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{{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 = Emma Stone at the 2024 New York Film Festival 1 (cropped).jpg
| caption = The 2023<!--This number is not related to the year the actor received the award. This number refers to the year OF FILMS in which that actress was "the best actress".--> recipient: ]
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
| presenter = ] (AMPAS)
| country = ]
| year = ]
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = ], '']'' (])
| most_awards = ] (4)
| most_nominations = ] (17)<!--This number is for her nominations in this category only. Her four other nominations are for Best Supporting Actress.-->
| website = {{url|oscars.org}}
}}

The '''Academy Award for Best Actress''' is an award presented annually by the ] (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the ] to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a ] role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's ] 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 79 actresses. The first winner was ] for her roles in '']'', '']'', and '']''. The most recent winner is ] for her role in '']'' (2023); she had previously won the award for her role in '']'' (2016). The record for ] is four, held by ]. ] has won thrice, while thirteen other actresses have won the award twice. ] has received the ] in this category—seventeen—and has won twice.<!--Do not confuse this with her total nominations or wins in multiple categories. Streep has four additional nominations and one win for Best Supporting Actress.--> ] holds the record in this category for ]—albeit in 1993, she was an ].<!--Do not confuse this with Glenn Close. She has 4 nominations for Best Lead Actress and 4 for Best Supporting Actress without a win. All of Kerr's 6 noms are in this Lead category.--> At the ], ] and Katharine Hepburn received the same number of votes and thus tied for Best Actress (the only time this has occurred). ] ] became the first actor, in any category, ] in '']'' (1960).

== Nominations process ==
Nominees are currently determined by ] within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a ] from the entire ] of the Academy.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Oscar history">{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=56}}</ref> Despite this, at the ], 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dirks |first=Tim |title=1929–38 Academy Awards Winners and History |work=] |publisher=] |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}}</ref> The current system, in which an actress is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the ].<ref name="Oscar history" /> Starting with the ], held in 1937, the category was limited to a maximum five nominations per year.<ref name="Oscar history" />

{{multiple image
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| direction = vertical
| total_width = 135
| image1 = Janet Gaynor Argentinean Magazine AD (newly cropped).jpg
| caption1 = ] was the inaugural winner, for three films: '']'' (1927), '']'' (1928), & '']'' (1927).
| image2 = Mary Pickford cph.3c17995u (cropped).jpg
| caption2 = ] won for '']'' (1929).
| image3 = Norma Shearer Stars of the Photoplay.jpg
| caption3 = ] won for '']'' (1930).
| image4 = Marie Dressler - 1930 (cropped).jpg
| caption4 = ] won for '']'' (1930).
| image5 = Helen Hayes 1948.jpg
| caption5 = ] won for '']'' (1931); first actress to ].
| image6 = Katharine Hepburn publicity photograph (cropped).jpg
| caption6 = ] won four times, for: '']'' (1933), '']'' (1967), '']'' (1968), & '']'' (1981).
| image7 = Claudette colbert (cropped).jpg
| caption7 = ] won for '']'' (1934).
| image8 = Bette Davis - Publicity still (1939).png
| caption8 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1935) & '']'' (1938).
| image9 = Luise Rainer - 1941.jpg
| caption9 = ] was the first ], for '']'' (1936) & '']'' (1937).
| image10 = Vivien Leigh Scarlet.jpg
| caption10 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1939) & '']'' (1951).
| image11 = Ginger Rogers - Tender Comrade (cropped).jpg
| caption11 = ] won for '']'' (1940).
| image12 = Joan Fontaine 1942.jpg
| caption12 = ] won for '']'' (1941).
| image13 = Greer Garson-publicity.JPG
| caption13 = ] won for '']'' (1942).
| image14 = JENNIFERjonesz (cropped).jpg
| caption14 = ] won for '']'' (1943).
| image15 = Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight 1944.jpg
| caption15 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1944) & '']'' (1956).
| image16 = Joan-crawford-photo-u36.webp
| caption16 = ] won for '']'' (1945).
| image17 = Olivia DeHavilland-2 (cropped).JPG
| caption17 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1946) & '']'' (1949).
| image18 = LORETTAYoung.jpg
| caption18 = ] won for '']'' (1947).
| image19 = JAneWyman (nu*cropped).jpg
| caption19 = ] won for '']'' (1948); first winner to ].
| image20 = JUDYHolliday (cropped).jpg
| caption20 = ] won for '']'' (1950).
| image21 = Shirley Booth 1950 (cropped).JPG
| caption21 = ] won for '']'' (1952); ] for the ]—first actress to ].
| image22 = Audrey Hepburn 1956om (cropped).jpg
| caption22 = ] won for '']'' (1953).
| image23 = Grace Kelly30419 (cropped).jpg
| caption23 = ] won for '']'' (1954).
| image24 = Il bandito (film) (cropped).JPG
| caption24 = ] won for '']'' (1955).
| image25 = Joanne Woodward 1971 (cropped).jpg
| caption25 = ] won for '']'' (1957).
| image26 = Susan Hayward - 1940s.jpg
| caption26 = ] won for '']'' (1958).
| image27 = Signoret Harcourt 1947 (cropped).jpg
| caption27 = ] won for '']'' (1959).
| image28 = Elizabeth Taylor, late 1950s.jpg
| caption28 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1960) & '']'' (1966).
| image29 = Sophia Loren - 1959.jpg|alt=Black-and-white publicity photo of Sophia Loren in 1959.
| caption29 = ] won for '']'' (1960); first for a ].
| image30 = Anne Bancroft 1952.jpg
| caption30 = ] won for '']'' (1962).
| image31 = Patricia Neal 1952.JPG
| caption31 = ] won for '']'' (1963).
| image32 = Julie Andrews 1970.JPG
| caption32 = ] won for '']'' (1964).
| image33 = Julie Christie (1997) (2).jpg
| caption33 = ] won '']'' (1965).
| image34 = Barbra Streisand - 1966.jpg
| caption34 = ] won for '']'' (1968), in a tie with ].
| image35 = Maggie Smith - Vintage (trim).jpg
| caption35 = ] won for '']'' (1969).
| image36 = Glenda Jackson (cropped).JPG
| caption36 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1970) & '']'' (1973).
| image37 = Jane Fonda - Sunday - 1963.JPG
| caption37 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1971) & '']'' (1978).
| image38 = Liza Minnelli Publicity 1973.jpg
| caption38 = ] won for '']'' (1972).
| image39 = Ellen Burstyn at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
| caption39 = ] won for '']'' (1974).
| image40 = LouiseFletcherOscar (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption40 = ] won for '']'' (1975).
| image41 = Faye Dunaway - Festiwal Gwiazd in Gdańsk.jpg
| caption41 = ] won for '']'' (1976).
| image42 = Diane Keaton 2012-1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption42 = ] won for '']'' (1977).
| image43 = Sally Field (11205) (cropped).jpg
| caption43 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1979) & '']'' (1984).
| image44 = Sissy Spacek by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg
| caption44 = ] won for '']'' (1980).
| image45 = Meryl Streep December 2018 (cropped).jpg
| caption45 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1982) & '']'' (2011).
| image46 = Shirley MacLaine - 1960 (cropped).jpg
| caption46 = ] won for '']'' (1983).
| image47 = Geraldine Page 1950s.png
| caption47 = ] won for '']'' (1985).
| image48 = MarleeMatlinMay09crop.JPG
| caption48 = ] won for '']'' (1986); ], and at age 21, ].
| image49 = Cher - Casablanca (cropped).jpg
| caption49 = ] won for '']'' (1987).
| image50 = Jodie Foster Césars 2011 2 (cropped).jpg
| caption50 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1988) & '']'' (1991).
| image51 = Jessica Tandy Publicity Photo (cropped).jpg
| caption51 = ] won for '']'' (1989); ], at age 80.
| image52 = SDCC 2015 - Kathy Bates (19551149449) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption52 = ] won for '']'' (1990).
| image53 = Emma Thompson at 2013 TIFF 1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption53 = ] won for '']'' (1992).
| image54 = HollyHunter (cropped).jpg
| caption54 = ] won for '']'' (1993).
| image55 = Jessica Lange (Cropped) (cropped).JPG
| caption55 = ] won for '']'' (1994).
| image56 = Susan Sarandon 3 by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg
| caption56 = ] won for '']'' (1995).
| image57 = Frances McDormand 2015 (cropped).jpg
| caption57 = ] won thrice, for '']'' (1996), '']'' (2017), & '']'' (2020).
| image58 = Helen Hunt 2.jpg
| caption58 = ] won for '']'' (1997).
| image59 = Gwyneth Paltrow avp Iron Man 3 Paris 2 (cropped).jpg
| caption59 = ] won for '']'' (1998).
| image60 = Hilary Swank at 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
| caption60 = ] won twice, for '']'' (1999) & '']'' (2004).
| image61 = JuliaRoberts (cropped).jpg
| caption61 = ] won for '']'' (2000).
| image62 = Halle Berry 2004.jpg
| caption62 = ] won for '']'' (2001); first ].
| image63 = Nicole kidman3cropped.jpg
| caption63 = ] won for '']'' (2002).
| image64 = Charlize-theron-IMG 6045x (cropped).jpg
| caption64 = ] won for '']'' (2003).
| image65 = Reese Witherspoon 2011 (cropped).jpg
| caption65 = ] won for '']'' (2005).
| image66 = HelenMirrenHWOFJan2013.jpg
| caption66 = ] won for '']'' (2006).
| image67 = Marion Cotillard at 2019 Cannes.jpg
| caption67 = ] won for '']'' (2007); first ] winner.
| image68 = Kate Winslet at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption68 = ] won for '']'' (2008).
| image69 = SandraBullockMay09 (cropped).jpg
| caption69 = ] won for '']'' (2009).
| image70 = NataliePortman09crop.jpg
| caption70 = ] won for '']'' (2010).
| image71 = Jennifer Lawrence 83rd Oscars.jpg
| caption71 = ] won for '']'' (2012).
| image72 = Cate Blanchett 2011 extra (cropped).jpg
| caption72 = ] won for '']'' (2013).
| image73 = Julianne Moore (15011443428) (2).jpg
| caption73 = ] won for '']'' (2014).
| image74 = Brie Larson (28503337132) (cropped).jpg
| caption74 = ] won for '']'' (2015).
| image75 = Emma Stone by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption75 = ] won twice, for '']'' (2016) & '']'' (2023).
| image76 = Olivia Colman at Moet BIFA 2014 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| caption76 = ] won for '']'' (2018).
| image77 = Renee Zellweger (crop).jpg
| caption77 = ] won for '']'' (2019).
| image78 = Jessica Chastain Cannes 2016 4 (cropped).jpg
| caption78 = ] won for '']'' (2021).
| image79 = Michelle Yeoh (cropped).jpg
| caption79 = ] won for '']'' (2022); first ].
}}

