Best Actress

2025

Demi Moore

The Substance (2024)

2024

Annette Bening

Nyad

2024

Carey Mulligan

Maestro

2024

Sandra Hüller

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

2023

Ana de Armas

Blonde

2023

Andrea Riseborough

To Leslie

2023

Olivia Colman

The Lost Daughter

2021

Carey Mulligan

Promising Young Woman (2020)

2021

Viola Davis

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2021

Vanessa Kirby

Pieces of a Woman (2020)

2020

Scarlett Johansson

Marriage Story (2019)

2020

Charlize Theron

Bombshell (2019)

2020

Saoirse Ronan

Little Women (1994)

2019

Glenn Close

The Wife

2019

Melissa McCarthy

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018

Margot Robbie

I, Tonya (2017)

2018

Meryl Streep

The Post (2017)

2018

Saoirse Ronan

Lady Bird

2018

Sally Hawkins

The Shape of Water (2017)

2017

Meryl Streep

Florence Foster Jenkins

2017

Natalie Portman

Jackie

2017

Isabelle Huppert

Elle

2016

Cate Blanchett

Carol

2016

Jennifer Lawrence

Joy

2016

Saoirse Ronan

Brooklyn

2015

Felicity Jones

The Theory of Everything

2015

Marion Cotillard

Two Days, One Night

2015

Reese Witherspoon

Wild

2015

Rosamund Pike

Gone Girl (2014)

2014

Sandra Bullock

Gravity (2013)

2014

Amy Adams

American Hustle (2013)

2014

Judi Dench

Philomena

2014

Meryl Streep

August: Osage County (2013)

2013

Jessica Chastain

Zero Dark Thirty

2013

Naomi Watts

The Impossible

2012

Glenn Close

Albert Nobbs

2012

Michelle Williams

My Week with Marilyn

2012

Rooney Mara

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2012

Viola Davis

The Help (2011)

2011

Annette Bening

The Kids Are All Right

2011

Jennifer Lawrence

Winter's Bone

2011

Michelle Williams

Blue Valentine

2011

Nicole Kidman

Rabbit Hole

2010

Carey Mulligan

An Education (2009)

2010

Helen Mirren

The Last Station

2010

Meryl Streep

Julie & Julia

2009

Anne Hathaway

Rachel Getting Married

2009

Angelina Jolie

Changeling (2008)

2009

Meryl Streep

Doubt

2009

Melissa Leo

Frozen River

2008

Cate Blanchett

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2008

Elliot Page

Juno

2008

Julie Christie

Away from Her

2008

Laura Linney

The Savages

2007

Kate Winslet

Little Children

2007

Judi Dench

Notes on a Scandal

2007

Meryl Streep

The Devil Wears Prada

2007

Penélope Cruz

Volver (2006)

2006

Charlize Theron

North Country (2005)

2006

Keira Knightley

Pride & Prejudice

2006

Judi Dench

Mrs Henderson Presents

2005

Annette Bening

Being Julia

2005

Kate Winslet

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

2004

Naomi Watts

21 Grams (2003)

2004

Samantha Morton

In America

2003

Diane Lane

Unfaithful

2003

Julianne Moore

Far from Heaven (2002)

2003

Salma Hayek Pinault

Frida

2003

Renée Zellweger

Chicago (2002)

2002

Judi Dench

Iris (2001)

2002

Nicole Kidman

Moulin Rouge!

2002

Renée Zellweger

Bridget Jones's Diary

2002

Sissy Spacek

In the Bedroom (2001)

2001

Ellen Burstyn

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

2001

Laura Linney

You Can Count on Me

2001

Juliette Binoche

Chocolat (2000)

2000

Annette Bening

American Beauty (1999)

2000

Julianne Moore

The End of the Affair

2000

Meryl Streep

Music of the Heart

1999

Cate Blanchett

Elizabeth (1998)

1999

Emily Watson

Hilary and Jackie

1999

Meryl Streep

One True Thing

1999

Fernanda Montenegro

Central Station (1998)

1998

Helena Bonham Carter

The Wings of the Dove

1998

Julie Christie

Afterglow

1998

Kate Winslet

Titanic (1997)

1998

Judi Dench

Mrs. Brown

1997

Brenda Blethyn

Secrets & Lies

1997

Emily Watson

Breaking the Waves

1997

Kristin Scott Thomas

The English Patient

1996

Elisabeth Shue

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

1996

Emma Thompson

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

1996

Meryl Streep

The Bridges of Madison County

1996

Sharon Stone

Casino (1995)

