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Nominees
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES:
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CONTENDERS LEAD ACTRESS
Best Actress Nominees:
Laura Linney
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The Savages
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Laura Linney's arrested development in 'Savages'
Ellen Page
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Juno
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Page's 'Juno,' knocked up but uncompromised
Cate Blanchett
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
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Cate Blanchett returns to a 'Golden Age'
Julie Christie
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Away From Her
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Away From Her's' Julie Christie learns from every film
Marion Cotillard
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La vie en rose
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'La Vie En Rose' star's musical approach
Actress in films nominated in other categories:
Angelina Jolie
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A Mighty Heart
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Angelina Jolie exposes 'Mighty Heart'
Keri Russell
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Waitress
-In 'Waitress,' Russell full of ambition and pie
Keira Knightley
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Atonement
-'Atonement' makes Knightley more grown-up
Helena Bonham Carter
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Sweeney Todd
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Carter sang her way into 'Sweeney Todd'
Nicole Kidman
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Margot at the Wedding
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Kidman tries to keep 'Margot' light
CONTENDERS SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Supporting Actress Nominees:
Amy Ryan
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Gone Baby Gone
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Amy Ryan explores bad cycles in 'Gone Baby Gone'
Tilda Swinton
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Michael Clayton
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For Swinton, 'Clayton''s corporations were foreign land
Cate Blanchett
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I'm Not There
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Blanchett relishes challenge of 'I'm Not There'
Ruby Dee
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American Gangster
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For Ruby Dee, 'Gangster' era all too familiar
Saoirse Ronan
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Atonement
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'Atonement' ingenue poised for success
Supporting Actress in films nominated in other categories:
Olympia Dukakis
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Away From Her
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'Away From Her' hit Dukakis close to home
Catherine Keener
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Into the Wild
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Catherine Keener carves out a backstory with small gestures in 'Wild'
Emily Mortimer
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Lars and the Real Girl
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'Real Girl''s concept sold Emily Mortimer
Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Margot at the Wedding
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Jennifer Jason Leigh turns inside out for 'Wedding'
Kelly Macdonald
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No Country for Old Men
-Kelly MacDonald goes one-on-one in 'No Country'
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Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
George Clooney
Daniel Day-Lewis
Johnney Depp
Tommy Lee Jones
Viggo Mortenson
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck
Javier Bardem
Hal Holbrook
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Tom Wilkinson
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett
Julie Christie
Marion Cotillard
Laura Linney
Ellen Page
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett
Ruby Dee
Saoirse Ronan
Amy Ryan
Tilda Swinton