== 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 ]; the ceremonies are always held the following year.<ref>{{harvnb|Crouse|2005|p=257}}</ref> For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31.<ref name="Oscar eligibility">{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=52}}</ref> For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.<ref name="Oscar eligibility" /> Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.<ref name="Oscar eligibility" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Table key
|- |-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:larger; background-color:#ed8;" class="fn" | '''] for Best Actress''' !scope="row" style="text-align:center" style="background:#FAEB86;" | ‡
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Indicates the winner'''
|- |-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| †
| '''Awarded&nbsp;for'''
| Indicates ]
| "Performance by an actress in a leading role"
|}

===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" | ]/] <br /><small>] </small>
| '''Presented&nbsp;by'''
| rowspan=3 style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Gaynor|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| ]
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Diane'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars1">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1929|title=The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003037/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1929|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|- |-
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Angela'''
| '''Country'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
| ]
|- |-
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Wife|'''The Wife'''}}
| '''First&nbsp;awarded'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
| 1929 (for performances in films released in ]/])
|- |-
| {{sort|Dresser|]}}
| '''First&nbsp;winner'''
| {{sort|Pleznik|Mrs. Pleznik}}
| ], <br>'']'', '']'', and '']'' (])
| {{sort|Ship|'']''}}
|- |-
| {{sort|Swanson|]}}
| '''Currently held by'''
| {{sort|Thompson|Sadie Thompson}}
| ], <br> '']'' (])
| '']''
|- |-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | ]/]<br /><small>]</small><br /><ref group=note name=twentynine>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.</ref>
! colspan=2|
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Pickford|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Besant|Norma Besant}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=6|<ref name="Oscars2">{{cite news |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1930 |title=The 2nd Academy Awards (1930) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 27, 2013 |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002823/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1930 |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Chatterton|]}}
| {{sort|Floriot|Jacqueline Floriot}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Compson|]}}
| Carrie
| {{sort|Barker|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Eagels|]}} †
| {{sort|Crosbie|]}}
| {{sort|Letter|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Griffith|]}}
| {{sort|Hamilton|]}}
| {{sort|Divine|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Love|]}}
| {{sort|Mahoney|Hank Mahoney}}
| {{sort|Broadway|'']''}}
|} |}


===1930s===
'''Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role''' is one of the ] presented annually by the ] (AMPAS) to recognize an ] who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the ]. Prior to the ] ceremony (]), this award was simply known as the Academy Award of Merit for Performance by an Actress. Since its inception, however, the award has commonly been referred to as the Oscar for Best Actress. While actresses are nominated for this award by Academy members who are actors and actresses themselves, winners are selected by the Academy membership as a whole.
{| 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" | ]/] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Shearer|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}{{ref label|Shearer|A|1}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Martin|Jerry Bernard Martin}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''{{sort|Divorcee|]}}'''''
|rowspan=7|<ref name="Oscars3">{{cite news |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1931 |title=The 3rd Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 27, 2013 |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802115930/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1931 |archive-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Carroll|]}}
| {{sort|Hobart|Hallie Hobart}}
| {{sort|Devil's|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Chatterton|]}}
| {{sort|Storm|Sarah Storm}}
| '']''
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{sort|Garbo|]}}{{ref label|Garbo|A|2}}
| {{sort|Christie|Anna Christie}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Cavallini|Madame Rita Cavallini}}
| '']''
|-
|{{sort|Shearer|Norma Shearer}}
|{{sort|Marlett|Lucia Marlett}}
|'']''
|-
| {{sort|Swanson|]}}
| {{sort|Donnell|Marion Donnell}}
| {{sort|Trespasser|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ]/] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Dressler|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Divot|Min Divot}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars4">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932|title=The 4th Academy Awards (1932) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102114813/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932|archive-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Dietrich|]}}
| {{sort|Jolly|Mademoiselle Amy Jolly}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Dunne|]}}
| {{sort|Cravat|Sabra Cravat}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Harding|]}}
| {{sort|Seton|Linda Seton}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Shearer|]}}
| {{sort|Ashe|Jan Ashe}}
| {{sort|Free|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | ]/] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hayes|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Claudet|Madelon Claudet}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Sin|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=3|<ref name="Oscars5">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933|title=The 5th Academy Awards (1933) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003113/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Dressler|]}}
| {{sort|Smith|Emma Thatcher Smith}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Fontanne|]}}
| {{sort|Actress|The Actress}}
| {{sort|Guardsman|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | ]/] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hepburn|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Lovelace|Eva Lovelace}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=3|<ref name="Oscars6">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934|title=The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201231924/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934|archive-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Robson|]}}
| Apple Annie
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Wynyard|]}}
| {{sort|Marryot|Jane Marryot}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Colbert|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Andrews|Ellie Andrews}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=4|<ref name="Oscars7">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1935|title=The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160154/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1935|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}} <small>(Write-in)</small>{{ref label|Davis|B}}
| {{sort|Rogers|Mildred Rogers}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Moore|]}}
| {{sort|Barrett|Mary Barrett}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Shearer|]}}
| {{sort|Barrett|]}}
| {{sort|Barretts|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Davis|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Heath|Joyce Heath}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=6|<ref name="Oscars8">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936|title=The 8th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111071955/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936|archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bergner|]}}
| {{sort|Jones|Gemma Jones}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Colbert|]}}
| {{sort|Everest|Jane Everest}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Adams|Alice Adams}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hopkins|]}}
| {{sort|Sharp|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Oberon|]}}
| {{sort|Vane|Kitty Vane}}
| {{sort|Dark|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Rainer|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Held|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Great|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars9">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937|title=The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160200/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Dunne|]}}
| {{sort|Lynn|Theodora Lynn / Caroline Adams}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|George|]}}
| {{sort|Snyder|Carrie Snyder}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Lombard|]}}
| {{sort|Bullock|Irene Bullock}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Shearer|]}}
| {{sort|Capulet|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Rainer|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''']'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Good|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars10">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938|title=The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321113206/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938|archive-date=March 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Dunne|]}}
| {{sort|Warriner|Lucy Warriner}}
| {{sort|Awful|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Garbo|]}}
| {{sort|Gautier| Marguerite Gautier}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Gaynor|]}}
| {{sort|Blodgett|Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester}}
| {{sort|Star|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Stanwyck|]}}
| {{sort|Dallas|Stella Martin Dallas}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Davis|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Marsden|Julie Marsden}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars11">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939|title=The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160206/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bainter|]}}
| {{sort|Parmalee|Hannah Parmalee}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hiller|]}}
| {{sort|Doolittle|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Shearer|]}}
| {{sort|Antoinette|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Sullavan|]}}
| {{sort|Hollmann|Patricia "Pat" Hollmann}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Leigh|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|O'Hara|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars12">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1940|title=The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128185131/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1940|archive-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Traherne|Judith Traherne}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Dunne|]}}
| {{sort|McKay|Terry McKay}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Garbo|]}}
| {{sort|Ivanoff|Nina Yakushova "Ninotchka" Ivanoff}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Garson|]}}
| {{sort|Bridges|Katherine Bridges}}
| '']''
|}


=== 1940s===
{{TOClimit|limit=3}}
{| 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" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Rogers|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Foyle|Kitty Foyle}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars13">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941|title=The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321220635/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941|archive-date=March 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Crosbie|]}}
| {{sort|Letter|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Fontaine|]}}
| {{sort|de Winter|The Second Mrs. de Winter}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Lord|Tracy Lord}}
| {{sort|Philadelphia|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Scott|]}}
| {{sort|Webb|Emily Webb}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Fontaine|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Aysgarth|Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars14">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942|title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003256/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Giddens|Regina Giddens}}
| {{sort|Little|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|de Havilland|]}}
| {{sort|Brown|Emmy Brown}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Garson|]}}
| {{sort|Gladney|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Stanwyck|]}}
| {{sort|O'Shea|Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Garson|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Miniver|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars15">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943|title=The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093739/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/15th-winners.html|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Vale|Charlotte Vale}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Harding|Tess Harding}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Russell|]}}
| {{sort|Sherwood|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Wright|]}}
| {{sort|Gerhig|]}}
| {{sort|Pride|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Jones|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Soubirous|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Song|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars16">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944|title=The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321095215/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944|archive-date=March 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Arthur|]}}
| {{sort|Milligan|Constance "Connie" Milligan}}
| {{sort|More|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Bergman|]}}
| María
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Fontaine|]}}
| {{sort|Sanger|Tessa Sanger}}
| {{sort|Constant|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Garson|]}}
| {{sort|Curie|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Bergman|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Paula Alquist Anton'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars17">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945|title=The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160225/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Colbert|]}}
| {{sort|Hilton|Anne Hilton}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Trellis| Fanny Trellis}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Garson|]}}
| {{sort|Parkington|Susie "Sparrow" Parkington}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Stanwyck|]}}
| {{sort|Dietrichson|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Crawford|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Beragon|Mildred Pierce Beragon}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars18">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946|title=The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003401/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bergman|]}}
| {{sort|Benedict|Mary Benedict}}
| {{sort|Bells|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Garson|]}}
| {{sort|Rafferty|Mary Rafferty}}
| {{sort|Valley|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Jones|]}}
| Singleton / Victoria Morland
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Tierney|]}}
| {{sort|Harland|Ellen Berent Harland}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|de Havilland|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Norris|Josephine "Jody" Norris}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars19">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1947|title=The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003414/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1947|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Johnson|]}}
| {{sort|Jesson|Laura Jesson}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Jones|]}}
| {{sort|Chavez|Pearl Chavez}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Russell|]}}
| {{sort|KEnny|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Wyman|]}}
| {{sort|Baxter|Orry Baxter}}
| {{sort|Yearling|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Young|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Holstrom|Katie Holstrom}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Farmer's|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars20">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948|title=The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160236/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Crawford|]}}
| {{sort|Howell|Louise Howell}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hayward|]}}
| {{sort|Conway|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|McGuire|]}}
| {{sort|Lacy|Kathy Lacy}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Russell|]}}
| {{sort|Mannon|Lavinia Mannon}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Wyman|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|McDonald|Belinda McDonald}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars21">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1949|title=The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111072021/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1949|archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bergman|]}}
| ]
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|de Havilland|]}}
| {{sort|Cunningham|]}}
| {{sort|Snake|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Dunne|]}}
| {{sort|Hanson|Martha Hanson}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Stanwyck|]}}
| {{sort|Stevenson|Leona Stevenson}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|de Havilland|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Sloper|Catherine Sloper}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Heiress|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars22">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950|title=The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002854/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Crain|]}}
| {{sort|Johnson|Patricia "Pinky" Johnson}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hayward|]}}
| {{sort|Winters|Eloise Winters}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Kerr|]}}
| {{sort|Boult|Evelyn Boult}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Young|]}}
| Margaret
| '']''
|}


