2009 MTV Movie Awards

Nominees

Best Female Performance

  1. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke

    Kristen Stewart stakes her claim as a leading lady the moment she appears on screen as simple, appealing and marginally reserved Bella Swan.

  2. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov

    Angelina Jolie is smoking hot and packing heat as Fox, a fearless, hardcore assassin. Foxy, indeed.

  3. Directed by Gary Winick

    Anne Hathaway is believable and adorable as a meek middle-school teacher, Liv. She shows off her comedic timing and her tackling skills.

  4. Directed by Stephen Daldry

    How do you love a monster who helped kill thousands? Kate Winslet makes us wonder with her gutsy performance as Hanna Schmitz, a German trolley conductor tried for war crimes.

  5. Directed by David Fincher

    Taraji P. Henson makes playing the mother of a man older than she is look as easy as raising a reverse aging child.