Rich Picks

Actress in a Leading Role

Outstanding performance by a leading actress

2025
R
Jodie Foster
as Lilian Steiner in A Private Life
R
Emma Stone
as Michelle Fuller in Bugonia
R
Jessie Buckley
as Agnes Hathaway in Hamnet
R
Rose Byrne
as Linda in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
R
Son Ye-jin
as Lee Mi-ri in No Other Choice
Tabatha ZimigaSpirit
East of Wall
Kathleen ChalfantSpirit
Familiar Touch
Emily WatsonBAFTA
Hamnet
Tessa ThompsonSpirit
Hedda
Chang ChenSpirit
Lucky Lu
Théodore PellerinSpirit
Lurker
Odessa A'zionBAFTA
Marty Supreme
Teyana TaylorOscarBAFTA
One Battle after Another
Chase InfinitiBAFTA
One Battle after Another
Keke PalmerSpirit
One of Them Days
SZASpirit
One of Them Days
Ben WhishawSpirit
Peter Hujar's Day
Elle FanningOscar
Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter LilleaasOscarBAFTA
Sentimental Value
Renate ReinsveOscarBAFTA
Sentimental Value
Misha OsherovichSpirit
She's the He
Wunmi MosakuOscarBAFTA
Sinners
Kate HudsonOscarBAFTA
Song Sung Blue
Carey MulliganBAFTA
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Liz LarsenSpirit
The Baltimorons
Everett BlunckSpirit
The Plague
Kayo MartinSpirit
The Plague
Joel EdgertonSpirit
Train Dreams
Dylan O'BrienSpirit
Twinless
Amy MadiganOscar
Weapons
2024
R
Mikey Madison
as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva in Anora
R
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
as Pansy Deacon in Hard Truths
R
Karla Sofía Gascón
as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" del Monte in Emilia Pérez
R
Nicole Kidman
as Romy Mathis in Babygirl
R
Fernanda Torres
as Eunice Paiva in I’m Still Here
Mónica BarbaroOscar
A Complete Unknown
Isaac KrasnerSpirit
Big Boys
Isabella RosselliniOscarBAFTA
Conclave
Hunter SchaferSpirit
Cuckoo
Zoe SaldañaOscarBAFTA
Emilia Pérez
Selena GomezBAFTA
Emilia Pérez
Keith KupfererSpirit
Ghostlight
Justice SmithSpirit
I Saw the TV Glow
René Pérez JoglarSpirit
In the Summers
Katy O'BrianSpirit
Love Lies Bleeding
Maisy StellaSpirit
My Old Ass
Mason Alexander ParkSpirit
National Anthem
Amy AdamsSpirit
NightBitch
Colman DomingoSpirit
Sing Sing
Sebastian StanSpirit
The Apprentice
Felicity JonesOscarBAFTA
The Brutalist
Ryan DestinySpirit
The Fire Inside
Jamie Lee CurtisBAFTA
The Last Showgirl
Saoirse RonanBAFTA
The Outrun
Demi MooreOscarBAFTASpirit
The Substance
June SquibbSpirit
Thelma
Cynthia ErivoOscarBAFTA
Wicked
Ariana GrandeOscarBAFTA
Wicked
2023
R
Margot Robbie
as Barbie in Barbie
R
Natalie Portman
as Elizabeth in May December
R
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
as Isabel Wilkerson in Origin
R
Carey Mulligan
as Felicia Montealegre in Maestro
R
Emma Stone
as Bella Baxter / Victoria Blessington in Poor Things
Teyana TaylorSpirit
A Thousand and One
Claire FoyBAFTA
All of Us Strangers
Andrew ScottSpirit
All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey WrightSpirit
American Fiction
Sandra HüllerOscarBAFTA
Anatomy of a Fall
America FerreraOscar