==History== === 1950s ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
Throughout the past 82 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 83 Best Actress awards to 69 different people. Winners of this Academy Award of Merit receive the familiar Oscar statuette, depicting a gold-plated knight holding a crusader's sword and standing on a reel of film. The first recipient was ], who was honored at the ] ceremony (]) for her performances in '']'', '']'', and '']''. The most recent recipient was ], who was honored at the ] ceremony (]) for her performance in '']''.
!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" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Holliday|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Dawn|Emma "Billie" Dawn}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars23">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951|title=The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128185155/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951|archive-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Baxter|]}}
| {{sort|Harrington|Eve Harrington}}
|rowspan=2|'']''
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Channing|Margo Channing}}
|-
| {{sort|Parker|]}}
| {{sort|Allen|Marie Allen}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Swanson|]}}
| {{sort|Desmond|Norma Desmond}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Leigh|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|DuBois|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Streetcar|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars24">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1952|title=The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003505/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1952|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Sayer|Rose Sayer}}
| {{sort|African|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Parker|]}}
| {{sort|McLeod|Mary McLeod}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Winters|]}}
| {{sort|Tripp|]}}
| {{sort|Place|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Wyman|]}}
| {{sort|Mason|Louise Mason}}
| {{sort|Blue|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Booth|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Delaney|Lola Delaney}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars25">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1953|title=The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111074417/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1953|archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Crawford|]}}
| {{sort|Hudson|Myra Hudson}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Elliot|Margaret Elliot}}
| ''{{sort|Star|]}}''
|-
| {{sort|Harris|]}}
| {{sort|Addams|Frances "Frankie" Addams}}
| {{sort|Member|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Hayward|]}}
| {{sort|Froman|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hepburn|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Ann|Princess Ann}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars26">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954|title=The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003527/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Caron|]}}
| {{sort|Daurier|Lili Daurier}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Gardner|]}}
| {{sort|Kelly|Eloise "Honey Bear" Kelly}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Kerr|]}}
| {{sort|Holmes|Karen Holmes}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|McNamara|]}}
| {{sort|O'Neill|Patty O'Neill}}
| {{sort|Moon|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Kelly|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Elgin|Georgie Elgin}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Country|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars27">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1955|title=The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220053716/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1955|archive-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Dandridge|]}}
| {{sort|Jones|Carmen Jones}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Garland|]}}
| {{sort|Blodgett|Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester}}
| {{sort|Star|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Fairchild|Sabrina Fairchild}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Wyman|]}}
| {{sort|Phillips|Helen Phillips}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Magnani|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Rose|Serafina Delle Rose}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Rose|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars28">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1956|title=The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111073646/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1956|archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Hayward|]}}
| {{sort|Roth|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Hudson|Jane Hudson}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Jones|]}}
| {{sort|Suyin|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Parker|]}}
| {{sort|Lawrence|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Bergman|] {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Koreff|] / ]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars29">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1957|title=The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003615/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1957|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Baker|]}}
| Baby Doll Meighan
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Curry|Lizzie Curry}}
| {{sort|Rainmaker|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Kelly|]}}
| {{sort|Penmark|Christine Penmark}}
| {{sort|Bad|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Kerr|]}}
| {{sort|Leonowens|]}}
| {{sort|King|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Woodward|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|White|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Three|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars30">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958|title=The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003629/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Kerr|]}}
| Angela
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Magnani|]}}
| Gioia
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Taylor|]}}
| {{sort|Drake|Susanna Drake}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Turner|]}}
| {{sort|MacKenzie|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hayward|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Graham|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars31">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1959|title=The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003640/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1959|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Kerr|]}}
| {{sort|Railton|Sibyl Railton-Bell}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|MacLaine|]}}
| {{sort|Moorehead|Ginnie Moorehead}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Russell|]}}
| {{sort|Dennis|Mame Dennis}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Taylor|]}}
| {{sort|Pollitt|Margaret "Maggie the Cat" Pollitt}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''{{sort|Signoret|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Aisgill|Alice Aisgill}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars32">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960|title=The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908182807/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960|archive-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Day|]}}
| {{sort|Morrow|Jan Morrow}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|van der Mal|]}}
| {{sort|Nun's|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Venable|Violet Venable}}
| rowspan="2" |'']''
|-
| {{sort|Taylor|]}}
| {{sort|Holly|Catherine Holly}}
|}


=== 1960s ===
In the first three years of the Academy Awards, individuals such as actors and directors were nominated as the best in their categories. Then all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award. However, during the ] ceremony (]), only one of those films was cited in each winner's final award, even though each of the acting winners had had two films following their names on the ballots. For the ] ceremony (]), this unwieldy and confusing system was replaced by the current system in which an actress is nominated for a specific performance in a single film. Such nominations are limited to five per year. Until the ] ceremony (]), nominations for the Best Actress award were intended to include all actresses, whether the performance was in either a leading or supporting role. At the ] ceremony (]), however, the ] category was specifically introduced as a distinct award following complaints that the single Best Actress category necessarily favored leading performers with the most screen time. Currently, ], Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, ], and ] constitute the four Academy Awards of Merit for acting annually presented by AMPAS.
{| 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" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Taylor|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Wandrous|Gloria Wandrous}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars33">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961|title=The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003651/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Garson|]}}
| {{sort|Roosevelt|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Kerr|]}}
| {{sort|Carmody|Ida Carmody}}
| {{sort|Sundowners|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|MacLaine|]}}
| {{sort|Kubelik|Fran Kubelik}}
| {{sort|Apartment|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Mercouri|]}}
| Ilya
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Loren|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Cesira'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars34">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1962|title=The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003704/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1962|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Golightly|Holly Golightly / Lula Mae Barnes}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Laurie|]}}
| {{sort|Packard|Sarah Packard}}
| {{sort|Hustler|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Page|]}}
| {{sort|Winemiller|Alma Winemiller}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Wood|]}}
| {{sort|Loomis|Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Bancroft|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Sullivan|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Miracle|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars35">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963|title=The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160340/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Hudson|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Tyrone|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Page|]}}
| {{sort|Del Lago|Alexandra Del Lago}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Remick|]}}
| {{sort|Clay|Kirsten Arnesen Clay}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Neal|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Brown|Alma Brown}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars36">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964|title=The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003742/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Caron|]}}
| {{sort|Fossett|Jane Fossett}}
| {{sort|L-Shaped|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|MacLaine|]}}
| {{sort|La Douce|Irma La Douce}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Roberts|]}}
| {{sort|Hammond|Margaret Hammond}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Wood|]}}
| {{sort|Rossini|Angie Rossini}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Andrews|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Poppins|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars37">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965|title=The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003759/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bancroft|]}}
| {{sort|Armitage|]}}
| {{sort|Pumpkin|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Loren|]}}
| {{sort|Marturano|Filumena Marturano}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Reynolds|]}}
| {{sort|Brown|]}}
| {{sort|Unsinkable|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Stanley|]}}
| {{sort|Savage|Myra Savage}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Christie|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Scott|Diana Scott}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars38">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966|title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003812/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Andrews|]}}
| {{sort|von Trapp|]}}
| {{sort|Sound|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Eggar|]}}
| {{sort|Grey|Miranda Grey}}
| {{sort|Collector|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Hartman|]}}
| {{sort|D'Arcy|Selina D'Arcy}}
| {{sort|Patch|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Signoret|]}}
| {{sort|Condesa|La Condesa}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Taylor|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Martha'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars39">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967|title=The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003824/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Aimée|]}}
| {{sort|Gauthier|Anne Gauthier}}
| {{sort|Man|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Kamińska|]}}
| {{sort|Lautmann|Rozalie Lautmann}}
| {{sort|Shop|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Redgrave|]}}
| {{sort|Parkin|Georgina "Georgy" Parkin}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Redgrave|]}}
| {{sort|Delt|Leonie Delt}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hepburn|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Drayton|Christina Drayton}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars40">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968|title=The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003842/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bancroft|]}}
| {{sort|Robinson|Mrs. Robinson}}
| {{sort|Graduate|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Dunaway|]}}
| {{sort|Parker|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Evans|]}}
| {{sort|Ross|Maggie Ross}}
| {{sort|Whisperers|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Hepburn|]}}
| {{sort|Hendrix|Susy Hendrix}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hepburn|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} <small>(TIE)</small> {{ref label|Tie|C|1}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''']'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Lion|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars41">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969|title=The 41st Academy Awards (1969) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003856/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Streisand|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} <small>(TIE)</small> {{ref label|Tie|C|2}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Brice|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|-
| {{sort|Neal|]}}
| {{sort|Cleary|Nettie Cleary}}
| {{sort|Subject|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Redgrave|]}}
| {{sort|Duncan|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Woodward|]}}
| {{sort|Cameron|Rachel Cameron}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Smith|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Brodie|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Prime|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars42">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1970|title=The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002922/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1970|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bujold|]}}
| {{sort|Boleyn|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Fonda|]}}
| {{sort|Beatty|Gloria Beatty}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Minnelli|]}}
| {{sort|Adams|Mary Ann "Pookie" Adams}}
| {{sort|Sterile|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Simmons|]}}
| {{sort|Wilson|Mary Wilson}}
| {{sort|Happy|'']''}}
|}


==Other awards for acting== === 1970s ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
Actors have also received special awards, or ]s, for acting in specific films (such as in the case of ], who received a special honorary award for Disney's '']''). Child actors have also been awarded the ].
!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" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Jackson|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Brangwen|Gudrun Brangwen}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars43">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971|title=The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003910/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Alexander|]}}
| {{sort|Backman|Eleanor Backman}}
| {{sort|Great|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|MacGraw|]}}
| {{sort|Cavalleri-Barrett|Jennifer Cavalleri-Barrett}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Miles|]}}
| {{sort|Ryan|Rosy Ryan}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Snodgress|]}}
| {{sort|Balser|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Fonda|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Daniels|Bree Daniels}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars44">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972|title=The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003926/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Christie|]}}
| {{sort|Miller|Constance Miller}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Jackson|]}}
| {{sort|Greville|Alex Greville}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Redgrave|]}}
| ]
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Suzman|]}}
| {{sort|Alexandra|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Minnelli|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Bowles|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars45">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1973|title=The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003938/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1973|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Ross|]}}
| {{sort|Holiday|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Smith|]}}
| {{sort|Bertram|Augusta Bertram}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Tyson|]}}
| {{sort|Morgan|Rebecca Morgan}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Ullmann|]}}
| {{sort|Nilsson|Kristina Nilsson}}
| {{sort|Emigrants|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Jackson|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Allessio|Vickie Allessio}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Touch|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars46">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|title=The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003953/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Burstyn|]}}
| {{sort|MacNeil|Chris MacNeil}}
| {{sort|Exorcist|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Mason|]}}
| {{sort|Paul|Maggie Paul}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streisand|]}}
| {{sort|Morosky|Katie Morosky}}
| {{sort|Way|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Woodward|]}}
| {{sort|Walden|Rita Walden}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Burstyn|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hyatt|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars47">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975|title=The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004005/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Carroll|]}}
| {{sort|Price|Claudine Price}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Dunaway|]}}
| {{sort|Mulwray|Evelyn Cross Mulwray}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Perrine|]}}
| {{sort|Bruce|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Rowlands|]}}
| {{sort|Longhetti|Mabel Longhetti}}
| {{sort|Woman|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Fletcher|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Ratched|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars48">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976|title=The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004018/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Adjani|]}}
| {{sort|Hugo|]}}
| {{sort|Story|'']''}}
|-
| ]
| {{sort|Walker|Nora Walker}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Jackson|]}}
| {{sort|Gabler|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Kane|]}}
| Gitl
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Dunaway|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Christensen|Diana Christensen}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars49">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977|title=The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004041/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Barrault|]}}
| Marthe
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Shire|]}}
| {{sort|Pennino|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Spacek|]}}
| {{sort|White|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Ullmann|]}}
| {{sort|Isaksson|Jenny Isaksson}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Keaton|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hall|Annie Hall}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars50">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978|title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004056/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bancroft|]}}
| {{sort|Jacklin|]}}
| {{sort|Turning|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Fonda|]}}
| {{sort|Hellman|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|MacLaine|]}}
| {{sort|Rodgers|]}}
| {{sort|Turning|''The Turning Point''}}
|-
| {{sort|Mason|]}}
| {{sort|McFadden|Paula McFadden}}
| {{sort|Goodbye|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Fonda|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hyde|Sally Hyde}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars51">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979|title=The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004111/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bergman|]}}
| {{sort|Andergast|Charlotte Andergast}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Burstyn|]}}
| Doris
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Clayburgh|]}}
| {{sort|Benton|Erica Benton}}
| {{sort|Unmarried|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Page|]}}
| Eve
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Field|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Webster|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars52">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1980|title=The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002939/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1980|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Clayburgh|]}}
| {{sort|Holmberg|Marilyn Holmberg}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Fonda|]}}
| {{sort|Wells|Kimberly Wells}}
| {{sort|China|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Mason|]}}
| {{sort|MacLaine|Jennie MacLaine}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Midler|]}}
| {{sort|Foster|Mary Rose Foster}}
| {{sort|Rose|'']''}}
|}


