Julianne Moore is Oscar favorite for Best Actress Julianne Moore is the favorite for this year's best actress award at the Oscars for her role in 'Still Alice' where she plays a university professor with early onset Alzheimer's. The other nominees are Reese Witherspoon ('Wild'), Felicity Jones ('The Theory of Everything'), Marion Cotillard ('Two Days, One Night') and Rosamund Pike ('Gone Girl'). FILE of the nominees.