Barbie
Judy ReyesSpirit
Birth/Rebirth
Marshawn LynchSpirit
Bottoms
Tia NomoreSpirit
Earth Mama
Anaita Wali ZadaSpirit
Fremont
Lily GladstoneOscarNBR
Killers of the Flower Moon
Jessica ChastainSpirit
Memory
Trace LysetteSpirit
Monica
Atibon NazaireSpirit
Mountains
Annette BeningOscar
Nyad
Jodie FosterOscar
Nyad
Emily BluntOscarBAFTA
Oppenheimer
Franz RogowskiSpirit
Passages
Greta LeeSpirit
Past Lives
Vivian OparahBAFTA
Rye Lane
Rosamund PikeBAFTA
Saltburn
Danielle BrooksOscarBAFTA
The Color Purple
Fantasia BarrinoBAFTA
The Color Purple
Da'Vine Joy RandolphOscarBAFTA
The Holdovers
Dominic SessaSpirit
The Holdovers
2022
R
Cate Blanchett
as Lydia Tár in Tár
R
Danielle Deadwyler
as Mamie Till in Till
R
Michelle Yeoh
as Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once
R
Andrea Riseborough
as Leslie in To Leslie
R
Ana de Armas
as Norma Jeane / Marilyn Monroe in Blonde
Dale DickeySpirit
A Love Song
Paul MescalSpirit
Aftersun
Frankie CorioSpirit
Aftersun
Angela BassettOscarBAFTA
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Taylor RussellSpirit
Bones and All
Aubrey PlazaSpirit
Emily the Criminal
Stephanie HsuOscarSpirit
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jamie Lee CurtisOscarBAFTA
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel ZolghadriSpirit
Funny Pages
Emma ThomsponBAFTA
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Regina HallSpirit
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Gracija FilipovićSpirit
Murina
Lily McInernySpirit
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Mia GothSpirit
Pearl
Carey MulliganBAFTA
She Said
Kerry CondonOscarBAFTA
The Banshees of Inisherin
Michelle WilliamsOscar
The Fabelmans
Jeremy PopeSpirit
The Inspection
Hong ChauOscarBAFTA
The Whale
Viola DavisBAFTA
The Woman King
Dolly de LeonBAFTA
Triangle of Sadness
2021
R
Nicole Kidman
as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos
R
Alana Haim
as Alana Kane in Licorice Pizza
R
Jessica Chastain
as Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye
R
Olivia Colman
as Leda Caruso in The Lost Daughter
R
Frances McDormand
as Lady Macbeth in The Tragedy of Macbeth
Joanna ScanlanBAFTA
After Love
Judi DenchOscar
Belfast
Caitríona BalfeBAFTA
Belfast
Kali ReisSpirit
Catch the Fair One
Emilia JonesBAFTA
CODA
Lady GagaBAFTA
House of Gucci
Aunjanue EllisOscarBAFTA
King Richard
Ann DowdBAFTA
Mass
Penélope CruzOscar
Parallel Mothers
Ruth NeggaBAFTA
Passing
Tessa ThompsonBAFTA
Passing
Kristen StewartOscar
Spencer
Brittany S. HallSpirit
Test Pattern
Jessie BuckleyOscarBAFTA
The Lost Daughter
Isabelle FuhrmanSpirit
The Novice
Kirsten DunstOscar
The Power of the Dog
Renate ReinsveBAFTA
The Worst Person in the World
Patti HarrisonSpirit
Together Together
Ariana deBoseOscarBAFTA
West Side Story
Rachel ZeglerNBR
West Side Story
Taylour PaigeSpirit
Zola
2020
R
Carey Mulligan
as Cassandra in Promising Young Woman
R
Vanessa Kirby
as Martha Weiss in Pieces of a Woman
R
Meryl Streep
as Dee Dee Allen in The Prom