==Superlatives== === 1980s ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" {| class="wikitable sortable"
|-style="height:4.5em;" !scope="col" style="width:8%;" | Year
!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Actress
!width="350"|''']'''
!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s)
!colspan="2" width="600"|'''Best Actress'''
!scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Film
!colspan="2" width="600"|''']'''
!scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
!colspan="2" width="600"|'''Overall'''
|-
|-style="height:4.5em;"
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
|width="350"|Actress with most awards
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Spacek|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
|width="500"|]
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Lynn|]}}'''
|width="100"|4
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|width="500"|]<br>]
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars53">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981|title=The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004127/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|width="100"|2
|-
|width="500"|]
| {{sort|Burstyn|]}}
|width="100"|4
| {{sort|McCauley|Edna Mae Harper-McCauley}}
|-style="height:4.5em;"
| '']''
|Actress with most nominations
|-
|width="500"|]
| {{sort|Hawn|]}}
|width="100"|13
| {{sort|Benjamin|Judy Benjamin}}
|]
| '']''
|6
|-
|]
| {{sort|Moore|]}}
|16
| {{sort|Jarrett|Beth Jarrett}}
|-style="height:4.5em;"
| '']''
|Actress with most nominations<br>(without ever winning)
|-
|]
| {{sort|Rowlands|]}}
|6
| {{sort|Swenson|Gloria Swenson}}
|]
| '']''
|6
|-
|]<br>]
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
|6
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hepburn|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
|-style="height:4.5em;"
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Thayer|Ethel Thayer}}'''
|Film with most nominations
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|'']''<br>'']''<br>'']''<br>'']''<br>'']''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars54">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982|title=The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004138/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|2
|-
|'']''
| {{sort|Keaton|]}}
|3
| {{sort|Bryant|]}}
|'']''
| '']''
|4
|-
|-style="height:4.5em;"
| {{sort|Mason|]}}
|Oldest winner
| {{sort|Hines|Georgia Hines}}
|]
| '']''
|80
|-
|]
| {{sort|Sarandon|]}}
|77
| {{sort|Matthews|Sally Matthews}}
|]
| '']''
|80
|-
|-style="height:4.5em;"
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
|Oldest nominee
| {{sort|Woodruff|Sara Woodruff}} and Anna
|]
| {{sort|French|'']''}}
|80
|-
|]
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
|87
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Streep|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
|]
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Zawistowski|Sophie Zawistowski}}'''
|87
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|-style="height:4.5em;"
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars55">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983 |title=The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 27, 2013 |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/55th-winners.html |archive-date=September 5, 2012}}</ref>
|Youngest winner
|-
|]
| {{sort|Andrews|]}}
|21
| {{sort|Grant|Victor Grazinski / Victoria Grant}}
|]
| '']''
|10
|-
|]
| {{sort|Lange|]}}
|10
| {{sort|Farmer|]}}
|-style="height:4.5em;"
| '']''
|Youngest nominee
|-
|]
| {{sort|Spacek|]}}
|13
| {{sort|Horman|]}}
|]
| '']''
|10
|-
|]
| {{sort|Winger|]}}
|10
| {{sort|Pokrifki|Paula Pokrifki}}
| {{sort|Officer|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|MacLaine|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Greenway|Aurora Greenway}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars56">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984|title=The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004202/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Alexander|]}}
| {{sort|Wetherly|Carol Wetherly}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Silkwood|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Walters|]}}
| {{sort|Rita|Susan White / Rita}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Winger|]}}
| {{sort|Horton|Emma Greenway Horton}}
| ''Terms of Endearment''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Field|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Spalding|Edna Spalding}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars57">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985|title=The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004214/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Quested|Adela Quested}}
| {{sort|Passage|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Lange|]}}
| {{sort|Ivy|Jewell Ivy}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Redgrave|]}}
| {{sort|Chancellor|Olive Chancellor}}
| {{sort|Bostonians|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Spacek|]}}
| {{sort|Garvey|Mae Garvey}}
| {{sort|River|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Page|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Watts|Carrie Watts}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Trip|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars58">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986|title=The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004226/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bancroft|]}}
| {{sort|Ruth|Miriam Ruth / Anna Maria Burchetti}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Goldberg|]}}
| {{sort|Johnson|]}}
| {{sort|Color|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Lange|]}}
| {{sort|Cline|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Blixen|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Matlin|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Norman|Sarah Norman}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars59">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1987|title=The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004243/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1987|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Fonda|]}}
| {{sort|Sternbergen|Alex Sternbergen / Viveca Van Loren}}
| {{sort|Morning|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Spacek|]}}
| {{sort|Botrelle| Babe Botrelle / Rebecca MaGrath}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Turner|]}}
| {{sort|Bodell|Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Weaver|]}}
| {{sort|Ripley|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''] {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Castorini|Loretta Castorini}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars60">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988|title=The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004300/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Close|]}}
| {{sort|Forrest|Alex Forrest}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Hunter|]}}
| {{sort|Craig|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Kirkland|]}}
| ]
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Archer|Helen Archer}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Foster|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Tobias|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Accused|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars61">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1989|title=The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706095646/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/61st-winners.html|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Close|]}}
| {{sort|de Merteuil|Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Griffith|]}}
| {{sort|McGill|Tess McGill}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Chamberlain|]}}
| {{sort|Cry|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Weaver|]}}
| {{sort|Fossey|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Tandy|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Werthan|Daisy Werthan}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars62">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990|title=The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002952/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Adjani|]}}
| {{sort|Claudel|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Collins|]}}
| {{sort|Valentine|Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Lange|]}}
| {{sort|Talbot|Ann Talbot}}
| '']''
|- |-
| {{sort|Pfeiffer|]}}
| {{sort|Diamond|]}}
| {{sort|Fabulous|'']''}}
|} |}


=== 1990s ===
], with four wins, has more Best Actress Oscars than any other actress. Eleven women have won two Best Actress Academy Awards; in chronological order, they are ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].
{| 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" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Bates|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Wilkes|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars63">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1991|title=The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004341/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1991|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Huston|]}}
| {{sort|Dillon|Lilly Dillon}}
| {{sort|Grifters|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Roberts|]}}
| {{sort|Ward|Vivian Ward}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Vale|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Woodward|]}}
| {{sort|Bridge|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Foster|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Starling|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Silence|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars64">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992|title=The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004405/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Dickinson|Thelma Dickinson}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Dern|]}}
| Rose
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Midler|]}}
| {{sort|Leonard|Dixie Leonard}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Sarandon|]}}
| {{sort|Sawyer|Louise Sawyer}}
| ''Thelma & Louise''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Thompson|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Schlegel|Margaret Schlegel}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars65">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993|title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004418/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Deneuve|]}}
| {{sort|Devries|Éliane Devries}}
| {{lang|fr|]}}
|-
| {{sort|McDonnell|]}}
| {{sort|Culhane|May-Alice Culhane}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Pfeiffer|]}}
| {{sort|Hallett|Louise Irene "Lurene" Hallett}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Sarandon|]}}
| {{sort|Odone|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hunter|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|McGrath|Ada McGrath}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Piano|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars66">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994|title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004432/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bassett|]}}
| {{sort|Turner|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Channing|]}}
| {{sort|Kittredge|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Thompson|]}}
| {{sort|Kenton|Sarah "Sally" Kenton}}
| {{sort|Remains|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Winger|]}}
| {{sort|Davidman|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Lange|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Marshall|Carly Marshall}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars67">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995|title=The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004445/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Foster|]}}
| {{sort|Kellty|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Richardson|]}}
| {{sort|Haigh|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Ryder|]}}
| {{sort|March|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Sarandon|]}}
| {{sort|Love|Regina "Reggie" Love}}
| {{sort|Client|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Sarandon|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Prejean|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars68">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|title=The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004458/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Shue|]}}
| Sera
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Stone|]}}
| {{sort|McKenna|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Johnson|Francesca Johnson}}
| {{sort|Bridges|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Thompson|]}}
| {{sort|Dashwood|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|McDormand|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Gunderson|Marge Gunderson}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars69">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997|title=The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004512/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Blethyn|]}}
| {{sort|Purley|Cynthia Rose Purley}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Keaton|]}}
| {{sort|Wakefield|Bessie Wakefield}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Scott Thomas|]}}
| {{sort|Clifton|Katharine Clifton}}
| {{sort|English|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Watson|]}}
| {{sort|McNeill|Bess McNeill}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hunt|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Connelly|Carol Connelly}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars70">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998|title=The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004523/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bonham Carter|]}}
| {{sort|Croy|Kate Croy}}
| {{sort|Wings|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Christie|]}}
| {{sort|Hart|Phyllis Hart}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Dench|]}}
| {{sort|Victoria|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Winslet|]}}
| {{sort|DeWitt|Rose DeWitt Bukater}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Paltrow|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|de Lesseps|Viola de Lesseps}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars71">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999|title=The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004536/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Blanchett|]}}
| {{sort|Elizabeth|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Montenegro|]}}
| {{sort|Teixeira|Isadora "Dora" Teixeira}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Gulden|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Watson|]}}
| {{sort|du Pré|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Swank|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Teena|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars72">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000|title=The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003006/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bening|]}}
| {{sort|Burnham|Carolyn Burnham}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|McTeer|]}}
| {{sort|Walker|Mary Jo Walker}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Moore|]}}
| {{sort|Miles|]}}
| {{sort|End|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Guaspari|]}}
| '']''
|}


