Oscar nominations were announced this morning and per usual there were the surprises, both of the good and bad variety. Nine year old Quvenzhané Wallis becomes the youngest Best Actress nominee for Beasts of the Southern Wild, Kathryn Bigelow shockingly did not receive a Best Director nomination for Zero Dark Thirty and the much lauded film about sexual assualt in the military The Invisible War received a Best Documentary nomination.
Here are the female nominees. You can find the full Oscar nominee list linked below.
Best Picture:
"Django Unchained" Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
"Les Misérables" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
"Lincoln" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
"Silver Linings Playbook" Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
"Zero Dark Thirty" Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Naomi Watts in "The Impossible"
Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Amy Adams in "The Master"
Sally Field in "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway in "Les Misérables"
Helen Hunt in "The Sessions"
Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best animated feature film of the year:
"Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Achievement in costume design:
"Anna Karenina" Jacqueline Durran
"Lincoln" Joanna Johnston
"Mirror Mirror" Eiko Ishioka
"Snow White and the Huntsman" Colleen Atwood
Best documentary short subject:
"Inocente" Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
"Kings Point" Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
"Mondays at Racine" Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
"Open Heart" Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling:
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
"Les Misérables" Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall" Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Achievement in production design:
"Anna Karenina" Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
"Les Misérables" Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
"Life of Pi" Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Best animated short film:
"Head over Heels" Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Best live action short film:
"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)" Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Achievement in sound editing:
"Skyfall" Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Adapted screenplay:
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
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