With clear front-runners in both of these races, this is only a question of who will nominated with them.
Best Actor
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
- Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
- Denzel Washington, Flight
- John Hawkes, The Sessions
- Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Other Contenders
- Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained
- Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock
- Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
- Ben Affleck, Argo
- Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
- Matt Damon, Promised Land
Best Actress
- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
- Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
- Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
- Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Other Contenders
- Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
- Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
