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Academy Award for Best Actress

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.

Academy Award for Best Actress
The 2023 recipient: Emma Stone
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
First awarded1929
Most recent winnerEmma Stone, Poor Things (2024)
Most awardsKatharine Hepburn (4)
Most nominationsMeryl Streep (17)
Websiteoscars.org

The Best Actress award has been presented 96 times, to 79 actresses. The first winner was Janet Gaynor for her roles in 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. The most recent winner is Emma Stone for her role in Poor Things (2023); she had previously won the award for her role in La La Land (2016). 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, Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn received the same number of votes and thus tied for Best Actress (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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] The current system, in which an actress is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the 4th Academy Awards.[2] Starting with the 9th Academy Awards, held in 1937, the category was limited to a maximum five nominations per year.[2]

Janet Gaynor was the inaugural winner, for three films: 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), & Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).
Mary Pickford won for Coquette (1929).
Norma Shearer won for The Divorcee (1930).
Marie Dressler won for Min and Bill (1930).
Helen Hayes won for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); first actress to complete the EGOT.
Katharine Hepburn won four times, for: Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), & On Golden Pond (1981).
Claudette Colbert won for It Happened One Night (1934).
Bette Davis won twice, for Dangerous (1935) & Jezebel (1938).
Luise Rainer was the first to win twice consecutively, for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) & The Good Earth (1937).
Vivien Leigh won twice, for Gone with the Wind (1939) & A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
Ginger Rogers won for Kitty Foyle (1940).
Joan Fontaine won for Suspicion (1941).
Greer Garson won for Mrs. Miniver (1942).
Jennifer Jones won for The Song of Bernadette (1943).
Ingrid Bergman won twice, for Gaslight (1944) & Anastasia (1956).
Joan Crawford won for Mildred Pierce (1945).
Olivia de Havilland won twice, for To Each His Own (1946) & The Heiress (1949).
Jane Wyman won for Johnny Belinda (1948); first winner to utilize ASL.
Judy Holliday won for Born Yesterday (1950).
Shirley Booth won for Come Back, Little Sheba (1952); won Tony for the same role—first actress to accomplish this.
Audrey Hepburn won for Roman Holiday (1953).
Grace Kelly won for The Country Girl (1954).
Anna Magnani won for The Rose Tattoo (1955).
Joanne Woodward won for The Three Faces of Eve (1957).
Susan Hayward won for I Want to Live! (1958).
Simone Signoret won for Room at the Top (1959).
Elizabeth Taylor won twice, for BUtterfield 8 (1960) & Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
Sophia Loren won for Two Women (1960); first for a non-English (Italian) dialogue role.
Anne Bancroft won for The Miracle Worker (1962).
Patricia Neal won for Hud (1963).
Julie Andrews won for Mary Poppins (1964).
Julie Christie won Darling (1965).
Barbra Streisand won for Funny Girl (1968), in a tie with Katharine Hepburn.
Maggie Smith won for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969).
Glenda Jackson won twice, for Women in Love (1970) & A Touch of Class (1973).
Jane Fonda won twice, for Klute (1971) & Coming Home (1978).
Liza Minnelli won for Cabaret (1972).
Ellen Burstyn won for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974).
Louise Fletcher won for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
Faye Dunaway won for Network (1976).
Diane Keaton won for Annie Hall (1977).
Sally Field won twice, for Norma Rae (1979) & Places in the Heart (1984).
Sissy Spacek won for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
Meryl Streep won twice, for Sophie's Choice (1982) & The Iron Lady (2011).
Shirley MacLaine won for Terms of Endearment (1983).
Geraldine Page won for The Trip to Bountiful (1985).
Marlee Matlin won for Children of a Lesser God (1986); first deaf, and at age 21, this category's youngest winner.
Cher won for Moonstruck (1987).
Jodie Foster won twice, for The Accused (1988) & The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Jessica Tandy won for Driving Miss Daisy (1989); this category's oldest winner, at age 80.
Kathy Bates won for Misery (1990).
Emma Thompson won for Howards End (1992).
Holly Hunter won for The Piano (1993).
Jessica Lange won for Blue Sky (1994).
Susan Sarandon won for Dead Man Walking (1995).
Frances McDormand won thrice, for Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), & Nomadland (2020).
Helen Hunt won for As Good as It Gets (1997).
Gwyneth Paltrow won for Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Hilary Swank won twice, for Boys Don't Cry (1999) & Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Julia Roberts won for Erin Brokovich (2000).
Halle Berry won for Monster's Ball (2001); first black winner in this category.
Nicole Kidman won for The Hours (2002).
Charlize Theron won for Monster (2003).
Reese Witherspoon won for Walk the Line (2005).
Helen Mirren won for The Queen (2006).
Marion Cotillard won for La Vie en Rose (2007); first French-language performance winner.
Kate Winslet won for The Reader (2008).
Sandra Bullock won for The Blind Side (2009).
Natalie Portman won for Black Swan (2010).
Jennifer Lawrence won for Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
Cate Blanchett won for Blue Jasmine (2013).
Julianne Moore won for Still Alice (2014).
Brie Larson won for Room (2015).
Emma Stone won twice, for La La Land (2016) & Poor Things (2023).
Olivia Colman won for The Favourite (2018).
Renée Zellweger won for Judy (2019).
Jessica Chastain won for The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).
Michelle Yeoh won for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022); first Southeast Asian winner in this category.