===2000s===
Only two actresses have won this award in consecutive years: ] (1937 and 1938) and ] (1967 and 1968).
{| 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" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Roberts|] {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Brockovich|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars73">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2001|title=The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004546/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2001|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Allen|]}}
| {{sort|Hanson|Laine Hanson}}
| {{sort|Contender|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Binoche|]}}
| {{sort|Rocher|Vianne Rocher}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Burstyn|]}}
| {{sort|Goldfarb|Sara Goldfarb}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Linney|]}}
| {{sort|Prescott|Samantha "Sammy" Prescott}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Berry|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Musgrove|Leticia Musgrove}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars74">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002|title=The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004559/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Dench|]}}
| {{sort|Murdoch|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Kidman|]}}
| Satine
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Spacek|]}}
| {{sort|Fowler|Ruth Fowler}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Zellweger|]}}
| {{sort|Jones|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Kidman|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Woolf|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Hours|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars75">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003|title=The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004617/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Hayek|]}}
| {{sort|Kahlo|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Lane|]}}
| {{sort|Sumner|Constance "Connie" Sumner}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Moore|]}}
| {{sort|Whitaker|Cathy Whitaker}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Zellweger|]}}
| {{sort|Hart|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Theron|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Wuornos|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars76">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2004|title=The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004632/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2004|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Castle-Hughes|]}}
| {{sort|Apirana|Paikea Apirana}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Keaton|]}}
| {{sort|Berry|Erica Jane Berry}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Morton|]}}
| {{sort|Sullivan|Sarah Sullivan}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Watts|]}}
| {{sort|Peck|Cristina Williams-Peck}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Swank|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Fitzgerald|Maggie Fitzgerald}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars77">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005|title=The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601231314/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005|archive-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bening|]}}
| {{sort|Lambert|Julia Lambert}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Sandino Moreno|]}}
| {{sort|Álvarez|María Álvarez}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Staunton|]}}
| {{sort|Drake|Vera Rose Drake}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Winslet|]}}
| {{sort|Kruczynski|Clementine Kruczynski}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Witherspoon|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Carter Cash|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars78">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006|title=The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220946/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006|archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Dench|]}}
| {{sort|Henderson|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Huffman|]}}
| {{sort|Osbourne|Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Knightley|]}}
| {{sort|Bennet|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Theron|]}}
| {{sort|Aimes|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Mirren|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Elizabeth|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Queen|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars79">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007|title=The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004711/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Cruz|]}}
| Raimunda
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Dench|]}}
| {{sort|Covett|Barbara Covett}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Priestly|]}}
| {{sort|Devil|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Winslet|]}}
| {{sort|Pierce|Sarah Pierce}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Cotillard|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Piaf|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars80">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008|title=The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004725/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Blanchett|]}}
| {{sort|Elizabeth|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Christie|]}}
| {{sort|Anderson|Fiona Anderson}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Linney|]}}
| {{sort|Savage|Wendy Savage}}
| {{sort|Savages|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Page|]}}{{ref label|Donnelley|D}}
| {{sort|MacGuff|Juno MacGuff}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Winslet|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Schmitz|Hanna Schmitz}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Reader|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars81">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009|title=The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110111206/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009|archive-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Hathaway|]}}
| {{sort|Buchman|Kym Buchman}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Jolie|]}}
| {{sort|Collins|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Leo|]}}
| {{sort|Eddy|Ray Eddy}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Beauvier|Sister Aloysius Beauvier}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Bullock|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Tuohy|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Blind|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars82">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010|title=The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929191037/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/82nd-winners.html|archive-date=September 29, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Mirren|]}}
| {{sort|Tolstaya|]}}
| {{sort|Last|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Mulligan|]}}
| {{sort|Mellor|]}}
| {{sort|Education|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Sidibe|]}}
| {{sort|Precious|Claireece "Precious" Jones}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Child|]}}
| '']''
|}


=== 2010s ===
Five women have won both the Best Actress and the ] awards: ], ], ], ], and ].
{| 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" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Portman|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Sayers|Nina Sayers}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars83">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011|title=The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132752/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html|archive-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Bening|]}}
| {{sort|Allgood|Nicole Allgood}}
| {{sort|Kids|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Kidman|]}}
| {{sort|Corbett|Becca Corbett}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Lawrence|]}}
| {{sort|Dolly|Ree Dolly}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Williams|]}}
| {{sort|Heller|Cynthia "Cindy" Heller}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Streep|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Thatcher|]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Iron|'']''}}'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars84">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012|title=The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015232303/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012|archive-date=October 15, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Close|]}}
| {{sort|Nobbs|Albert Nobbs}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Davis|]}}
| {{sort|Clark|Aibileen Clark}}
| {{sort|Help|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Mara|]}}
| {{sort|Salander|]}}
| {{sort|Girl|'']''}}
|-
| {{sort|Williams|]}}
| {{sort|Monroe|]}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Lawrence|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Maxwell|Tiffany Maxwell}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars85">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013|title=The 85th Academy Awards (2013) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014074656/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013|archive-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Chastain|]}}
| {{sort|Harris|Maya Harris}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Riva|]}}
| {{sort|Laurent|Anne Laurent}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Wallis|]}}
| Hushpuppy
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Watts|]}}
| {{sort|Bennett|]}}
| {{sort|Impossible|'']''}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Blanchett|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Francis|Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars86">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014|title=The 86th Academy Awards (2014) Nominees and Winners|access-date=April 10, 2014|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014193700/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014|archive-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Adams|]}}
| {{sort|Prosser|Sydney Prosser / ]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Bullock|]}}
| {{sort|Stone|Ryan Stone}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Dench|]}}
| {{sort|Lee|]}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Streep|]}}
| {{sort|Weston|Violet Weston}}
| '']''
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ] <br /><small>] </small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Moore|]}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Howland|Alice Howland}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''''']'''''
| rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars87">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015|title=The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners|access-date=January 15, 2015|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310051043/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015|archive-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Cotillard|]}}
| {{sort|Bya|Sandra Bya}}
| '']''
|-
| {{sort|Jones|]}}
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| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Newsome|Joy "Ma" Newsome}}'''
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| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Dolan|Mia Dolan}}'''
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| rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars91">{{cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019|title=The 91st Academy Awards (2019) Nominees and Winners|access-date=January 14, 2019|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228005357/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019|archive-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref>
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=== 2020s ===
] won a Best Actress Oscar for '']'' (1992) and a ] for '']'' (1995).
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| rowspan="5" |<ref name="Oscars96">{{cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024|title=The 96th Academy Awards (2024) Nominees and Winners|access-date=March 24, 2024|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322080415/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024|archive-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref>
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==Multiple wins and nominations==
] holds the record of 13 nominations in the Best Actress category. Streep has been nominated 16 times (13 for Best Actress and 3 for Best Supporting Actress), which makes her the overall most-nominated performer in all acting categories.


The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:<!--This list is only for nominations/wins in this particular category. Actresses like Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, and Kate Winslet were nominated for Best Actress AND Best Supporting Actress. Only count the nominations/wins for Best Actress. Streep, in particular, has two Best Actress wins and one Best Supporting Actress win. Emma Thompson, meanwhile, has two Oscars, but one is for writing, so only count her statistics in this category.-->
There has been only one tie in the history of this category. This occurred in 1969 when ] and ] were both given the award. Unlike the earlier 1932 tie for ], however, Hepburn and Streisand each received exactly the same number of votes.
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The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:
Only twice have siblings been nominated for the Best Actress award during the same year: ] and ] in 1942, and ] and ] in 1967.
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==Age superlatives==
Only two pairs of actresses have been nominated for Best Actress for the same role: ] and ] as Leslie Crosbie in ''The Letter'' (] and ]), and ] and ] as Vicki Lester in ''A Star is Born'' (] and ]). In addition, ] and ] both received nominations (Dench for Best Actress and Winslet for Best Supporting Actress) for their portrayals of ] at different ages in 2001's '']''. Winslet and ] were also both nominated (Winslet for Best Actress and Stuart for Best Supporting Actress) for their portrayals of Rose DeWitt Bukater in '']'' (1997).
{{Main|List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actress in a Leading Role}}
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| Oldest Winner
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==Films with multiple Leading Actress nominations==
The ] (]) presented the unique case of actresses being nominated in the same year for the same character in ''different'' films. ] was nominated for Best Actress for playing ] in '']'', while ] was nominated for (and won) Best Supporting Actress for playing the same character in '']''.
Winners are in '''bold'''.
*'']'' (1950) – ] and ]
*'']'' (1959) – ] and ]
*'']'' (1977) – ] and ]
*'']'' (1983) – '''Shirley MacLaine''' and ]
*'']'' (1991) – ] and ]


==Multiple character nominations==
] is the only actress to be nominated twice for the same role (]), first for 1998's '']'' and then again for 2007's '']''.
The following were nominated for their portrayals of the same fictional or non-fictional character in separate films (including variations of the original).


* ] from '']'' <small>(], 1972)</small> & '']'' <small>(], 2021)</small>
], who won in 2002 for her role in '']'', is the only woman of ] descent to win the Best Actress award.<ref name=peo2>. ''People.com''. Accessed 2007-12-20.</ref> Seven other black actresses have been nominated: ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].
* ] from '']'' <small>(], 1994)</small> & '']'' <small>(], 2019)</small>
* ] from '']'' <small>(], 1929)</small> & '']'' <small>(], 1940)</small>
* ] from '']'' <small>(], 2011)</small> & '']'' <small>(], 2022)</small>
* ] from '']'' <small>(], 1998)</small> & '']'' <small>(Cate Blanchett, 2007)</small>
* Vicki Lester <small>({{nee|Esther (Victoria) Blodgett}})</small> from '']'' <small>(], 1937)</small> & '']'' <small>(], 1954)</small>
** Ally Maine <small>({{nee|Campano}})</small> from '']'' <small>(], 2018)</small>


==See also==
] is the only South African actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role in '']'' (2003).
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==Notes==
The only Asian actress to win is ], whose mother had an Irish and Indian background, while ], born to an Anglo-]n mother and father of unknown ethnic origin, was nominated.
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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. ] and ] 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.<ref name="Variety Double Oscar Nominations">{{cite news|last=Rooney|first=David|title=On the double-bubble|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/on-the-double-bubble-1117896294/|work=]|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}}</ref>
] is the only Polish actress nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role in '']'' (1965).
: '''B'''{{note|Davis}}: ]'s performance in '']'' was not nominated for an Oscar.<ref>{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=1002}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=1045}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=51}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=65}}</ref> it has included her in the list of nominees for the 1935 ceremony on its official website.<ref name="Oscars7" />
: '''C'''{{note label|Tie||1}}{{note label|Tie||2}}: ] and ] received the same number of votes, resulting in both actresses receiving the award, according to Academy rules.<ref name="Oscar tie">{{harvnb|Levy|2003|p=116}}</ref>
: '''D'''{{note|Donnelley}}: ] was nominated as Ellen Page, before his ] in 2020.<ref name="elliotpage">{{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}}</ref>


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Only five actresses of ] or ] descent have been nominated for the Best Actress award, but as of 2008 none has yet won: ] (1997; her mother is Spanish), ], Brazilian, (1998; the first Latin American actress ever nominated), ], Mexican (2002), ], Colombian (2004), and ], Spanish (2006). However, Cruz won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the 2008 film '']''.


