2011 Oscar countdown: best and worst Best Actress winners in Oscar history

We start our 2011 Oscar countdown series looking back in Oscar history to select the best and worst Best Actress winners. From Janet Gaynor, who was honored in 1929 for her performances in three films (Seventh Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise, to Sandra Bullock, the most recent recipient for her mediocre turn in the ridiculously bad The Blind Side, 83 performers have been recognized with the trophy as best actress of the year in the 82 ceremonies held so far (the discrepancy in figures occurring on account of Katharine Hepburn's and Barbra Streisand's tie in 1968).

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Best female performances of 2010

Following our entry on the best films of 2010, here is our choice of the best female performances of the year. We have tried to be commercially and geographically unbiased in our selection. The list accommodates a small South Korean film (or, in this case, two) with an art house vocation as much as a high-school comedy with blockbuster aspirations.

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OSCAR BUZZ 2010 (I). Gabby Sibide and Mo'Nique for Best Actress and Supporting Actress

It's the end of the year and it's time to bet who will be reaping awards in the next months. I start this Predictions series with Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire (and that's not a literary note but actually part of the film's title). I haven't seen the film yet (provisonal release date in Belgium is 3/3/2010) but ever since it got the award in Sundance it hasn't stopped generating buzz.

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