Top 10 Best Performances by an Actor Or Actress in 2009.

by nativaiva | created - 16 Apr 2011 | updated - 06 Feb 2015 | Public

List of Top 10 Best Performances by an Actor Or Actress in 2009.

1. Michelle Williams

Actress | Blue Valentine

A small-town girl born and raised in rural Kalispell, Montana, Michelle Ingrid Williams is the daughter of Carla Ingrid (Swenson), a homemaker, and Larry Richard Williams, a commodity trader and author. Her ancestry is Norwegian, as well as German, British Isles, and other Scandinavian. She was ...

For: Ellen Vidales in "Mammoth".

2. Anna Kendrick

Actress | Up in the Air

Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and William Kendrick, a teacher. She has an older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, who has also acted. She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.

For her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was...

For: Natalie Keener in "Up in the Air".

3. Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot

Actress | Mammoth

Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot is known for Mammoth (2009), Sop (2006) and Pai in Love (2009).

For: Cookie in "Mammoth".

4. Penélope Cruz

Actress | Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress", Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser. As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to ...

For: Lena in "Broken Embraces".

5. Leonie Benesch

Actress | Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

Leonie Benesch was born on April 22, 1991 in Hamburg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The White Ribbon (2009), The Teachers' Lounge (2023) and Babylon Berlin (2017).

For: Eva in "The White Ribbon".

6. Rubén Ochandiano

Actor | The Infiltrator

Ruben Ochandiano de Higes was born and raised in Madrid, to Maria Jesus, a doctor, and Ernesto, a computer engineer. After being trained in acting, singing and contemporary dance by different professors, Ochandiano completed his education studying acting with Juan Carlos Corazza. When he was in his...

For: Ray X in "Broken Embraces".

7. Pablo Pineda

Actor | Yo, también

Pablo Pineda was born in 1975 in Málaga, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor, known for Yo, también (2009), Alphabet (2013) and Els matins a TV3 (2004).

For: Daniel in "Me too".

8. Julianne Moore

Actress | Far from Heaven

Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. Her father, from ...

For: Charley in "A Single Man".

9. Christian Friedel

Actor | The Zone of Interest

Christian Friedel was born on March 9, 1979 in Magdeburg, East Germany [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He is an actor and music artist, known for The Zone of Interest (2023), 13 Minutes (2015) and Babylon Berlin (2017).

For: The School Theatre in "The White Ribbon".

10. Horacio Camandule

Actor | Gigante

Horacio Camandule is known for Giant (2009), De lá pra cá (2011) and Los últimos románticos (2019).

For: Jara in "Giant".



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