1995

Winona Ryder

Little Women (1994)

1995

Jodie Foster

Nell (1994)

1995

Susan Sarandon

The Client

1995

Miranda Richardson

Tom & Viv

1994

Angela Bassett

What's Love Got to Do with It

1994

Emma Thompson

The Remains of the Day

1994

Debra Winger

Shadowlands

1993

Michelle Pfeiffer

Love Field (1992)

1993

Susan Sarandon

Lorenzo's Oil

1993

Mary McDonnell

Passion Fish

1993

Catherine Deneuve

Indochine (1992)

1992

Geena Davis

Thelma & Louise (1991)

1992

Laura Dern

Rambling Rose

1992

Susan Sarandon

Thelma & Louise (1991)

1991

Julia Roberts

Pretty Woman

1991

Meryl Streep

Postcards from the Edge

1991

Anjelica Huston

The Grifters

1990

Jessica Lange

Music Box

1990

Michelle Pfeiffer

The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)

1990

Isabelle Adjani

Camille Claudel (1988)

1989

Glenn Close

Dangerous Liaisons

1989

Meryl Streep

Evil Angels (1988)

1989

Sigourney Weaver

Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

1988

Holly Hunter

Broadcast News

1988

Glenn Close

Fatal Attraction (1987)

1988

Meryl Streep

Ironweed

1987

Kathleen Turner

Peggy Sue Got Married

1987

Sigourney Weaver

Aliens (1986)

1987

Sissy Spacek

Crimes of the Heart

1987

Jane Fonda

The Morning After

1986

Anne Bancroft

Agnes of God

1986

Jessica Lange

Sweet Dreams

1986

Meryl Streep

Out of Africa

1986

Whoopi Goldberg

The Color Purple

1985

Jessica Lange

Country

1985

Sissy Spacek

The River

1985

Vanessa Redgrave

The Bostonians

1985

Judy Davis

A Passage to India (1984)

1984

Meryl Streep

Silkwood

1984

Debra Winger

Terms of Endearment (1983)

1984

Jane Alexander

Testament

1984

Julie Walters

Educating Rita (1983)

1983

Jessica Lange

Frances

1983

Sissy Spacek

Missing (1982)

1983

Debra Winger

An Officer and a Gentleman

1983

Julie Andrews

Victor Victoria

1982

Meryl Streep

The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

1982

Susan Sarandon

Atlantic City

1982

Marsha Mason

Only When I Laugh

1981

Gena Rowlands

Gloria

1981

Ellen Burstyn

Resurrection

1981

Mary Tyler Moore

Ordinary People (1980)

1980

Jane Fonda

The China Syndrome (1979)

1980

Marsha Mason

Chapter Two

1979

Ellen Burstyn

Same Time, Next Year

1979

Ingrid Bergman

Autumn Sonata

1978

Anne Bancroft

The Turning Point

1978

Shirley MacLaine

The Turning Point (1977)

1978

Jane Fonda

Julia (1977)

1978

Marsha Mason

The Goodbye Girl (1977)

1977

Sissy Spacek

Carrie

1977

Talia Shire

Rocky (1976)

1977

Liv Ullmann

Face to Face

1976

Isabelle Adjani

The Story of Adele H.

1975

Gena Rowlands

A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

1975

Faye Dunaway

Chinatown (1974)

1974

Ellen Burstyn

The Exorcist

1974

Barbra Streisand

The Way We Were

1974

Marsha Mason

Cinderella Liberty (1973)

1973

Maggie Smith

Travels with My Aunt

1973

Liv Ullmann

The Emigrants (1971)

1972

Julie Christie

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1972

Vanessa Redgrave

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971

Jane Alexander

The Great White Hope

1971

Sarah Miles

Ryan's Daughter (1970)

1970

Jean Simmons

The Happy Ending

1970

Jane Fonda

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1970

Geneviève Bujold

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

1969

Vanessa Redgrave

Isadora

1969

Patricia Neal

The Subject Was Roses (1968)

1968

Anne Bancroft

The Graduate

1968

Audrey Hepburn

Wait Until Dark

1968

Edith Evans

The Whisperers

1968

Faye Dunaway

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

1967

Vanessa Redgrave

Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment

1967

Anouk Aimée

A Man and a Woman (1966)