R
Frances McDormand
as Fern in Nomadland
R
Amy Adams
as Bev in Hillbilly Elegy
Maria BakalovaOscar
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Niamh AlgarBAFTA
Calm with Horses
Alfre WoodardBAFTASpirit
Clemency
Ashley MadekweBAFTA
County Lines
Glenn CloseOscar
Hillbilly Elegy
Wunmi MosakuBAFTA
His House
Dominique FishbackBAFTA
Judas and the Black Messiah
Viola DavisOscarSpirit
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Amanda SeyfriedOscar
Mank
Youn Yuh-JungOscarBAFTA
Minari
Nicole BeharieSpirit
Miss Juneteenth
Sidney FlaniganSpirit
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always
Bukky BakrayBAFTA
Rocks
Kosar AliBAFTA
Rocks
Julia GarnerSpirit
The Assistant
Olivia ColmanOscar
The Father
Radha BlankBAFTA
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Andra DayOscar
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2019
R
Lupita Nyong'o
as Adelaide Wilson / Red in Us
R
Charlize Theron
as Megyn Kelly in Bombshell
R
Renée Zellweger
as Judy Garland in Judy
R
Scarlett Johansson
as Nicole Barber in Marriage Story
R
Saoirse Ronan
as Josephine "Jo" March in Little Women
Margot RobbieOscarBAFTA
Bombshell
Alfre WoodardBAFTASpirit
Clemency
Karen AllenSpirit
Colewell
Mary Kay PlaceSpirit
Diane
Hong ChauSpirit
Driveways
Cynthia ErivoOscar
Harriet
Elisabeth MossSpirit
Her Smell
Florence PughOscarBAFTA
Little Women
Laura DernOscarBAFTA
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time… in HollywoodBAFTA
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Kathy BatesOscar
Richard Jewell
Jessie BuckleyBAFTA
Wild Rose
2018
R
Olivia Colman
as Anne, Queen of Great Britain in The Favourite
R
Lady Gaga
as Ally Maine in A Star Is Born
R
Glenn Close
as Joan Castleman in The Wife
R
Elsie Fisher
as Kayla Day in Eighth Grade
R
Melissa McCarthy
as Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Claire FoyBAFTA
First Man
Toni ColletteSpirit
Hereditary
Regina KingOscar
If Beale Street Could Talk
Helena HowardSpirit
Madeline's Madeline
Margot RobbieBAFTA
Mary, Queen of Scots
Marina de TaviraOscar
Roma
Yalitza AparicioOscar
Roma
Regina HallSpirit
Support the Girls
Emma StoneOscarBAFTA
The Favourite
Rachel WeiszOscarBAFTA
The Favourite
Amy AdamsOscarBAFTA
Vice
Viola DavisBAFTA
Widows
Carey MulliganSpirit
Wild Life
2017
R
Frances McDormand
as Mildred Hayes in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
R
Margot Robbie
as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya
R
Judi Dench
as Queen Victoria in Victoria & Abdul
R
Saoirse Ronan
as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson in Lady Bird
R
Sally Hawkins
as Elisa Esposito in The Shape of Water
Salma HayekSpirit
Beatriz at Dinner
Kristin Scott ThomasBAFTA
Darkest Hour
Annette BeningBAFTA
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Allison JanneyOscarBAFTA
I, Tonya
Laurie MetcalfOscarBAFTA
Lady Bird
Regina WilliamsSpirit
Life and Nothing More
Mary J. BligeOscar
Mudbound
Shinobu TerajimaSpirit
Oh Lucy!
