Academy Award for Best Actress#Superlatives
{{short description|Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Academy Award for Best Actress
| image = Mikey Madison at the 2024 New York Film Festival 2 (cropped 4).jpg
| caption = The 2025 recipient: Mikey Madison
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
| presenter = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
| country = United States
| year = {{start date and age|1929|5|16}} (for films released during the 1927/1928 film season)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = Mikey Madison, Anora (2024)
| most_awards = Katharine Hepburn (4)
| most_nominations = Meryl Streep (17)
| website = {{url|oscars.org}}
}}
The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years' Best Actress winners instead.
The Best Actress award has been presented 97 times, to 80 different actresses. The first winner was Janet Gaynor for her roles in 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and the most recent winner is Mikey Madison for her role in Anora (2024). The record for most wins is four, held by Katharine Hepburn; Frances McDormand has won three times, and thirteen other actresses have won the award twice. Meryl Streep has received the most nominations in the category—seventeen—and has won twice. At the 41st Academy Awards in 1969, Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn received the same number of votes and so shared the award, the only time this has occurred.
Nominations process
Nominees are currently determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.{{cite news |title=Rule Six: Special Rules for the Acting Awards |page=8-7 |publisher=AMPAS |url=http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/87aa_rules.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=August 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021054540/http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/87aa_rules.pdf |archive-date=October 21, 2014}}
In the first three years of the awards, actors and actresses were nominated as the best individuals in their categories. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award.{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=56}} Despite this, at the 3rd Academy Awards, held in 1930, only one film was cited in each winner's award regardless of how many they were eligible to be considered for during that span.{{cite news |last=Dirks |first=Tim |title=1929–38 Academy Awards Winners and History |work=Filmsite |publisher=Rainbow Media |url=http://www.filmsite.org/aa29.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829021512/http://www.filmsite.org/aa29.html |archive-date=August 29, 2016}} The current system, in which an actress is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the 4th Academy Awards. Starting with the 9th Academy Awards, held in 1937, the category was limited to a maximum five nominations per year.
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| image1 = Janet Gaynor Argentinean Magazine AD (newly cropped).jpg
| caption1 = Janet Gaynor was the inaugural winner, for three films: 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).
| image2 = Mary Pickford cph.3c17995u (cropped).jpg
| caption2 = Mary Pickford won for Coquette (1929).
| image3 = Norma Shearer Stars of the Photoplay.jpg
| caption3 = Norma Shearer won for The Divorcee (1930).
| image4 = Marie Dressler - 1930 (cropped).jpg
| caption4 = Marie Dressler won for Min and Bill (1930).
| image5 = Helen Hayes 1948.jpg
| caption5 = Helen Hayes won for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); first actress to complete the EGOT.
| image6 = Katharine Hepburn publicity photograph (cropped).jpg
| caption6 = Katharine Hepburn won four times, for: Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), and On Golden Pond (1981).
| image7 = Claudette colbert (cropped).jpg
| caption7 = Claudette Colbert won for It Happened One Night (1934).
| image8 = Bette Davis - Publicity still (1939).png
| caption8 = Bette Davis won twice, for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938).
| image9 = Luise Rainer - 1941.jpg
| caption9 = Luise Rainer was the first to win twice consecutively, for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937).
| image10 = Vivien Leigh Scarlet.jpg
| caption10 = Vivien Leigh won twice, for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
| image11 = Ginger Rogers - Tender Comrade (cropped).jpg
| caption11 = Ginger Rogers won for Kitty Foyle (1940).
| image12 = Joan Fontaine 1942.jpg
| caption12 = Joan Fontaine won for Suspicion (1941).
| image13 = Greer Garson-publicity.JPG
| caption13 = Greer Garson won for Mrs. Miniver (1942).
| image14 = JENNIFERjonesz (cropped).jpg
| caption14 = Jennifer Jones won for The Song of Bernadette (1943).
| image15 = Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight 1944.jpg
| caption15 = Ingrid Bergman won twice, for Gaslight (1944) and Anastasia (1956).
| image16 = Joan-crawford-photo-u36.webp
| caption16 = Joan Crawford won for Mildred Pierce (1945).
| image17 = Olivia DeHavilland-2 (cropped).JPG
| caption17 = Olivia de Havilland won twice, for To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949).
| image18 = LORETTAYoung.jpg
| caption18 = Loretta Young won for The Farmer's Daughter (1947).
| image19 = JAneWyman (nu*cropped).jpg
| caption19 = Jane Wyman won for Johnny Belinda (1948); first winner to utilize ASL.
| image20 = JUDYHolliday (cropped).jpg
| caption20 = Judy Holliday won for Born Yesterday (1950).
| image21 = Shirley Booth 1950 (cropped).JPG
| caption21 = Shirley Booth won for Come Back, Little Sheba (1952); won Tony for the same role—first actress to accomplish this.
| image22 = Audrey Hepburn 1956om (cropped).jpg
| caption22 = Audrey Hepburn won for Roman Holiday (1953).
| image23 = Grace Kelly30419 (cropped).jpg
| caption23 = Grace Kelly won for The Country Girl (1954).
| image24 = Il bandito (film) (cropped).JPG
| caption24 = Anna Magnani won for The Rose Tattoo (1955).
| image25 = Joanne Woodward 1971 (cropped).jpg
| caption25 = Joanne Woodward won for The Three Faces of Eve (1957).
| image26 = Susan Hayward - 1940s.jpg
| caption26 = Susan Hayward won for I Want to Live! (1958).
| image27 = Signoret Harcourt 1947 (cropped).jpg
| caption27 = Simone Signoret won for Room at the Top (1959).
| image28 = Elizabeth Taylor, late 1950s.jpg
| caption28 = Elizabeth Taylor won twice, for BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
| image29 = Sophia Loren - 1959.jpg
| alt = Black-and-white publicity photo of Sophia Loren in 1959.
| caption29 = Sophia Loren won for Two Women (1960); first for a non-English (Italian) dialogue role.
| image30 = Anne Bancroft 1952.jpg
| caption30 = Anne Bancroft won for The Miracle Worker (1962).
| image31 = Patricia Neal 1952.JPG
| caption31 = Patricia Neal won for Hud (1963).
| image32 = Julie Andrews 1970.JPG
| caption32 = Julie Andrews won for Mary Poppins (1964).
| image33 = Julie Christie - 1965 (cropped).jpg
| caption33 = Julie Christie won Darling (1965).
| image34 = Barbra Streisand - 1966.jpg
| caption34 = Barbra Streisand won for Funny Girl (1968), in a tie with Katharine Hepburn.
| image35 = Maggie Smith - Vintage (trim).jpg
| caption35 = Maggie Smith won for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969).
| image36 = Glenda Jackson (cropped).JPG
| caption36 = Glenda Jackson won twice, for Women in Love (1970) and A Touch of Class (1973).
| image37 = Jane Fonda - Sunday - 1963.JPG
| caption37 = Jane Fonda won twice, for Klute (1971) and Coming Home (1978).
| image38 = Liza Minnelli Publicity 1973.jpg
| caption38 = Liza Minnelli won for Cabaret (1972).
| image39 = Ellen Burstyn at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
| caption39 = Ellen Burstyn won for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974).
| image40 = LouiseFletcherOscar (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption40 = Louise Fletcher won for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
| image41 = Faye Dunaway - Festiwal Gwiazd in Gdańsk.jpg
| caption41 = Faye Dunaway won for Network (1976).
| image42 = Diane Keaton 2012-1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption42 = Diane Keaton won for Annie Hall (1977).
| image43 = Sally Field (11205) (cropped).jpg
| caption43 = Sally Field won twice, for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984).
| image44 = Sissy Spacek by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg
| caption44 = Sissy Spacek won for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
| image45 = Meryl Streep December 2018 (cropped).jpg
| caption45 = Meryl Streep won twice, for Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011).
| image46 = Shirley MacLaine - 1960 (cropped).jpg
| caption46 = Shirley MacLaine won for Terms of Endearment (1983).
| image47 = Geraldine Page 1950s.png
| caption47 = Geraldine Page won for The Trip to Bountiful (1985).
| image48 = MarleeMatlinMay09crop.JPG
| caption48 = Marlee Matlin won for Children of a Lesser God (1986); first deaf, and at age 21, this category's youngest winner.
| image49 = Cher - Casablanca (cropped).jpg
| caption49 = Cher won for Moonstruck (1987).
| image50 = Jodie Foster Césars 2011 2 (cropped).jpg
| caption50 = Jodie Foster won twice, for The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
| image51 = Jessica Tandy 1959 (cropped).jpg
| caption51 = Jessica Tandy won for Driving Miss Daisy (1989); this category's oldest winner, at age 80.
| image52 = SDCC 2015 - Kathy Bates (19551149449) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption52 = Kathy Bates won for Misery (1990).
| image53 = Emma Thompson at 2013 TIFF 1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption53 = Emma Thompson won for Howards End (1992).
| image54 = Holly Hunter by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption54 = Holly Hunter won for The Piano (1993).
| image55 = Jessica Lange (Cropped) (cropped).JPG
| caption55 = Jessica Lange won for Blue Sky (1994).
| image56 = Susan Sarandon 3 by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg
| caption56 = Susan Sarandon won for Dead Man Walking (1995).
| image57 = Frances McDormand 2015 (cropped).jpg
| caption57 = Frances McDormand won thrice, for Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and Nomadland (2020).
