tested when she suffers an attack. She has no previous Oscar nominations.

Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

Chastain co-stars in Kathryn Bigelow's follow-up to "The Hurt Locker." She has one previous Oscar nomination ("The Help").

Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Watts plays a woman whose family is trapped during the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. She has one previous Oscar nomination ("21 Grams").

Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Newcomer Wallis plays Hushpuppy, who leaves her home to search for her mother. She has no previous Oscar nominations.

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