Lesley ManvilleOscarBAFTA
Phantom Thread
Meryl StreepOscarNBR
The Post
Octavia SpencerOscarBAFTA
The Shape of Water
2016
R
Isabelle Huppert
as Michèle Leblanc in Elle
R
Viola Davis
as Rose Lee Maxson in Fences
R
Kate Beckinsale
as Lady Susan Vernon in Love & Friendship
Annette BeningSpirit
20th Century Women
Sasha LaneSpirit
American Honey
Amy AdamsNBRBAFTA
Arrival
ElleSpirit
Elle
Meryl StreepOscarBAFTA
Florence Foster Jenkins
Octavia SpencerOscar
Hidden Figures
Hayley SquiresBAFTA
I, Daniel Blake
Natalie PortmanOscarBAFTASpirit
Jackie
Emma StoneOscarBAFTA
La La Land
Nicole KidmanOscarBAFTA
Lion
Ruth NeggaOscarSpirit
Loving
Michelle WilliamsOscarBAFTA
Manchester by the Sea
Naomie HarrisOscarBAFTA
Moonlight
Emily BluntBAFTA
The Girl on the Train
2015
R
Saoirse Ronan
as Ellis Lacey in Brooklyn
R
Cate Blanchett
as Carol Aird in Carol
R
Charlotte Rampling
as Kate Mercer in 45 Years
R
Brie Larson
as Joy "Ma" Newsome in Room
R
Helen Mirren
as Maria Altmann in Woman in Gold
Julie WaltersBAFTA
Brooklyn
Rooney MaraOscarBAFTA
Carol
Jennifer LawrenceOscar
Joy
Rachel McAdamsOscar
Spotlight
Kate WinsletOscarBAFTA
Steve Jobs
Kitana Kiki RodriguezSpirit
Tangerine
Alicia VikanderOscarBAFTA
The Danish Girl
Bel PowleySpirit
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Jennifer Jason LeighOscarBAFTA
The Hateful Eight
Maggie SmithBAFTA
The Lady in the Van
2014
R
Julianne Moore
as Alice Howland in Still Alice
R
Essie Davis
as Amelia Vanek in The Babadook
R
Reese Witherspoon
as Cheryl Strayed in Wild
R
Jennifer Aniston
as Claire Bennett in Cake
R
Rosamund Pike
as Amy Elliott-Dunne / Nancy in Gone Girl
Amy AdamsBAFTA
Big Eyes
Emma StoneOscarBAFTA
Birdman
Patricia ArquetteOscarBAFTA
Boyhood
Meryl StreepOscar
Into the Woods
Rinko KikuchiSpirit
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Rene RussoBAFTA
Nightcrawler
Jenny SlateSpirit
Obvious Child
Tilda SwintonSpirit
Only Lovers Left Alive
Imelda StauntonBAFTA
Pride
Keira KnightleyOscarBAFTA
The Imitation Game
Felicity JonesOscarBAFTA
The Theory of Everything
Marion CotillardOscar
Two Days, One Night
Laura DernOscar
Wild
2013
R
Cate Blanchett
as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis in Blue Jasmine
R
Judi Dench
as Philomena Lee in Philomena
R
Meryl Streep
as Violet Weston in August: Osage County
R
Adèle Exarchopoulos
as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Lupita Nyong'oOscarBAFTA
12 Years a Slave
Jennifer LawrenceOscarBAFTA
American Hustle
Amy AdamsOscarBAFTA
American Hustle
Julia RobertsOscarBAFTA
August: Osage County
Julie DelpySpirit
Before Midnight
Sally HawkinsOscarBAFTA
Blue Jasmine
Gaby HoffmannSpirit
Crystal Fairy
Sandra BullockOscarBAFTA
Gravity
June SquibbOscar
Nebraska
Emma ThompsonNBRBAFTA
Saving Mr. Banks
Brie LarsonSpirit
Short Term 12
Oprah WinfreyBAFTA
The Butler
Shailene WoodleySpirit
The Spectacular Now
2012
R
Jessica Chastain
as Maya in Zero Dark Thirty
R
Meryl Streep
as Kay in Hope Springs
R
Rachel Weisz
as Hester Collyer in The Deep Blue Sea
R
Jennifer Lawrence
as Tiffany Maxwell in Silver Linings Playbook
R
Ann Dowd
as Sandra in Compliance
Emmanuelle RivaOscarBAFTA
Amour
Quvenzhané WallisOscarSpirit
