Academy Award for Best ActressThe 2025 recipient: Mikey MadisonAwarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleCountryUnited StatesPresented byAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)First awardMay 16, 1929; 96 years ago (1929-05-16) (for films released during the 1927/1928 film season)Most recent winnerMikey Madison, Anora (2024)Most awardsKatharine Hepburn (4)Most nominationsMeryl Streep (17)Websiteoscars.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 Heen (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 he 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[edit]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 Heen (1927), Street Angel (1928), and 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), and On Golden Pond (1981).Claudette Colbert won for It Happened One Night (1934).Bette Dis won twice, for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938).Luise Rainer was the first to win twice consecutively, for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937).Vivien Leigh won twice, for Gone with the Wind (1939) and 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) and Anastasia (1956).Joan Crawford won for Mildred Pierce (1945).Olivia de Hilland won twice, for To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949).Loretta Young won for The Farmer's Daughter (1947).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) and 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 for 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) and A Touch of Class (1973).Jane Fonda won twice, for Klute (1971) and 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) and Places in the Heart (1984).Sissy Spacek won for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).Meryl Streep won twice, for Sophie's Choice (1982) and 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) and 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), and 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) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).Julia Roberts won for Erin Brockovich (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) and Poor Things (2023).Olivia Colman won for The Fourite (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.Mikey Madison won for Anora (2024). Winners and nominees[edit]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[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 1927/28(1st) Janet Gaynor ‡ Diane 7th Heen [6] Angela Street Angel The Wife Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Louise Dresser Mrs. Pleznik A Ship Comes In Gloria Swanson Sadie Thompson Sadie Thompson 1928/29(2nd)[note 1] Mary Pickford ‡ Norma Besant Coquette [7] Ruth Chatterton Jacqueline Floriot Madame X Betty Compson Carrie The Barker Jeanne Eagels † Leslie Crosbie The Letter Corinne Griffith Emma Hamilton The Divine Lady Bessie Love Hank Mahoney The Broadway Melody 1930s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 1929/30(3rd) Norma Shearer ‡[A] Jerry Bernard Martin The Divorcee [8] Nancy Carroll Hallie Hobart The Devil's Holiday Ruth Chatterton Sarah Storm Sarah and Son Greta Garbo[A] Anna Christie Anna Christie Madame Rita Callini Romance Norma Shearer Lucia Marlett Their Own Desire Gloria Swanson Marion Donnell The Trespasser 1930/31(4th) Marie Dressler ‡ Min Divot Min and Bill [9] Marlene Dietrich Mademoiselle Amy Jolly Morocco Irene Dunne Sabra Crat Cimarron Ann Harding Linda Seton Holiday Norma Shearer Jan Ashe A Free Soul 1931/32(5th) Helen Hayes ‡ Madelon Claudet The Sin of Madelon Claudet [10] Marie Dressler Emma Thatcher Smith Emma Lynn Fontanne The Actress The Guardsman 1932/33(6th) Katharine Hepburn ‡ Eva Lovelace Morning Glory [11] May Robson Apple Annie Lady for a Day Diana Wynyard Jane Marryot Calcade 1934(7th) Claudette Colbert ‡ Ellie Andrews It Happened One Night [12] Bette Dis (Write-in)[B] Mildred Rogers Of Human