For the best performance by an actress in a leading role

JULIANNE MOORE in FAR FROM HEAVEN

What does a fifties housewife do as her world becomes unexpectedly shattered when she discovers her husband is homosexual and that she is becoming unexpectedly attracted to her black gardener as her nosey neighbors begin rattling their tongues out in the open. Why, discover herself, of course. And Julianne Moore knows just how to overplay it with the greatest subtlety.