Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress – Comedy or Musical.

Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Awarded for	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Drama
Location	United States
Presented by	Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Currently held by	Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Website	http://www.goldenglobes.com/

The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama". As of 2013, the wording is "Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama".

It is notable for being the category in which the only three-way tie in Golden Globe history occurred, when Jodie Foster, Shirley MacLaine, and Sigourney Weaver all won the award in 1989 at the 46th Golden Globe Awards.

Notes:

• "†" indicates an Academy Award- winning performance.
• "‡" indicates an Academy Award- nomination.
• "§" indicates a Golden Globe Award- winning performance that was not nominated for an Academy Award.

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Winners and nomineesEdit

  indicates the winner

Ingrid Bergman was nominated five times in the category, winning for Gaslight (1944), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) and for Anastasia (1956).

Olivia de Havilland won for her role in The Heiress (1949).

Audrey Hepburn won for her role in Roman Holiday (1953).

Grace Kelly won for her role in 1954's The Country Girl.

Elizabeth Taylor won once from four nominations in 1959's Suddenly, Last Summer.

Jane Fonda won three times from five nominations for her roles in Klute (1971), Julia (1978) and Coming Home (1978).

Sally Field won this award twice for her roles in 1979's Norma Rae and 1984's Places in the Heart.

Meryl Streep has received fourteen nominations in this category, winning three times for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011).

Shirley MacLaine won twice for her roles in 1983's Terms of Endearment and 1988's Madame Sousatzka.

Marlee Matlin won for her performance in Children of a Lesser God (1986).

Jodie Foster won twice for her roles in The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Like Luise Rainer, she achieved these two wins before she turned 30 years old.

Emma Thompson won for her role in Howards End (1992).

Jessica Lange was nominated five times, winning once in 1995 for her role in Blue Sky (1994).

Cate Blanchett won twice for her roles in Elizabeth (1998) Blue Jasmine (2013).

Hilary Swank won this award twice for her roles in Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).

Julia Roberts won for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000).

Nicole Kidman won once from five nominations for playing Virginia Woolf in The Hours (2002).

Helen Mirren won for portraying Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006).

Kate Winslet won for her role in Revolutionary Road (2008).

Sandra Bullock won for her role in The Blind Side (2009).

Natalie Portman won for her role in Black Swan (2010).

Julianne Moore won for her role in Still Alice (2014).

Brie Larson won for her role in Room (2015).

Frances McDormand won for her performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).

1940sEdit

Year	Actress	Character	Film
1943	Jennifer Jones	Bernadette Soubirous	The Song of Bernadette †
1944	Ingrid Bergman	Paula Alquist Anton	Gaslight †
1945	Ingrid Bergman	Sister Mary Benedict	The Bells of St. Mary's ‡
1946	Rosalind Russell	Sister Elizabeth Kenny	Sister Kenny ‡
1947	Rosalind Russell	Lavinia Mannon	Mourning Becomes Electra ‡
1948	Jane Wyman	Belinda MacDonald	Johnny Belinda †
1949	Olivia de Havilland	Catherine Sloper	The Heiress †
	Deborah Kerr	Evelyn Boult	Edward, My Son ‡

