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2003 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerFar from HeavenJulianne MooreIn 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.Amazon2003 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress NomineesFridaSalma HayekAmazonThe HoursNicole KidmanAmazonUnfaithfulDiane LaneAmazon

2004 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerMonsterCharlize TheronBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.Amazon2004 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress Nominees21 GramsNaomi WattsAmazonCold MountainNicole KidmanAmazonHouse of Sand and FogJennifer ConnellyAmazonIn AmericaSamantha MortonAmazonSomething's Gotta GiveDiane KeatonAmazon

2005 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerMillion Dollar BabyHilary SwankA determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.Amazon2005 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress NomineesBeing JuliaAnnette BeningAmazonEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindKate WinsletAmazonKill Bill: Vol. 2Uma ThurmanAmazonMaria Full of GraceCatalina Sandino MorenoAmazonVera DrakeImelda StauntonAmazon

2006 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerWalk the LineReese WitherspoonA chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.Amazon2006 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress NomineesMrs Henderson PresentsJudi DenchAmazonNorth CountryCharlize TheronAmazonPride & PrejudiceKeira KnightleyAmazonThe Upside of AngerJoan AllenAmazonTransamericaFelicity HuffmanAmazon

2007 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerThe QueenHelen MirrenAfter the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.Amazon2007 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress NomineesLittle ChildrenKate WinsletAmazonNotes on a ScandalJudi DenchAmazonThe Devil Wears PradaMeryl StreepAmazonVolverPenélope CruzAmazon

2008 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerAway from HerJulie ChristieA man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.Amazon2008 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress NomineesA Mighty HeartAngelina JolieAmazonElizabeth: The Golden AgeCate BlanchettAmazonEnchantedAmy AdamsAmazonJunoEllen PageAmazonLa Vie en RoseMarion CotillardAmazon

2009 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerDoubtMeryl StreepA Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.AmazonRachel Getting MarriedAnne HathawayA young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.Amazon2009 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress NomineesChangelingAngelina JolieAmazonFrozen RiverMelissa LeoAmazonNothing But the TruthKate BeckinsaleAmazonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonCate BlanchettAmazon

2010 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerJulie & JuliaMeryl StreepJulia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.AmazonThe Blind SideSandra BullockThe story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.Amazon2010 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress NomineesAn EducationCarey MulliganAmazonPreciousGabourey SidibeAmazonThe Lovely BonesSaoirse RonanAmazonThe Young VictoriaEmily BluntAmazon

2011 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerBlack SwanNatalie PortmanA committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".Amazon2011 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress NomineesBlue ValentineMichelle WilliamsAmazonRabbit HoleNicole KidmanAmazonThe Girl with the Dragon TattooNoomi RapaceAmazonThe Kids Are All RightAnnette BeningAmazonWinter's BoneJennifer LawrenceAmazon

2012 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress WinnerThe HelpViola DavisAn aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.Amazon2012 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actress NomineesMartha Marcy May MarleneElizabeth OlsenAmazonMy Week with MarilynMichelle WilliamsAmazonThe Iron LadyMeryl StreepAmazonWe Need to Talk About KevinTilda SwintonAmazonYoung AdultCharlize TheronAmazon