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.[4] For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31.[5] For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.[5] Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.[5]

Table key
‡Indicates the winner
†Indicates a posthumous nominee

1920s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
1927/28
(1st) 		Janet Gaynor ‡Diane7th Heaven[6]
AngelaStreet Angel
The WifeSunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Louise DresserMrs. PleznikA Ship Comes In
Gloria SwansonSadie ThompsonSadie Thompson
1928/29
(2nd)
[note 1]		Mary Pickford ‡Norma BesantCoquette[7]
Ruth ChattertonJacqueline FloriotMadame X
Betty CompsonCarrieThe Barker
Jeanne Eagels †Leslie CrosbieThe Letter
Corinne GriffithEmma HamiltonThe Divine Lady
Bessie LoveHank MahoneyThe Broadway Melody

1930s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
1929/30
(3rd) 		Norma Shearer ‡[A]Jerry Bernard MartinThe Divorcee[8]
Nancy CarrollHallie HobartThe Devil's Holiday
Ruth ChattertonSarah StormSarah and Son
Greta Garbo[A]Anna ChristieAnna Christie
Madame Rita CavalliniRomance
Norma ShearerLucia MarlettTheir Own Desire
Gloria SwansonMarion DonnellThe Trespasser
1930/31
(4th) 		Marie Dressler ‡Min DivotMin and Bill[9]
Marlene DietrichMademoiselle Amy JollyMorocco
Irene DunneSabra CravatCimarron
Ann HardingLinda SetonHoliday
Norma ShearerJan AsheA Free Soul
1931/32
(5th) 		Helen Hayes ‡Madelon ClaudetThe Sin of Madelon Claudet[10]
Marie DresslerEmma Thatcher SmithEmma
Lynn FontanneThe ActressThe Guardsman
1932/33
(6th) 		Katharine Hepburn ‡Eva LovelaceMorning Glory[11]
May RobsonApple AnnieLady for a Day
Diana WynyardJane MarryotCavalcade
1934
(7th) 		Claudette Colbert ‡Ellie AndrewsIt Happened One Night[12]
Grace MooreMary BarrettOne Night of Love
Norma ShearerElizabeth BarrettThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
Bette Davis (Write-in)[B]Mildred RogersOf Human Bondage
1935
(8th) 		Bette Davis ‡Joyce HeathDangerous[13]
Elisabeth BergnerGemma JonesEscape Me Never
Claudette ColbertJane EverestPrivate Worlds
Katharine HepburnAlice AdamsAlice Adams
Miriam HopkinsBecky SharpBecky Sharp
Merle OberonKitty VaneThe Dark Angel
1936
(9th) 		Luise Rainer ‡Anna HeldThe Great Ziegfeld[14]
Irene DunneTheodora Lynn / Caroline AdamsTheodora Goes Wild
Gladys GeorgeCarrie SnyderValiant Is the Word for Carrie
Carole LombardIrene BullockMy Man Godfrey
Norma ShearerJuliet CapuletRomeo and Juliet
1937
(10th) 		Luise Rainer ‡O-LanThe Good Earth[15]
Irene DunneLucy WarrinerThe Awful Truth
Greta Garbo Marguerite GautierCamille
Janet GaynorEsther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki LesterA Star Is Born
Barbara StanwyckStella Martin DallasStella Dallas
1938
(11th) 		Bette Davis ‡Julie MarsdenJezebel[16]
Fay BainterHannah ParmaleeWhite Banners
Wendy HillerEliza DoolittlePygmalion
Norma ShearerMarie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette
Margaret SullavanPatricia "Pat" HollmannThree Comrades
1939
(12th) 		Vivien Leigh ‡Scarlett O'HaraGone with the Wind[17]
Bette DavisJudith TraherneDark Victory
Irene DunneTerry McKayLove Affair
Greta GarboNina Yakushova "Ninotchka" IvanoffNinotchka
Greer GarsonKatherine BridgesGoodbye, Mr. Chips