1950sEdit

Year	Actress	Character	Film
1950	Gloria Swanson	Norma Desmond	Sunset Boulevard ‡
	Bette Davis	Margo Channing	All About Eve ‡
	Judy Holliday	Billie Dawn	Born Yesterday †
1951	Jane Wyman	LouLou Mason	The Blue Veil ‡
	Vivien Leigh	Blanche DuBois	A Streetcar Named Desire †
	Shelley Winters	Alice Tripp	A Place in the Sun ‡
1952	Shirley Booth	Lola Delaney	Come Back, Little Sheba †
	Joan Crawford	Myra Hudson	Sudden Fear ‡
	Olivia de Havilland	Rachel Sangalletti Ashley	My Cousin Rachel
1953	Audrey Hepburn	Princess Ann ("Anya Smith")	Roman Holiday †
1954	Grace Kelly	Georgie Elgin	The Country Girl †
1955	Anna Magnani	Serafina Delle Rose	The Rose Tattoo †
1956	Ingrid Bergman	Anna Koreff ("Anastasia")	Anastasia †
	Carroll Baker	Baby Doll Meighan	Baby Doll ‡
	Helen Hayes	Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna	Anastasia
	Audrey Hepburn	Natasha Rostova	War and Peace
	Katharine Hepburn	Lizzie Curry	The Rainmaker ‡
1957	Joanne Woodward	Eve White / Eve Black / Jane	The Three Faces of Eve †
	Marlene Dietrich	Christine Vole/Helm	Witness for the Prosecution
	Deborah Kerr	Sister Angela	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison ‡
	Anna Magnani	Gioia	Wild is the Wind ‡
	Eva Marie Saint	Celia Pope	A Hatful of Rain
1958	Susan Hayward	Barbara Graham	I Want to Live! †
	Ingrid Bergman	Gladys Aylward	The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
	Deborah Kerr	Sibyl Railton-Bell	Separate Tables ‡
	Shirley MacLaine	Ginny Moorehead	Some Came Running ‡
	Jean Simmons	Charlotte Bronn	Home Before Dark
1959	Elizabeth Taylor	Catherine Holly	Suddenly, Last Summer ‡
	Audrey Hepburn	Sister Luke	The Nun's Story ‡
	Katharine Hepburn	Violet Venable	Suddenly, Last Summer ‡
	Lee Remick	Laura Manion	Anatomy of a Murder
	Simone Signoret	Alice Aisgill	Room at the Top †

1960sEdit

Year	Actress	Character	Film
1960	Greer Garson	Eleanor Roosevelt	Sunrise at Campobello ‡
	Doris Day	Kit Preston	Midnight Lace
	Nancy Kwan	Suzie Wong	The World of Suzie Wong
	Jean Simmons	Sharon Falconer	Elmer Gantry
	Elizabeth Taylor	Gloria Wandrous	Butterfield 8 †
1961	Geraldine Page	Alma Winemiller	Summer and Smoke ‡
	Leslie Caron	Fanny	Fanny
	Shirley MacLaine	Martha Dobie	The Children's Hour
	Claudia McNeil	Lena Younger	A Raisin in the Sun
	Natalie Wood	Deanie Loomis	Splendor in the Grass ‡
1962	Geraldine Page	Alexandra Del Lago	Sweet Bird of Youth ‡
	Anne Bancroft	Annie Sullivan	The Miracle Worker †
	Bette Davis	Jane Hudson	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ‡
	Katharine Hepburn	Mary Tyrone	Long Day's Journey Into Night ‡
	Glynis Johns	Teresa Harnish	The Chapman Report
	Melina Mercouri	Phaedra	Phaedra
	Lee Remick	Kirsten Arnesen Clay	Days of Wine and Roses ‡
	Susan Strasberg	Rosanna	Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
	Shelley Winters	Charlotte Haze-Humbert	Lolita
	Susannah York	Cecily Koertner	Freud
1963	Leslie Caron	Jane Fosset	The L-Shaped Room ‡
	Polly Bergen	Lorna Medford	The Caretakers
	Geraldine Page	Carrie Berniers	Toys in the Attic
	Rachel Roberts	Margaret Hammond	This Sporting Life ‡
	Romy Schneider	Annemarie von Hartman	The Cardinal
	Alida Valli	La Italiana	The Paper Man
	Marina Vlady	Regina	The Conjugal Bed
	Natalie Wood	Angie Rossini	Love with the Proper Stranger ‡
1964	Anne Bancroft	Jo Armitage	The Pumpkin Eater ‡
	Ava Gardner	Maxine Faulk	The Night of the Iguana
	Rita Hayworth	Lili Alfredo	Circus World
	Geraldine Page	Evie Jackson	Dear Heart
	Jean Seberg	Lilith Arthur	Lilith
1965	Samantha Eggar	Miranda Grey	The Collector ‡
	Julie Christie	Diana Scott	Darling †
	Elizabeth Hartman	Selina D'Arcey	A Patch of Blue ‡
	Simone Signoret	La Condesa	Ship of Fools ‡
	Maggie Smith nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress	Desdemona	Othello ‡
1966	Anouk Aimée	Anne Gauthier	A Man and a Woman ‡
	Ida Kaminska	Rozalie Lautmann	The Shop on Main Street ‡
	Virginia McKenna	Joy	Born Free
	Elizabeth Taylor	Martha	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? †
	Natalie Wood	Alva Starr	This Property Is Condemned
1967	Edith Evans	Maggie Ross	The Whisperers ‡
	Faye Dunaway	Bonnie Parker	Bonnie and Clyde ‡
	Audrey Hepburn	Susy Hendrix	Wait Until Dark ‡
	Katharine Hepburn	Christina Drayton	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner †
	Anne Heywood	Ellen March	The Fox
1968	Joanne Woodward	Rachel Cameron	Rachel, Rachel ‡
	Mia Farrow	Rosemary Woodhouse	Rosemary's Baby
	Katharine Hepburn	Eleanor of Aquitaine	The Lion in Winter †
	Vanessa Redgrave	Isadora Duncan	Isadora ‡
	Beryl Reid	June "George" Buckridge	The Killing of Sister George
1969	Geneviève Bujold	Anne Boleyn	Anne of the Thousand Days ‡
	Jane Fonda	Gloria Beatty	They Shoot Horses, Don't They? ‡
	Liza Minnelli	Pookie Adams	The Sterile Cuckoo ‡
	Jean Simmons	Mary Wilson	The Happy Ending ‡
	Maggie Smith	Jean Brodie	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie †

