Congratulations to the winners of this year’s 2011 achievement awards from the Women Film Critics Circle — of which I am a proud member! Unless otherwise noted, the award goes to the director on behalf of the entire cast & crew. 
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN [TIE]: The Iron Lady (Phyllida Lloyd)/We Need To Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay)
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN: The Help (Tate Taylor)
BEST STORYTELLER: Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady)
BEST ACTRESS: Viola Davis (The Help)
BEST ACTOR: George Clooney (The Descendants)
BEST COMEDIC ACTRESS: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS: Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
BEST FOREIGN FILM: The Hedgehog (Mona Achache)
BEST FEMALE IMAGES: The Whistleblower (Larysa Kondracki)
WORST FEMALE IMAGES: Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
BEST MALE IMAGES: The Descendants (Alexander Payne )
WORST MALE IMAGES: Hangover 2 (Todd Phillips)
BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN: Semper Fi: Always Faithful (Tony Hardmon & Rachel Libert)
BEST FAMILY FILM: Hugo (Martin Scorsese)
BEST ANIMATED FEMALES: Puss ‘N Boots (Chris Miller)
BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES: The Debt (John Madden)
COURAGE IN ACTING: Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD [TIE]: Hiam Abbass (Miral)/Michelle Williams (Meek’s Cutoff)
BEST UNRELEASED MOVIE: Miss Representation (Jennifer Siebel Newsom)
WOMEN’S WORK [BEST FEMALE ENSEMBLE]: The Help (Tate Taylor)
BEST SCREEN COUPLE: Berenice Bejo & Jean Dujardin in The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD [TIE]: Kathy Bates/Cicely Tyson
ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD: Elizabeth Taylor
ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: The Whistleblower
JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: The Help
KAREN MORLEY AWARD: Albert Nobbs
MOMMIE DEAREST [WORST SCREEN MOM OF THE YEAR]: Judi Dench (J. Edgar)
*ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women.
*JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: For best expressing the woman of color experience in America.
*KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity.
*COURAGE IN ACTING: Taking on unconventional roles that radically redefine the images of women on screen.
*THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD: Performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored.
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