1940s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
1940
(13th) 		Ginger Rogers ‡Kitty FoyleKitty Foyle[18]
Bette DavisLeslie CrosbieThe Letter
Joan FontaineThe Second Mrs. de WinterRebecca
Katharine HepburnTracy LordThe Philadelphia Story
Martha ScottEmily WebbOur Town
1941
(14th) 		Joan Fontaine ‡Lina McLaidlaw AysgarthSuspicion[19]
Bette DavisRegina GiddensThe Little Foxes
Olivia de HavillandEmmy BrownHold Back the Dawn
Greer GarsonEdna GladneyBlossoms in the Dust
Barbara StanwyckKatherine "Sugarpuss" O'SheaBall of Fire
1942
(15th) 		Greer Garson ‡Kay MiniverMrs. Miniver[20]
Bette DavisCharlotte ValeNow, Voyager
Katharine HepburnTess HardingWoman of the Year
Rosalind RussellRuth SherwoodMy Sister Eileen
Teresa WrightEleanor Twitchell GehrigThe Pride of the Yankees
1943
(16th) 		Jennifer Jones ‡Bernadette SoubirousThe Song of Bernadette[21]
Jean ArthurConstance "Connie" MilliganThe More the Merrier
Ingrid BergmanMaríaFor Whom the Bell Tolls
Joan FontaineTessa SangerThe Constant Nymph
Greer GarsonMarie CurieMadame Curie
1944
(17th) 		Ingrid Bergman ‡Paula Alquist AntonGaslight[22]
Claudette ColbertAnne HiltonSince You Went Away
Bette Davis Fanny TrellisMr. Skeffington
Greer GarsonSusie "Sparrow" ParkingtonMrs. Parkington
Barbara StanwyckPhyllis DietrichsonDouble Indemnity
1945
(18th) 		Joan Crawford ‡Mildred Pierce BeragonMildred Pierce[23]
Ingrid BergmanMary BenedictThe Bells of St. Mary's
Greer GarsonMary RaffertyThe Valley of Decision
Jennifer JonesSingleton / Victoria MorlandLove Letters
Gene TierneyEllen Berent HarlandLeave Her to Heaven
1946
(19th) 		Olivia de Havilland ‡Josephine "Jody" NorrisTo Each His Own[24]
Celia JohnsonLaura JessonBrief Encounter
Jennifer JonesPearl ChavezDuel in the Sun
Rosalind RussellElizabeth KennySister Kenny
Jane WymanOrry BaxterThe Yearling
1947
(20th) 		Loretta Young ‡Katie HolstromThe Farmer's Daughter[25]
Joan CrawfordLouise HowellPossessed
Susan HaywardAngelica Evans ConwaySmash-Up, the Story of a Woman
Dorothy McGuireKathy LacyGentleman's Agreement
Rosalind RussellLavinia MannonMourning Becomes Electra
1948
(21st) 		Jane Wyman ‡Belinda McDonaldJohnny Belinda[26]
Ingrid BergmanJoan of ArcJoan of Arc
Olivia de HavillandVirginia Stuart CunninghamThe Snake Pit
Irene DunneMartha HansonI Remember Mama
Barbara StanwyckLeona StevensonSorry, Wrong Number
1949
(22nd) 		Olivia de Havilland ‡Catherine SloperThe Heiress[27]
Jeanne CrainPatricia "Pinky" JohnsonPinky
Susan HaywardEloise WintersMy Foolish Heart
Deborah KerrEvelyn BoultEdward, My Son
Loretta YoungMargaretCome to the Stable

1950s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
1950
(23rd) 		Judy Holliday ‡Emma "Billie" DawnBorn Yesterday[28]
Anne BaxterEve HarringtonAll About Eve
Bette DavisMargo Channing
Eleanor ParkerMarie AllenCaged
Gloria SwansonNorma DesmondSunset Boulevard
1951
(24th) 		Vivien Leigh ‡Blanche DuBoisA Streetcar Named Desire[29]
Katharine HepburnRose SayerThe African Queen
Eleanor ParkerMary McLeodDetective Story
Shelley WintersAlice TrippA Place in the Sun
Jane WymanLouise MasonThe Blue Veil
1952
(25th) 		Shirley Booth ‡Lola DelaneyCome Back, Little Sheba[30]
Joan CrawfordMyra HudsonSudden Fear
Bette DavisMargaret ElliotThe Star
Julie HarrisFrances "Frankie" AddamsThe Member of the Wedding
Susan HaywardJane FromanWith a Song in My Heart
1953
(26th) 		Audrey Hepburn ‡Princess AnnRoman Holiday[31]
Leslie CaronLili DaurierLili
Ava GardnerEloise "Honey Bear" KellyMogambo
Deborah KerrKaren HolmesFrom Here to Eternity
Maggie McNamaraPatty O'NeillThe Moon Is Blue
1954
(27th) 		Grace Kelly ‡Georgie ElginThe Country Girl[32]
Dorothy DandridgeCarmen JonesCarmen Jones
Judy GarlandEsther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki LesterA Star Is Born
Audrey HepburnSabrina FairchildSabrina
Jane WymanHelen PhillipsMagnificent Obsession
1955
(28th) 		Anna Magnani ‡Serafina Delle RoseThe Rose Tattoo[33]
Susan HaywardLillian RothI'll Cry Tomorrow
Katharine HepburnJane HudsonSummertime
Jennifer JonesHan SuyinLove is a Many-Splendored Thing
Eleanor ParkerMarjorie LawrenceInterrupted Melody
1956
(29th) 		Ingrid Bergman ‡Anna Koreff / AnastasiaAnastasia[34]
Carroll BakerBaby Doll MeighanBaby Doll
Katharine HepburnLizzie CurryThe Rainmaker
Nancy KellyChristine PenmarkThe Bad Seed
Deborah KerrAnna LeonowensThe King and I
1957
(30th) 		Joanne Woodward ‡Eve White / Eve Black / JaneThe Three Faces of Eve[35]
Deborah KerrAngelaHeaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Anna MagnaniGioiaWild Is the Wind
Elizabeth TaylorSusanna DrakeRaintree County
Lana TurnerConstance MacKenziePeyton Place
1958
(31st) 		Susan Hayward ‡Barbara GrahamI Want to Live![36]
Deborah KerrSibyl Railton-BellSeparate Tables
Shirley MacLaineGinnie MooreheadSome Came Running
Rosalind RussellMame DennisAuntie Mame
Elizabeth TaylorMargaret "Maggie the Cat" PollittCat on a Hot Tin Roof
1959
(32nd) 		Simone Signoret ‡Alice AisgillRoom at the Top[37]
Doris DayJan MorrowPillow Talk
Audrey HepburnGabrielle van der MalThe Nun's Story
Katharine HepburnViolet VenableSuddenly, Last Summer
Elizabeth TaylorCatherine Holly

1960s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
1960
(33rd) 		Elizabeth Taylor ‡Gloria WandrousBUtterfield 8[38]
Greer GarsonEleanor RooseveltSunrise at Campobello
Deborah KerrIda CarmodyThe Sundowners
Shirley MacLaineFran KubelikThe Apartment
Melina MercouriIlyaNever on Sunday
1961
(34th) 		Sophia Loren ‡CesiraTwo Women[39][40]
Audrey HepburnHolly Golightly / Lula Mae BarnesBreakfast at Tiffany's
Piper LaurieSarah PackardThe Hustler
Geraldine PageAlma WinemillerSummer and Smoke
Natalie WoodWilma Dean "Deanie" LoomisSplendor in the Grass
1962
(35th) 		Anne Bancroft ‡Annie SullivanThe Miracle Worker[41]
Bette DavisBaby Jane HudsonWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Katharine HepburnMary Cavan TyroneLong Day's Journey into Night
Geraldine PageAlexandra Del LagoSweet Bird of Youth
Lee RemickKirsten Arnesen ClayDays of Wine and Roses
1963
(36th) 		Patricia Neal ‡Alma BrownHud[42]
Leslie CaronJane FossettThe L-Shaped Room
Shirley MacLaineIrma La DouceIrma la Douce
Rachel RobertsMargaret HammondThis Sporting Life
Natalie WoodAngie RossiniLove with the Proper Stranger
1964
(37th) 		Julie Andrews ‡Mary PoppinsMary Poppins[43]
Anne BancroftJo ArmitageThe Pumpkin Eater
Sophia LorenFilumena MarturanoMarriage Italian Style
Debbie ReynoldsMolly BrownThe Unsinkable Molly Brown
Kim StanleyMyra SavageSéance on a Wet Afternoon
1965
(38th) 		Julie Christie ‡Diana ScottDarling[44]
Julie AndrewsMaria von TrappThe Sound of Music
Samantha EggarMiranda GreyThe Collector
Elizabeth HartmanSelina D'ArcyA Patch of Blue
Simone SignoretLa CondesaShip of Fools
1966
(39th) 		Elizabeth Taylor ‡MarthaWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?[45]
Anouk AiméeAnne GauthierA Man and a Woman
Ida KamińskaRozalie LautmannThe Shop on Main Street
Lynn RedgraveGeorgina "Georgy" ParkinGeorgy Girl
Vanessa RedgraveLeonie DeltMorgan!
1967
(40th) 		Katharine Hepburn ‡Christina DraytonGuess Who's Coming to Dinner[46]
Anne BancroftMrs. RobinsonThe Graduate
Faye DunawayBonnie ParkerBonnie and Clyde
Edith EvansMaggie RossThe Whisperers
Audrey HepburnSusy HendrixWait Until Dark
1968
(41st) 		Katharine Hepburn ‡ (TIE) [C]Eleanor of AquitaineThe Lion in Winter[47]
Barbra Streisand ‡ (TIE) [C]Fanny BriceFunny Girl
Patricia NealNettie ClearyThe Subject Was Roses
Vanessa RedgraveIsadora DuncanIsadora
Joanne WoodwardRachel CameronRachel, Rachel
1969
(42nd) 		Maggie Smith ‡Jean BrodieThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie[48]
Geneviève BujoldAnne BoleynAnne of the Thousand Days
Jane FondaGloria BeattyThey Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Liza MinnelliMary Ann "Pookie" AdamsThe Sterile Cuckoo
Jean SimmonsMary WilsonThe Happy Ending