1970sEdit

Year	Actress	Character	Film
1970	Ali MacGraw	Jennifer Cavalleri	Love Story ‡
	Faye Dunaway	Lou Andreas Sand	Puzzle of a Downfall Child
	Glenda Jackson	Gudrun Brangwen	Women in Love †
	Melina Mercouri	Nina Kacew	Promise at Dawn
	Sarah Miles	Rosy Ryan	Ryan's Daughter ‡
1971	Jane Fonda	Bree Daniels	Klute †
	Dyan Cannon	Julie Messinger	Such Good Friends
	Glenda Jackson	Elizabeth I of England	Mary, Queen of Scots
	Vanessa Redgrave	Mary, Queen of Scots	Mary, Queen of Scots ‡
	Jessica Walter	Evelyn Draper	Play Misty For Me
1972	Liv Ullmann	Kristina	The Emigrants ‡
	Diana Ross	Billie Holiday	Lady Sings the Blues ‡
	Cicely Tyson	Rebecca Morgan	Sounder ‡
	Trish Van Devere	Aimee Brower	One is a Lonely Number
	Tuesday Weld	Maria Wyeth	Play It as It Lays
	Joanne Woodward	Beatrice Hunsdorfer	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1973	Marsha Mason	Maggie Paul	Cinderella Liberty ‡
	Ellen Burstyn	Chris MacNeil	The Exorcist ‡
	Barbra Streisand	Kate Morosky	The Way We Were ‡
	Elizabeth Taylor	Barbara Sawyer	Ash Wednesday
	Joanne Woodward	Rita Walden	Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams ‡
1974	Gena Rowlands	Mabel Longhetti	A Woman Under the Influence ‡
	Ellen Burstyn	Alice Hyatt	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore †
	Faye Dunaway	Evelyn Cross Mulwray	Chinatown ‡
	Valerie Perrine	Honey Bruce	Lenny ‡
	Liv Ullmann	Marianne	Scenes From a Marriage
1975	Louise Fletcher	Nurse Ratched	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest †
	Karen Black	Faye Greener	The Day of the Locust
	Faye Dunaway	Kathy Hale	Three Days of the Condor
	Marilyn Hassett	Jill Kinmont	The Other Side of the Mountain
	Glenda Jackson	Hedda Gabler	Hedda ‡
1976	Faye Dunaway	Diana Christensen	Network †
	Glenda Jackson	Sarah Bernhardt	The Incredible Sarah
	Sarah Miles	Anne Osbourne	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
	Talia Shire	Adrian Pennino	Rocky ‡
	Liv Ullmann	Dr. Jenny Isaksson	Face to Face ‡
1977	Jane Fonda	Lillian Hellman	Julia ‡
	Anne Bancroft	Emma Jacklin	The Turning Point ‡
	Diane Keaton	Theresa Dunn	Looking for Mr. Goodbar
	Kathleen Quinlan	Deborah Blake	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
	Gena Rowlands	Myrtle Gordon	Opening Night
1978	Jane Fonda	Sally Hyde	Coming Home †
	Ingrid Bergman	Charlotte Andergast	Autumn Sonata ‡
	Jill Clayburgh	Erica	An Unmarried Woman ‡
	Glenda Jackson	Stevie Smith	Stevie
	Geraldine Page	Eve	Interiors ‡
1979	Sally Field	Norma Rae Webster	Norma Rae †
	Jill Clayburgh	Caterina Silveri	La Luna
	Lisa Eichhorn	Jean Moreton	Yanks
	Jane Fonda	Kimberly Wells	The China Syndrome ‡
	Marsha Mason	Dr. Alexandra Kendall	Promises in the Dark

