My Favorite Performances - 2009

as Shosanna in Inglourious Basterds

as Jenny Mellor in An Education

as Julie Powell in Julie & Julia

as Natalie Keener in Up in the Air

as Jean Craddock in Crazy Heart

as Julia Child in Julie & Julia

as Summer in (500) Days of Summer

as Bridget von Hammersmark in Inglourious Basterds

as Sandra Cohen in Two Lovers

as Billie Frechette in Public Enemies

as Penelope in The Brothers Bloom

as Charley in A Single Man

as Em Lewin in Adventureland

as Christine Brown in Drag Me To Hell

as Irene in Bronson

as Alex Goran in Up in the Air

as Miss Stubbs in An Education

as Michelle Rausch in Two Lovers

as Laura in Funny People

as Jennifer in Jennifer's Body

as Verona in Away We Go

as Della Frye in State of Play

Runner up:
Irene Adler in Sherlock Holmes

as Frankie Donnenfield in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

as Bang Bang in The Brothers Bloom

as Connie James in The Hurt Locker

as Sam Bell in Moon

as Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds

as George in A Single Man

as Bad Blake in Crazy Heart

as Terence McDonagh in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

as Lt. Aldo Raine in Inglourious Basterds

as Lance in World's Greatest Dad

as Charles Bronson / Michael Peterson in Bronson

as Jack Mellor in An Education

as Leonard Kraditor in Two Lovers

as George Simmons in Funny People

as Jomar Henriksen in North

as Wikus Van De Merwe in District 9

as Lt. Archie Hicox in Inglourious Basterds

as Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery in The Messenger

Runner up:
Bower in Pandorum

as Larry Gopnik in A Serious Man

as Tom in (500) Days of Summer

as Orson Welles in Me and Orson Welles

as Rorschach in Watchmen

as Dale Martin in The Messenger

as Mark Whitacre in The Informant!

as Paul Aufiero in Big Fan

as Uncle Arthur in A Serious Man

as David Goldman in An Education

as Ronald Blatt in Two Lovers