My Favorite Performances of 2022 (Female)

Faye - A Love Song
"I hadn't known love before, and when it came it was just so... simple."

Song Seo-rae - Decision to Leave
"The moment you said you loved me, your love is over. The moment your love ends, my love begins."

Lydia Tár - Tár
"Don't be so eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to the most boring kind of conformity."

Evelyn Wang - Everything Everywhere All at Once
"You are not unlovable. There is always something to love. Even in a stupid, stupid universe where we have hot dogs for fingers, we get very good with our feet."

Pearl - Pearl
"No, I'm a star! Please, I'm a *star!* Please, somebody help me! Please help me! *Help me!*"

Honorable Mentions:
Maxine / Pearl - X

Emily - Emily the Criminal
"If you want to tell me what to do, put me on the fucking payroll!"

Signe - Sick of Myself
"What fucking nerd shoots his whole family?"

Siobhán Súilleabháin - The Banshees of Inisherin
"There's enough judgy people on this fecking island, so no! You're not dim! You're a nice man, all right? So, move on!"

Abigail - Triangle of Sadness

Ellie - The Whale
"Are you actually trying to parent me right now?"

Maren - Bones and All
"I don't trust you. It doesn't matter if I'm right or wrong about that, it matters that I feel it."

Margot - The Menu
"You're a chef. Your single purpose on this Earth is to serve people food that they might actually like, and you have failed. You've failed. And you've bored me. And the worst part is I'm still fucking hungry."

Honorable Mentions:
Olga of the Birch Forest - The Northman

Kyra - After Yang

Liz - The Whale
"You say you're sorry one more time i will shove a knife right into you, i swear to god!"

Honorable Mentions:
Elsa - The Menu

Sharon Goodnow - Tár

Alithea - Three Thousand Years of Longing
"Love is a gift. It's a gift of oneself given freely. It's not something one can ever ask for."

Emerald Haywood - Nope
"Since the moment pictures could move, we had skin in the game."

Mitzi Fabelman - The Fabelmans
"You do what your heart says you have to. 'Cause you don't owe anyone your life. Not even me."

Yaya - Triangle of Sadness
"Why are you so obsessed with money?"

Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki - Everything Everywhere All at Once
"I wasn't looking for you so I could kill you. I was just looking for someone who could see what I see, feel what I feel."

Kiri - Avatar: The Way of Water
"I'm fine. Why should I not be fine? Why can't I just be like everyone else?"

The Priest - Hellraiser
"Accept the pain you have wrought. Greater delights await. We wish to see you proceed."

Naru - Prey
"This is as far as you go. No more. This is it."

Angela Childs - Kimi
"And trust me, I know bad: I used to moderate for Facebook."

Honorable Mentions:
Selina Kyle - The Batman

Tess - Barbarian
"It's such a cliche. The guy who thinks love and control are the same thing. And the girl who lets herself become, I don't know, some kind of pet or something? Oh, my god. It's so cliche, and it's so boring, and I can't believe it's happening to me."