The Bellazon Awards: Best Actress

This is a great idea considering how beauty usually wins in the other actresses contests.

I think a lot of my nominees have already been nominated but for the heck of it:

Kate Winslet

Claire Danes (My So-Called Life was the best show MTV ever had )

Penelope Cruz

Heather Locklear

Renée Zellweger

Robin Wright

Tiffani Amber Thiessen

Keira Knightley

Michelle Pfeiffer

Winona Ryder

Marisa Tomei

Jamie Lynn Sigler

Helen Mirren

Natalie Portman

Sally Field

Kate Beckinsale

Julie Benz

Charisma Carpenter

Vanessa Williams

America Ferrera

Queen Latifah

Jennifer Love Hewitt

In the last decade she has about 5 nominations for Academy Awards.. so to say she shouldn't be allowed is a tad bit ridiculous.

It was an irony, pay attention to the smiley after my sentence.

Similar to what Sandra Bullock once said: "The Acadamy Awards shouldn't even nominate Meryl Streep anymore. She should just be given an award every year. There should just be the Meryl Streep category".

She probably won't win here, but if the contest was done amongst professional movie critics the main interest would be to see who finally comes in 2nd place.

Oh ok, sorry took that way out of context. Have a massive head cold and I'm taking literally everything literally.

1. List your top 20 actresses based on talent with their best performance of the last decade (2000-2010) in parenthesis next to their name. They will not be countred without that performance in parenthesis . Yes there's a separate list for performances, but since I can't make anyone focus on talent rather than looks, I figure somoene randomly putting Carmen Electra is one thing, but having to put "Scary Movie 6" next to her name should at least make them think twice maybe .

2. Top 10 best individual performances.

3. Top 10 best TV actresses

You may begin .

Can I just nominate one person? I can only think of one person I would remotely want to nominate, at the moment.

OK, I am too lazy for that

I don't understand how we are supposed to vote.

1. Maggie Cheung (Hero)

2. Meryl Streep (The Hours)

3. Diane Lane (Unfaithful)

4. Angelina Jolie (The Changeling)

5. Gong Li (Memoirs Of A Geisha)

6. Lucy Liu (Kill Bill)

7. Salma Hayek (Ask the Dust)

8. Cate Blanchett (Notes On A Scandal)

9. Diane Keaton (Something's Gotta Give)

10. Naomi Watts (21 Grams)

11. Catherine Zeta Jones (Traffic)

12. Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

13. Thandie Newton (Crash)

14. Uma Thurman (Kill Bill)

15. Julianne Moore (Hannibal)

16. Chiaki Kuriyama (Ju-On)

17. Penelope Cruz (Blow)

18. Jodie Foster (The Brave One)

19. Sheri Moon Zombie (House Of 1000 Corpses)

20. Kate Hudson (Le Divorce)

TELEVISION

1. Katey Sagal (Sons Of Anarchy)

2. Polly Walker (Rome)

3. Edie Falco (Sopranos)

4. Katharine Moennig (The L Word)

5. Maggie Siff (Sons Of Anarchy)

6. Molly Parker (Deadwood)

7. Lindsay Duncan (Rome)

8. Patricia Arquette (Medium)

9. Robin Weigert (Deadwood)

10. Paula Malcomsen (Deadwood)

Is this how we are supposed to vote?

Can I just nominate one person? I can only think of one person I would remotely want to nominate, at the moment.

No, but I understand because I suddenly realize that two of my favorites (Angela Basset and Kathy Bates) haven't got much work in the last decade .

Is this how we are supposed to vote?

Close and thanks for jumping out there . Though since the second list is best individual performance (for example someone who only got to star in one movie and it was an amazing performance), so you have to say the name of the movie.

OK, I am too lazy for that

You're probably not alone . How about this, first list is manditory and second two lists are optional...and I'll pm people from the actress forum to make up the difference...

I'm going to say this again, to all you people hatin' on various actresses saying they have no talent, if you don't vote in this comp and stand up for the people you think do, ain't tryin' to hear it .

Okay, got it. I will take down the second list then for the moment. I have to think about that one.

I'm not sure if understood this

I guess the second two will have to be optional, but for the manditory, list the 20 most talented actresses of film (major, made for tv, any language) of the last decade (2000-2010) with a performance in parenthesis as an example of said talent.

1. Jennka (The Little Slovak that Could)

2. Layla90 (Poland Opposites)

2. pink (PinkCouture and pink)

3. PinkCouture (PinkCouture and pink)

4. Squeege Beckenheim (Squeeze the Beckenheim)

5. Hime (Middle Eastern Promises)

6. Ophalia_Immortal (Mona's Labyrinth)

7. Chocolate (Box of Chocolates)

8. vanessaaa (V for vanessaaa)

ect.

Think of the greatest roles played by an actress in the past decade (2000-2010). If you think Charlize Theron's role in Monster was the best of the decade, you put her at #1. And so on, same with television.

Working on mine at the moment, Joe. Meet you back here when I'm done.

Hmmm...Before you do, I might have to simplify it one more time or else there may not be a comp. I'll make one final reduction to 15 best actresses only (still with the performances in parenthesis). If it fails, it was worth it at least to know what would have happened, and no bumping please, if it dies, it dies with dignity .

Ok, this is just too complex for me. And I'm really bad at these. I think I'll just sit this this one out, unless really necessary.

Though, I do hope people vote for the one person I would've voted for... (Emily Deschanel for her phenomenal performance in the show "Bones".)

So just a single list of 15 now? Can we still include TV performances?

Ok, I'll think about my list

I guess the 15 manditory and 5 TV optional ?