Bondage Grace Moore Mary Barrett One Night of Love Norma Shearer Elizabeth Barrett The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1935(8th) Bette Dis ‡ Joyce Heath Dangerous [13] Elisabeth Bergner Gemma Jones Escape Me Never Claudette Colbert Jane Everest Private Worlds Katharine Hepburn Alice Adams Alice Adams Miriam Hopkins Becky Sharp Becky Sharp Merle Oberon Kitty Vane The Dark Angel 1936(9th) Luise Rainer ‡ Anna Held The Great Ziegfeld [14] Irene Dunne Theodora Lynn / Caroline Adams Theodora Goes Wild Gladys George Carrie Snyder Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Carole Lombard Irene Bullock My Man Godfrey Norma Shearer Juliet Capulet Romeo and Juliet 1937(10th) Luise Rainer ‡ O-Lan The Good Earth [15] Irene Dunne Lucy Warriner The Awful Truth Greta Garbo Marguerite Gautier Camille Janet Gaynor Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester A Star Is Born Barbara Stanwyck Stella Martin Dallas Stella Dallas 1938(11th) Bette Dis ‡ Julie Marsden Jezebel [16] Fay Bainter Hannah Parmalee White Banners Wendy Hiller Eliza Doolittle Pygmalion Norma Shearer Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Margaret Sullan Patricia "Pat" Hollmann Three Comrades 1939(12th) Vivien Leigh ‡ Scarlett O'Hara Gone with the Wind [17] Bette Dis Judith Traherne Dark Victory Irene Dunne Terry McKay Love Affair Greta Garbo Nina Yakushova "Ninotchka" Ivanoff Ninotchka Greer Garson Katherine Bridges Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1940s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 1940(13th) Ginger Rogers ‡ Kitty Foyle Kitty Foyle [18] Bette Dis Leslie Crosbie The Letter Joan Fontaine The Second Mrs. de Winter Rebecca Katharine Hepburn Tracy Lord The Philadelphia Story Martha Scott Emily Webb Our Town 1941(14th) Joan Fontaine ‡ Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth Suspicion [19] Bette Dis Regina Giddens The Little Foxes Olivia de Hilland Emmy Brown Hold Back the Dawn Greer Garson Edna Gladney Blossoms in the Dust Barbara Stanwyck Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea Ball of Fire 1942(15th) Greer Garson ‡ Kay Miniver Mrs. Miniver [20] Bette Dis Charlotte Vale Now, Voyager Katharine Hepburn Tess Harding Woman of the Year Rosalind Russell Ruth Sherwood My Sister Eileen Teresa Wright Eleanor Twitchell Gehrig The Pride of the Yankees 1943(16th) Jennifer Jones ‡ Bernadette Soubirous The Song of Bernadette [21] Jean Arthur Constance "Connie" Milligan The More the Merrier Ingrid Bergman María For Whom the Bell Tolls Joan Fontaine Tessa Sanger The Constant Nymph Greer Garson Marie Curie Madame Curie 1944(17th) Ingrid Bergman ‡ Paula Alquist Anton Gaslight [22] Claudette Colbert Anne Hilton Since You Went Away Bette Dis Fanny Trellis Mr. Skeffington Greer Garson Susie "Sparrow" Parkington Mrs. Parkington Barbara Stanwyck Phyllis Dietrichson Double Indemnity 1945(18th) Joan Crawford ‡ Mildred Pierce Beragon Mildred Pierce [23] Ingrid Bergman Mary Benedict The Bells of St. Mary's Greer Garson Mary Rafferty The Valley of Decision Jennifer Jones Singleton / Victoria Morland Love Letters Gene Tierney Ellen Berent Harland Lee Her to Heen 1946(19th) Olivia de Hilland ‡ Josephine "Jody" Norris To Each His Own [24] Celia Johnson Laura Jesson Brief Encounter Jennifer Jones Pearl Chez Duel in the Sun Rosalind Russell Elizabeth Kenny Sister Kenny Jane Wyman Orry Baxter The Yearling 1947(20th) Loretta Young ‡ Katie Holstrom The Farmer's Daughter [25] Joan Crawford Louise Howell Possessed Susan Hayward Angelica Evans Conway Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman Dorothy McGuire Kathy Lacy Gentleman's Agreement Rosalind Russell Linia Mannon Mourning Becomes Electra 1948(21st) Jane Wyman ‡ Belinda McDonald Johnny Belinda [26] Ingrid Bergman Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Olivia de Hilland Virginia Stuart Cunningham The Snake Pit Irene Dunne Martha