| image58 = Helen Hunt 2.jpg
| caption58 = Helen Hunt won for As Good as It Gets (1997).
| image59 = Gwyneth Paltrow avp Iron Man 3 Paris 2 (cropped).jpg
| caption59 = Gwyneth Paltrow won for Shakespeare in Love (1998).
| image60 = Hilary Swank at 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
| caption60 = Hilary Swank won twice, for Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
| image61 = JuliaRoberts (cropped).jpg
| caption61 = Julia Roberts won for Erin Brockovich (2000).
| image62 = Halle Berry 2004.jpg
| caption62 = Halle Berry won for Monster's Ball (2001); first black winner in this category.
| image63 = Nicole kidman3cropped.jpg
| caption63 = Nicole Kidman won for The Hours (2002).
| image64 = Charlize-theron-IMG 6045x (cropped).jpg
| caption64 = Charlize Theron won for Monster (2003).
| image65 = Reese Witherspoon 2011 (cropped).jpg
| caption65 = Reese Witherspoon won for Walk the Line (2005).
| image66 = HelenMirrenHWOFJan2013.jpg
| caption66 = Helen Mirren won for The Queen (2006).
| image67 = Marion Cotillard at 2019 Cannes.jpg
| caption67 = Marion Cotillard won for La Vie en Rose (2007); first French-language performance winner.
| image68 = Kate Winslet at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption68 = Kate Winslet won for The Reader (2008).
| image69 = SandraBullockMay09 (cropped).jpg
| caption69 = Sandra Bullock won for The Blind Side (2009).
| image70 = NataliePortman09crop.jpg
| caption70 = Natalie Portman won for Black Swan (2010).
| image71 = Jennifer Lawrence 83rd Oscars.jpg
| caption71 = Jennifer Lawrence won for Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
| image72 = Cate Blanchett 2011 extra (cropped).jpg
| caption72 = Cate Blanchett won for Blue Jasmine (2013).
| image73 = Julianne Moore (15011443428) (2).jpg
| caption73 = Julianne Moore won for Still Alice (2014).
| image74 = Brie Larson (27993599483) (cropped).jpg
| caption74 = Brie Larson won for Room (2015).
| image75 = Emma Stone at the 2024 New York Film Festival 1 (cropped).jpg
| caption75 = Emma Stone won twice, for La La Land (2016) and Poor Things (2023).
| image76 = Olivia Colman at Moet BIFA 2014 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption76 = Olivia Colman won for The Favourite (2018).
| image77 = Renée Zellweger Berlinale 2010 (cropped).jpg
| caption77 = Renée Zellweger won for Judy (2019).
| image78 = Jessica Chastain TIFF 2015.jpg
| caption78 = Jessica Chastain won for The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).
| image79 = Michelle Yeoh at EC (2023) 2.jpg
| caption79 = Michelle Yeoh won for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022); first Southeast Asian winner in this category.
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Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year.{{harvnb|Crouse|2005|p=257}} For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31.{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=52}} For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.
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| style="background:#FAEB86;"| Indicates the winner |
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| scope="row" style="text-align:center"| †
| Indicates a posthumous nominee |
=1920s=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1927/28 (1st) | rowspan=3 style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Gaynor|Janet Gaynor}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Diane | style="background:#FAEB86;"| 7th Heaven |
|---|
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| Angela
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| Street Angel |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Wife|The Wife}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans |
| {{sort|Dresser|Louise Dresser}}
| {{sort|Pleznik|Mrs. Pleznik}} | {{sort|Ship|A Ship Comes In}} |
| {{sort|Swanson|Gloria Swanson}}
| {{sort|Thompson|Sadie Thompson}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center"| 1928/29 (2nd) The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges. | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Pickford|Mary Pickford}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Besant|Norma Besant}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Coquette |
| {{sort|Chatterton|Ruth Chatterton}}
| {{sort|Floriot|Jacqueline Floriot}} | Madame X |
| {{sort|Compson|Betty Compson}}
| Carrie | {{sort|Barker|The Barker}} |
| {{sort|Eagels|Jeanne Eagels}} †
| {{sort|Crosbie|Leslie Crosbie}} | {{sort|Letter|The Letter}} |
| {{sort|Griffith|Corinne Griffith}}
| {{sort|Hamilton|Emma Hamilton}} | {{sort|Divine|The Divine Lady}} |
| {{sort|Love|Bessie Love}}
| {{sort|Mahoney|Hank Mahoney}} | {{sort|Broadway|The Broadway Melody}} |
=1930s=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=7 style="text-align:center"| 1929/30 (3rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Shearer|Norma Shearer}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}{{ref label|Shearer|A|1}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Martin|Jerry Bernard Martin}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Divorcee|The Divorcee}} |
|---|
| {{sort|Carroll|Nancy Carroll}}
| {{sort|Hobart|Hallie Hobart}} | {{sort|Devil's|The Devil's Holiday}} |
| {{sort|Chatterton|Ruth Chatterton}}
| {{sort|Storm|Sarah Storm}} |
| rowspan=2 | {{sort|Garbo|Greta Garbo}}{{ref label|Garbo|A|2}}
| {{sort|Christie|Anna Christie}} |
| {{sort|Cavallini|Madame Rita Cavallini}}
| Romance |
| {{sort|Shearer|Norma Shearer}}
| {{sort|Marlett|Lucia Marlett}} |
| {{sort|Swanson|Gloria Swanson}}
| {{sort|Donnell|Marion Donnell}} | {{sort|Trespasser|The Trespasser}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1930/31 (4th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Dressler|Marie Dressler}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Divot|Min Divot}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Min and Bill |
| {{sort|Dietrich|Marlene Dietrich}}
| {{sort|Jolly|Mademoiselle Amy Jolly}} | Morocco |
| {{sort|Dunne|Irene Dunne}}
| {{sort|Cravat|Sabra Cravat}} | Cimarron |
| {{sort|Harding|Ann Harding}}
| {{sort|Seton|Linda Seton}} | Holiday |
| {{sort|Shearer|Norma Shearer}}
| {{sort|Ashe|Jan Ashe}} | {{sort|Free|A Free Soul}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"| 1931/32 (5th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hayes|Helen Hayes}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Claudet|Madelon Claudet}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Sin|The Sin of Madelon Claudet}} |
| {{sort|Dressler|Marie Dressler}}
| {{sort|Smith|Emma Thatcher Smith}} | Emma |
| {{sort|Fontanne|Lynn Fontanne}}
| {{sort|Actress|The Actress}} | {{sort|Guardsman|The Guardsman}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"| 1932/33 (6th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Lovelace|Eva Lovelace}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Morning Glory |
| {{sort|Robson|May Robson}}
| Apple Annie |
| {{sort|Wynyard|Diana Wynyard}}
| {{sort|Marryot|Jane Marryot}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center"| 1934 (7th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Colbert|Claudette Colbert}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Andrews|Ellie Andrews}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| It Happened One Night |
| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}} (Write-in){{ref label|Davis|B}}
| {{sort|Rogers|Mildred Rogers}} |
| {{sort|Moore|Grace Moore}}
| {{sort|Barrett|Mary Barrett}} |
| {{sort|Shearer|Norma Shearer}}
| {{sort|Barrett|Elizabeth Barrett}} | {{sort|Barretts|The Barretts of Wimpole Street}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center"| 1935 (8th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Heath|Joyce Heath}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Dangerous |
| {{sort|Bergner|Elisabeth Bergner}}
| {{sort|Jones|Gemma Jones}} |
| {{sort|Colbert|Claudette Colbert}}
| {{sort|Everest|Jane Everest}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Adams|Alice Adams}} |
| {{sort|Hopkins|Miriam Hopkins}}
| {{sort|Sharp|Becky Sharp}} |
| {{sort|Oberon|Merle Oberon}}
| {{sort|Vane|Kitty Vane}} | {{sort|Dark|The Dark Angel}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1936 (9th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Rainer|Luise Rainer}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Held|Anna Held}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Great|The Great Ziegfeld}} |
| {{sort|Dunne|Irene Dunne}}
| {{sort|Lynn|Theodora Lynn / Caroline Adams}} |
| {{sort|George|Gladys George}}
| {{sort|Snyder|Carrie Snyder}} |
| {{sort|Lombard|Carole Lombard}}
| {{sort|Bullock|Irene Bullock}} |
| {{sort|Shearer|Norma Shearer}}
| {{sort|Capulet|Juliet Capulet}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1937 (10th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Rainer|Luise Rainer}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| O-Lan | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Good|The Good Earth}} |
| {{sort|Dunne|Irene Dunne}}
| {{sort|Warriner|Lucy Warriner}} | {{sort|Awful|The Awful Truth}} |
| {{sort|Garbo|Greta Garbo}}
| {{sort|Gautier| Marguerite Gautier}} | Camille |
| {{sort|Gaynor|Janet Gaynor}}
| {{sort|Blodgett|Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester}} | {{sort|Star|A Star Is Born}} |
| {{sort|Stanwyck|Barbara Stanwyck}}
| {{sort|Dallas|Stella Martin Dallas}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1938 (11th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Marsden|Julie Marsden}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Jezebel |
| {{sort|Bainter|Fay Bainter}}
| {{sort|Parmalee|Hannah Parmalee}} |
| {{sort|Hiller|Wendy Hiller}}
| {{sort|Doolittle|Eliza Doolittle}} |
| {{sort|Shearer|Norma Shearer}}
| {{sort|Antoinette|Marie Antoinette}} |
| {{sort|Sullavan|Margaret Sullavan}}
