Academy Awards Best Actress Winners

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2024
Emma Stone

Emma Stone

Poor Things (2023)

2023
Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

2022
Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

2021
Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Nomadland (2021)

2020
Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Judy (2019)

2019
Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman

The Favourite (2018)

2018
Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

2017
Emma Stone

Emma Stone

La La Land (2016)

2016
Brie Larson

Brie Larson

Room (2015)

2015
Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Still Alice (2014)

2014
Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Blue Jasmine (2013)

2014
Agata Kulesza

Agata Kulesza

Ida (2013)

2013
Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

2012
Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

The Iron Lady (2011)

2012
Agata Kulesza

Agata Kulesza

Rose (2012)

2011
Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Black Swan (2010)

2010
Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock

The Blind Side (2009)

2009
Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

The Reader (2008)

2008
Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard

La Vie en Rose (2007)

2007
Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

The Queen (2006)

2006
Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Walk the Line (2005)

2005
Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

2004
Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron

Monster (2003)

2003
Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

The Hours (2002)

2002
Halle Berry

Halle Berry

Monster's Ball (2001)

2001
Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Erin Brockovich (2000)

2000
Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank

Boys Don't Cry (2000)

1999
Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

1998
Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

As Good as It Gets (1997)

1997
Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Fargo (1996)

1996
Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Dead Man Walking (1995)

1995
Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

Blue Sky (1994)

1994
Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

The Piano (1993)

1993
Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Howards End (1992)

1992
Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

1991
Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Misery (1990)

1990
Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

1989
Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

The Accused (1988)

1987
Marlee Matlin

Marlee Matlin

Children of a Lesser God (1986)

1985
Sally Field

Sally Field

Places in the Heart (1984)

1984
Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Terms of Endearment (1983)

1983
Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Sophie's Choice (1982)

1982
Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

On Golden Pond (1981)

1981
Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

1980
Sally Field

Sally Field

Norma Rae (1979)

1979
Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

Coming Home (1978)

1977
Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Network (1976)

1975
Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

1972
Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

Klute (1971)

1970
Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

1969
Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Funny Girl (1968)

1969
Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

The Lion in Winter (1968)

1968
Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

1967
Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

1966
Julie Christie

Julie Christie

Darling (1965)

1965
Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews

Mary Poppins (1964)

1964
Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Hud (1963)

1963
Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft

The Miracle Worker (1962)

1961
Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

BUtterfield 8 (1960)

1960
Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret

Room at the Top (1958)

1957
Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Anastasia (1956)

1955
Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly

The Country Girl (1954)

1954
Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Roman Holiday (1953)

1952
Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

1950
Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

The Heiress (1949)

1949
Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman

Johnny Belinda (1948)

1947
Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

To Each His Own (1946)

1946
Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce (1945)

1945
Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Gaslight (1944)

1944
Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

The Song of Bernadette (1943)

1943
Greer Garson

Greer Garson

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

1942
Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

Suspicion (1941)

1941
Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Kitty Foyle (1940)

1940
Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

Gone with the Wind (1939)

1939
Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Jezebel (1938)

1938
Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer

The Good Earth (1937)

1937
Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

1936
Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Dangerous Waters (1936)

1935
Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

It Happened One Night (1934)

1934
Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

Morning Glory (1933)

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