Hanson I Remember Mama Barbara Stanwyck Leona Stevenson Sorry, Wrong Number 1949(22nd) Olivia de Hilland ‡ Catherine Sloper The Heiress [27] Jeanne Crain Patricia "Pinky" Johnson Pinky Susan Hayward Eloise Winters My Foolish Heart Deborah Kerr Evelyn Boult Edward, My Son Loretta Young Margaret Come to the Stable 1950s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 1950(23rd) Judy Holliday ‡ Emma "Billie" Dawn Born Yesterday [28] Anne Baxter Eve Harrington All About Eve Bette Dis Margo Channing Eleanor Parker Marie Allen Caged Gloria Swanson Norma Desmond Sunset Boulevard 1951(24th) Vivien Leigh ‡ Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire [29] Katharine Hepburn Rose Sayer The African Queen Eleanor Parker Mary McLeod Detective Story Shelley Winters Alice Tripp A Place in the Sun Jane Wyman Louise Mason The Blue Veil 1952(25th) Shirley Booth ‡ Lola Delaney Come Back, Little Sheba [30] Joan Crawford Myra Hudson Sudden Fear Bette Dis Margaret Elliot The Star Julie Harris Frances "Frankie" Addams The Member of the Wedding Susan Hayward Jane Froman With a Song in My Heart 1953(26th) Audrey Hepburn ‡ Princess Ann Roman Holiday [31] Leslie Caron Lili Daurier Lili Ava Gardner Eloise "Honey Bear" Kelly Mogambo Deborah Kerr Karen Holmes From Here to Eternity Maggie McNamara Patty O'Neill The Moon Is Blue 1954(27th) Grace Kelly ‡ Georgie Elgin The Country Girl [32] Dorothy Dandridge Carmen Jones Carmen Jones Judy Garland Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester A Star Is Born Audrey Hepburn Sabrina Fairchild Sabrina Jane Wyman Helen Phillips Magnificent Obsession 1955(28th) Anna Magnani ‡ Serafina Delle Rose The Rose Tattoo [33] Susan Hayward Lillian Roth I'll Cry Tomorrow Katharine Hepburn Jane Hudson Summertime Jennifer Jones Han Suyin Love is a Many-Splendored Thing Eleanor Parker Marjorie Lawrence Interrupted Melody 1956(29th) Ingrid Bergman ‡ Anna Koreff / Anastasia Anastasia [34] Carroll Baker Baby Doll Meighan Baby Doll Katharine Hepburn Lizzie Curry The Rainmaker Nancy Kelly Christine Penmark The Bad Seed Deborah Kerr Anna Leonowens The King and I 1957(30th) Joanne Woodward ‡ Eve White / Eve Black / Jane The Three Faces of Eve [35] Deborah Kerr Angela Heen Knows, Mr. Allison Anna Magnani Gioia Wild Is the Wind Elizabeth Taylor Susanna Drake Raintree County Lana Turner Constance MacKenzie Peyton Place 1958(31st) Susan Hayward ‡ Barbara Graham I Want to Live! [36] Deborah Kerr Sibyl Railton-Bell Separate Tables Shirley MacLaine Ginnie Moorehead Some Came Running Rosalind Russell Mame Dennis Auntie Mame Elizabeth Taylor Margaret "Maggie the Cat" Pollitt Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1959(32nd) Simone Signoret ‡ Alice Aisgill Room at the Top [37] Doris Day Jan Morrow Pillow Talk Audrey Hepburn Gabrielle van der Mal The Nun's Story Katharine Hepburn Violet Venable Suddenly, Last Summer Elizabeth Taylor Catherine Holly 1960s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 1960(33rd) Elizabeth Taylor ‡ Gloria Wandrous BUtterfield 8 [38] Greer Garson Eleanor Roosevelt Sunrise at Campobello Deborah Kerr Ida Carmody The Sundowners Shirley MacLaine Fran Kubelik The Apartment Melina Mercouri Ilya Never on Sunday 1961(34th) Sophia Loren ‡ Cesira Two Women[39] [40] Audrey Hepburn Holly Golightly / Lula Mae Barnes Breakfast at Tiffany's Piper Laurie Sarah Packard The Hustler Geraldine Page Alma Winemiller Summer and Smoke Natalie Wood Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis Splendor in the Grass 1962(35th) Anne Bancroft ‡ Annie Sullivan The Miracle Worker [41] Bette Dis Baby Jane Hudson What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Katharine Hepburn Mary Can Tyrone Long Day's Journey into Night Geraldine Page Alexandra Del Lago Sweet Bird of Youth Lee Remick Kirsten Arnesen Clay Days of Wine and Roses 1963(36th) Patricia Neal ‡ Alma Brown Hud [42] Leslie Caron Jane