| {{sort|Hollmann|Patricia "Pat" Hollmann}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1939 (12th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Leigh|Vivien Leigh}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|O'Hara|Scarlett O'Hara}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Gone with the Wind |
| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}}
| {{sort|Traherne|Judith Traherne}} |
| {{sort|Dunne|Irene Dunne}}
| {{sort|McKay|Terry McKay}} |
| {{sort|Garbo|Greta Garbo}}
| {{sort|Ivanoff|Nina Yakushova "Ninotchka" Ivanoff}} |
| {{sort|Garson|Greer Garson}}
| {{sort|Bridges|Katherine Bridges}} |
= 1940s=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1940 (13th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Rogers|Ginger Rogers}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Foyle|Kitty Foyle}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Kitty Foyle |
|---|
| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}}
| {{sort|Crosbie|Leslie Crosbie}} | {{sort|Letter|The Letter}} |
| {{sort|Fontaine|Joan Fontaine}}
| {{sort|de Winter|The Second Mrs. de Winter}} | Rebecca |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Lord|Tracy Lord}} | {{sort|Philadelphia|The Philadelphia Story}} |
| {{sort|Scott|Martha Scott}}
| {{sort|Webb|Emily Webb}} | Our Town |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1941 (14th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Fontaine|Joan Fontaine}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Aysgarth|Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Suspicion |
| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}}
| {{sort|Giddens|Regina Giddens}} | {{sort|Little|The Little Foxes}} |
| {{sort|de Havilland|Olivia de Havilland}}
| {{sort|Brown|Emmy Brown}} |
| {{sort|Garson|Greer Garson}}
| {{sort|Gladney|Edna Gladney}} |
| {{sort|Stanwyck|Barbara Stanwyck}}
| {{sort|O'Shea|Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1942 (15th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Garson|Greer Garson}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Miniver|Kay Miniver}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Mrs. Miniver |
| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}}
| {{sort|Vale|Charlotte Vale}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Harding|Tess Harding}} |
| {{sort|Russell|Rosalind Russell}}
| {{sort|Sherwood|Ruth Sherwood}} |
| {{sort|Wright|Teresa Wright}}
| {{sort|Gerhig|Eleanor Twitchell Gehrig}} | {{sort|Pride|The Pride of the Yankees}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1943 (16th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Jones|Jennifer Jones}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Soubirous|Bernadette Soubirous}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Song|The Song of Bernadette}} |
| {{sort|Arthur|Jean Arthur}}
| {{sort|Milligan|Constance "Connie" Milligan}} | {{sort|More|The More the Merrier}} |
| {{sort|Bergman|Ingrid Bergman}}
| María |
| {{sort|Fontaine|Joan Fontaine}}
| {{sort|Sanger|Tessa Sanger}} | {{sort|Constant|The Constant Nymph}} |
| {{sort|Garson|Greer Garson}}
| {{sort|Curie|Marie Curie}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1944 (17th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Bergman|Ingrid Bergman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Paula Alquist Anton | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Gaslight |
| {{sort|Colbert|Claudette Colbert}}
| {{sort|Hilton|Anne Hilton}} |
| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}}
| {{sort|Trellis| Fanny Trellis}} |
| {{sort|Garson|Greer Garson}}
| {{sort|Parkington|Susie "Sparrow" Parkington}} |
| {{sort|Stanwyck|Barbara Stanwyck}}
| {{sort|Dietrichson|Phyllis Dietrichson}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1945 (18th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Crawford|Joan Crawford}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Beragon|Mildred Pierce Beragon}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Mildred Pierce |
| {{sort|Bergman|Ingrid Bergman}}
| {{sort|Benedict|Mary Benedict}} | {{sort|Bells|The Bells of St. Mary's}} |
| {{sort|Garson|Greer Garson}}
| {{sort|Rafferty|Mary Rafferty}} | {{sort|Valley|The Valley of Decision}} |
| {{sort|Jones|Jennifer Jones}}
| Singleton / Victoria Morland |
| {{sort|Tierney|Gene Tierney}}
| {{sort|Harland|Ellen Berent Harland}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1946 (19th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|de Havilland|Olivia de Havilland}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Norris|Josephine "Jody" Norris}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| To Each His Own |
| {{sort|Johnson|Celia Johnson}}
| {{sort|Jesson|Laura Jesson}} |
| {{sort|Jones|Jennifer Jones}}
| {{sort|Chavez|Pearl Chavez}} |
| {{sort|Russell|Rosalind Russell}}
| {{sort|KEnny|Elizabeth Kenny}} |
| {{sort|Wyman|Jane Wyman}}
| {{sort|Baxter|Orry Baxter}} | {{sort|Yearling|The Yearling}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1947 (20th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Young|Loretta Young}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Holstrom|Katie Holstrom}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Farmer's|The Farmer's Daughter}} |
| {{sort|Crawford|Joan Crawford}}
| {{sort|Howell|Louise Howell}} |
| {{sort|Hayward|Susan Hayward}}
| {{sort|Conway|Angelica Evans Conway}} |
| {{sort|McGuire|Dorothy McGuire}}
| {{sort|Lacy|Kathy Lacy}} |
| {{sort|Russell|Rosalind Russell}}
| {{sort|Mannon|Lavinia Mannon}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1948 (21st) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Wyman|Jane Wyman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|McDonald|Belinda McDonald}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Johnny Belinda |
| {{sort|Bergman|Ingrid Bergman}} |
| {{sort|de Havilland|Olivia de Havilland}}
| {{sort|Cunningham|Virginia Stuart Cunningham}} | {{sort|Snake|The Snake Pit}} |
| {{sort|Dunne|Irene Dunne}}
| {{sort|Hanson|Martha Hanson}} |
| {{sort|Stanwyck|Barbara Stanwyck}}
| {{sort|Stevenson|Leona Stevenson}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1949 (22nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|de Havilland|Olivia de Havilland}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Sloper|Catherine Sloper}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Heiress|The Heiress}} |
| {{sort|Crain|Jeanne Crain}}
| {{sort|Johnson|Patricia "Pinky" Johnson}} | Pinky |
| {{sort|Hayward|Susan Hayward}}
| {{sort|Winters|Eloise Winters}} |
| {{sort|Kerr|Deborah Kerr}}
| {{sort|Boult|Evelyn Boult}} |
| {{sort|Young|Loretta Young}}
| Margaret |
= 1950s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1950 (23rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Holliday|Judy Holliday}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Dawn|Emma "Billie" Dawn}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Born Yesterday |
|---|
| {{sort|Baxter|Anne Baxter}}
| {{sort|Harrington|Eve Harrington}} |rowspan=2|All About Eve |
| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}}
| {{sort|Channing|Margo Channing}} |
| {{sort|Parker|Eleanor Parker}}
| {{sort|Allen|Marie Allen}} | Caged |
| {{sort|Swanson|Gloria Swanson}}
| {{sort|Desmond|Norma Desmond}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1951 (24th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Leigh|Vivien Leigh}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|DuBois|Blanche DuBois}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Streetcar|A Streetcar Named Desire}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Sayer|Rose Sayer}} | {{sort|African|The African Queen}} |
| {{sort|Parker|Eleanor Parker}}
| {{sort|McLeod|Mary McLeod}} |
| {{sort|Winters|Shelley Winters}}
| {{sort|Tripp|Alice Tripp}} | {{sort|Place|A Place in the Sun}} |
| {{sort|Wyman|Jane Wyman}}
| {{sort|Mason|Louise Mason}} | {{sort|Blue|The Blue Veil}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1952 (25th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Booth|Shirley Booth}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Delaney|Lola Delaney}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Come Back, Little Sheba |
| {{sort|Crawford|Joan Crawford}}
| {{sort|Hudson|Myra Hudson}} |
| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}}
| {{sort|Elliot|Margaret Elliot}} | {{sort|Star|The Star}} |
| {{sort|Harris|Julie Harris}}
| {{sort|Addams|Frances "Frankie" Addams}} | {{sort|Member|The Member of the Wedding}} |
| {{sort|Hayward|Susan Hayward}}
| {{sort|Froman|Jane Froman}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1953 (26th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hepburn|Audrey Hepburn}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Ann|Princess Ann}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Roman Holiday |
| {{sort|Caron|Leslie Caron}}
| {{sort|Daurier|Lili Daurier}} | Lili |
| {{sort|Gardner|Ava Gardner}}
| {{sort|Kelly|Eloise "Honey Bear" Kelly}} | Mogambo |
| {{sort|Kerr|Deborah Kerr}}
| {{sort|Holmes|Karen Holmes}} |
| {{sort|McNamara|Maggie McNamara}}
| {{sort|O'Neill|Patty O'Neill}} | {{sort|Moon|The Moon Is Blue}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1954 (27th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Kelly|Grace Kelly}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Elgin|Georgie Elgin}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Country|The Country Girl}} |
| {{sort|Dandridge|Dorothy Dandridge}}
| {{sort|Jones|Carmen Jones}} |
| {{sort|Garland|Judy Garland}}
| {{sort|Blodgett|Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester}} | {{sort|Star|A Star Is Born}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Audrey Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Fairchild|Sabrina Fairchild}} | Sabrina |
| {{sort|Wyman|Jane Wyman}}
| {{sort|Phillips|Helen Phillips}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1955 (28th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Magnani|Anna Magnani}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Rose|Serafina Delle Rose}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Rose|The Rose Tattoo}} |
