2012 Best Actress (feat. Joey Gentile)


This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes back writer-producer Joey Gentile to discuss the 2012 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Jennifer Lawrence won for her performance in “Silver Linings Playbook,” beating Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty,” Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour,” Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” and Naomi Watts in “The Impossible.” We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Lawrence.

0:00 – 14:24 – Introduction

14:25 – 41:49 – Jessica Chastain

41:50 – 1:03:14 – Emmanuelle Riva

1:03:15 – 1:26:18 – Quvenzhané Wallis

1:26:19 – 1:39:35 – Naomi Watts

1:39:36 – 2:02:24 – Jennifer Lawrence

2:02:25 – 2:50:45 – Why Jennifer Lawrence won / Twitter questions

2:50:46 – 2:58:02 – Who was the runner-up?

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Theme/End Music: “Diamonds” by Iouri Sazonov

Additional Music: “Storming Cinema Ident” by Edward Blakeley

Artwork: Brian O’Meara