Fossett The L-Shaped Room Shirley MacLaine Irma La Douce Irma la Douce Rachel Roberts Margaret Hammond This Sporting Life Natalie Wood Angie Rossini Love with the Proper Stranger 1964(37th) Julie Andrews ‡ Mary Poppins Mary Poppins [43] Anne Bancroft Jo Armitage The Pumpkin Eater Sophia Loren Filumena Marturano Marriage Italian Style Debbie Reynolds Molly Brown The Unsinkable Molly Brown Kim Stanley Myra Sage Séance on a Wet Afternoon 1965(38th) Julie Christie ‡ Diana Scott Darling [44] Julie Andrews Maria von Trapp The Sound of Music Samantha Eggar Miranda Grey The Collector Elizabeth Hartman Selina D'Arcy A Patch of Blue Simone Signoret La Condesa Ship of Fools 1966(39th) Elizabeth Taylor ‡ Martha Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [45] Anouk Aimée Anne Gauthier A Man and a Woman Ida Kamińska Rozalie Lautmann The Shop on Main Street Lynn Redgre Georgina "Georgy" Parkin Georgy Girl Vanessa Redgre Leonie Delt Morgan! 1967(40th) Katharine Hepburn ‡ Christina Drayton Guess Who's Coming to Dinner [46] Anne Bancroft Mrs. Robinson The Graduate Faye Dunaway Bonnie Parker Bonnie and Clyde Edith Evans Maggie Ross The Whisperers Audrey Hepburn Susy Hendrix Wait Until Dark 1968(41st) Katharine Hepburn ‡ (TIE) [C] Eleanor of Aquitaine The Lion in Winter [47] Barbra Streisand ‡ (TIE) [C] Fanny Brice Funny Girl Patricia Neal Nettie Cleary The Subject Was Roses Vanessa Redgre Isadora Duncan Isadora Joanne Woodward Rachel Cameron Rachel, Rachel 1969(42nd) Maggie Smith ‡ Jean Brodie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie [48] Geneviève Bujold Anne Boleyn Anne of the Thousand Days Jane Fonda Gloria Beatty They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Liza Minnelli Mary Ann "Pookie" Adams The Sterile Cuckoo Jean Simmons Mary Wilson The Happy Ending 1970s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 1970(43rd) Glenda Jackson ‡ Gudrun Brangwen Women in Love [49] Jane Alexander Eleanor Backman The Great White Hope Ali MacGraw Jennifer Calleri-Barrett Love Story Sarah Miles Rosy Ryan Ryan's Daughter Carrie Snodgress Bettina "Tina" Balser Diary of a Mad Housewife 1971(44th) Jane Fonda ‡ Bree Daniels Klute [50] Julie Christie Constance Miller McCabe & Mrs. Miller Glenda Jackson Alex Greville Sunday Bloody Sunday Vanessa Redgre Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots Janet Suzman Empress Alexandra of Russia Nicholas and Alexandra 1972(45th) Liza Minnelli ‡ Sally Bowles Cabaret [51] Diana Ross Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues Maggie Smith Augusta Bertram Trels with My Aunt Cicely Tyson Rebecca Morgan Sounder Liv Ullmann Kristina Nilsson The Emigrants 1973(46th) Glenda Jackson ‡ Vickie Allessio A Touch of Class [52] Ellen Burstyn Chris MacNeil The Exorcist Marsha Mason Maggie Paul Cinderella Liberty Barbra Streisand Katie Morosky The Way We Were Joanne Woodward Rita Walden Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams 1974(47th) Ellen Burstyn ‡ Alice Hyatt Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore [53] Diahann Carroll Claudine Price Claudine Faye Dunaway Evelyn Cross Mulwray Chinatown Valerie Perrine Harriett Jolliff / Honey Bruce Lenny Gena Rowlands Mabel Longhetti A Woman Under the Influence 1975(48th) Louise Fletcher ‡ Nurse Mildred Ratched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [54] Isabelle Adjani Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewly The Story of Adele H. Ann-Margret Nora Walker Tommy Glenda Jackson Hedda Gabler Hedda Carol Kane Gitl Hester Street 1976(49th) Faye Dunaway ‡ Diana Christensen Network [55] Marie-Christine Barrault Marthe Cousin Cousine Talia Shire Adrian Pennino Rocky Sissy Spacek Carrie White Carrie Liv Ullmann Jenny Isaksson Face to Face 1977(50th) Diane Keaton ‡ Annie Hall Annie Hall [56] Anne Bancroft Emma Jacklin The Turning Point Jane Fonda Lillian Hellman Julia Shirley MacLaine Deedee Rodgers The