Keira Knightley remains Anna Karenina's best shot at a nomination, but I still don't del confident enough about the movie to bump her up amid the competition. Jennifer Lawrence's Silver Linings performance, however, might be even stronger than it was sold to me-- she's the closest of everyone to being a mortal lock.
MORTAL LOCK
NONE
LIKELY CONTENDER
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
STILL IN THE RUNNING
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
OUTSIDE CHANCE
Halle Berry, Cloud Atlas
Melanie Lynskey, Hello I Must Be Going
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
Barbra Streisand, The Guilt Trip
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea
Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed
