Viola Davis and Meryl Streep lead best actress Oscar

Meryl Streep arrives at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. (January 23, 2010) Credit: Getty Images
This year's race for the best actress Oscar comes down to two front-runners. Meryl Streep, as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," just won the Golden Globe for best actress in a drama -- an award that has predicted seven of the past 10 Oscars. Viola Davis, playing a maid in the deep South in "The Help," just won the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding leading actress -- which has the exact same track record. So why does Davis have the advantage? Read on.
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