Turning Point Marsha Mason Paula McFadden The Goodbye Girl 1978(51st) Jane Fonda ‡ Sally Hyde Coming Home [57] Ingrid Bergman Charlotte Andergast Autumn Sonata Ellen Burstyn Doris Same Time, Next Year Jill Clayburgh Erica Benton An Unmarried Woman Geraldine Page Eve Interiors 1979(52nd) Sally Field ‡ Norma Rae Webster Norma Rae [58] Jill Clayburgh Marilyn Holmberg Starting Over Jane Fonda Kimberly Wells The China Syndrome Marsha Mason Jennie MacLaine Chapter Two Bette Midler Mary Rose "The Rose" Foster The Rose 1980s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 1980(53rd) Sissy Spacek ‡ Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter [59] Ellen Burstyn Edna Mae Harper-McCauley Resurrection Goldie Hawn Judy Benjamin Private Benjamin Mary Tyler Moore Beth Jarrett Ordinary People Gena Rowlands Gloria Swenson Gloria 1981(54th) Katharine Hepburn ‡ Ethel Thayer On Golden Pond [60] Diane Keaton Louise Bryant Reds Marsha Mason Georgia Hines Only When I Laugh Susan Sarandon Sally Matthews Atlantic City Meryl Streep Sara Woodruff and Anna The French Lieutenant's Woman 1982(55th) Meryl Streep ‡ Sophie Zawistowski Sophie's Choice [61] Julie Andrews Victor Grazinski / Victoria Grant Victor/Victoria Jessica Lange Frances Farmer Frances Sissy Spacek Beth Horman Missing Debra Winger Paula Pokrifki An Officer and a Gentleman 1983(56th) Shirley MacLaine ‡ Aurora Greenway Terms of Endearment [62] Jane Alexander Carol Wetherly Testament Meryl Streep Karen Silkwood Silkwood Julie Walters Susan White / Rita Educating Rita Debra Winger Emma Greenway Horton Terms of Endearment 1984(57th) Sally Field ‡ Edna Spalding Places in the Heart [63] Judy Dis Adela Quested A Passage to India Jessica Lange Jewell Ivy Country Vanessa Redgre Olive Chancellor The Bostonians Sissy Spacek Mae Garvey The River 1985(58th) Geraldine Page ‡ Carrie Watts The Trip to Bountiful [64] Anne Bancroft Miriam Ruth / Anna Maria Burchetti Agnes of God Whoopi Goldberg Celie Harris-Johnson The Color Purple Jessica Lange Patsy Cline Sweet Dreams Meryl Streep Karen Blixen Out of Africa 1986(59th) Marlee Matlin ‡ Sarah Norman Children of a Lesser God [65] Jane Fonda Alex Sternbergen / Viveca Van Loren The Morning After Sissy Spacek Babe Botrelle / Rebecca MaGrath Crimes of the Heart Kathleen Turner Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell Peggy Sue Got Married Sigourney Weer Ellen Ripley Aliens 1987(60th) Cher ‡ Loretta Castorini Moonstruck [66] Glenn Close Alex Forrest Fatal Attraction Holly Hunter Jane Craig Broadcast News Sally Kirkland Anna Anna Meryl Streep Helen Archer Ironweed 1988(61st) Jodie Foster ‡ Sarah Tobias The Accused [67] Glenn Close Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil Dangerous Liaisons Melanie Griffith Tess McGill Working Girl Meryl Streep Lindy Chamberlain A Cry in the Dark Sigourney Weer Dian Fossey Gorillas in the Mist 1989(62nd) Jessica Tandy ‡ Daisy Werthan Driving Miss Daisy [68] Isabelle Adjani Camille Claudel Camille Claudel Pauline Collins Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw Shirley Valentine Jessica Lange Ann Talbot Music Box Michelle Pfeiffer Susie Diamond The Fabulous Baker Boys 1990s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 1990(63rd) Kathy Bates ‡ Annie Wilkes Misery [69] Anjelica Huston Lilly Dillon The Grifters Julia Roberts Vivian Ward Pretty Woman Meryl Streep Suzanne Vale Postcards from the Edge Joanne Woodward India Bridge Mr. & Mrs. Bridge 1991(64th) Jodie Foster ‡ Clarice Starling The Silence of the Lambs [70] Geena Dis Thelma Dickinson Thelma & Louise Laura Dern Rose Rambling Rose Bette Midler Dixie Leonard For the Boys Susan Sarandon Louise Sawyer Thelma & Louise 1992(65th) Emma Thompson ‡ Margaret Schlegel Howards End [71] Catherine Deneuve Éliane Devries Indochine Mary McDonnell May-Alice Culhane Passion Fish Michelle Pfeiffer Louise Irene "Lurene" Hallett Love Field Susan Sarandon