| {{sort|Hayward|Susan Hayward}}
| {{sort|Roth|Lillian Roth}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Hudson|Jane Hudson}} |
| {{sort|Jones|Jennifer Jones}}
| {{sort|Suyin|Han Suyin}} |
| {{sort|Parker|Eleanor Parker}}
| {{sort|Lawrence|Marjorie Lawrence}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1956 (29th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Bergman|Ingrid Bergman {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Koreff|Anna Koreff / Anastasia}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Anastasia |
| {{sort|Baker|Carroll Baker}}
| Baby Doll Meighan |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Curry|Lizzie Curry}} | {{sort|Rainmaker|The Rainmaker}} |
| {{sort|Kelly|Nancy Kelly}}
| {{sort|Penmark|Christine Penmark}} | {{sort|Bad|The Bad Seed}} |
| {{sort|Kerr|Deborah Kerr}}
| {{sort|Leonowens|Anna Leonowens}} | {{sort|King|The King and I}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1957 (30th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Woodward|Joanne Woodward}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|White|Eve White / Eve Black / Jane}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Three|The Three Faces of Eve}} |
| {{sort|Kerr|Deborah Kerr}}
| Angela |
| {{sort|Magnani|Anna Magnani}}
| Gioia |
| {{sort|Taylor|Elizabeth Taylor}}
| {{sort|Drake|Susanna Drake}} |
| {{sort|Turner|Lana Turner}}
| {{sort|MacKenzie|Constance MacKenzie}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1958 (31st) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hayward|Susan Hayward}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Graham|Barbara Graham}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| I Want to Live! |
| {{sort|Kerr|Deborah Kerr}}
| {{sort|Railton|Sibyl Railton-Bell}} |
| {{sort|MacLaine|Shirley MacLaine}}
| {{sort|Moorehead|Ginnie Moorehead}} |
| {{sort|Russell|Rosalind Russell}}
| {{sort|Dennis|Mame Dennis}} |
| {{sort|Taylor|Elizabeth Taylor}}
| {{sort|Pollitt|Margaret "Maggie the Cat" Pollitt}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1959 (32nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Signoret|Simone Signoret}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Aisgill|Alice Aisgill}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Room at the Top |
| {{sort|Day|Doris Day}}
| {{sort|Morrow|Jan Morrow}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Audrey Hepburn}}
| {{sort|van der Mal|Gabrielle van der Mal}} | {{sort|Nun's|The Nun's Story}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Venable|Violet Venable}} | rowspan="2" |Suddenly, Last Summer |
| {{sort|Taylor|Elizabeth Taylor}}
| {{sort|Holly|Catherine Holly}} |
= 1960s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1960 (33rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Taylor|Elizabeth Taylor}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Wandrous|Gloria Wandrous}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| BUtterfield 8 |
|---|
| {{sort|Garson|Greer Garson}}
| {{sort|Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt}} |
| {{sort|Kerr|Deborah Kerr}}
| {{sort|Carmody|Ida Carmody}} | {{sort|Sundowners|The Sundowners}} |
| {{sort|MacLaine|Shirley MacLaine}}
| {{sort|Kubelik|Fran Kubelik}} | {{sort|Apartment|The Apartment}} |
| {{sort|Mercouri|Melina Mercouri}}
| Ilya |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1961 (34th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Loren|Sophia Loren}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Cesira | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Two Women{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Susan|title=The Academy to fete Sophia Loren|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/03/the-academy-to-fete-sopha-loren.html|access-date=April 13, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 28, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506105524/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/03/the-academy-to-fete-sopha-loren.html|archive-date=May 6, 2015}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Audrey Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Golightly|Holly Golightly / Lula Mae Barnes}} |
| {{sort|Laurie|Piper Laurie}}
| {{sort|Packard|Sarah Packard}} | {{sort|Hustler|The Hustler}} |
| {{sort|Page|Geraldine Page}}
| {{sort|Winemiller|Alma Winemiller}} |
| {{sort|Wood|Natalie Wood}}
| {{sort|Loomis|Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1962 (35th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Bancroft|Anne Bancroft}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Sullivan|Annie Sullivan}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Miracle|The Miracle Worker}} |
| {{sort|Davis|Bette Davis}}
| {{sort|Hudson|Baby Jane Hudson}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Tyrone|Mary Cavan Tyrone}} |
| {{sort|Page|Geraldine Page}}
| {{sort|Del Lago|Alexandra Del Lago}} |
| {{sort|Remick|Lee Remick}}
| {{sort|Clay|Kirsten Arnesen Clay}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1963 (36th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Neal|Patricia Neal}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Brown|Alma Brown}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Hud |
| {{sort|Caron|Leslie Caron}}
| {{sort|Fossett|Jane Fossett}} | {{sort|L-Shaped|The L-Shaped Room}} |
| {{sort|MacLaine|Shirley MacLaine}}
| {{sort|La Douce|Irma La Douce}} |
| {{sort|Roberts|Rachel Roberts}}
| {{sort|Hammond|Margaret Hammond}} |
| {{sort|Wood|Natalie Wood}}
| {{sort|Rossini|Angie Rossini}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1964 (37th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Andrews|Julie Andrews}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Poppins|Mary Poppins}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Mary Poppins |
| {{sort|Bancroft|Anne Bancroft}}
| {{sort|Armitage|Jo Armitage}} | {{sort|Pumpkin|The Pumpkin Eater}} |
| {{sort|Loren|Sophia Loren}}
| {{sort|Marturano|Filumena Marturano}} |
| {{sort|Reynolds|Debbie Reynolds}}
| {{sort|Brown|Molly Brown}} | {{sort|Unsinkable|The Unsinkable Molly Brown}} |
| {{sort|Stanley|Kim Stanley}}
| {{sort|Savage|Myra Savage}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1965 (38th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Christie|Julie Christie}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Scott|Diana Scott}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Darling |
| {{sort|Andrews|Julie Andrews}}
| {{sort|von Trapp|Maria von Trapp}} | {{sort|Sound|The Sound of Music}} |
| {{sort|Eggar|Samantha Eggar}}
| {{sort|Grey|Miranda Grey}} | {{sort|Collector|The Collector}} |
| {{sort|Hartman|Elizabeth Hartman}}
| {{sort|D'Arcy|Selina D'Arcy}} | {{sort|Patch|A Patch of Blue}} |
| {{sort|Signoret|Simone Signoret}}
| {{sort|Condesa|La Condesa}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1966 (39th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Taylor|Elizabeth Taylor}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Martha | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| {{sort|Aimée|Anouk Aimée}}
| {{sort|Gauthier|Anne Gauthier}} | {{sort|Man|A Man and a Woman}} |
| {{sort|Kamińska|Ida Kamińska}}
| {{sort|Lautmann|Rozalie Lautmann}} | {{sort|Shop|The Shop on Main Street}} |
| {{sort|Redgrave|Lynn Redgrave}}
| {{sort|Parkin|Georgina "Georgy" Parkin}} |
| {{sort|Redgrave|Vanessa Redgrave}}
| {{sort|Delt|Leonie Delt}} | Morgan! |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1967 (40th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Drayton|Christina Drayton}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| {{sort|Bancroft|Anne Bancroft}}
| {{sort|Robinson|Mrs. Robinson}} | {{sort|Graduate|The Graduate}} |
| {{sort|Dunaway|Faye Dunaway}}
| {{sort|Parker|Bonnie Parker}} |
| {{sort|Evans|Edith Evans}}
| {{sort|Ross|Maggie Ross}} | {{sort|Whisperers|The Whisperers}} |
| {{sort|Hepburn|Audrey Hepburn}}
| {{sort|Hendrix|Susy Hendrix}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1968 (41st) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} (TIE) {{ref label|Tie|C|1}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Eleanor of Aquitaine | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Lion|The Lion in Winter}} |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Streisand|Barbra Streisand}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} (TIE) {{ref label|Tie|C|2}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Brice|Fanny Brice}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Funny Girl |
| {{sort|Neal|Patricia Neal}}
| {{sort|Cleary|Nettie Cleary}} | {{sort|Subject|The Subject Was Roses}} |
| {{sort|Redgrave|Vanessa Redgrave}}
| {{sort|Duncan|Isadora Duncan}} | Isadora |
| {{sort|Woodward|Joanne Woodward}}
| {{sort|Cameron|Rachel Cameron}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1969 (42nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Smith|Maggie Smith}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Brodie|Jean Brodie}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Prime|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie}} |
| {{sort|Bujold|Geneviève Bujold}}
| {{sort|Boleyn|Anne Boleyn}} |
| {{sort|Fonda|Jane Fonda}}
| {{sort|Beatty|Gloria Beatty}} |
| {{sort|Minnelli|Liza Minnelli}}
| {{sort|Adams|Mary Ann "Pookie" Adams}} | {{sort|Sterile|The Sterile Cuckoo}} |
| {{sort|Simmons|Jean Simmons}}
| {{sort|Wilson|Mary Wilson}} | {{sort|Happy|The Happy Ending}} |
= 1970s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1970 (43rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Jackson|Glenda Jackson}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Brangwen|Gudrun Brangwen}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Women in Love |
|---|
| {{sort|Alexander|Jane Alexander}}
| {{sort|Backman|Eleanor Backman}} | {{sort|Great|The Great White Hope}} |
| {{sort|MacGraw|Ali MacGraw}}
| {{sort|Cavalleri-Barrett|Jennifer Cavalleri-Barrett}} |
| {{sort|Miles|Sarah Miles}}
| {{sort|Ryan|Rosy Ryan}} |