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Helen MirrenBAFTA
Hitchcock
Anne HathawayOscarBAFTA
Les Misérables
Sally FieldOscarBAFTA
Lincoln
Emayatzy CorinealdiSpirit
Middle of Nowhere
Marion CotillardBAFTA
Rust and Bone
Jacki WeaverOscar
Silver Linings Playbook
Judi DenchBAFTA
Skyfall
Mary Elizabeth WinsteadSpirit
Smashed
Naomi WattsOscar
The Impossible
Amy AdamsOscarBAFTA
The Master
Linda CardelliniSpirit
The Return
Helen HuntOscarBAFTA
The Sessions
2011
R
Kirsten Dunst
as Justine in Melancholia
R
Glenn Close
as Albert Nobbs in Albert Nobbs
R
Jodie Foster
as Penelope Longstreet in Carnage
R
Elizabeth Olsen
as Martha in Martha Marcy May Marlene
R
Tilda Swinton
as Eva Khatchadourian in We Need to Talk about Kevin
Lauren AmbroseSpirit
About Sunny
Janet McTeerOscar
Albert Nobbs
Melissa McCarthyOscarBAFTA
Bridesmaids
Carey MulliganBAFTA
Drive
Michelle WilliamsOscarBAFTASpirit
My Week with Marilyn
Judi DenchBAFTA
My Week with Marilyn
Rachael HarrisSpirit
Natural Selection
Adepero OduyeSpirit
Pariah
Bérénice BejoOscarBAFTA
The Artist
Rooney MaraOscar
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Octavia SpencerOscarBAFTA
The Help
Viola DavisOscarBAFTA
The Help
Jessica ChastainOscarBAFTA
The Help
Meryl StreepOscarBAFTA
The Iron Lady
2010
R
Natalie Portman
as Nina Sayers in Black Swan
R
Kim Hye-ja
as Mother in Mother
R
Annette Bening
as Nicole Allgood in The Kids Are All Right
R
Nicole Kidman
as Becca Corbett in Rabbit Hole
R
Michelle Williams
as Cindy Heller in Blue Valentine
Julianne MooreBAFTA
Jacki WeaverOscar
Animal Kingdom
Lesley ManvilleNBRBAFTA
Another Year
Barbara HersheyBAFTA
Black Swan
Greta GerwigSpirit
Greenberg
Miranda RichardsonBAFTA
Made in Dagenham
Amy AdamsOscarBAFTA
The Fighter
Melissa LeoOscar
The Fighter
Noomi RapaceBAFTA
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Helena Bonham CarterOscarBAFTA
The King's Speech
Hailee SteinfeldOscarBAFTA
True Grit
Jennifer LawrenceOscarSpirit
Winter's Bone
2009
R
Carey Mulligan
as Jenny Mellor in An Education
R
Meryl Streep
as Jane Adler in It's Complicated
as Julia Child in Julie & Julia
R
Yolande Moreau
as Séraphine Louis, dite Séraphine de Senlis in Séraphine
R
Saoirse Ronan
as Susie Salmon in The Lovely Bones
R
Robin Wright Penn
as Pippa Lee in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Nisreen FaourSpirit
Amreeka
Audrey TautouBAFTA
Coco Before Chanel
Maggie GyllenhaalOscar
Crazy Heart
Maria BelloSpirit
Downloading Nancy
Penélope CruzOscar
Nine
Anne-Marie DuffBAFTA
Nowhere Boy
Kristin Scott ThomasBAFTA
Nowhere Boy
Gabourey SidibeOscarBAFTASpirit
Precious
Mo'NiqueOscarBAFTA
Precious
Sandra BullockOscar
The Blind Side
Helen MirrenOscarSpirit
The Last Station
Gwyneth PaltrowSpirit
Two Lovers
Anna KendrickOscar
Up in the Air
Vera FarmigaOscarBAFTA
Up in the Air
2008
R
Anne Hathaway
as Kym Buchman in Rachel Getting Married
R
Michelle Williams
as Wendy in Wendy and Lucy
R
Angelina Jolie
as Christine Collins in Changeling
R
Melissa Leo
as Ray Eddy in Frozen River
R
Meryl Streep
as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in Doubt
Tarra RiggsSpirit
Ballast
Tilda SwintonBAFTA
Burn After Reading
Viola DavisOscar
Doubt
Amy AdamsOscarBAFTA