Michaela Murphy Odone Lorenzo's Oil 1993(66th) Holly Hunter ‡ Ada McGrath The Piano [72] Angela Bassett Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner What's Love Got to Do with It Stockard Channing Louisa "Ouisa" Kittredge Six Degrees of Separation Emma Thompson Sarah "Sally" Kenton The Remains of the Day Debra Winger Joy Didman Shadowlands 1994(67th) Jessica Lange ‡ Carly Marshall Blue Sky [73] Jodie Foster Nell Kellty Nell Miranda Richardson Vivienne Haigh-Wood Tom & Viv Winona Ryder Josephine "Jo" March Little Women Susan Sarandon Regina "Reggie" Love The Client 1995(68th) Susan Sarandon ‡ Helen Prejean Dead Man Walking [74] Elisabeth Shue Sera Leing Las Vegas Sharon Stone Ginger McKenna Casino Meryl Streep Francesca Johnson The Bridges of Madison County Emma Thompson Elinor Dashwood Sense and Sensibility 1996(69th) Frances McDormand ‡ Marge Gunderson Fargo [75] Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Rose Purley Secrets & Lies Diane Keaton Bessie Wakefield Marvin's Room Kristin Scott Thomas Katharine Clifton The English Patient Emily Watson Bess McNeill Breaking the Wes 1997(70th) Helen Hunt ‡ Carol Connelly As Good as It Gets [76] Helena Bonham Carter Kate Croy The Wings of the Dove Julie Christie Phyllis Hart Afterglow Judi Dench Queen Victoria Mrs Brown Kate Winslet Rose DeWitt Bukater Titanic 1998(71st) Gwyneth Paltrow ‡ Viola de Lesseps Shakespeare in Love [77] Cate Blanchett Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth Fernanda Montenegro Isadora "Dora" Teixeira Central Station Meryl Streep Kate Gulden One True Thing Emily Watson Jacqueline du Pré Hilary and Jackie 1999(72nd) Hilary Swank ‡ Brandon Teena Boys Don't Cry [78] Annette Bening Carolyn Burnham American Beauty Janet McTeer Mary Jo Walker Tumbleweeds Julianne Moore Sarah Miles The End of the Affair Meryl Streep Roberta Guaspari Music of the Heart 2000s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 2000(73rd) Julia Roberts ‡ Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich [79] Joan Allen Laine Hanson The Contender Juliette Binoche Vianne Rocher Chocolat Ellen Burstyn Sara Goldfarb Requiem for a Dream Laura Linney Samantha "Sammy" Prescott You Can Count on Me 2001(74th) Halle Berry ‡ Leticia Musgrove Monster's Ball [80] Judi Dench Iris Murdoch Iris Nicole Kidman Satine Moulin Rouge! Sissy Spacek Ruth Fowler In the Bedroom Renée Zellweger Bridget Jones Bridget Jones's Diary 2002(75th) Nicole Kidman ‡ Virginia Woolf The Hours [81] Salma Hayek Frida Kahlo Frida Diane Lane Constance "Connie" Sumner Unfaithful Julianne Moore Cathy Whitaker Far from Heen Renée Zellweger Roxie Hart Chicago 2003(76th) Charlize Theron ‡ Aileen Wuornos Monster [82] Keisha Castle-Hughes Paikea Apirana Whale Rider Diane Keaton Erica Jane Barry Something's Gotta Give Samantha Morton Sarah Sullivan In America Naomi Watts Cristina Williams-Peck 21 Grams 2004(77th) Hilary Swank ‡ Maggie Fitzgerald Million Dollar Baby [83] Annette Bening Julia Lambert Being Julia Catalina Sandino Moreno María Álvarez Maria Full of Grace Imelda Staunton Vera Rose Drake Vera Drake Kate Winslet Clementine Kruczynski Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2005(78th) Reese Witherspoon ‡ June Carter Cash Walk the Line [84] Judi Dench Laura Forster-Henderson Mrs Henderson Presents Felicity Huffman Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne Transamerica Keira Knightley Elizabeth Bennet Pride & Prejudice Charlize Theron Josey Aimes North Country 2006(79th) Helen Mirren ‡ Queen Elizabeth II The Queen [85] Penélope Cruz Raimunda Volver Judi Dench Barbara Covett Notes on a Scandal Meryl Streep Miranda Priestly The Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet Sarah Pierce Little Children 2007(80th) Marion Cotillard ‡ Édith Piaf La Vie en Rose [86] Cate Blanchett Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth: The Golden Age Julie Christie Fiona