==References==
] is the only Australian actress to win the Best Actress award (''The Hours'', 2003); other Australian nominees include ] for '']'' (1933), ] for '']'' (1984), ] for '']'' (1998) and '']'' (2007), and ] for '']'' (2004).
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==Bibliography==
] and ] are the only actresses to win this award for a foreign-language performance: Loren for her ] performance in '']'' (]) and Cotillard for her ] performance in '']'' (]).
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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=], ] |publisher=] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/reelwinnersmovie0000crou}}
Cotillard was the second French actress to win the Best Actress award after ] for her role in '']'' (1959). ], who won the award in 1934 for her comedic performance in '']'', was born French but later became a U.S. naturalized citizen.
*{{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=], ] |publisher=]}}
*{{citation |last=Thise |first=Mark |title=Hollywood Winners & Losers A to Z |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-87910-351-4 |location=], ] |publisher=] |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=], ] |edition=5 |oclc=779680732 |publisher=]}}


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], ] and ] are the only actresses in the post–] to receive Academy Awards for roles that were non-speaking (in Wyman's case) or predominantly non-speaking (in Matlin and Hunter's cases). Wyman, playing a deaf-mute rape victim in '']'' (]), was the first person in the ] to win an acting Oscar without speaking a line of dialogue. Matlin, who speaks just once when she argues with actor William Hurt, won the award for her ] performance in '']'' (]), and Hunter, who narrates several scenes and speaks on camera in the last scene (although her face is covered) for her ] role in '']'' (]). Unlike Matlin, who is almost completely deaf in real life, Hunter and Wyman can hear.


==External links==
No Best Actress winning or nominated performance is ], although '']'' (1928) is incomplete and missing portions have been reconstructed with stills.
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* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122140142/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/ |date=January 22, 2009 }} (official Academy site)
There have been no ] of the award. The only posthumous nomination of a woman for any acting award was ], who was nominated for Best Actress in 1929 for '']''. She was the first woman to be posthumously nominated for an Oscar in any category.
* {{cbignore}} (official site)

* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909025935/http://oscar.go.com/ |date=September 9, 2014 }} (official ceremony promotional site)
The earliest nominee in this category who is still alive is ] (1936), followed by sisters ] and ] (both 1941).

In 1984, three of the five nominees—] in '']'', ] in '']'', and ] in '']''—were all nominated for playing strikingly similar roles: farmers struggling to keep their properties running against the odds – not a particularly common role. Field won the Oscar for her performance – her second win. Lange and Spacek had both won previously.

In 2009, Sandra Bullock became the first actor to date to have won a ] for Worst Actress and an Academy Award for Best Actress in the same weekend, but for two different roles. She won Best Actress for ] and Worst Actress for ].

==Life expectancy of winners==
In 2001 Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh published a study in the ] in which they found that:
<blockquote>
"Winning an Academy Award was associated with a large gain in life expectancy for actors and actresses... Winning an Academy Award can increase a performer’s stature and may add to their longevity. The absolute difference in life expectancy is about equal to the societal consequence of curing all ]s in all people for all time (22, 23). Moreover, movie stars who have won multiple Academy Awards have a survival advantage of 6.0 years (CI, 0.7 to 11.3 years) over performers with multiple films but no victories. ] is not the only way to improve health, and strict ] is not the only way to worsen health. The main implication is that higher ] may be linked to lower mortality rates even at very impressive levels of achievement."<ref>{{Citation|title=Survival in Academy Award–Winning Actors and Actresses|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=15 May 2001|page=961|accessdate=14 Jan 2009|url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/134/10/955.pdf|author=Redelmeier, Donald A. & Singh, Sheldon M.}}</ref>
</blockquote>
The authors did an update to 29 March 2006 in which they found 122 more individuals and 144 more deaths since their first publication. Their unadjusted analysis showed a smaller survival advantage of 3.6 years for winners compared to their fellow nominees and costars in the films in which their performance garnered them their award.<ref>{{Citation|title=Reanalysis of Survival of Oscar Winners|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=5 Sep 2006|accessdate=14 Jan 2009|page=392|url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/145/5/392-a.pdf|author=Redelmeier, Donald A. & Singh, Sheldon M.}}</ref>
However, in a 2006 published study by Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, ], Ella Huszti, ], and James A. Hanley, ], the authors found:
<blockquote>
"The statistical method used to derive this ] difference gave winners an unfair advantage because it credited an Oscar winner's years of life before winning toward survival subsequent to winning. When the authors of the current article reanalyzed the data using methods that avoided this "immortal time" bias, the survival advantage was closer to 1 year and was not statistically significant. The bias in Redelmeier and Singh's study is not limited to longevity comparisons of persons who reach different ranks within their profession."<ref>{{Citation|title=Do Oscar Winners Live Longer than Less Successful Peers? A Reanalysis of the Evidence|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=5 Sep 2006|page=361|accessdate=14 Jan 2009|url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/145/5/361.pdf|author=Sylvestre, Marie-Pierre, Huszti, Ella & Hanley, James A.}}</ref>
</blockquote>

==Winners and nominees==
Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by year of their Los Angeles qualifying run, which is usually (but not always) the film's year of release. For example, the Oscar for Best Actress of 1999 was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first in '''bold''', followed by the other nominees.

===1920s{{anchor|1920}}===
*'''1927–1928 ] – '']''''' as '''Diane''', ''''']''''' as '''Angela''', and ''''']''''' as '''The Wife – Indre'''
** ] – '']'' as Mrs. Pleznik
** ] – '']'' as Sadie Thompson

*'''1928–1929 ] – '']''''' as '''Norma Besant'''
** ] – '']'' as Jacqueline Floriot
** ] – '']'' as Carrie
** ] – '']'' as Leslie Crosbie (])
** ] – '']'' as Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton
** ] – '']'' as Hank Mahoney

*'''1929–1930 ] – '']''''' as '''Jerry Bernard Martin'''
** ] – '']'' as Hallie Hobart
** ] – '']'' as Sarah Storm
** ] – '']'' as Anna Christie and '']'' as Madame Rita Cavallini
** ] – '']'' as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
** ] – '']'' as Marion Donnell

===1930s{{anchor|1930}}===
*'''1930–1931 ] – '']''''' as '''Min Divot, Innkeeper'''
** ] – '']'' as Mademoiselle Amy Jolly
** ] – '']'' as Sabra Cravat
** ] – '']'' as Linda Seton
** ] – '']'' as Jan Ashe

*'''1931–1932 ] – '']''''' as '''Madelon Claudet'''
** ] – '']'' as Emma Thatcher Smith
** ] – '']'' as The Actress

*'''1932–1933 ] – '']''''' as '''Eva Lovelace'''
** ] – '']'' as Apple Annie
** ] – '']'' as Jane Marryot
(Note: The Academy also announced that Robson came in second, and Wynyard last).

*'''1934 ] – '']''''' as '''Ellie Andrews'''
** ] – '']'' as Mary Barrett
** ] – '']'' as ]
(Note: The Academy also announced that Shearer came in second, and write-in candidate ], for '']'', came in third).

*'''1935 ] – '']''''' as '''Joyce Heath'''
** ] – '']'' as Gemma Jones
** ] – '']'' as Dr. Jane Everest
** ] – '']'' as Alice Adams
** ] – '']'' as Becky Sharp
** ] – '']'' as Kitty Vane
(Note: The Academy also announced that Hopkins came in second, and Hepburn third).

*'''1936 ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Theodora Lynn
** ] – '']'' as Carrie Snyder
** ] – '']'' as Irene Bullock
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''1937 ] – '']''''' as '''O-Lan'''
** ] – '']'' as Lucy Warriner
** ] – '']'' as Marguerite Gautier
** ] – '']'' as Esther Victoria Blodgett, aka Vicki Lester
** ] – '']'' as Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas

*'''1938 ] – '']''''' as '''Julie Marsden'''
** ] – '']'' as Hannah Parmalee
** ] – '']'' as Eliza Doolittle
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Patricia 'Pat' Hollmann

*'''1939 ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Judith Traherne
** ] – '']'' as Terry McKay
** ] – '']'' as Nina Yakushova 'Ninotchka' Ivanoff
** ] – '']'' as Katherine

===]{{anchor|1940}}===
*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Kitty Foyle'''
** ] – '']'' as Leslie Crosbie
** ] – '']'' as The Second Mrs. de Winter
** ] – '']'' as Tracy Lord
** ] – '']'' as Emily Webb

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth'''
** ] – '']'' as Regina Giddens
** ] – '']'' as Emmy Brown
** ] – '']'' as Edna Kahly Gladney
** ] – '']'' as Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Charlotte Vale
** ] – '']'' as Tess Harding
** ] – '']'' as Ruth Sherwood
** ] – '']'' as Eleanor Twitchell

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Constance "Connie" Milligan
** ] – '']'' as María
** ] – '']'' as Tessa Sanger
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Paula Alquist Anton'''
** ] – '']'' as Mrs. Anne Hilton
** ] – '']'' as Fanny Trellis
** ] – '']'' as Susie 'Sparrow' Parkington
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Mildred Pierce'''
** ] – '']'' as Sister Mary Benedict
** ] – '']'' as Mary Rafferty
** ] – '']'' as Singleton/Victoria Morland
** ] – '']'' as Ellen Berent Harland

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris'''
** ] – '']'' as Laura Jesson
** ] – '']'' as Pearl Chavez
** ] – '']'' as Sister Elizabeth Kenny
** ] – '']'' as Orry Baxter

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Katrin Holstrom'''
** ] – '']'' as Louise Howell
** ] – '']'' as Angelica 'Angie' / 'Angel' Evans Conway
** ] – '']'' as Kathy Lacy
** ] – '']'' as Lavinia Mannon

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Belinda McDonald'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Virginia Stuart Cunningham
** ] – '']'' as Martha 'Mama' Hanson
** ] – '']'' as Leona Stevenson

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Catherine Sloper'''
** ] – '']'' as Patricia 'Pinky' Johnson
** ] – '']'' as Eloise Winters
** ] – '']'' as Evelyn Boult
** ] – '']'' as Sister Margaret

===]{{anchor|1950}}===
*'''1950 ] – '']''''' as '''Emma 'Billie' Dawn'''
**] – '']'' as Eve Harrington
**] – '']'' as Margo Channing
**] – '']'' as Marie Allen
**] – '']'' as ]

*'''1951 ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
**] – '']'' as Rose Sayer
**] – '']'' as Mary McLeod
**] – '']'' as Alice Tripp
**] – '']'' as Louise Mason

*'''1952 ] – '']''''' as '''Lola Delaney'''
** ] – '']'' as Myra Hudson
** ] – '']'' as Margaret Elliot
** ] – '']'' as Frances 'Frankie' Addams
** ] – '']'' as Jane Froman

