Rank the Acting Performances This Year

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We have 10 men, and 10 women nominated for this year Oscars. This means that this are the best performances of the year. How would you rank them?

Actors

Clooney (Lead) ''Up in the Air''
Bridges (Lead) ''Crazy Heart''
Firth (Lead) ''A Single Man''
Renner (Lead) ''The Hurt Locker''
Freeman (Lead) ''Invictus''
Waltz (Supporting) ''Inglourious Basterds''
Plummer (Supporting) ''The Last Station''
Tucci (Supporting) ''The Lovely Bones''
Damon (Supporting) ''Invictus''
Harrelson (Supporting) ''The Messenger''

Actress

Mulligan (Lead) ''An Education''
Streep (Lead) ''Julie & Julia''
Sidibe (Lead) ''Precious''
Bullock (Lead) ''The Blind Side''
Mirren (Lead) ''The Last Station''
Cruz (Supporting) ''Nine''
Farmiga (Supporting) ''Up in the Air''
Kendrick (Supporting) ''Up in the Air''
Mo’nique (Supporting) ''Precious''
Gyllenhaal (Supporting) ''Crazy Heart''

How you rank the performances? (and performance only, not movie)

 

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My rank:

Actors

1. Waltz (Supporting) ''Inglourious Basterds''
2. Firth (Lead) ''A Single Man''
3. Bridges (Lead) ''Crazy Heart''
4. Tucci (Supporting) ''The Lovely Bones''
5. Plummer (Supporting) ''The Last Station''
6. Freeman (Lead) ''Invictus''
7. Harrelson (Supporting) ''The Messenger''
8. Clooney (Lead) ''Up in the Air''
9. Damon (Supporting) ''Invictus''
10. Renner (Lead) ''The Hurt Locker''



Actress

1. Sidibe (Lead) ''Precious''
2. Mo’nique (Supporting) ''Precious''
3. Streep (Lead) ''Julie & Julia''
4. Cruz (Supporting) ''Nine''
5. Bullock (Lead) ''The Blind Side''
6. Mulligan (Lead) ''An Education''
7. Kendrick (Supporting) ''Up in the Air''
8. Mirren (Lead) ''The Last Station''
9. Gyllenhaal (Supporting) ''Crazy Heart''
10. Farmiga (Supporting) ''Up in the Air''

 

[redhawk23]

This means that this are the best performances of the year. QUOTE]

according to the Academy that is.

 

[Bunker]

I haven't really been wowed by any performances this year except for Waltz's. I still need to see Crazy Heart, but Bridges' performance doesn't look THAT good from what I've seen.