| {{sort|Snodgress|Carrie Snodgress}}
| {{sort|Balser|Bettina "Tina" Balser}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1971 (44th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Fonda|Jane Fonda}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Daniels|Bree Daniels}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Klute |
| {{sort|Christie|Julie Christie}}
| {{sort|Miller|Constance Miller}} |
| {{sort|Jackson|Glenda Jackson}}
| {{sort|Greville|Alex Greville}} |
| {{sort|Redgrave|Vanessa Redgrave}} |
| {{sort|Suzman|Janet Suzman}}
| {{sort|Alexandra|Empress Alexandra of Russia}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1972 (45th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Minnelli|Liza Minnelli}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Bowles|Sally Bowles}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Cabaret |
| {{sort|Ross|Diana Ross}}
| {{sort|Holiday|Billie Holiday}} |
| {{sort|Smith|Maggie Smith}}
| {{sort|Bertram|Augusta Bertram}} |
| {{sort|Tyson|Cicely Tyson}}
| {{sort|Morgan|Rebecca Morgan}} | Sounder |
| {{sort|Ullmann|Liv Ullmann}}
| {{sort|Nilsson|Kristina Nilsson}} | {{sort|Emigrants|The Emigrants}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1973 (46th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Jackson|Glenda Jackson}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Allessio|Vickie Allessio}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Touch|A Touch of Class}} |
| {{sort|Burstyn|Ellen Burstyn}}
| {{sort|MacNeil|Chris MacNeil}} | {{sort|Exorcist|The Exorcist}} |
| {{sort|Mason|Marsha Mason}}
| {{sort|Paul|Maggie Paul}} |
| {{sort|Streisand|Barbra Streisand}}
| {{sort|Morosky|Katie Morosky}} | {{sort|Way|The Way We Were}} |
| {{sort|Woodward|Joanne Woodward}}
| {{sort|Walden|Rita Walden}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1974 (47th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Burstyn|Ellen Burstyn}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hyatt|Alice Hyatt}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| {{sort|Carroll|Diahann Carroll}}
| {{sort|Price|Claudine Price}} | Claudine |
| {{sort|Dunaway|Faye Dunaway}}
| {{sort|Mulwray|Evelyn Cross Mulwray}} |
| {{sort|Perrine|Valerie Perrine}}
| {{sort|Bruce|Harriett Jolliff / Honey Bruce}} | Lenny |
| {{sort|Rowlands|Gena Rowlands}}
| {{sort|Longhetti|Mabel Longhetti}} | {{sort|Woman|A Woman Under the Influence}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1975 (48th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Fletcher|Louise Fletcher}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Ratched|Nurse Mildred Ratched}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| {{sort|Adjani|Isabelle Adjani}}
| {{sort|Hugo|Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewly}} | {{sort|Story|The Story of Adele H.}} |
| Ann-Margret
| {{sort|Walker|Nora Walker}} | Tommy |
| {{sort|Jackson|Glenda Jackson}}
| {{sort|Gabler|Hedda Gabler}} | Hedda |
| {{sort|Kane|Carol Kane}}
| Gitl |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1976 (49th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Dunaway|Faye Dunaway}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Christensen|Diana Christensen}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Network |
| {{sort|Barrault|Marie-Christine Barrault }}
| Marthe |
| {{sort|Shire|Talia Shire}}
| {{sort|Pennino|Adrian Pennino}} | Rocky |
| {{sort|Spacek|Sissy Spacek}}
| {{sort|White|Carrie White}} | Carrie |
| {{sort|Ullmann|Liv Ullmann}}
| {{sort|Isaksson|Jenny Isaksson}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1977 (50th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Keaton|Diane Keaton}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hall|Annie Hall}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Annie Hall |
| {{sort|Bancroft|Anne Bancroft}}
| {{sort|Jacklin|Emma Jacklin}} | {{sort|Turning|The Turning Point}} |
| {{sort|Fonda|Jane Fonda}}
| {{sort|Hellman|Lillian Hellman}} | Julia |
| {{sort|MacLaine|Shirley MacLaine}}
| {{sort|Rodgers|Deedee Rodgers}} | {{sort|Turning|The Turning Point}} |
| {{sort|Mason|Marsha Mason}}
| {{sort|McFadden|Paula McFadden}} | {{sort|Goodbye|The Goodbye Girl}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1978 (51st) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Fonda|Jane Fonda}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hyde|Sally Hyde}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Coming Home |
| {{sort|Bergman|Ingrid Bergman}}
| {{sort|Andergast|Charlotte Andergast}} |
| {{sort|Burstyn|Ellen Burstyn}}
| Doris |
| {{sort|Clayburgh|Jill Clayburgh}}
| {{sort|Benton|Erica Benton}} | {{sort|Unmarried|An Unmarried Woman}} |
| {{sort|Page|Geraldine Page}}
| Eve |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1979 (52nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Field|Sally Field}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Webster|Norma Rae Webster}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Norma Rae |
| {{sort|Clayburgh|Jill Clayburgh}}
| {{sort|Holmberg|Marilyn Holmberg}} |
| {{sort|Fonda|Jane Fonda}}
| {{sort|Wells|Kimberly Wells}} | {{sort|China|The China Syndrome}} |
| {{sort|Mason|Marsha Mason}}
| {{sort|MacLaine|Jennie MacLaine}} |
| {{sort|Midler|Bette Midler}}
| {{sort|Foster|Mary Rose Foster}} | {{sort|Rose|The Rose}} |
= 1980s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1980 (53rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Spacek|Sissy Spacek}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Lynn|Loretta Lynn}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Coal Miner's Daughter |
|---|
| {{sort|Burstyn|Ellen Burstyn}}
| {{sort|McCauley|Edna Mae Harper-McCauley}} |
| {{sort|Hawn|Goldie Hawn}}
| {{sort|Benjamin|Judy Benjamin}} |
| {{sort|Moore|Mary Tyler Moore}}
| {{sort|Jarrett|Beth Jarrett}} |
| {{sort|Rowlands|Gena Rowlands}}
| {{sort|Swenson|Gloria Swenson}} | Gloria |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1981 (54th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hepburn|Katharine Hepburn}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Thayer|Ethel Thayer}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| On Golden Pond |
| {{sort|Keaton|Diane Keaton}}
| {{sort|Bryant|Louise Bryant}} | Reds |
| {{sort|Mason|Marsha Mason}}
| {{sort|Hines|Georgia Hines}} |
| {{sort|Sarandon|Susan Sarandon}}
| {{sort|Matthews|Sally Matthews}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Woodruff|Sara Woodruff}} and Anna | {{sort|French|The French Lieutenant's Woman}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1982 (55th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Zawistowski|Sophie Zawistowski}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Sophie's Choice |
| {{sort|Andrews|Julie Andrews}}
| {{sort|Grant|Victor Grazinski / Victoria Grant}} |
| {{sort|Lange|Jessica Lange}}
| {{sort|Farmer|Frances Farmer}} | Frances |
| {{sort|Spacek|Sissy Spacek}}
| {{sort|Horman|Beth Horman}} | Missing |
| {{sort|Winger|Debra Winger}}
| {{sort|Pokrifki|Paula Pokrifki}} | {{sort|Officer|An Officer and a Gentleman}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1983 (56th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|MacLaine|Shirley MacLaine}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Greenway|Aurora Greenway}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Terms of Endearment |
| {{sort|Alexander|Jane Alexander}}
| {{sort|Wetherly|Carol Wetherly}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Silkwood|Karen Silkwood}} | Silkwood |
| {{sort|Walters|Julie Walters}}
| {{sort|Rita|Susan White / Rita}} |
| {{sort|Winger|Debra Winger}}
| {{sort|Horton|Emma Greenway Horton}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1984 (57th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Field|Sally Field}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Spalding|Edna Spalding}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Places in the Heart |
| {{sort|Davis|Judy Davis}}
| {{sort|Quested|Adela Quested}} | {{sort|Passage|A Passage to India}} |
| {{sort|Lange|Jessica Lange}}
| {{sort|Ivy|Jewell Ivy}} | Country |
| {{sort|Redgrave|Vanessa Redgrave}}
| {{sort|Chancellor|Olive Chancellor}} | {{sort|Bostonians|The Bostonians}} |
| {{sort|Spacek|Sissy Spacek}}
| {{sort|Garvey|Mae Garvey}} | {{sort|River|The River}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1985 (58th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Page|Geraldine Page}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Watts|Carrie Watts}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Trip|The Trip to Bountiful}} |
| {{sort|Bancroft|Anne Bancroft}}
| {{sort|Ruth|Miriam Ruth / Anna Maria Burchetti}} |
| {{sort|Goldberg|Whoopi Goldberg}}
| {{sort|Johnson|Celie Harris-Johnson}} | {{sort|Color|The Color Purple}} |
| {{sort|Lange|Jessica Lange}}
| {{sort|Cline|Patsy Cline}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Blixen|Karen Blixen}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1986 (59th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Matlin|Marlee Matlin}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Norman|Sarah Norman}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Children of a Lesser God |
| {{sort|Fonda|Jane Fonda}}
| {{sort|Sternbergen|Alex Sternbergen / Viveca Van Loren}} | {{sort|Morning|The Morning After}} |
| {{sort|Spacek|Sissy Spacek}}
| {{sort|Botrelle| Babe Botrelle / Rebecca MaGrath}} |
| {{sort|Turner|Kathleen Turner}}
| {{sort|Bodell|Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell}} |
| {{sort|Weaver|Sigourney Weaver}}
| {{sort|Ripley|Ellen Ripley}} | Aliens |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1987 (60th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Cher {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Castorini|Loretta Castorini}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Moonstruck |
| {{sort|Close|Glenn Close}}
| {{sort|Forrest|Alex Forrest}} |
| {{sort|Hunter|Holly Hunter}}
| {{sort|Craig|Jane Craig}} |
