
Bérénice Bejo

The Artist



Jessica Chastain

The Help



Melissa McCarthy

Bridesmaids



Janet McTeer

Albert Nobbs



Octavia Spencer

The Help



Ty Burr says ...
As good as Spencer is, I'll go out on a limb here and declare that McCarthy deserves it for creating a great and complete comic character. She can't win, of course. Chastain might have had a shot if they'd nominated her for the right movie (and if anyone had seen it).
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Octavia Spencer, The Help -
Should win
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
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Jessica Chastain, The Help -
Was robbed
Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter

Wesley Morris says ...
Each woman brings her movie alive. Melissa McCarthy plays less a person than a bunch of broad gags, but they're funny. Spencer achieves something almost more spectacular than Davis does. She invests her stock character with all the comedy, decency, wariness, and outrage she can. And despite one embarrassing scene, she refuses to let you forget her.
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Octavia Spencer, The Help -
Should win
Octavia Spencer, The Help
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Was robbed
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