*'''1953 ] – '']''''' as '''Princess Ann'''
** ] – '']'' as Lili Daurier
** ] – '']'' as Eloise Y. Honey Bear Kelly
** ] – '']'' as Karen Holmes
** ] – '']'' as Patty O'Neill

*'''1954 ] – '']''''' as '''Georgie Elgin'''
** ] – '']'' as Carmen Jones
** ] – '']'' as Vicki Lester (Esther Blodgett)
** ] – '']'' as Sabrina Fairchild
** ] – '']'' as Helen Phillips

*'''1955 ] – '']''''' as '''Serafina Delle Rose'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Jane Hudson
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Marjorie 'Margie' Lawrence

*'''1956 ] – '']''''' as '''Anna Koreff / ]'''
** ] – '']'' as Baby Doll Meighan
** ] – '']'' as Lizzie Curry
** ] – '']'' as Christine Penmark
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''1957 ] – '']''''' as '''Eve White / Eve Black / Jane'''
** ] – '']'' as Sister Angela
** ] – '']'' as Gioia
** ] – '']'' as Susanna Drake
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''1958 ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Sibyl Railton-Bell
** ] – '']'' as Ginnie Moorehead
** ] – '']'' as Mame Dennis
** ] – '']'' as Margaret 'Maggie the Cat' Pollitt

*'''1959 ] – '']''''' as '''Alice Aisgill'''
** ] – '']'' as Jan Morrow
** ] – '']'' as Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal)
** ] – '']'' as Violet Venable
** ] – '']'' as Catherine Holly

===1960s{{anchor|1960}}===

*'''1960 ] – '']''''' as '''Gloria Wandrous'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Ida Carmody
** ] – '']'' as Fran Kubelik
** ] – '']'' as Ilya

*'''1961 ] – '']''''' as '''Cesira'''
** ] – '']'' as Holly Golightly
** ] – '']'' as Sarah Packard
** ] – '']'' as Alma Winemiller
** ] – '']'' as Wilma Dean 'Deanie' Loomis

*'''1962 ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Mary Tyrone
** ] – '']'' as Alexandra Del Lago
** ] – '']'' as Kirsten Arnesen Clay

*'''1963 ] – '']''''' as '''Alma Brown'''
** ] – '']'' as Jane Fossett
** ] – '']'' as Irma La Douce
** ] – '']'' as Margaret Hammond
** ] – '']'' as Angie Rossini

*'''1964 ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Jo Armitage
** ] – '']'' as Filumena Marturano
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Myra Savage

*'''1965 ] – '']''''' as '''Diana Scott'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Miranda Grey
** ] – '']'' as Selina D'Arcy
** ] – '']'' as La Contessa

*'''1966 ] – '']''''' as '''Martha'''
** ] – '']'' as Anne Gauthier
** ] – '']'' as Rozalie Lautmann
** ] – '']'' as Georgy
** ] – '']'' as Leonie Delt

*'''1967 ] – '']''''' as '''Christina Drayton'''
** ] – '']'' as Mrs. Robinson
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Maggie Ross
** ] – '']'' as Susy Hendrix

*'''1968 ] – '']''''' as ''']''' (tie) '''] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Nettie Cleary
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Rachel Cameron

*'''1969 ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Gloria Beatty
** ] – '']'' as Mary Ann 'Pookie' Adams
** ] – '']'' as Mary Wilson

===1970s{{anchor|1970}}===
*'''1970 ] – '']''''' as '''Gudrun Brangwen'''
** ] – '']'' as Eleanor Backman
** ] – '']'' as Jennifer Cavalleri
** ] – '']'' as Rosy Ryan
** ] – '']'' as Tina Balser

*'''1971 ] – '']''''' as '''Bree Daniels'''
** ] – '']'' as Constance Miller
** ] – '']'' as Alex Greville
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''1972 ] – '']''''' as '''Sally Bowles'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Augusta Bertram
** ] – '']'' as Rebecca Morgan
** ] – '']'' as Kristina

*'''1973 ] – '']''''' as '''Vicki Allessio'''
** ] – '']'' as ''Chris MacNeil''
** ] – '']'' as Maggie Paul
** ] – '']'' as Katie Morosky
** ] – '']'' as Rita Walden

*'''1974 ] – '']''''' as '''Alice Hyatt'''
** ] – '']'' as Claudine
** ] – '']'' as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
** ] – '']'' as Honey Bruce
** ] – '']'' as Mabel Longhetti

*'''1975 ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Adèle Hugo a.k.a. Adèle Lewry
** ] – '']'' as Nora Walker Hobbs
** ] – '']'' as Hedda Gabler
** ] – '']'' as Gitl

*'''1976 ] – '']''''' as '''Diana Christensen'''
** ] – '']'' as Marthe
** ] – '']'' as Adrian Pennino
** ] – '']'' as Carrie White
** ] – '']'' as Dr. Jenny Isaksson

*'''1977 ] – '']''''' as '''Annie Hall'''
** ] – '']'' as Emma Jacklin
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Deedee Rodgers
** ] – '']'' as Paula McFadden

*'''1978 ] – '']''''' as '''Sally Hyde'''
** ] – '']'' as Charlotte Andergast
** ] – '']'' as Doris
** ] – '']'' as Erica
** ] – '']'' as Eve

*'''1979 ] – '']''''' as '''Norma Rae Webster'''
** ] – '']'' as Marilyn Holmberg
** ] – '']'' as Kimberly Wells
** ] – '']'' as Jennie MacLaine
** ] – '']'' as Mary Rose Foster

===1980s{{anchor|1980}}===
*'''1980 ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Edna Mae McCauley
** ] – '']'' as Pvt. Judy Benjamin
** ] – '']'' as Beth Jarrett
** ] – '']'' as Gloria Swenson

*'''1981 ] – '']''''' as '''Ethel Thayer'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Georgia
** ] – '']'' as Sally Matthews
** ] – '']'' as Sarah / Anna

*'''1982 ] – '']''''' as '''Sophie Zawistowski'''
** ] – '']'' as Victoria Grant, aka Count Victor Grezhinski
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Beth Horman
** ] – '']'' as Paula Pokrifki

*'''1983 ] – '']''''' as '''Aurora Greenway'''
** ] – '']'' as Carol Wetherly
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Rita
** ] – '']'' as Emma Greenway Horton

*'''1984 ] – '']''''' as '''Edna Spalding'''
** ] – '']'' as Adela Quested
** ] – '']'' as Jewell Ivy
** ] – '']'' as Olive Chancellor
** ] – '']'' as Mae Garvey

*'''1985 ] – '']''''' as '''Carrie Watts'''
** ] – '']'' as Mother Miriam Ruth
** ] – '']'' as Celie Harris
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''1986 ] – '']''''' as '''Sarah Norman'''
** ] – '']'' as Alex Sternbergen
** ] – '']'' as Rebecca 'Babe' / 'Becky' Magrath Botrelle
** ] – '']'' as Peggy Sue Bodell
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''1987 ] – '']''''' as '''Loretta Castorini'''
** ] – '']'' as Alex Forrest
** ] – '']'' as Jane Craig
** ] – '']'' as Anna
** ] – '']'' as Helen Archer

*'''1988 ] – '']''''' as '''Sarah Tobias'''
** ] – '']'' as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
** ] – '']'' as Tess McGill
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''1989 ] – '']''''' as '''Daisy Werthan'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
** ] – '']'' as Ann Talbot
** ] – '']'' as Susie Diamond

===1990s{{anchor|1990}}===
*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Lilly Dillon
** ] – '']'' as Vivian Ward
** ] – '']'' as Suzanne Vale
** ] – '']'' as India Bridge

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Thelma Dickinson
** ] – '']'' as Rose
** ] – '']'' as Dixie Leonard
** ] – '']'' as Louise Sawyer

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Margaret Schlegel'''
** ] – '']'' as Eliane
** ] – '']'' as May-Alice Culhane
** ] – '']'' as Lurene Hallett
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Ada McGrath'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Ouisa Kittredge
** ] – '']'' as Mary Kenton
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Carly Marshall'''
** ] – '']'' as Nell Kellty
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Jo March
** ] – '']'' as Reggie Love

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Sera
** ] – '']'' as Ginger McKenna
** ] – '']'' as Francesca Johnson
** ] – '']'' as Elinor Dashwood

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Marge Olmstead-Gunderson'''
** ] – '']'' as Cynthia Rose Purley
** ] – '']'' as Bessie
** ] – '']'' as Katharine Clifton
** ] – '']'' as Bess McNeill

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Carol Connelly'''
** ] – '']'' as Kate Croy
** ] – '']'' as Phyllis Mann
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Rose DeWitt Bukater

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Viola De Lesseps/Thomas Kent'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Dora
** ] – '']'' as Kate Gulden
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Carolyn Burnham
** ] – '']'' as Mary Jo Walker
** ] – '']'' as Sarah Miles
** ] – '']'' as Roberta Guaspari

===2000s{{anchor|2000}}===
*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Sen. Laine Hanson
** ] – '']'' as Vianne Rocher
** ] – '']'' as Sara Goldfarb
** ] – '']'' as Sammy Prescott

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Leticia Musgrove'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Satine
** ] – '']'' as Ruth Fowler
** ] – '']'' as ]

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as ]
** ] – '']'' as Connie Sumner
** ] – '']'' as Cathy Whitaker
** ] – '']'' as Roxie Hart

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
** ] – '']'' as Paikea Apirana
** ] – '']'' as Erika Berry
** ] – '']'' as Sarah
** ] – '']'' as Cristina Peck

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Maggie Fitzgerald'''
** ] – '']'' as Julia Lambert
** ] – '']'' as María Álvarez
** ] – '']'' as Vera Drake
** ] – '']'' as Clementine Kruczynski

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
**] – '']'' as Laura Henderson
**] – '']'' as Bree
**] – '']'' as ]
**] – '']'' as Josey Aimes

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
**] – '']'' as Raimunda
**] – '']'' as Barbara Covett
**] – '']'' as ]
**] – '']'' as Sarah Pierce

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
**] – '']'' as ]
**] – '']'' as Fiona Anderson
**] – '']'' as Wendy Savage
**] – '']'' as Juno MacGuff

*'''] ] – '']''''' as '''Hanna Schmitz'''
**] – '']'' as Kym Buchman
**] – '']'' as ]
**] – '']'' as Ray Eddy
**] – '']'' as Sister Aloysius Beauvier

*'''] ] – '']''''' as ''']'''
**] – '']'' as ]
**] – '']'' as Jenny Miller
**] – '']'' as Claireece "Precious" Jones
**] – '']'' as ]


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==International presence==
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As the ]s are based in the ] and are centered on the ], the majority of Academy Award winners in all categories have been Americans. Nonetheless, there is significant international presence at the awards, as evidenced by the following list of winners of the Academy Award for Best Actress.

