Top 10 Female Performances of All Time

Did either Oscar vet make my list?

I don't know if I'll review anything this week or not, so here's a list. Updated Oscar predictions are coming in a day or two, and I might post my top 10 male performances list this week as well. Enjoy!

10. Ingrid Bergman, Notorious

Role: Alicia Huberman

Quote: "I guess I'm the girl nobody remembers."

Recognition: Bambi Award win and NYFCC runner-up

9. Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Shut

Role: Alice Hartford

Quote: "If you men only knew..."

Recognition: Satellite Award nom
  

8. Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Role: Martha

Quote: "I swear, if you existed, I'd divorce you. "

Recognition: Oscar and BAFTA wins, Golden Globe nom
  

7. Irene Jacob, Three Colors: Red

Role: Valentine

Quote: "I feel something important is happening around me. And it scares me."

Recognition: BAFTA and Cesar noms
  

6. Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Role: Edith Piaf

Quote: "I'm just 44. I'm not in the tomb yet."

Recognition: Oscar, BAFTA, Cesar, and Golden Globe wins
  

5. Liv Ullmann, Scenes from a Marriage

Role: Marianne

Quote: "Sometimes it's like husband and wife are talking on telephones that are out of order."

Recognition: BAFTA and Golden Globe noms
  

4. Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves

Role: Bess McNeill

Quote: "Everyone has something they're good at. I've always been stupid, but I'm good at this."

Recognition: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe noms
  

3. Harriet Andersson, Through a Glass Darkly

Role: Karin

Quote: "It's so horrible to see your own confusion and understand it."

Recognition: BAFTA nom
  

2. Bibi Andersson, Persona

Role: Sister Alma

Quote: "I wonder whether your madness isn't the worst kind."

Recognition: BAFTA nom and NSFC Award win
  

1. Juliette Binoche, Three Colors: Blue

Role: Julie Vignon

Quote: "Now I have only one thing left to do: nothing."

Recognition: Cesar and Venice Film Festival wins, Golden Globe nom