Best Actress 2006- Who Deserved To Win?

[Joe BurnsParticipant Joined: Jan 26th, 2014 Topics: 81 Posts: 708 View Predictions]

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Hey guys, feel free to share your thoughts, but I really need help right now with getting the poll option to work since I want to create a poll for this race(and the 2008 race too). Any info is highly appreciated.

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[jasonfaceParticipant Joined: Nov 13th, 2015 Topics: 3 Posts: 2477 View Predictions]

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Rankings of performances nominated..

1. Penélope Cruz, Volver
2. Kate Winslet, Little Children
3. Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
4. Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
5. Helen Mirren, The Queen

Personal nominations..

1. Penélope Cruz, Volver
2. Laura Dern, Inland Empire
3. Naomi Watts, The Painted Veil
4. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby
5. Kate Winslet, Little Children

Don’t know about the poll. Sorry.

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[MrGoodWoodParticipant Joined: Dec 14th, 2013 Topics: 4 Posts: 378 View Predictions]

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Judi Dench and Penelope Cruz both gave career best performances that year and either of them have been one of my favourite acting wins of all time.
Helen Mirren was good in The Queen, she had a solid narrative and played a real person, it was impossible for her to lose it, it was simply her turn.
Haven’t seen Little Children.
Meryl in the Prada movie is a joke.

Sorry, dunno about the poll.

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[PhilipParticipant Joined: Jan 29th, 2012 Topics: 4 Posts: 1301 View Predictions]

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Funny enough, I just rewatched The Queen a few weeks ago and Mirren is utterly brilliant. It was an undeniable performance.

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[ENGLANDParticipant Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 59 Posts: 2142 View Predictions]

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Meryl should have WON supporting. She was no way a lead. The lead was Anne Hathaway. Helen Mitten deserved it, but an un-nominated Lara Dern gave one of the top 5 female performances tgat decade.

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[EmmyWinnerParticipant Joined: Apr 28th, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 787 View Predictions]

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Mirren was a deserving winner.

Dench was my favorite by a mile.

Streep was fun in Prada.

Winslet a non factor in this race.

Never really cared for Cruz.

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[BenitoDeliciasParticipant Joined: Nov 3rd, 2010 Topics: 8 Posts: 4506 View Predictions]

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Cruz
Dench
Winslet
Mirren
Streep (should’ve been supporting. One of her best performances).

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[AwardsConnectKeymaster Joined: Jan 16th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3472 View Predictions]

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1. Mirren
2. Dench
3. Cruz
4. Streep
5. Winslet

I’d boot Streep and Winslet and throw Bening (Running with Scissors) and Epps (Half Nelson) in their respective slots.

My full analysis on this category can be found here.

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[manakamanaParticipant Joined: Jul 28th, 2011 Topics: 18 Posts: 1274 View Predictions]

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They’re all great, but Cruz’s performance is the one that I think about the most by far in the years since Volver, which I remember even being taken a bit for granted back then for some reason.

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[I'm New Here, You Don't Know MeParticipant Joined: Dec 22nd, 2015 Topics: 8 Posts: 5242 View Predictions]

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1. Mirren
2. Dench
3. Streep
4. Winslet
5. Cruz

A better lineup though;

1. Mirren
2. Dench
3. Streep
4. Collette (Little Miss Sunshine)
5. Bacquero (Pan’s Labyrinth)

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[EmmyfanParticipant Joined: Nov 26th, 2010 Topics: 40 Posts: 2106 View Predictions]

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Dench would have gotten my vote.

Streep’s performance is supporting when you look at screen time compared to Anne Hathaway in Devil Wears Prada. However her presence is felt even when she is not on screen. This could sometime create the feel that someone would be classified as leading.

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[JBParticipant Joined: Jul 13th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 664 View Predictions]

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1. Meryl Streep
2. Helen Mirren
3. Judi Dench
4. Kate Winslet
5. Penelope Cruz

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[PhilipParticipant Joined: Jan 29th, 2012 Topics: 4 Posts: 1301 View Predictions]

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Emmyfan wrote:

Dench would have gotten my vote.

Streep’s performance is supporting when you look at screen time compared to Anne Hathaway in Devil Wears Prada. However her presence is felt even when she is not on screen. This could sometime create the feel that someone would be classified as leading.

Kinda like Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs. I’m pretty sure Streep had a lot more screentime in Prada.

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[Joe BurnsParticipant Joined: Jan 26th, 2014 Topics: 81 Posts: 708 View Predictions]

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I think Streep deserved her nomination, don’t get the hate. Dench is fantastic in Notes On A Scandal, which I just saw again recently. Mirren is quite good in The Queen, but not amazing. Cruz is good, but not incredible in Volver. When I rewatched Little Children a while back, Winslet didn’t impress me as much as she used to, but I really was not watching the film specifically for her performance more for the film as a whole. Given the subtle nature of her work, I need to see it again with her being the sole focus of my experience.

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[CarloParticipant Joined: Oct 6th, 2011 Topics: 11 Posts: 582 View Predictions]

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Great and perfect lineup.

Mirren was unbeatable but my God, Judi Dench!

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