1980sEdit

Year	Actress	Character	Film
1980	Mary Tyler Moore	Beth Jarrett	Ordinary People ‡
	Ellen Burstyn	Edna Mae McCauley	Resurrection ‡
	Nastassja Kinski	Tess Durbeyfield	Tess
	Deborah Raffin	Lena Canada	Touched by Love
	Gena Rowlands	Gloria Swenson	Gloria ‡
1981	Meryl Streep	Sarah Woodruff / Anna	The French Lieutenant's Woman ‡
	Sally Field	Megan Carter	Absence of Malice
	Katharine Hepburn	Ethel Thayer	On Golden Pond †
	Diane Keaton	Louise Bryant	Reds ‡
	Sissy Spacek	Nita Longley	Raggedy Man
1982	Meryl Streep	Sophie Zawistowska	Sophie's Choice †
	Diane Keaton	Faith Dunlap	Shoot the Moon
	Jessica Lange	Frances Farmer	Frances ‡
	Sissy Spacek	Beth Horman	Missing ‡
	Debra Winger	Paula Pokrifki	An Officer and a Gentleman ‡
1983	Shirley MacLaine	Aurora Greenway	Terms of Endearment †
	Jane Alexander	Carol Amen	Testament ‡
	Bonnie Bedelia	Shirley Roque	Heart Like a Wheel
	Meryl Streep	Karen Silkwood	Silkwood ‡
	Debra Winger	Emma Greenway Horton	Terms of Endearment ‡
1984	Sally Field	Edna Spalding	Places in the Heart †
	Diane Keaton	Kate Soffel	Mrs. Soffel
	Jessica Lange	Jewell Ivy	Country ‡
	Vanessa Redgrave	Olive Chancellor	The Bostonians ‡
	Sissy Spacek	Mae Garvey	The River ‡
1985	Whoopi Goldberg	Celie Johnson	The Color Purple ‡
	Anne Bancroft	Miriam Ruth	Agnes of God ‡
	Cher	Florence "Rusty" Dennis	Mask
	Geraldine Page	Carrie Watts	The Trip to Bountiful †
	Meryl Streep	Karen Blixen	Out of Africa ‡
1986	Marlee Matlin	Sarah Norman	Children of a Lesser God †
	Julie Andrews	Stephanie Anderson	Duet for One
	Anne Bancroft	Thelma Cates	'night, Mother
	Farrah Fawcett	Marjorie	Extremities
	Sigourney Weaver	Ellen Ripley	Aliens ‡
1987	Sally Kirkland	Anna	Anna ‡
	Rachel Chagall	Gaby	Gaby: A True Story
	Glenn Close	Alex Forrest	Fatal Attraction ‡
	Faye Dunaway	Wanda Wilcox	Barfly
	Barbra Streisand	Claudia Draper	Nuts
1988	Jodie Foster	Sarah Tobias	The Accused †
	Shirley MacLaine	Yuvline Sousatzka	Madame Sousatzka §
	Sigourney Weaver	Dian Fossey	Gorillas in the Mist ‡
	Christine Lahti	Annie Pope/Cynthia Manfield	Running on Empty
	Meryl Streep	Lindy Chamberlain	A Cry in the Dark ‡
1989	Michelle Pfeiffer	Susie Diamond	The Fabulous Baker Boys ‡
	Sally Field	M'Lynn Eatenton	Steel Magnolias
	Jessica Lange	Ann Talbot	Music Box ‡
	Andie MacDowell	Ann Bishop Mullany	Sex, Lies, and Videotape
	Liv Ullmann	Gabriele	The Rose Garden

