And My Nominees For Best Acting Are:

Best Actor

Michael Fassbender — Shame
Viggo Mortensen — A Dangerous Method
John C. Reilly — Carnage/Cedar Rapids
Yvan Attal — Rapt
Eddie Redmayne — My Week with Marilyn
Jean Dujardin — The Artist
Ryan Gosling — The Ides of March

Best Supporting Actor

Kevin Spacey — Margin Call
Corey Stoller — Midnight in Paris
Robert Forster — The Descendants
Kenneth Branagh — My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks — Drive
Brian Cox — Coriolanus

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan — Shame
Elizabeth Olsen — Martha Marcy May Marlene
Kirsten Wiig — Bridesmaids
Meryl Streep — The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams — My Week With Marilyn

Best Supporting Actress

Vanessa Redgrave — Coriolanus
Penelope Ann Miller — The Artist
Sissy Spacek — The Help
Octavia Spencer — The Help
Jessica Chastain — The Help
Sarah Paulson — Martha Marcy May Marlene