1970s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
1970
(43rd) 		Glenda Jackson ‡Gudrun BrangwenWomen in Love[49]
Jane AlexanderEleanor BackmanThe Great White Hope
Ali MacGrawJennifer Cavalleri-BarrettLove Story
Sarah MilesRosy RyanRyan's Daughter
Carrie SnodgressBettina "Tina" BalserDiary of a Mad Housewife
1971
(44th) 		Jane Fonda ‡Bree DanielsKlute[50]
Julie ChristieConstance MillerMcCabe & Mrs. Miller
Glenda JacksonAlex GrevilleSunday Bloody Sunday
Vanessa RedgraveMary, Queen of ScotsMary, Queen of Scots
Janet SuzmanEmpress Alexandra of RussiaNicholas and Alexandra
1972
(45th) 		Liza Minnelli ‡Sally BowlesCabaret[51]
Diana RossBillie HolidayLady Sings the Blues
Maggie SmithAugusta BertramTravels with My Aunt
Cicely TysonRebecca MorganSounder
Liv UllmannKristina NilssonThe Emigrants
1973
(46th) 		Glenda Jackson ‡Vickie AllessioA Touch of Class[52]
Ellen BurstynChris MacNeilThe Exorcist
Marsha MasonMaggie PaulCinderella Liberty
Barbra StreisandKatie MoroskyThe Way We Were
Joanne WoodwardRita WaldenSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1974
(47th) 		Ellen Burstyn ‡Alice HyattAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore[53]
Diahann CarrollClaudine PriceClaudine
Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross MulwrayChinatown
Valerie PerrineHarriett Jolliff / Honey BruceLenny
Gena RowlandsMabel LonghettiA Woman Under the Influence
1975
(48th) 		Louise Fletcher ‡Nurse Mildred RatchedOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest[54]
Isabelle AdjaniAdèle Hugo / Adèle LewlyThe Story of Adele H.
Ann-MargretNora WalkerTommy
Glenda JacksonHedda GablerHedda
Carol KaneGitlHester Street
1976
(49th) 		Faye Dunaway ‡Diana ChristensenNetwork[55]
Marie-Christine Barrault MartheCousin Cousine
Talia ShireAdrian PenninoRocky
Sissy SpacekCarrie WhiteCarrie
Liv UllmannJenny IsakssonFace to Face
1977
(50th) 		Diane Keaton ‡Annie HallAnnie Hall[56]
Anne BancroftEmma JacklinThe Turning Point
Jane FondaLillian HellmanJulia
Shirley MacLaineDeedee RodgersThe Turning Point
Marsha MasonPaula McFaddenThe Goodbye Girl
1978
(51st) 		Jane Fonda ‡Sally HydeComing Home[57]
Ingrid BergmanCharlotte AndergastAutumn Sonata
Ellen BurstynDorisSame Time, Next Year
Jill ClayburghErica BentonAn Unmarried Woman
Geraldine PageEveInteriors
1979
(52nd) 		Sally Field ‡Norma Rae WebsterNorma Rae[58]
Jill ClayburghMarilyn HolmbergStarting Over
Jane FondaKimberly WellsThe China Syndrome
Marsha MasonJennie MacLaineChapter Two
Bette MidlerMary Rose FosterThe Rose

1980s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
1980
(53rd) 		Sissy Spacek ‡Loretta LynnCoal Miner's Daughter[59]
Ellen BurstynEdna Mae Harper-McCauleyResurrection
Goldie HawnJudy BenjaminPrivate Benjamin
Mary Tyler MooreBeth JarrettOrdinary People
Gena RowlandsGloria SwensonGloria
1981
(54th) 		Katharine Hepburn ‡Ethel ThayerOn Golden Pond[60]
Diane KeatonLouise BryantReds
Marsha MasonGeorgia HinesOnly When I Laugh
Susan SarandonSally MatthewsAtlantic City
Meryl StreepSara Woodruff and AnnaThe French Lieutenant's Woman
1982
(55th) 		Meryl Streep ‡Sophie ZawistowskiSophie's Choice[61]
Julie AndrewsVictor Grazinski / Victoria GrantVictor/Victoria
Jessica LangeFrances FarmerFrances
Sissy SpacekBeth HormanMissing
Debra WingerPaula PokrifkiAn Officer and a Gentleman
1983
(56th) 		Shirley MacLaine ‡Aurora GreenwayTerms of Endearment[62]
Jane AlexanderCarol WetherlyTestament
Meryl StreepKaren SilkwoodSilkwood
Julie WaltersSusan White / RitaEducating Rita
Debra WingerEmma Greenway HortonTerms of Endearment
1984
(57th) 		Sally Field ‡Edna SpaldingPlaces in the Heart[63]
Judy DavisAdela QuestedA Passage to India
Jessica LangeJewell IvyCountry
Vanessa RedgraveOlive ChancellorThe Bostonians
Sissy SpacekMae GarveyThe River
1985
(58th) 		Geraldine Page ‡Carrie WattsThe Trip to Bountiful[64]
Anne BancroftMiriam Ruth / Anna Maria BurchettiAgnes of God
Whoopi GoldbergCelie Harris-JohnsonThe Color Purple
Jessica LangePatsy ClineSweet Dreams
Meryl StreepKaren BlixenOut of Africa
1986
(59th) 		Marlee Matlin ‡Sarah NormanChildren of a Lesser God[65]
Jane FondaAlex Sternbergen / Viveca Van LorenThe Morning After
Sissy Spacek Babe Botrelle / Rebecca MaGrathCrimes of the Heart
Kathleen TurnerPeggy Sue Kelcher-BodellPeggy Sue Got Married
Sigourney WeaverEllen RipleyAliens
1987
(60th) 		Cher ‡Loretta CastoriniMoonstruck[66]
Glenn CloseAlex ForrestFatal Attraction
Holly HunterJane CraigBroadcast News
Sally KirklandAnnaAnna
Meryl StreepHelen ArcherIronweed
1988
(61st) 		Jodie Foster ‡Sarah TobiasThe Accused[67]
Glenn CloseMarquise Isabelle de MerteuilDangerous Liaisons
Melanie GriffithTess McGillWorking Girl
Meryl StreepLindy ChamberlainA Cry in the Dark
Sigourney WeaverDian FosseyGorillas in the Mist
1989
(62nd) 		Jessica Tandy ‡Daisy WerthanDriving Miss Daisy[68]
Isabelle AdjaniCamille ClaudelCamille Claudel
Pauline CollinsShirley Valentine-BradshawShirley Valentine
Jessica LangeAnn TalbotMusic Box
Michelle PfeifferSusie DiamondThe Fabulous Baker Boys