1990sEdit

Year	Actress	Character	Film
1990	Kathy Bates	Annie Wilkes	Misery †
	Anjelica Huston	Lilly Dillon	The Grifters ‡
	Michelle Pfeiffer	Katya Orlova	The Russia House
	Susan Sarandon	Nora Baker	White Palace
	Joanne Woodward	India Bridge	Mr. and Mrs. Bridge ‡
1991	Jodie Foster	Clarice Starling	The Silence of the Lambs †
	Annette Bening	Virginia Hill	Bugsy
	Geena Davis	Thelma Dickinson	Thelma & Louise ‡
	Laura Dern	Rose	Rambling Rose ‡
	Susan Sarandon	Louise Sawyer	Thelma & Louise ‡
1992	Emma Thompson	Margaret Schlegel	Howards End †
	Mary McDonnell	May-Alice Culhane	Passion Fish ‡
	Michelle Pfeiffer	Lurene Hallett	Love Field ‡
	Susan Sarandon	Michaela Odone	Lorenzo's Oil ‡
	Sharon Stone	Catherine Tramell	Basic Instinct
1993	Holly Hunter	Ada McGrath	The Piano †
	Juliette Binoche	Julie de Courcy	Three Colors: Blue
	Michelle Pfeiffer	Ellen Olenska	The Age of Innocence
	Emma Thompson	Sally Kenton	The Remains of the Day ‡
	Debra Winger	Martha Horgan	A Dangerous Woman
1994	Jessica Lange	Carly Marshall	Blue Sky †
	Jodie Foster	Nell Kellty	Nell ‡
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Dorothy Parker	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
	Miranda Richardson	Vivienne Haigh-Wood	Tom & Viv ‡
	Meryl Streep	Gail Hartman	The River Wild
1995	Sharon Stone	Ginger McKenna	Casino ‡
	Susan Sarandon	Helen Prejean	Dead Man Walking †
	Elisabeth Shue	Sera	Leaving Las Vegas ‡
	Meryl Streep	Francesca Johnson	The Bridges of Madison County ‡
	Emma Thompson	Elinor Dashwood	Sense and Sensibility ‡
1996	Brenda Blethyn	Cynthia Rose Purley	Secrets & Lies ‡
	Courtney Love	Althea Leasure	The People vs. Larry Flynt
	Kristin Scott Thomas	Katharine Clifton	The English Patient ‡
	Meryl Streep	Lee	Marvin's Room
	Emily Watson	Bess McNeill	Breaking the Waves ‡
1997	Judi Dench	Queen Victoria	Mrs Brown ‡
	Helena Bonham Carter	Kate Croy	The Wings of the Dove ‡
	Jodie Foster	Eleanor Arroway	Contact
	Jessica Lange	Ginny Cook Smith	A Thousand Acres
	Kate Winslet	Rose DeWitt Bukater	Titanic ‡
1998	Cate Blanchett	Queen Elizabeth I	Elizabeth ‡
	Fernanda Montenegro	Dora	Central Station ‡
	Susan Sarandon	Jackie Harrison	Stepmom
	Meryl Streep	Kate Gulden	One True Thing ‡
	Emily Watson	Jacqueline du Pré	Hilary and Jackie ‡
1999	Hilary Swank	Brandon Teena	Boys Don't Cry †
	Annette Bening	Carolyn Burnham	American Beauty ‡
	Julianne Moore	Sarah Myles	The End of the Affair ‡
	Meryl Streep	Roberta Guaspari	Music of the Heart ‡
	Sigourney Weaver	Alice Goodwin	A Map of the World