| {{sort|Kirkland|Sally Kirkland}}
| Anna | Anna |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Archer|Helen Archer}} | Ironweed |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1988 (61st) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Foster|Jodie Foster}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Tobias|Sarah Tobias}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Accused|The Accused}} |
| {{sort|Close|Glenn Close}}
| {{sort|de Merteuil|Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil}} |
| {{sort|Griffith|Melanie Griffith}}
| {{sort|McGill|Tess McGill}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Chamberlain|Lindy Chamberlain}} | {{sort|Cry|A Cry in the Dark}} |
| {{sort|Weaver|Sigourney Weaver}}
| {{sort|Fossey|Dian Fossey}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1989 (62nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Tandy|Jessica Tandy}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Werthan|Daisy Werthan}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Driving Miss Daisy |
| {{sort|Adjani|Isabelle Adjani}}
| {{sort|Claudel|Camille Claudel}} |
| {{sort|Collins|Pauline Collins}}
| {{sort|Valentine|Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw}} |
| {{sort|Lange|Jessica Lange}}
| {{sort|Talbot|Ann Talbot}} |
| {{sort|Pfeiffer|Michelle Pfeiffer}}
| {{sort|Diamond|Susie Diamond}} | {{sort|Fabulous|The Fabulous Baker Boys}} |
= 1990s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1990 (63rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Bates|Kathy Bates}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Wilkes|Annie Wilkes}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Misery |
|---|
| {{sort|Huston|Anjelica Huston}}
| {{sort|Dillon|Lilly Dillon}} | {{sort|Grifters|The Grifters}} |
| {{sort|Roberts|Julia Roberts}}
| {{sort|Ward|Vivian Ward}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Vale|Suzanne Vale}} |
| {{sort|Woodward|Joanne Woodward}}
| {{sort|Bridge|India Bridge}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1991 (64th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Foster|Jodie Foster}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Starling|Clarice Starling}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Silence|The Silence of the Lambs}} |
| {{sort|Davis|Geena Davis}}
| {{sort|Dickinson|Thelma Dickinson}} |
| {{sort|Dern|Laura Dern}}
| Rose |
| {{sort|Midler|Bette Midler}}
| {{sort|Leonard|Dixie Leonard}} |
| {{sort|Sarandon|Susan Sarandon}}
| {{sort|Sawyer|Louise Sawyer}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1992 (65th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Thompson|Emma Thompson}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Schlegel|Margaret Schlegel}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Howards End |
| {{sort|Deneuve|Catherine Deneuve}}
| {{sort|Devries|Éliane Devries}} | {{lang|fr|Indochine}} |
| {{sort|McDonnell|Mary McDonnell}}
| {{sort|Culhane|May-Alice Culhane}} |
| {{sort|Pfeiffer|Michelle Pfeiffer}}
| {{sort|Hallett|Louise Irene "Lurene" Hallett}} |
| {{sort|Sarandon|Susan Sarandon}}
| {{sort|Odone|Michaela Murphy Odone}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1993 (66th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hunter|Holly Hunter}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|McGrath|Ada McGrath}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Piano|The Piano}} |
| {{sort|Bassett|Angela Bassett}}
| {{sort|Turner|Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner}} |
| {{sort|Channing|Stockard Channing}}
| {{sort|Kittredge|Louisa "Ouisa" Kittredge}} |
| {{sort|Thompson|Emma Thompson}}
| {{sort|Kenton|Sarah "Sally" Kenton}} | {{sort|Remains|The Remains of the Day}} |
| {{sort|Winger|Debra Winger}}
| {{sort|Davidman|Joy Davidman}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1994 (67th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Lange|Jessica Lange}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Marshall|Carly Marshall}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Blue Sky |
| {{sort|Foster|Jodie Foster}}
| {{sort|Kellty|Nell Kellty}} | Nell |
| {{sort|Richardson|Miranda Richardson}}
| {{sort|Haigh|Vivienne Haigh-Wood}} |
| {{sort|Ryder|Winona Ryder}}
| {{sort|March|Josephine "Jo" March}} |
| {{sort|Sarandon|Susan Sarandon}}
| {{sort|Love|Regina "Reggie" Love}} | {{sort|Client|The Client}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1995 (68th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Sarandon|Susan Sarandon}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Prejean|Helen Prejean}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Dead Man Walking |
| {{sort|Shue|Elisabeth Shue}}
| Sera |
| {{sort|Stone|Sharon Stone}}
| {{sort|McKenna|Ginger McKenna}} | Casino |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Johnson|Francesca Johnson}} | {{sort|Bridges|The Bridges of Madison County}} |
| {{sort|Thompson|Emma Thompson}}
| {{sort|Dashwood|Elinor Dashwood}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1996 (69th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|McDormand|Frances McDormand}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Gunderson|Marge Gunderson}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Fargo |
| {{sort|Blethyn|Brenda Blethyn}}
| {{sort|Purley|Cynthia Rose Purley}} |
| {{sort|Keaton|Diane Keaton}}
| {{sort|Wakefield|Bessie Wakefield}} |
| {{sort|Scott Thomas|Kristin Scott Thomas}}
| {{sort|Clifton|Katharine Clifton}} | {{sort|English|The English Patient}} |
| {{sort|Watson|Emily Watson}}
| {{sort|McNeill|Bess McNeill}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1997 (70th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hunt|Helen Hunt}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Connelly|Carol Connelly}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| As Good as It Gets |
| {{sort|Bonham Carter|Helena Bonham Carter}}
| {{sort|Croy|Kate Croy}} | {{sort|Wings|The Wings of the Dove}} |
| {{sort|Christie|Julie Christie}}
| {{sort|Hart|Phyllis Hart}} |
| {{sort|Dench|Judi Dench}}
| {{sort|Victoria|Queen Victoria}} |
| {{sort|Winslet|Kate Winslet}}
| {{sort|DeWitt|Rose DeWitt Bukater}} | Titanic |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1998 (71st) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Paltrow|Gwyneth Paltrow}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|de Lesseps|Viola de Lesseps}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Shakespeare in Love |
| {{sort|Blanchett|Cate Blanchett}}
| {{sort|Elizabeth|Queen Elizabeth I}} |
| {{sort|Montenegro|Fernanda Montenegro}}
| {{sort|Teixeira|Isadora "Dora" Teixeira}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Gulden|Kate Gulden}} |
| {{sort|Watson|Emily Watson}}
| {{sort|du Pré|Jacqueline du Pré}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 1999 (72nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Swank|Hilary Swank}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Teena|Brandon Teena}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Boys Don't Cry |
| {{sort|Bening|Annette Bening}}
| {{sort|Burnham|Carolyn Burnham}} |
| {{sort|McTeer|Janet McTeer}}
| {{sort|Walker|Mary Jo Walker}} |
| {{sort|Moore|Julianne Moore}}
| {{sort|Miles|Sarah Miles}} | {{sort|End|The End of the Affair}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Guaspari|Roberta Guaspari}} |
=2000s=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2000 (73rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Roberts|Julia Roberts {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Brockovich|Erin Brockovich}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Erin Brockovich |
|---|
| {{sort|Allen|Joan Allen}}
| {{sort|Hanson|Laine Hanson}} | {{sort|Contender|The Contender}} |
| {{sort|Binoche|Juliette Binoche}}
| {{sort|Rocher|Vianne Rocher}} | Chocolat |
| {{sort|Burstyn|Ellen Burstyn}}
| {{sort|Goldfarb|Sara Goldfarb}} |
| {{sort|Linney|Laura Linney}}
| {{sort|Prescott|Samantha "Sammy" Prescott}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2001 (74th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Berry|Halle Berry}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Musgrove|Leticia Musgrove}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Monster's Ball |
| {{sort|Dench|Judi Dench}}
| {{sort|Murdoch|Iris Murdoch}} | Iris |
| {{sort|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}}
| Satine |
| {{sort|Spacek|Sissy Spacek}}
| {{sort|Fowler|Ruth Fowler}} |
| {{sort|Zellweger|Renée Zellweger}}
| {{sort|Jones|Bridget Jones}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2002 (75th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Woolf|Virginia Woolf}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hours|The Hours}} |
| {{sort|Hayek|Salma Hayek}}
| {{sort|Kahlo|Frida Kahlo}} | Frida |
| {{sort|Lane|Diane Lane}}
| {{sort|Sumner|Constance "Connie" Sumner}} |
| {{sort|Moore|Julianne Moore}}
| {{sort|Whitaker|Cathy Whitaker}} |
| {{sort|Zellweger|Renée Zellweger}}
| {{sort|Hart|Roxie Hart}} | Chicago |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2003 (76th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Theron|Charlize Theron}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Wuornos|Aileen Wuornos}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Monster |
| {{sort|Castle-Hughes|Keisha Castle-Hughes}}
| {{sort|Apirana|Paikea Apirana}} |
| {{sort|Keaton|Diane Keaton}}
| {{sort|Barry|Erica Jane Barry}} |
| {{sort|Morton|Samantha Morton}}
| {{sort|Sullivan|Sarah Sullivan}} |
| {{sort|Watts|Naomi Watts}}
| {{sort|Peck|Cristina Williams-Peck}} | 21 Grams |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2004 (77th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Swank|Hilary Swank}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Fitzgerald|Maggie Fitzgerald}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Million Dollar Baby |
| {{sort|Bening|Annette Bening}}
| {{sort|Lambert|Julia Lambert}} |
| {{sort|Sandino Moreno|Catalina Sandino Moreno}}
