The Ex-Patriot
Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
Why she deserves it: Brit Thomas, best known as Hugh Grant’s BFF in Four Weddings and a Funeral, moved to France, started making films there -- and blossomed. Here she turns in an Oscar-worthy performance as a broken woman who returns home after being in jail for 15 years and tries to reconnect with her estranged family.
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