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Age of excellence

Today's top-flight actors are aging with a vengeance. A remarkable number of A-list stars are setting aside romantic comedies and glamour to take on the serious roles befitting their age  --  and courting award recognition in the bargain.

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Actors on Actors

In the spirit of the SAG Awards, Variety invites thesps to applaud their colleagues’ 2011 screen turns

Kenneth Branagh in 'My Week with Marilyn'
 Octavia Spencer in 'The Help'
Sarah Paulson in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
Dominic Cooper in 'The Devil's Double'
 Tilda Swinton in 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'
Michelle Williams in 'My Week with Marilyn'
Viola Davis in 'The Help'
Michael Shannon in 'Take Shelter'
 Evan Rachel Wood in 'The Ides of March'
 Antonio Banderas in 'The Skin I Live In'
Christoph Waltz in 'Carnage'
Michael Fassbender in 'Shame'
Anton Yelchin in 'Like Crazy'
Glenn Close in 'Albert Nobbs'
Demian Bichir in 'A Better Life'
Woody Harrelson in 'Rampart'
Christopher Plummer in 'Beginners'
Kristen Wiig in 'Bridesmaids'
 Steve Carell in 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
Alfred MoEddie Redmayne in 'My Week With Marilyn'
Ellen Barkin in 'Another Happy Day'
Jonah Hill in 'Moneyball'
Ralph Fiennes in 'Coriolanus'
Melissa Mccarthy in 'Bridesmaids'
Elizabeth Olsen in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
Shailene Woodley in 'The Descendants'
Owen Wilson in 'Midnight in Paris'
 Jodie Foster in 'Carnage'