Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film.
SAG Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture | |
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![]() The 2022 recipient: Jessica Chastain | |
Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | SAG-AFTRA |
First awarded | Jodie Foster for Nell (1994) |
Currently held by | Jessica Chastain for The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) |
Website | sagawards.org |
Winners and nomineesEdit
Frances McDormand won twice for her performances in Fargo (1996) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
Renée Zellweger won twice for her roles as Roxie Hart and Judy Garland in Chicago (2002) and Judy (2019).
Legend:
- indicates the winner.
1990sEdit
2000sEdit
2010sEdit
2020sEdit
Year | Nominee | Film | Role(s) |
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2020 | Viola Davis | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey |
Amy Adams | Hillbilly Elegy | Beverly "Bev" Vance | |
Vanessa Kirby | Pieces of a Woman | Martha Weiss | |
Frances McDormand | Nomadland | Fern | |
Carey Mulligan | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas | |
2021 | Jessica Chastain | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Tammy Faye Bakker |
Olivia Colman | The Lost Daughter | Leda Caruso | |
Jennifer Hudson | Respect | Aretha Franklin | |
Lady Gaga | House of Gucci | Patrizia Reggiani | |
Nicole Kidman | Being the Ricardos | Lucille Ball | |
2022 | |||
Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár | |
Viola Davis | The Woman King | General Nanisca | |
Ana de Armas | Blonde | Norma Jeane Mortenson / Marilyn Monroe | |
Danielle Deadwyler | Till | Mamie Till | |
Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Quan Wang |
SuperlativesEdit
Multiple winnersEdit
- 2 wins
- Viola Davis (The Help (2011), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020))
- Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017))
- Renée Zellweger (Chicago (2002), Judy (2019))
Multiple nomineesEdit
Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.
- Two nominations
- Amy Adams (Arrival (2016), Hillbilly Elegy (2020))
- Joan Allen (Nixon (1995), The Contender (2000))
- Emily Blunt (The Girl On The Train (2016), Mary Poppins Returns (2018))
- Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side (2009), Gravity (2013))
- Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021))
- Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs (2011), The Wife (2018))
- Olivia Colman (The Favourite (2018), The Lost Daughter (2021))
- Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose (2007), Rust and Bone (2012))
- Lady Gaga (A Star is Born (2018), House of Gucci (2021))
- Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart (2007), Changeling (2008))
- Diane Keaton (Marvin's Room (1996), Something's Gotta Give (2003))
- Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone (2010), Silver Linings Playbook (2012))
- Carey Mulligan (An Education (2009), Promising Young Woman (2020))
- Natalie Portman (Black Swan (2010), Jackie (2016))
- Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn (2015), Lady Bird (2017))
- Susan Sarandon (The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1995))
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility (1995), Saving Mr. Banks (2013))
- Naomi Watts (21 Grams (2003), The Impossible (2012))
- Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line (2005), Wild (2014))
- Three nominations
- Annette Bening (American Beauty (1999), Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010))
- Viola Davis (The Help (2011), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), The Woman King (2022))
- Nicole Kidman (The Hours (2002), Rabbit Hole (2010), Being the Ricardos (2021))
- Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Nomadland (2020))
- Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), Still Alice (2014))
- Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry (1999), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Conviction (2010))
- Charlize Theron (Monster (2003), North Country (2005), Bombshell (2019))
- Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Chicago (2002), Judy (2019))
- Four nominations
- Helen Mirren (The Queen (2006), The Last Station (2009), Hitchcock (2012), Woman in Gold (2015))
- Kate Winslet (Titanic (1997), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008))
- Five nominations
- Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth (1998), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Blue Jasmine (2013), Carol (2015), Tár (2022))
- Six nominations
- Judi Dench (Mrs Brown (1997), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Philomena (2013), Victoria & Abdul (2017))
- Ten nominations
- Meryl Streep (The River Wild (1994), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), One True Thing (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Doubt (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), The Iron Lady (2011), August: Osage County (2013), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016))
See alsoEdit
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical