Academy Award For Best Actress
The
Academy Award
for Best
Actress
is one of the awards given to people working in the
motion picture
industry by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Following the Academy's practice, the
films
below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Actress in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first, followed by the other nominees. The youngest ever nominee is Keisha Castle-Hughes, who was 13 when nominated for her role in Whale Rider in 2004. The oldest ever winner is Jessica Tandy.
1920s
1928
Janet Gaynor
-
Seventh Heaven
Street Angel
and ''
Sunrise
''
Louise Dresser
-
A Ship Comes In
Gloria Swanson
-
Sadie Thompson
1929
Mary Pickford
- ''
Coquette
''
Ruth Chatterton
-
Madame X
Betty Compson
-
The Barker
Jeanne Eagels
-
The Letter
Corinne Griffith
-
The Divine Lady
Bessie Love
-
The Broadway Melody
1930s
1930
Norma Shearer
- ''
The Divorcee
''
Nancy Carroll
-
The Devil's Holiday
Ruth Chatterton
-
Sarah and Son
Greta Garbo
-
Anna Christie
and
Romance
Norma Shearer
-
Their Own Desire
Gloria Swanson
-
The Trespasser
1931
Marie Dressler
- ''
Min and Bill
''
Marlene Dietrich
-
Morocco
Irene Dunne
-
Cimarron
Ann Harding
-
Holiday
Norma Shearer
-
A Free Soul
1932
Helen Hayes
- ''
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
''
Marie Dressler
-
Emma
Lynn Fontanne
-
The Guardsman
1933
Katharine Hepburn
- ''
Morning Glory
''
May Robson
-
Lady for a Day
Diana Wynyard
-
Cavalcade
1934
Claudette Colbert
- ''
It Happened One Night
''
Grace Moore
-
One Night of Love
Norma Shearer
-
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1935
Bette Davis
- ''
Dangerous
''
Elisabeth Bergner
-
Escape Me Never
Claudette Colbert
-
Private Worlds
Katharine Hepburn
-
Alice Adams
Miriam Hopkins
-
Becky Sharp
Merle Oberon
-
The Dark Angel
1936
Luise Rainer
- ''
The Great Ziegfeld
''
Irene Dunne
-
Theodora Goes Wild
Gladys George
-
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Carole Lombard
-
My Man Godfrey
Norma Shearer
-
Romeo and Juliet
1937
Luise Rainer
- ''
The Good Earth
''
Irene Dunne
-
The Awful Truth
Greta Garbo
-
Camille
Janet Gaynor
-
A Star Is Born
Barbara Stanwyck
-
Stella Dallas
1938
Bette Davis
- ''
Jezebel
''
Fay Bainter
-
White Banners
Wendy Hiller
-
Pygmalion
Norma Shearer
-
Marie Antoinette
Margaret Sullavan
-
Three Comrade
1939
Vivien Leigh
- ''
Gone With the Wind
''
Bette Davis
-
Dark Victory
Irene Dunne
-
Love Affair
Greta Garbo
-
Ninotchka
Greer Garson
-
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1940s
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13th
||
1940
||
Ginger Rogers
||
Kitty Foyle
|- | || ||
Bette Davis
||
The Letter
|- | || ||
Joan Fontaine
||
Rebecca
|- | || ||
Katharine Hepburn
||
The Philadelphia Story
|- | || ||
Martha Scott
||
Our Town
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|- |
14th
||
1941
||
Joan Fontaine
||
Suspicion
|- | || ||
Bette Davis
||
The Little Foxes
|- | || ||
Olivia de Havilland
||
Hold Back the Dawn
|- | || ||
Greer Garson
||
Blossoms in the Dust
|- | || ||
Barbara Stanwyck
||
Ball of Fire
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
15th
||
1942
||
Greer Garson
||
Mrs. Miniver
|- | || ||
Bette Davis
||
Now, Voyager
|- | || ||
Katharine Hepburn
||
Woman of the Year
|- | || ||
Rosalind Russell
||
My Sister Eileen
|- | || ||
Teresa Wright
||
The Pride of the Yankees
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
16th
||
1943
||
Jennifer Jones
||
The Song of Bernadette
|- | || ||
Jean Arthur
||
The More the Merrier
|- | || ||
Ingrid Bergman
||
For Whom the Bell Tolls
|- | || ||
Joan Fontaine
||
Madame Curie
|- | || ||
Greer Garson
||
The Constant Nymph
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
17th
||
1944
||
Ingrid Bergman
||
Gaslight
|- | || ||
Claudette Colbert
||
Since You Went Away
|- | || ||
Bette Davis
||
Mr. Skeffington
|- | || ||
Greer Garson
||
Mrs. Parkington
|- | || ||
Barbara Stanwyck
||
Double Indemnity
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
16th
||
1945
||
Joan Crawford
||
Mildred Pierce
|- | || ||
Ingrid Bergman
||
The Bells of St. Mary's
|- | || ||
Greer Garson
||
The Valley of Decision
|- | || ||
Jennifer Jones
||
Love Letters
|- | || ||
Gene Tierney
||
Leave Her to Heaven
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
