As well as Dame Helen, there is a strong chance that Dame Judi Dench and Kate Winslet will also be shortlisted for a best actress Oscar.
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Bonham Carter, who has starred in films including Howards End, Planet of the Apes and Fight Club, was nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1998 for The Wings of the Dove.
When a young, dewy-faced Gwyneth Paltrow accepted the Best Actress Oscar for Shakespeare In Love, the world caught a four-minute glimpse of the Harry Winston Princess Necklace, glistening in time with every benevolent gesture.
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The pair have both won Academy Awards before - Dame Helen nabbed a best actress Oscar in 2007 for The Queen, while Sir Anthony won best actor for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs in 1992.
The birth has come only four weeks after the Welsh-born actress won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as the scheming Velma Kelly in the hit musical Chicago.
The actress was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar last year for her work in the hit movie The Help but she was overshadowed in that movie and Oscar category by Octvia Spencer who took home the gold statue last year.
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She was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in Rebel Without a Cause, and for best actress for Splendor in the Grass, and Love with the Proper Stranger.
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Winning the best supporting actress Oscar will not keep Anne Hathaway from considering herself as the underdog.
Ms Redgrave, who won the best supporting actress Oscar in 1977 for Julia, is the fourth big-name guest director of the festival.
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The Ocean's Twelve and The Mask of Zorro star won a best supporting actress Oscar in 2003 for her role in Chicago.
Binoche - whose film Certified Copy is out on Friday - won the best supporting actress Oscar in 1997 for The English Patient.
The Gish sisters were huge silent movie stars, with Lillian going on to be nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1946 for Duel in the Sun.
Starring Octavia Spencer, who won the best supporting actress Oscar last year for her role in civil rights drama The Help, it was written and directed by first-time filmmaker Ryan Coogler.
As Tilda Swinton collects the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Michael Clayton, the backstage cavern turns into an anthill of scurrying crew members preparing for my number, which is being staged in full-on Broadway showstopper style.
Chastain will play Catherine Sloper - the part that won Olivia de Havilland her second Oscar for best actress.
Jessica Chastain will win the Oscar for Best Actress, and Mark Boal will probably win for Best Original Screenplay.
Chastain is also a front-runner for the Oscar for Best Actress.
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Sotheby's also has a piece of outstanding celebrity bling: the Harry Winston diamond and garnet bracelet Halle Berry wore when she won her 2002 Oscar for best actress.
Even Jennifer Lawrence, who won an Oscar for Best Actress for her turn in "Silver Linings Playbook" and was name-checked in the boob song, found the humor in it.
Maya, portrayed by Jessica Chastain in the performance I believe will win her the Oscar for Best Actress, was recruited right out of high school and has spent her career indeed, her entire adult life pursuing bin Laden.
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Halle Berry, the winner of the Best Actress award, showed up on Oscar night wearing Winston's Pumpkin diamond ring.
She may not have taken home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress but Amy Adams did score the top spot for most-buzzed-about bling.
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In short the Heat are "Pulling a Beatrice Straight, " who won an Oscar for best supporting actress in 1976 despite being on camera in "Network" for less than six minutes.
Lawrence, who bagged an Oscar nomination for best actress on Thursday, also took home the best actress in an action movie for The Hunger Games, based on the bestselling book.
On Sunday, 34-year-old Weisz won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as aid worker Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener, developed from a John Le Carre novel.
After her Oscar win for best supporting actress Sunday night, she was asked backstage her reaction to being teased about her earnestness.
Though still best known as an Oscar-nominated actress who's made films such as Good Will Hunting, GoldenEye and Grosse Point Blank, Minnie Driver continues to make inroads as a musician, developing a pop-folk style similar to that of Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.
Despite the fact this was the first feature film by filmmaker Benh Zeitlin and starred unknown actors in all its roles, the film has gone to receive over 35 awards for both the director, the screenwriter Lucy Alibar, and most importantly, landing its leading lady the distinction of being the youngest nominee ever for an Oscar Academy Award for best actress.
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In other words, Gwyneth Paltrow ("Shakespeare in Love") might have gotten teary-eyed when she won the Golden Globe for best actress this year, but she will become the leading actress of her generation if she takes home the Oscar.
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Emmanuelle Riva - recipient of one of Amour's five Oscar nods - will be up for best actress at next month's Cesar ceremony.
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