discussion What is your favorite performance by an actress in a movie ever?

[Galaxy]

What the title says 

[CaptainMusic]

Drama - Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice 

Comedy - Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey 

[Beyonnaise]

Naomi Watts – Mulholland Drive

[dumbsparce]

Basic answer I know but Meryl Streep being able to perfectly show all the different sides of Miranda Priestley always leaves me speechless. A once in a lifetime performance.

[Rotunda]

Frances McDormand for Nomadland

[Capris Groove]

Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice. She really made me feel it in that movie.

 

 

[bielneira]

Fernanda Montenegro in Central do Brasil 

 

[JoeAg]

Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence

 

 

[WEEKND]

Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine 

[Ken Lee]

Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl (1968)

Cate Blanchett in just about anything (1998-2024)

[popmusicisdead]

SAINT - Girl Interrupted. what a perfect performance. if you ever need a definition of a scene-stealing or star-making performance this is it.

also: 

Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher

Isabelle Adjani - Possession 

[BGKC]

Charlize Theron in Monster feels like such a cliche response, but she ate that role up.

 

Zhang Ziyi in The House Of Flying Daggers is one of the most mesmerizing roles ever imo. The talent was beyond. 

[Aslan]

Rosamund pike in gone girl 

 

[SarahWalkers]

Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine

 

Probably one of the few times I felt supreme acting excellence while watching for first time.

 

Others are carried by story or special effects or elevated by the cast, but she carried the whole thing with such finesse.

[ICLDXU4HS]

Emma Roberts in Scream 4.

[Miles.]

Rosamund Pike: Gone Girl

[Capris Groove]

@fridayteenage Use your big boy words.

[TryMe]

Angelina Jolie in Salt 

[illia]

Mia Goth in Pearl

[Jay07]

EVER is too hard to tell but Cate Blanchett in Tar was a total master class and she was completely robbed.

[Feanor]

 

These two.