*]: ] – American-born of Australian parents who were living temporarily in the United States (in ]). Hence, Kidman is a native-born citizen of both countries)
*]: ], ], and ], the winners in three years running (1929 – 31).
*]: ], ], and ]. Colbert later became an American citizen.
*]: ]
*]: ] and ]
*]: ], who later became an American citizen.
*]: ], who became an Italian by marriage.
*]: ], who had a British father and a Dutch mother, and hence was a native-born citizen of both countries. Hepburn spent her girlhood and teenage years mostly in The Netherlands and in ].
*]: ], ], ], ], Audrey Hepburn, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].
*] was born in ] of American parents who were living there temporarily, and who returned to the United States permanently in 1939. Hence, Taylor has dual citizenship and has been eligible to receive a knighthood in the United Kingdom.

At the ] (]), all four of the top acting honors were awarded to non-Americans for the first time: ] (British), ] (British), ] (British), and ] (Russian-born French). This occurred for the second time at the ] (]), when the Academy Awards for acting were awarded to ] (Irish/British), ] (French), ] (Spanish), and ] (British).

==See also==
* ]
* ]
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==References==
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==External links==
* (official Academy site)
* (official ceremony promotional site)
* (official site)
* (People.com)
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Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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 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 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 thrice, while thirteen other actresses have won the award twice. Meryl Streep has received the most nominations in this category—seventeen—and has won twice. Deborah Kerr holds the record in this category for most nominations (six) without a win—albeit in 1993, she was an Honorary Oscar recipient. 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). Italian actress Sophia Loren became the first actor, in any category, to win for a foreign language performance in Two Women (1960).

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.

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. 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. 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.

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).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) & 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. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31. 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.

Table key
‡ Indicates the winner
† Indicates a posthumous nominee

1920s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1927/28
(1st) 		Janet Gaynor ‡ Diane 7th Heaven
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)
 Mary Pickford ‡ Norma Besant Coquette
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

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1929/30
(3rd) 		Norma Shearer ‡ Jerry Bernard Martin The Divorcee
Nancy Carroll Hallie Hobart The Devil's Holiday
Ruth Chatterton Sarah Storm Sarah and Son
Greta Garbo Anna Christie Anna Christie
Madame Rita Cavallini Romance
Norma Shearer Lucia Marlett Their Own Desire
Gloria Swanson Marion Donnell The Trespasser
1930/31
(4th) 		Marie Dressler ‡ Min Divot Min and Bill
Marlene Dietrich Mademoiselle Amy Jolly Morocco
Irene Dunne Sabra Cravat 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
Marie Dressler Emma Thatcher Smith Emma
Lynn Fontanne The Actress The Guardsman
1932/33
(6th) 		Katharine Hepburn ‡ Eva Lovelace Morning Glory
May Robson Apple Annie Lady for a Day
Diana Wynyard Jane Marryot Cavalcade
1934
(7th) 		Claudette Colbert ‡ Ellie Andrews It Happened One Night
Bette Davis (Write-in) 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 Davis ‡ Joyce Heath Dangerous
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
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
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 Davis ‡ Julie Marsden Jezebel
Fay Bainter Hannah Parmalee White Banners
Wendy Hiller Eliza Doolittle Pygmalion
Norma Shearer Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette
Margaret Sullavan Patricia "Pat" Hollmann Three Comrades
1939
(12th) 		Vivien Leigh ‡ Scarlett O'Hara Gone with the Wind
Bette Davis 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

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1940
(13th) 		Ginger Rogers ‡ Kitty Foyle Kitty Foyle
Bette Davis 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
Bette Davis Regina Giddens The Little Foxes
Olivia de Havilland 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
Bette Davis 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
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
Claudette Colbert Anne Hilton Since You Went Away
Bette Davis 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
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 Leave Her to Heaven
1946
(19th) 		Olivia de Havilland ‡ Josephine "Jody" Norris To Each His Own
Celia Johnson Laura Jesson Brief Encounter
Jennifer Jones Pearl Chavez 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
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 Lavinia Mannon Mourning Becomes Electra
1948
(21st) 		Jane Wyman ‡ Belinda McDonald Johnny Belinda
Ingrid Bergman Joan of Arc Joan of Arc
Olivia de Havilland Virginia Stuart Cunningham The Snake Pit
Irene Dunne Martha Hanson I Remember Mama
Barbara Stanwyck Leona Stevenson Sorry, Wrong Number
1949
(22nd) 		Olivia de Havilland ‡ Catherine Sloper The Heiress
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

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1950
(23rd) 		Judy Holliday ‡ Emma "Billie" Dawn Born Yesterday
Anne Baxter Eve Harrington All About Eve
Bette Davis Margo Channing
Eleanor Parker Marie Allen Caged
Gloria Swanson Norma Desmond Sunset Boulevard
1951
(24th) 		Vivien Leigh ‡ Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire
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
Joan Crawford Myra Hudson Sudden Fear
Bette Davis 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
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
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
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
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
Deborah Kerr Angela Heaven 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!
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
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

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1960
(33rd) 		Elizabeth Taylor ‡ Gloria Wandrous BUtterfield 8
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
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
Bette Davis Baby Jane Hudson What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Katharine Hepburn Mary Cavan 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
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
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 Savage Séance on a Wet Afternoon
1965
(38th) 		Julie Christie ‡ Diana Scott Darling
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?
Anouk Aimée Anne Gauthier A Man and a Woman
Ida Kamińska Rozalie Lautmann The Shop on Main Street
Lynn Redgrave Georgina "Georgy" Parkin Georgy Girl
Vanessa Redgrave Leonie Delt Morgan!
1967
(40th) 		Katharine Hepburn ‡ Christina Drayton Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
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) Eleanor of Aquitaine The Lion in Winter
Barbra Streisand ‡ (TIE) Fanny Brice Funny Girl
Patricia Neal Nettie Cleary The Subject Was Roses
Vanessa Redgrave Isadora Duncan Isadora
Joanne Woodward Rachel Cameron Rachel, Rachel
1969
(42nd) 		Maggie Smith ‡ Jean Brodie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1970
(43rd) 		Glenda Jackson ‡ Gudrun Brangwen Women in Love
Jane Alexander Eleanor Backman The Great White Hope
Ali MacGraw Jennifer Cavalleri-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
Julie Christie Constance Miller McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Glenda Jackson Alex Greville Sunday Bloody Sunday
Vanessa Redgrave Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots
Janet Suzman Empress Alexandra of Russia Nicholas and Alexandra
1972
(45th) 		Liza Minnelli ‡ Sally Bowles Cabaret
Diana Ross Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues
Maggie Smith Augusta Bertram Travels with My Aunt
Cicely Tyson Rebecca Morgan Sounder
Liv Ullmann Kristina Nilsson The Emigrants
1973
(46th) 		Glenda Jackson ‡ Vickie Allessio A Touch of Class
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jill Clayburgh Marilyn Holmberg Starting Over
Jane Fonda Kimberly Wells The China Syndrome
Marsha Mason Jennie MacLaine Chapter Two
Bette Midler Mary Rose Foster The Rose

1980s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1980
(53rd) 		Sissy Spacek ‡ Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter
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
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
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
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
Judy Davis Adela Quested A Passage to India
Jessica Lange Jewell Ivy Country
Vanessa Redgrave Olive Chancellor The Bostonians
Sissy Spacek Mae Garvey The River
1985
(58th) 		Geraldine Page ‡ Carrie Watts The Trip to Bountiful
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
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 Weaver Ellen Ripley Aliens
1987
(60th) 		Cher ‡ Loretta Castorini Moonstruck
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
Glenn Close Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil Dangerous Liaisons
Melanie Griffith Tess McGill Working Girl
Meryl Streep Lindy Chamberlain A Cry in the Dark
Sigourney Weaver Dian Fossey Gorillas in the Mist
1989
(62nd) 		Jessica Tandy ‡ Daisy Werthan Driving Miss Daisy
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

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1990
(63rd) 		Kathy Bates ‡ Annie Wilkes Misery
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
Geena Davis 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
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
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 Davidman Shadowlands
1994
(67th) 		Jessica Lange ‡ Carly Marshall Blue Sky
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
Elisabeth Shue Sera Leaving 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
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 Waves
1997
(70th) 		Helen Hunt ‡ Carol Connelly As Good as It Gets
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
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
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

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
2000
(73rd) 		Julia Roberts ‡ Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich
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
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
Salma Hayek Frida Kahlo Frida
Diane Lane Constance "Connie" Sumner Unfaithful
Julianne Moore Cathy Whitaker Far from Heaven
Renée Zellweger Roxie Hart Chicago
2003
(76th) 		Charlize Theron ‡ Aileen Wuornos Monster
Keisha Castle-Hughes Paikea Apirana Whale Rider
Diane Keaton Erica Jane Berry 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
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
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
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
Cate Blanchett Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie Fiona Anderson Away from Her
Laura Linney Wendy Savage The Savages
Elliot Page Juno MacGuff Juno
2008
(81st) 		Kate Winslet ‡ Hanna Schmitz The Reader
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
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

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
2010
(83rd) 		Natalie Portman ‡ Nina Sayers Black Swan
Annette Bening Nicole 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
Glenn Close Albert Nobbs Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis 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
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
Amy Adams Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly American Hustle
Sandra Bullock Ryan Stone Gravity
Judi Dench Philomena Lee Philomena
Meryl Streep Violet Weston August: Osage County
2014
(87th) 		Julianne Moore ‡ Alice Howland Still Alice
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
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
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
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 Favourite
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
Cynthia Erivo Harriet Tubman Harriet
Scarlett Johansson Nicole Barber Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan Josephine "Jo" March Little Women
Charlize Theron Megyn Kelly Bombshell

2020s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
2020/21
(93rd) 		Frances McDormand ‡ Fern Nomadland
Viola Davis 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
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
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
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

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:

Wins Actress Nominations
4 Katharine Hepburn 12
3 Frances McDormand 3
2 Meryl Streep 17
Bette Davis 11
Ingrid Bergman 6
Jane Fonda
Elizabeth Taylor 5
Olivia de Havilland 4
Glenda Jackson
Jodie Foster 3
Sally Field 2
Vivien Leigh
Luise Rainer
Emma Stone
Hilary Swank

The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:

Nominations Actress
17 Meryl Streep
12 Katharine Hepburn
10 Bette Davis
7 Greer Garson
6 Ingrid Bergman
Jane Fonda
Deborah Kerr
Norma Shearer
Sissy Spacek
5 Anne Bancroft
Cate Blanchett
Ellen Burstyn
Judi Dench
Irene Dunne
Susan Hayward
Audrey Hepburn
Jessica Lange
Shirley MacLaine
Susan Sarandon
Elizabeth Taylor
4 Annette 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
3 Julie 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

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
Oldest Nominee Emmanuelle Riva Amour 2013 85
Youngest Winner Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God 1987 21
Youngest Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild 2013 9

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

  1. 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.
A  : 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.
B : Bette Davis's performance in Of Human Bondage was not nominated for an Oscar. 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. 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, it has included her in the list of nominees for the 1935 ceremony on its official website.
C  : Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand received the same number of votes, resulting in both actresses receiving the award, according to Academy rules.
D : Elliot Page was nominated as Ellen Page, before his gender transition in 2020.

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