19th
||
1946
||
Olivia de Havilland
||
To Each His Own
|- | || ||
Celia Johnson
||
Brief Encounter
|- | || ||
Jennifer Jones
||
Duel in the Sun
|- | || ||
Rosalind Russell
||
Sister Kenny
|- | || ||
Jane Wyman
||
The Yearling
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
20th
||
1947
||
Loretta Young
||
The Farmer's Daughter
|- | || ||
Joan Crawford
||
Possessed
|- | || ||
Susan Hayward
||
Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman
|- | || ||
Dorothy McGuire
||
Gentleman's Agreement
|- | || ||
Rosalind Russell
||
Mourning Becomes Electra
|- |colspan="4"|
1948
Jane Wyman
- ''
Johnny Belinda
''
Ingrid Bergman
-
Joan of Arc
Olivia de Havilland
-
The Snake Pit
Irene Dunne
-
I Remember Mama
Barbara Stanwyck
-
Sorry, Wrong Number
1949
Olivia de Havilland
- ''
The Heiress
''
Jeanne Crain
-
Pinky
Susan Hayward
-
My Foolish Heart
Deborah Kerr
-
Edward, My Son
Loretta Young
-
Come to the Stable
1950s
1950
Judy Holliday
- ''
Born Yesterday
''
Anne Baxter
-
All About Eve
Bette Davis
-
All About Eve
Eleanor Parker
-
Caged
Gloria Swanson
-
Sunset Boulevard
1951
Vivien Leigh
- ''
A Streetcar Named Desire
''
Katharine Hepburn
-
The African Queen
Eleanor Parker
-
Detective Story
Shelley Winters
-
A Place in the Sun
Jane Wyman
-
The Blue Veil
1952
Shirley Booth
- ''
Come Back, Little Sheba
''
Joan Crawford
-
Sudden Fear
Bette Davis
-
The Star
Julie Harris
-
The Member of the Wedding
Susan Hayward
-
With a Song in My Heart
1953
Audrey Hepburn
- ''
Roman Holiday
''
Leslie Caron
-
Lili
Ava Gardner
-
Mogambo
Deborah Kerr
-
From Here to Eternity
Maggie McNamara
-
The Moon Is Blue
1954
Grace Kelly
- ''
The Country Girl
''
Dorothy Dandridge
-
Carmen Jones
Judy Garland
-
A Star Is Born
Audrey Hepburn
-
Sabrina
Jane Wyman
-
Magnificent Obsession
1955
Anna Magnani
- ''
The Rose Tattoo
''
Susan Hayward
-
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Katharine Hepburn
-
Summertime
Jennifer Jones
-
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
Eleanor Parker
-
Interrupted Melody
1956
Ingrid Bergman
- ''
Anastasia
''
Carroll Baker
-
Baby Doll
Katharine Hepburn
-
The Rainmaker
Nancy Kelly
-
The Bad Seed
Deborah Kerr
-
The King and I
1957
Joanne Woodward
- ''
The Three Faces of Eve
''
Deborah Kerr
-
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Anna Magnani
-
Wild Is the Wind
Elizabeth Taylor
-
Raintree County
Lana Turner
-
Peyton Place
1958
Susan Hayward
- ''
I Want to Live!
''
Deborah Kerr
-
Separate Tables
Shirley MacLaine
-
Some Came Running
Rosalind Russell
-
Auntie Mame
Elizabeth Taylor
-
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1959
Simone Signoret
- ''
Room at the Top
''
Doris Day
-
Pillow Talk
Audrey Hepburn
-
The Nun's Story
Katharine Hepburn
-
Suddenly, Last Summer
Elizabeth Taylor
-
Suddenly, Last Summer
1960s
1960
Elizabeth Taylor
- ''
BUtterfield 8
''
Greer Garson
-
Sunrise at Campobello
Deborah Kerr
-
The Sundowners
Shirley MacLaine
-
The Apartment
Melina Mercouri
-
Never on Sunday
1961
Sophia Loren
- ''
Two Women
''
Audrey Hepburn
-
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Piper Laurie
-
The Hustler
Geraldine Page
-
Summer and Smoke
Natalie Wood
-
Splendor in the Grass
1962
Anne Bancroft
- ''
The Miracle Worker
''
Bette Davis
-
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Katharine Hepburn
-
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Geraldine Page
-
Sweet Bird of Youth
Lee Remick
-
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
Patricia Neal
- ''
Hud
''
Leslie Caron
-
The L-Shaped Room
Shirley MacLaine
-
Irma la Douce
Rachel Roberts
-
This Sporting Life
Natalie Wood
-
Love with the Proper Stranger
1964
Julie Andrews
- ''
Mary Poppins
''
Anne Bancroft
-
The Pumpkin Eater
Sophia Loren
-
Marriage Italian Style
Debbie Reynolds
-
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Kim Stanley
-
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1965
Julie Christie
- ''
Darling
''
Julie Andrews
-
The Sound of Music
Samantha Eggar
-
The Collector
Elizabeth Hartman
-
A Patch of Blue
Simone Signoret
-
Ship of Fools
1966
Elizabeth Taylor
- ''
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
''
Anouk Aime
-
A Man and a Woman
Ida Kaminska
-
The Shop on Main Street
Lynn Redgrave
-
Georgy Girl
Vanessa Redgrave
-
Morgan!
