Most Likely to Survive Summer and Make It All the Way to Oscar Night: Viola Davis, 'The Help'

Whether you thought 'The Help' turned a much-needed spotlight on racial divisions or a blind eye to the true horror of the Jim Crow South, there's no debating the power of Viola Davis's performance as Abileen Clark, a maid who risks literally everything to expose the ugly truth about the treatment of black domestic workers. If Davis isn't in the mix come awards season, justice truly is a sham.