Amy Adams
The
Master
NOMINATED ROLE
As Peggy Dodd, Amy Adams portrays the determined wife of the controversial
founder of a group known as The Cause.
Sally Field
Lincoln
NOMINATED ROLE
Sally Field portrays Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of the sixteenth president
and a grieving mother who fears for the safety of her family.
Anne Hathaway
Les Misérables
NOMINATED ROLE
As Fantine, Anne Hathaway plays a young mother who loses her job in a
factory and struggles to find money to support her daughter.
Helen Hunt
The
Sessions
NOMINATED ROLE
Helen Hunt plays Cheryl, a sex surrogate who is hired by a polio survivor to
help him lose his virginity.
Jacki Weaver
Silver Linings Playbook
NOMINATED ROLE
As Dolores, Jacki Weaver plays the mother of a man undergoing treatment in a
psychiatric facility who agrees to vouch for his behavior upon his release.