1990s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
1990
(63rd) 		Kathy Bates ‡Annie WilkesMisery[69]
Anjelica HustonLilly DillonThe Grifters
Julia RobertsVivian WardPretty Woman
Meryl StreepSuzanne ValePostcards from the Edge
Joanne WoodwardIndia BridgeMr. & Mrs. Bridge
1991
(64th) 		Jodie Foster ‡Clarice StarlingThe Silence of the Lambs[70]
Geena DavisThelma DickinsonThelma & Louise
Laura DernRoseRambling Rose
Bette MidlerDixie LeonardFor the Boys
Susan SarandonLouise SawyerThelma & Louise
1992
(65th) 		Emma Thompson ‡Margaret SchlegelHowards End[71]
Catherine DeneuveÉliane DevriesIndochine
Mary McDonnellMay-Alice CulhanePassion Fish
Michelle PfeifferLouise Irene "Lurene" HallettLove Field
Susan SarandonMichaela Murphy OdoneLorenzo's Oil
1993
(66th) 		Holly Hunter ‡Ada McGrathThe Piano[72]
Angela BassettAnna Mae Bullock / Tina TurnerWhat's Love Got to Do with It
Stockard ChanningLouisa "Ouisa" KittredgeSix Degrees of Separation
Emma ThompsonSarah "Sally" KentonThe Remains of the Day
Debra WingerJoy DavidmanShadowlands
1994
(67th) 		Jessica Lange ‡Carly MarshallBlue Sky[73]
Jodie FosterNell KelltyNell
Miranda RichardsonVivienne Haigh-WoodTom & Viv
Winona RyderJosephine "Jo" MarchLittle Women
Susan SarandonRegina "Reggie" LoveThe Client
1995
(68th) 		Susan Sarandon ‡Helen PrejeanDead Man Walking[74]
Elisabeth ShueSeraLeaving Las Vegas
Sharon StoneGinger McKennaCasino
Meryl StreepFrancesca JohnsonThe Bridges of Madison County
Emma ThompsonElinor DashwoodSense and Sensibility
1996
(69th) 		Frances McDormand ‡Marge GundersonFargo[75]
Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose PurleySecrets & Lies
Diane KeatonBessie WakefieldMarvin's Room
Kristin Scott ThomasKatharine CliftonThe English Patient
Emily WatsonBess McNeillBreaking the Waves
1997
(70th) 		Helen Hunt ‡Carol ConnellyAs Good as It Gets[76]
Helena Bonham CarterKate CroyThe Wings of the Dove
Julie ChristiePhyllis HartAfterglow
Judi DenchQueen VictoriaMrs Brown
Kate WinsletRose DeWitt BukaterTitanic
1998
(71st) 		Gwyneth Paltrow ‡Viola de LessepsShakespeare in Love[77]
Cate BlanchettQueen Elizabeth IElizabeth
Fernanda MontenegroIsadora "Dora" TeixeiraCentral Station
Meryl StreepKate GuldenOne True Thing
Emily WatsonJacqueline du PréHilary and Jackie
1999
(72nd) 		Hilary Swank ‡Brandon TeenaBoys Don't Cry[78]
Annette BeningCarolyn BurnhamAmerican Beauty
Janet McTeerMary Jo WalkerTumbleweeds
Julianne MooreSarah MilesThe End of the Affair
Meryl StreepRoberta GuaspariMusic of the Heart

