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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    Emily Joan (although, good as she is, I'd love to see her do something other than "the dutiful wife" a little more often)
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    Abstain. Julie Christie
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    No, we are voted based on said actresses' lackluster performance in aforementioned crappy movie. :D 1. Easy. Annette Bening. 2. Impossible. *Sits down on fence beside Brook*
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    Run, Lola, Run? Ew, that was an awful piece of tripe. Is that her? K, changed my mind and am voting..... 1. Frances McDormand, after considerable deliberation. 2. Audrey Thanks, Rice! :)
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    1. Abstaining because I really couldn't possibly choose here. I adore them both and neither is particularly old nor the slightest bit British. 2. Abstain because I have no clue who this Franka chick even is.
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    Abstain. Helena Bonham Carter
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    Holly Hunter Sarah Polley Is this your idea of my taste in men? I thought you knew me better than that. The tournament is for "Best" not "Favourite" actress. This distinction has been discussed to death, so I won't rehash. But let's say you put up a bracket in a male actor tourney...
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    Maggie Smith. Again someone I adore. Ok, apparently I adore all older British actresses. Hm. Meryl Streep And I'd like to comment that I have rarely seen a statement that I disagree with more. And also...it seems to me that certain heterosexual male voters are lacking in objectivity and...
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    In fairness, I have to abstain here. But I'd just like to say that I adore Judi Dench even more than I adore Helen Mirren. Bummer that she's not winning. :frowning:
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    Abstain Helen Mirren, whom I adore.
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    abstain Annette Bening
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    The epitome of a no-brainer: Julie Christie Naomi Watts
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    Forgiving her for being involved with and obviously not giving a shit about her performance in Hannibal....Julianne Moore And abstain on 2.
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    Directors Best Contemporary Actress Tournament

    Love Diane, but have to give the nod to the more versatile Holly Hunter Abstain on #2 as I don't think I've ever seen a movie with Keira Knightly.
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