Doubt
Kristin Scott ThomasBAFTA
I've Loved You So Long
Freida PintoBAFTA
Slumdog Millionaire
Taraji P. HensonOscar
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate WinsletOscarBAFTA
The Reader
Marisa TomeiOscarBAFTA
The Wrestler
Summer BishilSpirit
Towelhead
Penélope CruzOscarBAFTA
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2007
R
Marion Cotillard
as Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose
R
Elliot Page
as Juno MacGuff in Juno
R
Amy Adams
as Giselle in Enchanted
R
Julie Christie
as Fiona Anderson in Away from Her
R
Laura Linney
as Wendy Savage in The Savages
Angelina JolieSpirit
A Mighty Heart
Ruby DeeOscar
American Gangster
Saoirse RonanOscarBAFTA
Atonement
Keira KnightleyBAFTA
Atonement
Parker PoseySpirit
Broken English
Samantha MortonBAFTA
Control
Amy RyanOscar
Gone Baby Gone
Cate BlanchettOscarBAFTA
I'm Not There
Sienna MillerSpirit
Interview
Ellen PageOscar
Juno
Tang WeiSpirit
Lust, Caution
Tilda SwintonOscarBAFTA
Michael Clayton
Kelly MacDonaldBAFTA
No Country for Old Men
2006
R
Meryl Streep
as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada
R
Kate Winslet
as Sarah Pierce in Little Children
R
Judi Dench
as Barbara Covett in Notes on a Scandal
R
Penélope Cruz
as Raimunda in Volver
Toni ColletteBAFTA
Rinko KikuchiOscar
Babel
Adriana BarrazaOscar
Babel
Jennifer HudsonOscarBAFTA
Dreamgirls
Catherine o'HaraSpirit
For Your Consideration
Shareeka EppsSpirit
Half Nelson
Michelle WilliamsSpirit
Land of Plenty
Abigail BreslinOscarBAFTA
Little Miss Sunshine
Cate BlanchettOscar
Notes on a Scandal
Robin Wright PennSpirit
Sorry, Haters
Elizabeth ReaserSpirit
Sweet Land
Emily BluntBAFTA
The Devil Wears Prada
Frances de la TourBAFTA
The History Boys
Helen MirrenOscarNBRBAFTA
The Queen
2005
R
Reese Witherspoon
as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line
Michelle WilliamsOscarBAFTA
Brokeback Mountain
Catherine KeenerOscarBAFTA
Capote
Thandiwe NewtonBAFTA
Crash
[a]BAFTA
Crash
Dina KorzunSpirit
Forty Shades of Blue
Amy AdamsOscar
Junebug
S. Epatha MerkersonSpirit
Lackawanna Blues
Ziyi ZhangBAFTA
Memoirs of a Geisha
Judi DenchOscar
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Frances McDormandOscarBAFTA
North Country
Charlize TheronOscarBAFTA
North Country
Keira KnightleyOscar
Pride & Prejudice
Brenda BlethynBAFTA
Pride & Prejudice
Cyndi WilliamsSpirit
Room
Rachel WeiszOscarBAFTA
The Constant Gardener
Laura LinneySpirit
The Squid and the Whale
Felicity HuffmanOscarNBRSpirit
Transamerica

Hall of Fame

All-time leading nominees & winners

Cate Blanchett
23
Carey Mulligan
23
Meryl Streep
16
Saoirse Ronan
14
Nicole Kidman
13
Frances McDormand
13
Jessica Chastain
12
Olivia Colman
12
Helen Mirren
12
Natalie Portman
12
Margot Robbie
12
Reese Witherspoon
12
Judi Dench
03
Amy Adams
02
Glenn Close
02

Hall of Fame

All-time leading nominees & winners

Cate Blanchett
23
Carey Mulligan
23
Meryl Streep
16
Saoirse Ronan
14
Nicole Kidman
13
Frances McDormand
13
Jessica Chastain
12
Olivia Colman
12
Helen Mirren
12
Natalie Portman
12
Margot Robbie
12
Reese Witherspoon
12
Judi Dench
03
Amy Adams
02
Glenn Close
02
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