2000sEdit

Year	Actress	Character	Film
2000	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich †
	Joan Allen	Laine Hanson	The Contender ‡
	Björk	Selma Ježková	Dancer in the Dark
	Ellen Burstyn	Sara Goldfarb	Requiem for a Dream ‡
	Laura Linney	Samantha "Sammy" Prescott	You Can Count On Me ‡
2001	Sissy Spacek	Ruth Fowler	In the Bedroom ‡
	Halle Berry	Leticia Musgrove	Monster's Ball †
	Judi Dench	Iris Murdoch	Iris ‡
	Nicole Kidman	Grace Stewart	The Others
	Tilda Swinton	Margaret Hall	The Deep End
2002	Nicole Kidman †	Virginia Woolf	The Hours †
	Salma Hayek	Frida Kahlo	Frida ‡
	Diane Lane	Connie Summer	Unfaithful ‡
	Julianne Moore	Cathy Whitaker	Far from Heaven ‡
	Meryl Streep	Clarissa Vaughan	The Hours
2003	Charlize Theron	Aileen Wuornos	Monster †
	Cate Blanchett	Veronica Guerin	Veronica Guerin
	Scarlett Johansson	Griet Huller	Girl with a Pearl Earring
	Nicole Kidman	Ada Monroe	Cold Mountain
	Uma Thurman	The Bride	Kill Bill: Volume 1
	Evan Rachel Wood	Tracy Freeland	Thirteen
2004	Hilary Swank	Maggie Fitzgerald	Million Dollar Baby †
	Scarlett Johansson	Pursy Will	A Love Song for Bobby Long
	Nicole Kidman	Anna Wicker	Birth
	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake ‡
	Uma Thurman	Beatrix Kiddo (The Bride)	Kill Bill: Volume 2
2005	Felicity Huffman	Bree Osbourne	Transamerica ‡
	Maria Bello	Edie Stall	A History of Violence
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Catherine Posey	Proof
	Charlize Theron	Josey Aimes	North Country ‡
	Ziyi Zhang	Chiyo Sakamoto/Sayuri Nitta	Memoirs of a Geisha
2006	Helen Mirren	Elizabeth II	The Queen †
	Penélope Cruz	Raimunda Paula	Volver ‡
	Judi Dench	Barbara Covett	Notes on a Scandal ‡
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Sherry Swanson	Sherrybaby
	Kate Winslet	Sarah Pierce	Little Children ‡
2007	Julie Christie	Fiona Anderson	Away from Her ‡
	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth I	Elizabeth: The Golden Age ‡
	Jodie Foster	Erica Bain	The Brave One
	Angelina Jolie	Mariane Pearl	A Mighty Heart
	Keira Knightley	Cecilia Tallis	Atonement
2008	Kate Winslet	April Wheeler	Revolutionary Road §
	Anne Hathaway	Kym Bachman	Rachel Getting Married ‡
	Angelina Jolie	Christine Collins	Changeling ‡
	Kristin Scott Thomas	Juliette Fontaine	I've Loved You So Long
	Meryl Streep	Sister Aloysius Beauvier	Doubt ‡
2009	Sandra Bullock	Leigh Anne Tuohy	The Blind Side †
	Emily Blunt	Queen Victoria	The Young Victoria
	Helen Mirren	Sofya Tolstoy	The Last Station ‡
	Carey Mulligan	Jenny Mellor	An Education ‡
	Gabourey Sidibe	Claireece "Precious" Jones	Precious ‡

