20. Essie Davis as Amelia Vanek in The Babadook (2014)

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19. Quvenzhané Wallis as Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

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18. Patricia Arquette as Olivia Evans in Boyhood (2014)

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17. Kirsten Dunst as Justine in Melancholia (2011)

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16. Aisling Franciosi as Clare Carol in The Nightingale (2019)

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15. Kristen Stewart as Valentine in Clouds of Sils Maria (2015)

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14. Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite (2018)

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13. Sofia Boutella as Selva in Climax (2018)

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12. Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave (2013)

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11. Elsie Fisher as Kayla Day in Eighth Grade (2018)

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10. Krisha Fairchild as Krisha in Krisha (2015)

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9. Brooklynn Prince as Moonee in The Florida Project (2017)

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8. Viola Davis as Rose Maxon in Fences (2016)

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7. Kim Min-hee as Lady Izumi Sideko in The Handmaiden (2016)

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6. Sally Hawkins as Eliza Esposito in The Shape of Water (2017)

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5. Scarlett Johansson as Nicole Barber in Marriage Story (2019)

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4. Toni Collette as Annie Graham in Hereditary (2018)

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3. Naomie Harris as Paula Harris in Moonlight (2016)

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2. Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo Gutiérrez in Roma (2018)

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1. Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)