1966

Julie Andrews

The Sound of Music (1965)

1966

Simone Signoret

Ship of Fools (1965)

1965

Anne Bancroft

The Pumpkin Eater

1964

Shirley MacLaine

Irma la Douce

1964

Natalie Wood

Love with the Proper Stranger

1964

Leslie Caron

The L-Shaped Room

1963

Bette Davis

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1963

Katharine Hepburn

Long Day's Journey into Night

1963

Lee Remick

Days of Wine and Roses

1962

Audrey Hepburn

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

1962

Natalie Wood

Splendor in the Grass

1962

Piper Laurie

The Hustler

1961

Shirley MacLaine

The Apartment (1960)

1961

Deborah Kerr

The Sundowners (1960)

1961

Greer Garson

Sunrise at Campobello

1960

Audrey Hepburn

The Nun's Story (1959)

1960

Katharine Hepburn

Suddenly, Last Summer

1960

Elizabeth Taylor

Suddenly, Last Summer

1959

Shirley MacLaine

Some Came Running

1959

Deborah Kerr

Separate Tables (1958)

1959

Elizabeth Taylor

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

1959

Rosalind Russell

Auntie Mame (1958)

1958

Deborah Kerr

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1958

Elizabeth Taylor

Raintree County

1957

Carroll Baker

Baby Doll

1957

Deborah Kerr

The King and I (1956)

1957

Katharine Hepburn

The Rainmaker (1997)

1956

Katharine Hepburn

Summertime

1956

Jennifer Jones

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

1955

Audrey Hepburn

Sabrina

1955

Jane Wyman

Magnificent Obsession

1955

Judy Garland

A Star Is Born (2018)

1954

Leslie Caron

Lili

1954

Deborah Kerr

From Here to Eternity (1953)

1953

Bette Davis

The Star

1953

Joan Crawford

Sudden Fear

1953

Julie Harris

The Member of the Wedding

1952

Jane Wyman

The Blue Veil

1952

Katharine Hepburn

The African Queen (1952)

1952

Shelley Winters

A Place in the Sun (1951)

1951

Bette Davis

All About Eve (1950)

1951

Anne Baxter

All About Eve (1950)

1950

Deborah Kerr

Edward, My Son

1949

Ingrid Bergman

Joan of Arc

1949

Olivia de Havilland

The Snake Pit (1948)

1949

Irene Dunne

I Remember Mama

1948

Dorothy McGuire

Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

1948

Joan Crawford

Possessed

1948

Rosalind Russell

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

Jane Wyman

The Yearling (1946)

1947

Rosalind Russell

Sister Kenny

1947

Jennifer Jones

Duel in the Sun

1946

Ingrid Bergman

The Bells of St. Mary's

1946

Greer Garson

The Valley of Decision

1946

Jennifer Jones

Love Letters

1945

Bette Davis

Mr. Skeffington

1945

Greer Garson

Mrs. Parkington

1945

Claudette Colbert

Since You Went Away (1944)

1944

Ingrid Bergman

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1944

Greer Garson

Madame Curie (1943)

1944

Joan Fontaine

The Constant Nymph

1944

Jean Arthur

The More the Merrier (1943)

1943

Teresa Wright

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

1943

Bette Davis

Now, Voyager

1943

Katharine Hepburn

Woman of the Year

1943

Rosalind Russell

My Sister Eileen

1942

Bette Davis

The Little Foxes (1941)

1942

Greer Garson

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

1942

Olivia de Havilland

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

1941

Bette Davis

The Letter (1940)

1941

Joan Fontaine

Rebecca (1940)

1941

Katharine Hepburn

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

1941

Martha Scott

Our Town (1940)

1940

Bette Davis

Dark Victory (1939)

1940

Greer Garson

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

1940

Irene Dunne

Love Affair (1939)

1939

Wendy Hiller

Pygmalion (1938)

1939

Fay Bainter

White Banners

1938

Irene Dunne

The Awful Truth (1937)

1937

Irene Dunne

Theodora Goes Wild

1936

Claudette Colbert

Private Worlds

1936

Katharine Hepburn

Alice Adams (1935)

1935

Bette Davis

Of Human Bondage

1935

Grace Moore

One Night of Love (1934)

1931

Irene Dunne

Cimarron (1931)

1931

Marlene Dietrich

Morocco

1930

Ruth Chatterton

Sarah and Son

1929

Ruth Chatterton

Madame X

All Nominees