My Favorite Performances of 2004 (Female)

Clementine Kruczynski - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Sometimes I don't think people realize how lonely it is to be a kid. Like... you don't matter."

Maggie Fitzgerald - Million Dollar Baby
"I saw your last fight, Shawrelle. Spent so much time face down I thought the canvas had titties."

Katharine Hepburn - The Aviator
"Men can't be friends with women Howard. They must posses them or leave them be. It's a primitive urge from caveman days. It's all in Darwin. Hunt the flesh. Kill the flesh. Eat the flesh. That's the, ah, male sex all over."

Honorable Mentions:
Jane Winslett-Richardson - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Alice - Closer
"Where is this love? I can't see it, I can't touch it. I can't feel it. I can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can't do anything with your easy words."

Honorable Mentions:
Sam - Garden State

The Bride - Kill Bill: Vol. 2
"You and I have unfinished business."

Bai Ling - 2046
"Why can't it be like before? Please don't go. Stay with me tonight. Let me borrow you."

Lizzie - Dear Frankie
"Frankie wasn't born deaf. It was a present from his daddy."

Regina George - Mean Girls
"Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen! It's not going to happen!"

Stevie - The Machinist
"Well, don't look so surprised. Even a call girl can scramble an egg."

Anna - Closer
"Don't stop loving me. I can see it draining out of you. It's me, remember? It was a stupid thing to do and it meant nothing. If you love me enough, you'll forgive me."

Maya - Sideways
"Anyway, like I said, I really loved your novel. Don't give up, Miles. Keep writing. I hope you're well. Bye."

Mary - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and phobias."

Honorable Mentions:
Mary Jane Watson - Spider-Man 2

Landlady - Kung Fu Hustle
"You may know kung fu... but you're still a fairy."

Annie - Collateral
"Well, how many cabbies do you know get you into an argument to save you money?"

Stephanie - Sideways
"I know, I need to be spanked."

Earline Fitzgerald - Million Dollar Baby

Vivian Jaffe - I Heart Huckabees
"Have you ever transcended space and time?"

Karen Smith - Mean Girls
"On Wednesdays we wear pink!"

Ava Gardner - The Aviator
"You don't own me, Howard. I'm not one of your teenage whores and I'm not some damn airplane!"

Wang Jing-wen - 2046

Ana - Dawn of the Dead
"Frank, Michael's coming to shoot you."

Veronica Corningstone - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
"Oh Ron, there are literally thousands of other men that I should be with instead, but I am 72 percent sure that I love you."

Ida - Collateral
"Tell my son. You have to hold a gun to his head to make him do anything."

Deb - Napoleon Dynamite
"I could wrap you in some foam, or something billowy?"

Liz - Shaun of the Dead
"You hang out with my friends? Sorry, a failed actress and a twat?"