Top Tier Contenders
- 1 Naomi Watts - Diana
- 2 Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
- 3 Marion Cotillard - The Immigrant
- 4 Nicole Kidman - Grace of Monaco
- 5 Sandra Bullock - Gravity
- 6 Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
- 7 Jennifer Lawrence - Serena
- 8 Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks
- 9 Kate Winslet - Labor Day
- 10 Jessica Chastain - The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers
- 11 Michelle Pfeiffer - Malavita
- 12 Carey Mulligan – Inside Llewyn Davis
- 13 Keira Knightley - Can a Song Save Your Life?
- 14 Greta Gerwig - Frances Ha
- 15 Edda Magnason - Monica Z
- 16 Gwyneth Paltrow - 33 Dias
- 17 Emma Watson - The Bling Ring
- 18 Rooney Mara – Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
- 19 Amy Morton - Bluebird
- 20 Robin Wright - A Most Wanted Man
Also In Contention
- 21 Berenice Bejo - The Past
- 22 Tilda Swinton - Only Lovers Left Alive
- 23 Audrey Tautou - Chinese Puzzle
- 24 Toni Collette - A Long Way Down
- 25 Charlotte Gainsbourg - Nymphomaniac
- 26 Audrey Tautou - Mood Indigo
- 27 Saoirse Ronan - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- 28 Julie Lynn Mortensen - Drawing Home
- 29 Kristin Wiig - Girl Most Likely
- 30 Shailene Woodley - The Spectacular Now
- 31 Reese Witherspoon - Devil’s Knot
- 32 Angela Bassett - Black Nativity
- 33 Kristin Wiig - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
- 34 Lake Bell - In a World…
- 35 Mary Elizabeth Winstead - The Spectacular Now
- 36 Robin Weigert - Concussion
- 37 Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
- 38 Annette Bening - Look of Love
- 39 Naomi Watts – Sunlight, Jr.
- 40 Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin
