Jigsaw Lounge’s Performances of 2011 (UK new-releases only)
LEAD ACTRESS
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1. Anna Paquin, as Lisa Cohen (the teenager in tumultuous transition), in Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret
2. Lubna Azabal, as Nawal Marwan (the mother who endures and survives a somewhat eventful life), in Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies
>>> late addition (at #3) : Zoé Héran, as Laure / Michaël, in Céline Sciamma’s Tomboy
4. Kate Fahy, as Patricia (the unbearable mother), in Joanna Hogg’s Archipelago
5. Lydia Leonard, as Cynthia (the impossible daughter), in Joanna Hogg’s Archipelago
6. Miranda July, as Sophie (the cutesy, mop-haired, cat-fancying performance-artist), in her very own The Future
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7. Michelle Williams, as Marilyn Monroe, in My Week With Marilyn
8. Charlotte Gainsbourg, as Claire, in Melancholia
9. Hailee Steinfeld, as Mattie Ross, in True Grit
10. Mia Wasikowska, as and in Jane Eyre
11. Joyce McKinney, as herself, in Tabloid
12. Elle Fanning, as Alice Dainard, in Super 8
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next best (alphabetical order):
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist), Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur), Hebe Duarte (Las Acacias), Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Tarra Riggs (Ballast), Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin), Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea), Yun Jeong-hie (Poetry)
LEAD ACTOR
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1. Neil Maskell, as Jay (the Antichrist? or just a very, very, very naughty boy?) in Ben Wheatley’s Kill List.
2. John Boyega, as Moses (the bullying street-thug who discovers his inner heroic badass) in Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block.
3. Peyman Moaadi, as Nader (the short-tempered, exasperatedly self-defeating husband) in Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation.
4. Mark Wahlberg, as “Irish” Micky Ward (the fighter) in David O. Russell’s The Fighter.
5. Cris Lankenau, as Doug (the pipe-smoking Sherlock-admiring Portland bookworm-turned-detective) in Aaron Katz’s Cold Weather.
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6. Brad Pitt, as Billy Beane, in Moneyball.
7. Jean Dujardin, as George Valentin, in The Artist.
8. Johnny Depp, as – and in – Rango.
9. Tom Cullen, as Russell, in Weekend.
10. Tom Hiddleston, as Edward, in Archipelago.
11. Chris New, as Glen, in Weekend.
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next best (alphabetical order):
Patsha Bay (Viva Riva!), Joel Edgerton (Warrior), Alfredo Castro (Post Mortem), Bradley Cooper (Limitless), Germán de Silva (Las Acacias), Paul Giamatti (Win Win), Brendan Gleeson (The Guard), Rutger Hauer (Hobo with a Shotgun), Hunter McCracken (The Tree of Life), Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur), JimMyron Ross (Ballast), Michael Shannon (Take Shelter), Micheal J Smith Sr (Ballast)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
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1. Sareh Bayat, as Razieh (the ‘innocent’ outsider caught up in raging domestic storms) in Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation.
2. Jacki Weaver, as Janine ‘Smurf’ Cody (first among equals in a great year for monster-mothers) in David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom.
3. Barbara Hershey, as Erica Sayers (the mother from ballet-hell – “wow, she’s a trip…”) in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan.
4. Barbara Jefford, as Mrs Collyer (the needlingly conventional, quietly lethal mother) in Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea
5. J.Smith-Cameron, as Joan Kaplan (the distracted, overloaded, raw-nerved actress/mother) in Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret.
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6. Amy Lloyd, as Rose, in Archipelago.
7. Mila Kunis, as Lily, in Black Swan.
8. Juno Temple, as London, in Kaboom.
9. Charlotte Rampling, as Gaby, in Melancholia.
10. Allison Janney, as Monica Patterson, in Margaret.
11. Marlene Longange, as ‘The Commandant’, in Viva Riva!.
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next best (alphabetical order):
Amy Adams (The Fighter), Shannon Beer (Wuthering Heights), Jeannie Berlin (Margaret), Kathy Burke (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter), Sarina Farhadi (A Separation), Amanda Hadingue (Black Pond), Louise Harris (Snowtown), Leila Hatami (A Separation), Shirley Henderson (Meek’s Cutoff), Mary Page Keller (Beginners), Malonn Lévana (Tomboy); Margo Martindale (Win Win), Chloë Grace Moretz (Hugo), Marisa Paredes (The Skin I Live In), Lucy Punch (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger), Amy Ryan (Win Win)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
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1. Yūsuke Iseya, as Kiga Koyata (the slingshot-wielding, stringily-indestructible mountain-man), in Miike Takashi’s 13 Assassins (Jūsannin no Shikaku).
2. Christopher Baker, as ‘Christopher’ (i.e. Christopher Baker, the softly-spoken painter/observer) in Joanna Hogg’s Archipelago.
3. Corey Stoll, as Ernest Hemingway (the rambunctious, swaggering, irresistible blowhard) in Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris.
4. Daniel Henshall, as John Bunting (the twinkly-eyed ocker psychopath) in Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown (arguably a lead performance).
5. Tsuyoshi Ihara, as Hirayama Kujūrō (the Coburn/Miyaguchi one) in Miike Takashi’s 13 Assassins.
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6. Alex Shaffer, as Kyle Timmons, in Win Win.
7. Timothy Olyphant, as the Spirit of the West, in Rango.
8. Sullivan Stapleton, as Craig Cody, in Animal Kingdom.
9. Nick Nolte, as Paddy Conlon, in Warrior.
10. Jonah Hill, as Peter Brand, in Moneyball.
11. Gino Anthony Pesi, as Corporal Nick Stavrou, in Battle Los Angeles.
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next best (alphabetical order):
Simon Russell Beale (The Deep Blue Sea), Matthew Broderick (Margaret), Matt Damon (True Grit), Brian Downey (Hobo with a Shotgun), Luke Ford (Animal Kingdom), Hoji Fortuna (Viva Riva!), Bruno Ganz (Unknown), Solomon Glave (Wuthering Heights), Bruce Greenwood (Meek’s Cutoff), Riley Griffiths (Super 8), Arliss Howard (Moneyball), Udo Kier (Melancholia), Emir Kusturica (Farewell), Frank Langella (Unknown), Guy Pearce (The King’s Speech), Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech), Michael Smiley (Kill List), Vuk (Le Quattro Volte), Shea Whigham (Take Shelter).
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TOP TEN (all categories)
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1. Anna Paq
uin, Margaret
2. Neil Maskell, Kill List
3. John Boyega, Attack the Block
4. Lubna Azabal, Incendies
5. Sareh Bayat, A Separation
6. Peyman Moaadi, A Separation
7. Kate Fahy, Archipelago
8. Lydia Leonard, Archipelago
9. Yūsuke Iseya, 13 Assassins
10. Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
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ENSEMBLE POINTS (includes top 11 in each category)
35 : Archipelago
20 : Margaret and A Separation
18 : 13 Assassins
14 : Animal Kingdom and Black Swan
