Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
{{Infobox award
| name = Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
| image = File:Mikey_Madison_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival_2_(cropped_3).jpg
| image_upright = 0.7
| caption = Current recipient: Mikey Madison
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
| presenter = Boston Society of Film Critics
| country = United States
| year = Gena Rowlands
Gloria (1980)
| holder = Mikey Madison
Anora (2024)
| website = {{url|Bostonfilmcritics.org}}
}}
The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best (Lead) Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Winners
=1980s=
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| style="width:100px;"|Year
! style="width:300px;"|Winner ! style="width:300px;"|Film ! style="width:300px;"|Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 1980 | Gena Rowlands | Gloria | Gloria Swenson |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1981 | Marília Pêra | Pixote (Pixote: a lei do mais fraco) | Sueli |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1982 | Meryl Streep | Sophie's Choice | Sophie Zawistowski |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1983 | Rosanna Arquette | Baby It's You | Jill Rosen |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1984 | Judy Davis | A Passage to India | Adela Quested |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1985 | Geraldine Page | The Trip to Bountiful | Carrie Watts |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1986 | Chloe Webb | Sid and Nancy | Nancy Spungen |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987 | Holly Hunter | Broadcast News | Jane Craig |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1988 | Melanie Griffith | Working Girl | Tess McGill |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989 | Jessica Tandy | Driving Miss Daisy | Daisy Werthan |
=1990s=
| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" cellpadding="5" | |||
| style="width:100px;"|Year
! style="width:300px;"|Winner ! style="width:300px;"|Film ! style="width:300px;"|Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1990 | rowspan="2" | Anjelica Huston | The Grifters | Lilly Dillon |
| The Witches | Eva Ernst / Grand High Witch | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 1991 | Geena Davis | Thelma & Louise | Thelma Dickinson |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992 | Emma Thompson | Howards End | Margaret "Meg" Schlegel |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1993 | Holly Hunter | The Piano | Ada McGrath |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1994 | Julianne Moore | Vanya on 42nd Street | Yelena |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1995 | Nicole Kidman | To Die For | Suzanne Stone Maretto |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1996 | Brenda Blethyn | Secrets & Lies | Cynthia Rose Purley |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1997 | Helena Bonham Carter | The Wings of the Dove | Kate Croy |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998 | Samantha Morton | Under the Skin | Iris Kelly |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999 | Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena |
=2000s=
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| style="width:100px;"|Year
! style="width:300px;"|Winner ! style="width:300px;"|Film ! style="width:300px;"|Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000 | Ellen Burstyn | Requiem for a Dream | Sara Goldfarb |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2001 | Tilda Swinton | The Deep End | Margaret Hall |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Secretary | Lee Holloway |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2003 | Scarlett Johansson | Lost in Translation | Charlotte |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2004 | Hilary Swank | Million Dollar Baby | Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2005 | Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line | June Carter Cash |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2007 | Marion Cotillard | La Vie en Rose (La môme) | Édith Piaf |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2008 | Sally Hawkins | Happy-Go-Lucky | Pauline "Poppy" Cross |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2009 | Meryl Streep | Julie & Julia | Julia Child |
=2010s=
=2020s=
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| style="width:100px;"|Year
! style="width:300px;"|Winner ! style="width:300px;"|Film ! style="width:300px;"|Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 2020 | Sidney Flanigan | Never Rarely Sometimes Always[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/14/arts/boston-society-film-critics-names-its-winners-2020/ The Boston Society of Film Critics names its winners for 2020 - The Boston Globe] | Autumn Callahan |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2021 | Alana Haim | Licorice Pizza | Alana Kane |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2022 | Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All At Once | Evelyn Wang |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2023 | Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon | Mollie Kyle |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2024 | Mikey Madison | Anora | Anora "Ani" Mikheeva |
Multiple winners
=2 wins=
- Holly Hunter (1987, 1993)
- Hilary Swank (1999, 2004)
- Meryl Streep (1982, 2009)
- Marion Cotillard (2007, 2014)
- Sally Hawkins (2008, 2017)
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress}}
{{BSFC Awards Chron}}