Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that 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.
| The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | |
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.jpg) The 2021 recipient: Andra Day | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
| Currently held by | Andra Day for The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) |
| 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".
Winners and nomineesEdit
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Elizabeth Taylor won once from four nominations for her performance in Suddenly, Last Summer (1959).
Jane Fonda won three times from five nominations for her roles in Klute (1971), Julia (1977), and Coming Home (1978).
Meryl Streep has received fourteen nominations in this category, winning three times for her roles in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982), and The Iron Lady (2011).
Jodie Foster has received five nominations in this category, winning twice for her roles in The Accused (1988), and The Silence of the Lambs (1992).
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Nicole Kidman won once from five nominations for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours (2002).
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1940sEdit
| Year | Actress | Character | Film |
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| 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
1960sEdit
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1990sEdit
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2010sEdit
2020sEdit
| Year | Actress | Character | Film |
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| 2020 | Andra Day | Billie Holiday | The United States vs. Billie Holiday |
| Viola Davis | Ma Rainey | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | |
| Vanessa Kirby | Martha Weiss | Pieces of a Woman | |
| Frances McDormand | Fern | Nomadland | |
| Carey Mulligan | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas | Promising Young Woman |
Multiple nomineesEdit
Multiple awardsEdit
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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
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actress