My Favorite Performances of 2014 (Female)

Amy Dunne - Gone Girl
"Nick Dunne took my pride and my dignity and my hope and my money. He took and took from me until I no longer existed. That's murder."

Ingrid - Blind
"I can still see in my dreams. I wake up. After a few seconds i remember i can't see."

Rita Vrataski - Edge of Tomorrow
"Come find me when you wake up!"

Sam - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
"You're doing this because you're scared to death, like the rest of us, that you don't matter. And you know what? You're right. You don't. It's not important. You're not important. Get used to it."

Jay Height - It Follows
"You don't believe me, do you?"

Honorable Mentions:
Anna Peterson - The Guest

Margo Dunne - Gone Girl
"Everyone knows that 'complicated' is a code word for bitch."

Olivia - Boyhood
"I've spent the first half of my life acquiring all this stuff and now I'll spend the second half getting rid of it!"

Anna Morales - A Most Violent Year
"You're not gonna like what will happen once I get involved."

Honorable Mentions:
Murph - Interstellar

Alicia 'Hammer Girl' - The Raid 2: Berandal

Elin - Blind

Agatha - The Grand Budapest Hotel
"Whence came these two radiant celestial brothers, united for an instant, as they crossed the upper stratosphere of our starry window, one from the east, and one from the west."

Brand - Interstellar
"You might have to decide between seeing your children again and the future of the human race."

Millicent - Paddington
"That's right! I'm going to stuff you, bear."

Shasta Fay Hepworth - Inherent Vice
"They told me I was precious cargo that couldn't be insured because of inherent vice."

Maggie Dean - The Skeleton Twins
"You're my brother. And we're supposed to be there for each other. And if you don't get that by now, then, I don't know, I guess I'll talk to you in another ten years."

Nicole - Whiplash
"What the fuck is wrong with you? You're right, we should not be dating."

Donna Stern - Obvious Child
"I remember seeing a condom; I just don't know exactly what it did."

Annabel Richter - A Most Wanted Man
"Your goat is tethered."

Sylvia - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
"You know, just because I didn't like that ridiculous comedy you did with Goldie Hawn did not mean I did not love you. That's what you always do. You confuse love for admiration."

Nina Romina - Nightcrawler
"We find our viewers are more interested in urban crime creeping into the suburbs. What that means is a victim or victims, preferably well-off and/or white, injured at the hands of the poor, or a minority."

Ebba - Force Majeure

Maggie Stuart - Infinitely Polar Bear
"Oh. My stairwell days are over."

Honorable Mentions:
Gamora - Guardians of the Galaxy

Gretta - Begin Again
"You know, I wasn't trying to win you over. I was telling you to fuck off."

Honorable Mentions:
Megan - Laggies
Joan Clarke - The Imitation Game

Lesley - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
"I'm pathetic. You know, I've dreamt of being a Broadway actress since I was a little kid. And now I'm here. And I'm not a Broadway actress. I'm still just a little kid. And I keep waiting for someone to tell me I made it."

Honorable Mentions:
Daka - St. Vincent

Mary Brown - Paddington
"He's about three foot six, he's got a bright red hat on, and a blue duffel coat... and he's a bear."

Honorable Mentions:
Vivienne Graham - Godzilla