| {{sort|Álvarez|María Álvarez}} |
| {{sort|Staunton|Imelda Staunton}}
| {{sort|Drake|Vera Rose Drake}} |
| {{sort|Winslet|Kate Winslet}}
| {{sort|Kruczynski|Clementine Kruczynski}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2005 (78th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Witherspoon|Reese Witherspoon}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Carter Cash|June Carter Cash}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Walk the Line |
| {{sort|Dench|Judi Dench}}
| {{sort|Henderson|Laura Forster-Henderson}} |
| {{sort|Huffman|Felicity Huffman}}
| {{sort|Osbourne|Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne}} |
| {{sort|Knightley|Keira Knightley}}
| {{sort|Bennet|Elizabeth Bennet}} |
| {{sort|Theron|Charlize Theron}}
| {{sort|Aimes|Josey Aimes}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2006 (79th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Mirren|Helen Mirren}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Elizabeth|Queen Elizabeth II}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Queen|The Queen}} |
| {{sort|Cruz|Penélope Cruz}}
| Raimunda | Volver |
| {{sort|Dench|Judi Dench}}
| {{sort|Covett|Barbara Covett}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Priestly|Miranda Priestly}} | {{sort|Devil|The Devil Wears Prada}} |
| {{sort|Winslet|Kate Winslet}}
| {{sort|Pierce|Sarah Pierce}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2007 (80th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Cotillard|Marion Cotillard}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Piaf|Édith Piaf}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| La Vie en Rose |
| {{sort|Blanchett|Cate Blanchett}}
| {{sort|Elizabeth|Queen Elizabeth I}} |
| {{sort|Christie|Julie Christie}}
| {{sort|Anderson|Fiona Anderson}} |
| {{sort|Linney|Laura Linney}}
| {{sort|Savage|Wendy Savage}} | {{sort|Savages|The Savages}} |
| {{sort|Page|Elliot Page}}{{ref label|Donnelley|D}}
| {{sort|MacGuff|Juno MacGuff}} | Juno |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2008 (81st) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Winslet|Kate Winslet}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Schmitz|Hanna Schmitz}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Reader|The Reader}} |
| {{sort|Hathaway|Anne Hathaway}}
| {{sort|Buchman|Kym Buchman}} |
| {{sort|Jolie|Angelina Jolie}}
| {{sort|Collins|Christine Collins}} |
| {{sort|Leo|Melissa Leo}}
| {{sort|Eddy|Ray Eddy}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Beauvier|Sister Aloysius Beauvier}} | Doubt |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2009 (82nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Bullock|Sandra Bullock}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Tuohy|Leigh Anne Tuohy}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Blind|The Blind Side}} |
| {{sort|Mirren|Helen Mirren}}
| {{sort|Tolstaya|Countess Sophia Tolstaya}} | {{sort|Last|The Last Station}} |
| {{sort|Mulligan|Carey Mulligan}}
| {{sort|Mellor|Jenny Mellor}} | {{sort|Education|An Education}} |
| {{sort|Sidibe|Gabourey Sidibe}}
| {{sort|Precious|Claireece "Precious" Jones}} | Precious |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Child|Julia Child}} |
= 2010s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2010 (83rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Portman|Natalie Portman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Sayers|Nina Sayers}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Black Swan |
|---|
| {{sort|Bening|Annette Bening}}
| {{sort|Allgood|Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood}} | {{sort|Kids|The Kids Are All Right}} |
| {{sort|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}}
| {{sort|Corbett|Becca Corbett}} |
| {{sort|Lawrence|Jennifer Lawrence}}
| {{sort|Dolly|Ree Dolly}} |
| {{sort|Williams|Michelle Williams}}
| {{sort|Heller|Cynthia "Cindy" Heller}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2011 (84th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Thatcher|Margaret Thatcher}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Iron|The Iron Lady}} |
| {{sort|Close|Glenn Close}}
| {{sort|Nobbs|Albert Nobbs}} |
| {{sort|Davis|Viola Davis}}
| {{sort|Clark|Aibileen Clark}} | {{sort|Help|The Help}} |
| {{sort|Mara|Rooney Mara}}
| {{sort|Salander|Lisbeth Salander}} | {{sort|Girl|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo}} |
| {{sort|Williams|Michelle Williams}}
| {{sort|Monroe|Marilyn Monroe}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2012 (85th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Lawrence|Jennifer Lawrence}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Maxwell|Tiffany Maxwell}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Silver Linings Playbook |
| {{sort|Chastain|Jessica Chastain}}
| {{sort|Harris|Maya Harris}} |
| {{sort|Riva|Emmanuelle Riva}}
| {{sort|Laurent|Anne Laurent}} | Amour |
| {{sort|Wallis|Quvenzhané Wallis}}
| Hushpuppy |
| {{sort|Watts|Naomi Watts}}
| {{sort|Bennett|Maria Bennett}} | {{sort|Impossible|The Impossible}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2013 (86th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Blanchett|Cate Blanchett}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Francis|Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Blue Jasmine |
| {{sort|Adams|Amy Adams}}
| {{sort|Prosser|Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly}} |
| {{sort|Bullock|Sandra Bullock}}
| {{sort|Stone|Ryan Stone}} | Gravity |
| {{sort|Dench|Judi Dench}}
| {{sort|Lee|Philomena Lee}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Weston|Violet Weston}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2014 (87th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Moore|Julianne Moore}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Howland|Alice Howland}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Still Alice |
| {{sort|Cotillard|Marion Cotillard}}
| {{sort|Bya|Sandra Bya}} |
| {{sort|Jones|Felicity Jones}}
| {{sort|Hawking|Jane Wilde Hawking}} | {{sort|Theory|The Theory of Everything}} |
| {{sort|Pike|Rosamund Pike}}
| {{sort|Dunne|Amy Elliott-Dunne}} |
| {{sort|Witherspoon|Reese Witherspoon}}
| {{sort|Strayed|Cheryl Strayed}} | Wild |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2015 (88th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Larson|Brie Larson}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Newsome|Joy "Ma" Newsome}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Room |
| {{sort|Blanchett|Cate Blanchett}}
| {{sort|Aird|Carol Aird}} | Carol |
| {{sort|Lawrence|Jennifer Lawrence}}
| {{sort|Mangano|Joy Mangano}} | Joy |
| {{sort|Rampling|Charlotte Rampling}}
| {{sort|Mercer|Kate Mercer}} | 45 Years |
| {{sort|Ronan|Saoirse Ronan}}
| {{sort|Lacey|Eilis Lacey}} | Brooklyn |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2016 (89th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Stone|Emma Stone}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Dolan|Mia Dolan}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| La La Land |
| {{sort|Huppert|Isabelle Huppert}}
| {{sort|Leblanc|Michèle Leblanc}} |Elle |
| {{sort|Negga|Ruth Negga}}
| {{sort|Loving|Mildred Loving}} | Loving |
| {{sort|Portman|Natalie Portman}}
| {{sort|Kennedy|Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy}} | Jackie |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Jenkins|Florence Foster Jenkins}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2017 (90th) |style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|McDormand|Frances McDormand}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Hayes|Mildred Hayes}} |style="background:#FAEB86;"| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
| {{sort|Hawkins|Sally Hawkins}}
| {{sort|Esposito|Elisa Esposito}} | {{sort|Shape|The Shape of Water}} |
| {{sort|Robbie|Margot Robbie}}
| {{sort|Harding|Tonya Harding}} | I, Tonya |
| {{sort|Ronan|Saoirse Ronan}}
| {{sort|McPherson|Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson}} |
| {{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
| {{sort|Graham|Katharine Graham}} | {{sort|Post|The Post}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2018 (91st) |style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Colman|Olivia Colman}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Anne|Queen Anne}} |style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Favourite|The Favourite}} |
| {{sort|Aparicio|Yalitza Aparicio}}
| {{sort|Gutiérrez|Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez}} | Roma |
| {{sort|Close|Glenn Close}}
| {{sort|Castleman|Joan Castleman}} | {{sort|Wife|The Wife}} |
| {{sort|Gaga|Lady Gaga}}
| {{sort|Maine|Ally Maine}} | {{sort|Star|A Star Is Born}} |
| {{sort|McCarthy|Melissa McCarthy}}
| {{sort|Israel| Leonore Carol "Lee" Israel}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2019 (92nd) |style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Zellweger|Renée Zellweger}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Garland|Judy Garland}} |style="background:#FAEB86;"| Judy |
| {{sort|Erivo|Cynthia Erivo}}
| {{sort|Tubman|Harriet Tubman}} | Harriet |
| {{sort|Johansson|Scarlett Johansson}}
| {{sort|Barber|Nicole Barber}} |
| {{sort|Ronan|Saoirse Ronan}}
| {{sort|March|Josephine "Jo" March}} |
| {{sort|Theron|Charlize Theron}}
| {{sort|Kelly|Megyn Kelly}} |
= 2020s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:25%;" | Actress ! scope="col" style="width:30%;" | Role(s) ! scope="col" style="width:70%;" | Film ! scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2020/21 (93rd)The eligibility period for the 93rd ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|McDormand|Frances McDormand}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Fern | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Nomadland |
|---|
| {{sort|Davis|Viola Davis}}
| {{sort|Rainey|Gertrude "Ma" Rainey}} |
| {{sort|Day|Andra Day}}
| {{sort|Holiday|Billie Holiday}} | {{sort|United|The United States vs. Billie Holiday}} |