Anderson Away from Her Laura Linney Wendy Sage The Sages Elliot Page[D] Juno MacGuff Juno 2008(81st) Kate Winslet ‡ Hanna Schmitz The Reader [87] Anne Hathaway Kym Buchman Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie Christine Collins Changeling Melissa Leo Ray Eddy Frozen River Meryl Streep Sister Aloysius Beauvier Doubt 2009(82nd) Sandra Bullock ‡ Leigh Anne Tuohy The Blind Side [88] Helen Mirren Countess Sophia Tolstaya The Last Station Carey Mulligan Jenny Mellor An Education Gabourey Sidibe Claireece "Precious" Jones Precious Meryl Streep Julia Child Julie & Julia 2010s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 2010(83rd) Natalie Portman ‡ Nina Sayers Black Swan [89] Annette Bening Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman Becca Corbett Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence Ree Dolly Winter's Bone Michelle Williams Cynthia "Cindy" Heller Blue Valentine 2011(84th) Meryl Streep ‡ Margaret Thatcher The Iron Lady [90] Glenn Close Albert Nobbs Albert Nobbs Viola Dis Aibileen Clark The Help Rooney Mara Lisbeth Salander The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Michelle Williams Marilyn Monroe My Week with Marilyn 2012(85th) Jennifer Lawrence ‡ Tiffany Maxwell Silver Linings Playbook [91] Jessica Chastain Maya Harris Zero Dark Thirty Emmanuelle Riva Anne Laurent Amour Quvenzhané Wallis Hushpuppy Beasts of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts Maria Bennett The Impossible 2013(86th) Cate Blanchett ‡ Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis Blue Jasmine [92] Amy Adams Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly American Hustle Sandra Bullock Ryan Stone Grity Judi Dench Philomena Lee Philomena Meryl Streep Violet Weston August: Osage County 2014(87th) Julianne Moore ‡ Alice Howland Still Alice [93] Marion Cotillard Sandra Bya Two Days, One Night Felicity Jones Jane Wilde Hawking The Theory of Everything Rosamund Pike Amy Elliott-Dunne Gone Girl Reese Witherspoon Cheryl Strayed Wild 2015(88th) Brie Larson ‡ Joy "Ma" Newsome Room [94] Cate Blanchett Carol Aird Carol Jennifer Lawrence Joy Mangano Joy Charlotte Rampling Kate Mercer 45 Years Saoirse Ronan Eilis Lacey Brooklyn 2016(89th) Emma Stone ‡ Mia Dolan La La Land [95] Isabelle Huppert Michèle Leblanc Elle Ruth Negga Mildred Loving Loving Natalie Portman Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Jackie Meryl Streep Florence Foster Jenkins Florence Foster Jenkins 2017(90th) Frances McDormand ‡ Mildred Hayes Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [96] Sally Hawkins Elisa Esposito The Shape of Water Margot Robbie Tonya Harding I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson Lady Bird Meryl Streep Katharine Graham The Post 2018(91st) Olivia Colman ‡ Queen Anne The Fourite [97] Yalitza Aparicio Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez Roma Glenn Close Joan Castleman The Wife Lady Gaga Ally Maine A Star Is Born Melissa McCarthy Leonore Carol "Lee" Israel Can You Ever Forgive Me? 2019(92nd) Renée Zellweger ‡ Judy Garland Judy [98] Cynthia Erivo Harriet Tubman Harriet Scarlett Johansson Nicole Barber Marriage Story Saoirse Ronan Josephine "Jo" March Little Women Charlize Theron Megyn Kelly Bombshell 2020s[edit] Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref. 2020/21(93rd)[99] Frances McDormand ‡ Fern Nomadland [100] Viola Dis Gertrude "Ma" Rainey Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Andra Day Billie Holiday The United States vs. Billie Holiday Vanessa Kirby Martha Weiss Pieces of a Woman Carey Mulligan Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas Promising Young Woman 2021(94th) Jessica Chastain ‡ Tammy Faye Bakker The Eyes of Tammy Faye [101] Olivia Colman Leda Caruso The Lost Daughter Penélope Cruz Janis Martínez Moreno Parallel Mothers Nicole Kidman Lucille Ball Being the Ricardos Kristen Stewart Diana, Princess