2010sEdit

Year	Actress	Character	Film
2010	Natalie Portman	Nina Sayers	Black Swan †
	Halle Berry	Frankie / Genius / Alice	Frankie and Alice
	Nicole Kidman	Becca Corbett	Rabbit Hole ‡
	Jennifer Lawrence	Ree Dolly	Winter's Bone ‡
	Michelle Williams	Cindy Hiller	Blue Valentine ‡
2011	Meryl Streep	Margaret Thatcher	The Iron Lady †
	Glenn Close	Albert Nobbs	Albert Nobbs ‡
	Viola Davis	Aibileen Clark	The Help ‡
	Rooney Mara	Lisbeth Salander	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ‡
	Tilda Swinton	Eva Khatchadourian	We Need to Talk About Kevin
2012	Jessica Chastain	Maya	Zero Dark Thirty ‡
	Marion Cotillard	Stéphanie	Rust and Bone
	Helen Mirren	Alma Reville	Hitchcock
	Naomi Watts	Maria Bennett	The Impossible ‡
	Rachel Weisz	Hester Collyer	The Deep Blue Sea
2013	Cate Blanchett	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis	Blue Jasmine †
	Sandra Bullock	Ryan Stone	Gravity ‡
	Judi Dench	Philomena Lee	Philomena ‡
	Emma Thompson	P. L. Travers	Saving Mr. Banks
	Kate Winslet	Adele Wheeler	Labor Day
2014	Julianne Moore	Alice Daly-Howland	Still Alice †
	Jennifer Aniston	Claire Bennett	Cake
	Felicity Jones	Jane Hawking	The Theory of Everything ‡
	Rosamund Pike	Amy Elliott-Dunne	Gone Girl ‡
	Reese Witherspoon	Cheryl Strayed	Wild ‡
2015	Brie Larson	Joy Newsome	Room †
	Cate Blanchett	Carol Aird	Carol ‡
	Rooney Mara nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress	Therese Belivet	Carol ‡
	Saoirse Ronan	Eilis Lacey	Brooklyn ‡
	Alicia Vikander won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress	Gerda Wegener	The Danish Girl †
2016	Isabelle Huppert	Michèle Leblanc	Elle ‡
	Amy Adams	Dr. Louise Banks	Arrival
	Jessica Chastain	Elizabeth Sloane	Miss Sloane
	Ruth Negga	Mildred Loving	Loving ‡
	Natalie Portman	Jackie Kennedy	Jackie ‡
2017	Frances McDormand	Mildred Hayes	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri †
	Jessica Chastain	Molly Bloom	Molly's Game
	Sally Hawkins	Elisa Esposito	The Shape of Water ‡
	Meryl Streep	Kay Graham	The Post ‡
	Michelle Williams	Gail Harris	All the Money in the World

Multiple nomineesEdit

14 nominations

• Meryl Streep

6 nominations

• Faye Dunaway
• Katharine Hepburn
• Geraldine Page

5 nominations

• Anne Bancroft
• Ingrid Bergman
• Cate Blanchett
• Jane Fonda
• Jodie Foster
• Glenda Jackson
• Nicole Kidman
• Jessica Lange
• Susan Sarandon
• Joanne Woodward

4 nominations

• Ellen Burstyn
• Judi Dench
• Sally Field
• Audrey Hepburn
• Diane Keaton
• Shirley MacLaine
• Michelle Pfeiffer
• Sissy Spacek
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Emma Thompson
• Liv Ullmann
• Kate Winslet

3 nominations

• Jessica Chastain
• Helen Mirren
• Julianne Moore
• Vanessa Redgrave
• Gena Rowlands
• Jean Simmons
• Sigourney Weaver
• Debra Winger
• Natalie Wood

2 nominations

• Annette Bening
• Halle Berry
• Sandra Bullock
• Leslie Caron
• Julie Christie
• Jill Clayburgh
• Glenn Close
• Bette Davis
• Olivia de Havilland
• Scarlett Johansson
• Angelina Jolie
• Deborah Kerr
• Anna Magnani
• Rooney Mara
• Marsha Mason
• Melina Mercouri
• Sarah Miles
• Natalie Portman
• Lee Remick
• Rosalind Russell
• Kristin Scott Thomas
• Simone Signoret
• Maggie Smith
• Sharon Stone
• Barbra Streisand
• Hilary Swank
• Tilda Swinton
• Charlize Theron
• Uma Thurman
• Emily Watson
• Michelle Williams
• Shelley Winters
• Jane Wyman

Multiple winnersEdit

3 wins

• Ingrid Bergman (2 consecutive)
• Jane Fonda (2 consecutive)
• Meryl Streep (2 consecutive)

2 wins

• Cate Blanchett
• Sally Field
• Jodie Foster
• Shirley MacLaine
• Geraldine Page (consecutive)
• Rosalind Russell (consecutive)
• Hilary Swank
• Joanne Woodward
• Jane Wyman

See alsoEdit

• Academy Award for Best Actress
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
• BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role