| {{sort|Kirby|Vanessa Kirby}}
| {{sort|Weiss|Martha Weiss}} |
| {{sort|Mulligan|Carey Mulligan}}
| {{sort|Thomas|Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2021 (94th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Chastain|Jessica Chastain}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Bakker|Tammy Faye Bakker}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Eyes|The Eyes of Tammy Faye}} |
| {{sort|Colman|Olivia Colman}}
| {{sort|Caruso|Leda Caruso}} | {{sort|Lost|The Lost Daughter}} |
| {{sort|Cruz|Penélope Cruz}}
| {{sort|Martínez|Janis Martínez Moreno}} |
| {{sort|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}}
| {{sort|Ball|Lucille Ball}} |
| {{sort|Stewart|Kristen Stewart}}
| {{sort|Diana|Diana, Princess of Wales}} | Spencer |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2022 (95th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Yeoh|Michelle Yeoh}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Wang|Evelyn Quan Wang}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| {{sort|Blanchett|Cate Blanchett}}
| {{sort|Tár|Lydia Tár}} | Tár |
| {{sort|de Armas|Ana de Armas}}
| {{sort|Jeane|Norma Jeane / Marilyn Monroe}} | Blonde |
| {{sort|Riseborough|Andrea Riseborough}}
| {{sort|Rowland|Leslie Rowland}} |
| {{sort|Williams|Michelle Williams}}
| {{sort|Fabelman|Mitzi Fabelman}} | {{sort|Fabelmans|The Fabelmans}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2023 (96th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Stone|Emma Stone}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Baxter|Bella Baxter}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Poor Things |
| {{sort|Bening|Annette Bening}}
| {{sort|Nyad|Diana Nyad}} |Nyad |
| {{sort|Gladstone|Lily Gladstone}}
| {{sort|Burkhart|Mollie Burkhart}} |
| {{sort|Hüller|Sandra Hüller}}
| {{sort|Voyter|Sandra Voyter}} |
| {{sort|Mulligan|Carey Mulligan}}
| {{sort|Montealegre|Felicia Montealegre}} |
| scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| 2024 (97th) | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Madison|Mikey Madison}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| {{sort|Mikheeva|Anora "Ani" Mikheeva}} | style="background:#FAEB86;"| Anora |
| {{sort|Erivo|Cynthia Erivo}}
| {{sort|Thropp|Elphaba Thropp}} | Wicked |
| {{sort|Gascón|Karla Sofía Gascón}}
| {{sort|Pérez|Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte}} |
| {{sort|Moore|Demi Moore}}
| {{sort|Sparkle|Elisabeth Sparkle}} | {{sort|Substance|The Substance}} |
| {{sort|Torres|Fernanda Torres}}
| {{sort|Paiva|Eunice Paiva}} |
Multiple wins and nominations
{{see also|List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actress in a Leading Role}}
The following individuals won two or more Academy Awards for Best Actress:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" width="55" | Wins ! scope="col" | Actress ! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations |
| style="text-align:center"| 4
| 12 |
| style="text-align:center"| 3
| 3 |
| rowspan=13 | 2
| 17 |
| Bette Davis
| 11 |
| Ingrid Bergman
| rowspan=2 | 6 |
| Jane Fonda |
| Elizabeth Taylor
| 5 |
| Olivia de Havilland
| rowspan=2 | 4 |
| Glenda Jackson |
| Jodie Foster
| 3 |
| Sally Field
| rowspan=5 | 2 |
| Vivien Leigh |
| Luise Rainer |
| Emma Stone |
| Hilary Swank |
{{main|List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories#Most nominations by category (actress)}}
The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:
Age superlatives
{{Main|List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actress in a Leading Role}}
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"| Record ! scope="col"| Actor ! scope="col"| Film ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Age ! class="unsortable" scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| Oldest Winner
| 1990 | 80 |
| style="height:4.5em;"
| Oldest Nominee | Amour | 2013 | 85 |
| style="height:4.5em;"
| Youngest Winner | 1987 | 21 |
| style="height:4.5em;"
| Youngest Nominee | 2013 | 9 |
Films with multiple Leading Actress nominations
Winners are in bold.
- All About Eve (1950) – Anne Baxter and Bette Davis
- Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) – Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor
- The Turning Point (1977) – Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine
- Terms of Endearment (1983) – Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger
- Thelma & Louise (1991) – Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
Multiple character nominations
The following were nominated for their portrayals of the same fictional or non-fictional character in separate films (including variations of the original).
- Billie Holiday from Lady Sings the Blues (Diana Ross, 1972) and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Andra Day, 2021)
- Josephine "Jo" March from Little Women (Winona Ryder, 1994) and Little Women (Saoirse Ronan, 2019)
- Leslie Crosbie from The Letter (Jeanne Eagels, 1929) and The Letter (Bette Davis, 1940)
- Marilyn Monroe from My Week with Marilyn (Michelle Williams, 2011) and Blonde (Ana de Armas, 2022)
- Queen Elizabeth I from Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett, 1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Cate Blanchett, 2007)
- Vicki Lester ({{nee|Esther (Victoria) Blodgett}}) from A Star Is Born (Janet Gaynor, 1937) and A Star Is Born (Judy Garland, 1954)
- Ally Maine ({{nee|Campano}}) from A Star Is Born (Lady Gaga, 2018)
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- All Academy Award acting nominees
- List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories
- List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- César Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
- List of Academy Award–nominated films
Notes
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: A{{note label|Shearer||1}}{{note label|Garbo||2}}: Rules at the time of the first three ceremonies allowed for a performer to receive a single nomination which could honor their work in more than one film. Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer were both nominated for two different roles in the same category. Current Academy rules forbid this from happening. No official reason was ever given as to why Shearer won the award for only one of the two films she was listed for.{{cite news|last=Rooney|first=David|title=On the double-bubble|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/on-the-double-bubble-1117896294/|work=Variety|access-date=August 30, 2013|date=November 25, 2003|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113216/http://variety.com/2003/film/news/on-the-double-bubble-1117896294/|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}
: B{{note|Davis}}: Bette Davis's performance in Of Human Bondage was not nominated for an Oscar.{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=1002}} Several influential people at the time campaigned to have her name included on the list, so for that year (and the following year also) the Academy relaxed its rules and allowed a write-in vote.{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=1045}} Technically this meant that any performance was eligible to win the award, whether or not the person was an official nominee. While the Academy does not officially recognize this as a nomination for Davis,{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=51}}{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=65}} it has included her in the list of nominees for the 1935 ceremony on its official website.
: C{{note label|Tie||1}}{{note label|Tie||2}}: Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand received the same number of votes, resulting in both actresses receiving the award, according to Academy rules.{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=116}}
: D{{note|Donnelley}}: Elliot Page was nominated as Ellen Page, before his gender transition in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/elliot-page-transgender-ellen-page-juno-umbrella-academy-1234843023/|title=Oscar-Nominated 'Umbrella Academy' Star Elliot Page Announces He Is Transgender|date=December 1, 2020|work=Variety|access-date=December 1, 2020|first=Matt|last=Donnelly|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201193503/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/elliot-page-transgender-ellen-page-juno-umbrella-academy-1234843023/|url-status=live}}
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References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book |last=Crouse |first=Richard |title=Reel Winners: Movie Award Trivia |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-55002-574-3 |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |publisher=University of Toronto Press |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/reelwinnersmovie0000crou}}
- {{citation |last=Levy |first=Emanuel |title=All About Oscar: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-82641-452-6 |location=New York, United States |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group}}
- {{citation |last=Thise |first=Mark |title=Hollywood Winners & Losers A to Z |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-87910-351-4 |location=New York, United States |publisher=Limelight Editions |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodwinners0000this}}
- {{citation |last1=Wiley |first1=Mason |last2=Bona |first2=Damien |title=Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-34540-053-6 |location=New York, United States |edition=5 |oclc=779680732 |publisher=Ballantine Books}}
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External links
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- [http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ The Academy Awards Database]{{cbignore}} (official site)
- [http://oscar.go.com Oscar.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909025935/http://oscar.go.com/ |date=September 9, 2014}} (official ceremony promotional site)
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