of Wales Spencer 2022(95th) Michelle Yeoh ‡ Evelyn Quan Wang Everything Everywhere All at Once [102] Cate Blanchett Lydia Tár Tár Ana de Armas Norma Jeane / Marilyn Monroe Blonde Andrea Riseborough Leslie Rowland To Leslie Michelle Williams Mitzi Fabelman The Fabelmans 2023(96th) Emma Stone ‡ Bella Baxter Poor Things [103] Annette Bening Diana Nyad Nyad Lily Gladstone Mollie Burkhart Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Hüller Sandra Voyter Anatomy of a Fall Carey Mulligan Felicia Montealegre Maestro 2024(97th) Mikey Madison ‡ Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Anora [104] Cynthia Erivo Elphaba Thropp Wicked Karla Sofía Gascón Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte Emilia Pérez Demi Moore Elisabeth Sparkle The Substance Fernanda Torres Eunice Paiva I'm Still Here Multiple wins and nominations[edit] See also: List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees § Best Actress in a Leading RoleThe following individuals won two or more Academy Awards for Best Actress:
Wins Actress Nominations Years won 4 Katharine Hepburn 12 1933, 1967, 1968, 1981 3 Frances McDormand 3 1996, 2017, 2020 2 Meryl Streep 17 1982, 2011 Bette Dis 11 1935, 1938 Ingrid Bergman 6 1944, 1956 Jane Fonda 1971, 1978 Elizabeth Taylor 5 1960, 1966 Olivia de Hilland 4 1946, 1949 Glenda Jackson 1970, 1973 Jodie Foster 3 1988, 1991 Sally Field 2 1979, 1984 Vivien Leigh 1939, 1951 Luise Rainer 1936, 1937 Emma Stone 2016, 2023 Hilary Swank 1999, 2004 Main article: 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:
Nominations Actress 17 Meryl Streep 12 Katharine Hepburn 11 Bette Dis 7 Greer Garson 6 Ingrid Bergman Jane Fonda Deborah Kerr Sissy Spacek 5 Anne Bancroft Cate Blanchett Ellen Burstyn Judi Dench Irene Dunne Susan Hayward Audrey Hepburn Jessica Lange Shirley MacLaine Susan Sarandon Norma Shearer Elizabeth Taylor 4 Annette Bening Julie Christie Glenn Close Olivia de Hilland Glenda Jackson Jennifer Jones Diane Keaton Nicole Kidman Marsha Mason Geraldine Page Vanessa Redgre Rosalind Russell Barbara Stanwyck Kate Winslet Joanne Woodward Jane Wyman 3 Julie Andrews Claudette Colbert Joan Crawford Faye Dunaway Joan Fontaine Jodie Foster Greta Garbo 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[edit] Main article: List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees § Best Actress in a Leading Role Record Actor Film Year Age Ref. Oldest Winner Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy 1990 80 [105] Oldest Nominee Emmanuelle Riva Amour 2013 85 [105] Youngest Winner Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God 1987 21 [105] Youngest Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild 2013 9 [105] Films with multiple Leading Actress nominations[edit]Winners are in bold.
All About Eve (1950) – Anne Baxter and Bette Dis 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 Dis and Susan Sarandon Multiple character nominations[edit]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 Dis, 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 (née Esther (Victoria) Blodgett) from A Star Is Born (Janet Gaynor, 1937) and A Star Is Born (Judy Garland, 1954) Ally Maine (née Campano) from A Star Is Born (Lady Gaga, 2018) See also[edit] 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 in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role List of Academy Award–nominated films Notes[edit] ^ 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. 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.[106] B^ : Bette Dis's performance in Of Human Bondage was not nominated for an Oscar.[107] Several influential people at the time campaigned to he 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.[108] Technically this meant that any performance was eligible to win the award, whether or not the person was an official nominee. 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