KRISTEN STEWART

LEAD ACTRESS

She’s the favorite in Round 1 of the BuzzMeter (where panelists are listing both predictions and their favorites) for playing Lady Di in “Spencer.” She and Penélope Cruz (“Parallel Mothers”) are the only two actresses to be named on every ballot cast by our experts. Many of the top contenders are in biopics (the “real people performance derby,” says Anne Thompson), but no others have garnered the endorsements the “often-overlooked” (says Glenn Whipp) and “finely tuned” (says Claudia Puig) Stewart has. Lady Gaga’s all-out assault on the “House of Gucci” may turn out to catch some buzz, but for now, she doesn’t crack the Top 15. You can find all our picks at latimes.com/buzzmeter, where you can also vote for your own slate in our polls.