The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actress

by Rachel · February 22, 2012 · LIONs for LAMB · 11 Comments

It’s time for our 6th LION Award and again don’t expect the results to reflect the Oscar nods:

5. Juliette Binoche in Certified Copy (40 points)

4. Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin (50 points)

3. Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia (64 points)

2. Viola Davis in The Help (78 points)

1. Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (83 points)

Come back tomorrow to see how the leading men stack up.

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11 Responses to The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Actress

  1. Lesya Hearst says:
    February 22, 2012 at 11:42 pm

    No Meryl, no Michelle. Wow. Yay for Tilda!
    And I’m surprised Rooney’s the winner but it’s surely awesome.

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  2. Joel Burman says:
    February 22, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    What the f*ck happened??? I don’t know about Mara… mimicking/interpreting a character really doesn’t impress me that much.

    I haven’t seen the Kevin film but the Tilda Swinton pray is starting to build some hype.

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  3. TheVern says:
    February 23, 2012 at 2:59 am

    Great list. I’m glad to see Kirsten Dunst is number 3 on here. Appearntly winning at Cannes means you don’t get a nomination anywhere else.

    Reply
  4. NeverTooEarlyMP says:
    February 23, 2012 at 3:37 am

    Ok, so far this is the only category where I dislike our list compared to the Oscar nominations.

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    • Dylan says:
      February 23, 2012 at 4:49 am

      I think, on the whole, I like our list better, I just don’t know about Mara as the top choice. She was one of my favorites of the year, but I don’t feel like she’s deserving of the top spot.

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  5. Sebastian Gutierrez says:
    February 23, 2012 at 4:42 am

    @Joel: Wait, wait, wait. Interpreting a character doesn’t impress you? So, you are never impressed?

    And Mara wasn’t mimicking Rapace. He Lisbeth is different in lots of ways.

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  6. Stevee Taylor says:
    February 23, 2012 at 6:12 am

    I like everyone on this list. Especially Mara, who I thought was great in her role. Surprising to see Binoche, though, but she really was great in Certified Copy.

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  7. Sati. says:
    February 23, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    LOVE the fact Mara won.

    Reply
  8. Chris says:
    February 25, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    these LION awards basically reflect the oscar nom snubs

    Reply
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