Best Performances of 2012

Best Lead Actress in a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
  • Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone (2012)
  • Helen Mirren – Hitchcock (2012)
  • Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Best Lead Actor in a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Ben Affleck – Argo (2012)
  • Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  • Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables (2012)
  • Joaquin Phoenix – The Master (2012)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Samantha Barks – Les Miserables (2012)
  • Sally Field – Lincoln (2012)
  • Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy (2012)
  • Maggie Smith – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
  • Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained (2012)
  • Ian McKellen – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
  • Eddie Redmayne – Les Miserables (2012)
  • Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained (2012)

Best Young Actor or Actress in a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Max Charles – The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
  • Pierce Gagnon – Looper (2012)
  • Daniel Huttlestone – Les Miserables (2012)
  • Gulliver McGrath – Lincoln (2012)
  • Amandla Stenberg – The Hunger Games (2012)

Best Ensemble Cast of a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Les Miserables (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Cloud Atlas (2012)
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
  • Lincoln (2012)
  • The Paperboy (2012)
  • Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Sexiest Ensemble Cast of a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Magic Mike (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • The Hunger Games (2012)
  • Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)
  • The Paperboy (2012)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)

Favorite Male Heroic Character of a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Looper (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Christian Bale – The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  • Daniel Craig – Skyfall (2012)
  • Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln (2012)
  • Andrew Garfield – The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
  • Alex Russell – Chronicle (2012)

Favorite Female Heroic Character of a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Judi Dench – Skyfall (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
  • Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  • Scarlett Johansson – Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)
  • Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games (2012)
  • Noomi Rapace – Prometheus (2012)

Best Male Villain in a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Javier Bardem – Skyfall (2012)
  • Dane DeHaan – Chronicle (2012)
  • Tom Hiddleston – Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)
  • Andy Serkis – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
  • Donald Sutherland – The Hunger Games (2012)

Best Female Villain in a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Charlize Theron – Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Kate Beckinsale – Total Recall (2012)
  • Helena Bonham Carter – Les Miserables (2012)
  • Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  • Salma Hayek – Savages (2012)
  • Lena Headey – Dredd 3D (2012)

Actor’s Character You Would Most Like to be Intimate With from a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Zac Efron – The Paperboy (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Sam Claflin – Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
  • Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  • Andrew Garfield – The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
  • Eddie Redmayne – Les Miserables (2012)
  • Aidan Turner – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Actress’ Character You Would Most Like to be Intimate With from a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Scarlett Johansson – Hitchcock (2012)
  • Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy (2012)
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  • Christina Ricci – Bel Ami (2012)
  • Emma Stone – The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

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