2000s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
2000
(73rd) 		Julia Roberts ‡Erin BrockovichErin Brockovich[79]
Joan AllenLaine HansonThe Contender
Juliette BinocheVianne RocherChocolat
Ellen BurstynSara GoldfarbRequiem for a Dream
Laura LinneySamantha "Sammy" PrescottYou Can Count on Me
2001
(74th) 		Halle Berry ‡Leticia MusgroveMonster's Ball[80]
Judi DenchIris MurdochIris
Nicole KidmanSatineMoulin Rouge!
Sissy SpacekRuth FowlerIn the Bedroom
Renée ZellwegerBridget JonesBridget Jones's Diary
2002
(75th) 		Nicole Kidman ‡Virginia WoolfThe Hours[81]
Salma HayekFrida KahloFrida
Diane LaneConstance "Connie" SumnerUnfaithful
Julianne MooreCathy WhitakerFar from Heaven
Renée ZellwegerRoxie HartChicago
2003
(76th) 		Charlize Theron ‡Aileen WuornosMonster[82]
Keisha Castle-HughesPaikea ApiranaWhale Rider
Diane KeatonErica Jane BerrySomething's Gotta Give
Samantha MortonSarah SullivanIn America
Naomi WattsCristina Williams-Peck21 Grams
2004
(77th) 		Hilary Swank ‡Maggie FitzgeraldMillion Dollar Baby[83]
Annette BeningJulia LambertBeing Julia
Catalina Sandino MorenoMaría ÁlvarezMaria Full of Grace
Imelda StauntonVera Rose DrakeVera Drake
Kate WinsletClementine KruczynskiEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005
(78th) 		Reese Witherspoon ‡June Carter CashWalk the Line[84]
Judi DenchLaura Forster-HendersonMrs Henderson Presents
Felicity HuffmanSabrina "Bree" OsbourneTransamerica
Keira KnightleyElizabeth BennetPride & Prejudice
Charlize TheronJosey AimesNorth Country
2006
(79th) 		Helen Mirren ‡Queen Elizabeth IIThe Queen[85]
Penélope CruzRaimundaVolver
Judi DenchBarbara CovettNotes on a Scandal
Meryl StreepMiranda PriestlyThe Devil Wears Prada
Kate WinsletSarah PierceLittle Children
2007
(80th) 		Marion Cotillard ‡Édith PiafLa Vie en Rose[86]
Cate BlanchettQueen Elizabeth IElizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie ChristieFiona AndersonAway from Her
Laura LinneyWendy SavageThe Savages
Elliot Page[D]Juno MacGuffJuno
2008
(81st) 		Kate Winslet ‡Hanna SchmitzThe Reader[87]
Anne HathawayKym BuchmanRachel Getting Married
Angelina JolieChristine CollinsChangeling
Melissa LeoRay EddyFrozen River
Meryl StreepSister Aloysius BeauvierDoubt
2009
(82nd) 		Sandra Bullock ‡Leigh Anne TuohyThe Blind Side[88]
Helen MirrenCountess Sophia TolstayaThe Last Station
Carey MulliganJenny MellorAn Education
Gabourey SidibeClaireece "Precious" JonesPrecious
Meryl StreepJulia ChildJulie & Julia

2010s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
2010
(83rd) 		Natalie Portman ‡Nina SayersBlack Swan[89]
Annette BeningNicole AllgoodThe Kids Are All Right
Nicole KidmanBecca CorbettRabbit Hole
Jennifer LawrenceRee DollyWinter's Bone
Michelle WilliamsCynthia "Cindy" HellerBlue Valentine
2011
(84th) 		Meryl Streep ‡Margaret ThatcherThe Iron Lady[90]
Glenn CloseAlbert NobbsAlbert Nobbs
Viola DavisAibileen ClarkThe Help
Rooney MaraLisbeth SalanderThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Michelle WilliamsMarilyn MonroeMy Week with Marilyn
2012
(85th) 		Jennifer Lawrence ‡Tiffany MaxwellSilver Linings Playbook[91]
Jessica ChastainMaya HarrisZero Dark Thirty
Emmanuelle RivaAnne LaurentAmour
Quvenzhané WallisHushpuppyBeasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi WattsMaria BennettThe Impossible
2013
(86th) 		Cate Blanchett ‡Jeanette "Jasmine" FrancisBlue Jasmine[92]
Amy AdamsSydney Prosser / Lady Edith GreenslyAmerican Hustle
Sandra BullockRyan StoneGravity
Judi DenchPhilomena LeePhilomena
Meryl StreepViolet WestonAugust: Osage County
2014
(87th) 		Julianne Moore ‡Alice HowlandStill Alice[93]
Marion CotillardSandra ByaTwo Days, One Night
Felicity JonesJane Wilde HawkingThe Theory of Everything
Rosamund PikeAmy Elliott-DunneGone Girl
Reese WitherspoonCheryl StrayedWild
2015
(88th) 		Brie Larson ‡Joy "Ma" NewsomeRoom[94]
Cate BlanchettCarol AirdCarol
Jennifer LawrenceJoy ManganoJoy
Charlotte RamplingKate Mercer45 Years
Saoirse RonanEilis LaceyBrooklyn
2016
(89th) 		Emma Stone ‡Mia DolanLa La Land[95]
Isabelle HuppertMichèle LeblancElle
Ruth NeggaMildred LovingLoving
Natalie PortmanJacqueline "Jackie" KennedyJackie
Meryl StreepFlorence Foster JenkinsFlorence Foster Jenkins
2017
(90th) 		Frances McDormand ‡Mildred HayesThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri[96]
Sally HawkinsElisa EspositoThe Shape of Water
Margot RobbieTonya HardingI, Tonya
Saoirse RonanChristine "Lady Bird" McPhersonLady Bird
Meryl StreepKatharine GrahamThe Post
2018
(91st) 		Olivia Colman ‡Queen AnneThe Favourite[97]
Yalitza AparicioCleodegaria "Cleo" GutiérrezRoma
Glenn CloseJoan CastlemanThe Wife
Lady GagaAlly MaineA Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy Leonore Carol "Lee" IsraelCan You Ever Forgive Me?
2019
(92nd) 		Renée Zellweger ‡Judy GarlandJudy[98]
Cynthia ErivoHarriet TubmanHarriet
Scarlett JohanssonNicole BarberMarriage Story
Saoirse RonanJosephine "Jo" MarchLittle Women
Charlize TheronMegyn KellyBombshell

2020s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.
2020/21
(93rd)[99]		Frances McDormand ‡FernNomadland[100]
Viola DavisGertrude "Ma" RaineyMa Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra DayBillie HolidayThe United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa KirbyMartha WeissPieces of a Woman
Carey MulliganCassandra "Cassie" ThomasPromising Young Woman
2021
(94th)		Jessica Chastain ‡Tammy Faye BakkerThe Eyes of Tammy Faye[101]
Olivia ColmanLeda CarusoThe Lost Daughter
Penélope CruzJanis Martínez MorenoParallel Mothers
Nicole KidmanLucille BallBeing the Ricardos
Kristen StewartDiana, Princess of WalesSpencer
2022
(95th)		Michelle Yeoh ‡Evelyn WangEverything Everywhere All at Once[102]
Cate BlanchettLydia TárTár
Ana de ArmasNorma Jeane / Marilyn MonroeBlonde
Andrea RiseboroughLeslie RowlandTo Leslie
Michelle WilliamsMitzi FabelmanThe Fabelmans
2023
(96th)		Emma Stone ‡Bella BaxterPoor Things[103]
Annette BeningDiana NyadNyad
Lily GladstoneMollie BurkhartKillers of the Flower Moon
Sandra HüllerSandra VoyterAnatomy of a Fall
Carey MulliganFelicia MontealegreMaestro

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:

WinsActressNominations
4Katharine Hepburn12
3Frances McDormand3
2Meryl Streep17
Bette Davis11
Ingrid Bergman6
Jane Fonda
Elizabeth Taylor5
Olivia de Havilland4
Glenda Jackson
Jodie Foster3
Sally Field2
Vivien Leigh
Luise Rainer
Emma Stone
Hilary Swank

The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:

NominationsActress
17Meryl Streep
12Katharine Hepburn
10Bette Davis
7Greer Garson
6Ingrid Bergman
Jane Fonda
Deborah Kerr
Norma Shearer
Sissy Spacek
5Anne Bancroft
Cate Blanchett
Ellen Burstyn
Judi Dench
Irene Dunne
Susan Hayward
Audrey Hepburn
Jessica Lange
Shirley MacLaine
Susan Sarandon
Elizabeth Taylor
4Annette Bening
Glenn Close
Julie Christie
Greta Garbo
Olivia de Havilland
Glenda Jackson
Jennifer Jones
Diane Keaton
Nicole Kidman
Marsha Mason
Geraldine Page
Vanessa Redgrave
Rosalind Russell
Barbara Stanwyck
Kate Winslet
Joanne Woodward
Jane Wyman
3Julie Andrews
Claudette Colbert
Joan Crawford
Faye Dunaway
Joan Fontaine
Jodie Foster
Jennifer Lawrence
Frances McDormand
Julianne Moore
Carey Mulligan
Eleanor Parker
Saoirse Ronan
Gloria Swanson
Charlize Theron
Emma Thompson
Michelle Williams
Debra Winger
Renée Zellweger

Age superlatives

RecordActorFilmYearAgeRef.
Oldest WinnerJessica TandyDriving Miss Daisy199080[104]
Oldest NomineeEmmanuelle RivaAmour201385[104]
Youngest WinnerMarlee MatlinChildren of a Lesser God198721[104]
Youngest NomineeQuvenzhané WallisBeasts of the Southern Wild20139[104]

Films with multiple Leading Actress nominations

Winners are in bold.

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).

See also

Notes

A1 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.[105]
B^ : Bette Davis's performance in Of Human Bondage was not nominated for an Oscar.[106] 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.[107] 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,[108][109] it has included her in the list of nominees for the 1935 ceremony on its official website.[12]
C1 2 : Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand received the same number of votes, resulting in both actresses receiving the award, according to Academy rules.[110]
D^ : Elliot Page was nominated before his gender transition in 2020.[111]

References

Bibliography

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