1967
Katharine Hepburn
- ''
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
''
Anne Bancroft
-
The Graduate
Faye Dunaway
-
Bonnie and Clyde
Edith Evans
-
The Whisperers
Audrey Hepburn
-
Wait Until Dark
1968
Katharine Hepburn
-
The Lion in Winter
and
Barbra Streisand
- ''
Funny Girl
''
Patricia Neal
-
The Subject Was Roses
Vanessa Redgrave
-
Isadora
Joanne Woodward
-
Rachel, Rachel
1969
Maggie Smith
- ''
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
''
Genevive Bujold
-
Anne of the Thousand Days
Jane Fonda
-
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Liza Minnelli
-
The Sterile Cuckoo
Jean Simmons
-
The Happy Ending
1970s
1970
Glenda Jackson
- ''
Women in Love
''
Jane Alexander
-
The Great White Hope
Ali MacGraw
-
Love Story
Sarah Miles
-
Ryan's Daughter
Carrie Snodgress
-
Diary of a Mad Housewife
1971
Jane Fonda
- ''
Klute
''
Julie Christie
-
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Glenda Jackson
-
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Vanessa Redgrave
-
Mary, Queen of Scots
Janet Suzman
-
Nicholas and Alexandra
1972
Liza Minnelli
- ''
Cabaret
''
Diana Ross
-
Lady Sings the Blues
Maggie Smith
-
Travels with My Aunt
Cicely Tyson
-
Sounder
Liv Ullmann
-
The Emigrants
1973
Glenda Jackson
- ''
A Touch of Class
''
Ellen Burstyn
-
The Exorcist
Marsha Mason
-
Cinderella Liberty
Barbra Streisand
-
The Way We Were
Joanne Woodward
-
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1974
Ellen Burstyn
- ''
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
''
Diahann Carroll
-
Claudine
Faye Dunaway
-
Chinatown
Valerie Perrine
-
Lenny
Gena Rowlands
-
A Woman Under the Influence
1975
Louise Fletcher
- ''
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
''
Ann-Margret
-
Tommy
Isabelle Adjani
-
The Story of Adele H.
Glenda Jackson
-
Hedda
Carol Kane
-
Hester Street
1976
Faye Dunaway
- ''
Network
''
Marie-Christine Barrault
-
Cousin, cousine
Talia Shire
-
Rocky
Sissy Spacek
-
Carrie
Liv Ullmann
-
Face to Face
1977
Diane Keaton
- ''
Annie Hall
''
Anne Bancroft
-
The Turning Point
Jane Fonda
-
Julia
Shirley MacLaine
-
The Turning Point
Marsha Mason
-
The Goodbye Girl
1978
Jane Fonda
- ''
Coming Home
''
Ingrid Bergman
-
Autumn Sonata
Ellen Burstyn
-
Same Time, Next Year
Jill Clayburgh
-
An Unmarried Woman
Geraldine Page
-
Interiors
1979
Sally Field
- ''
Norma Rae
''
Jill Clayburgh
-
Starting Over
Jane Fonda
-
The China Syndrome
Marsha Mason
-
Chapter Two
Bette Midler
-
The Rose
1980s
1980
Sissy Spacek
- ''
Coal Miner's Daughter
''
Ellen Burstyn
-
Resurrection
Goldie Hawn
-
Private Benjamin
Mary Tyler Moore
-
Ordinary People
Gena Rowlands
-
Gloria
1981
Katharine Hepburn
- ''
On Golden Pond
''
Diane Keaton
-
Reds
Marsha Mason
-
Only When I Laugh
Susan Sarandon
-
Atlantic City
Meryl Streep
-
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1982
Meryl Streep
- ''
Sophie's Choice
''
Julie Andrews
-
Victor/Victoria
Jessica Lange
-
Frances
Sissy Spacek
-
Missing
Debra Winger
-
An Officer and a Gentleman
1983
Shirley MacLaine
- ''
Terms of Endearment
''
Jane Alexander
-
Testament
Meryl Streep
-
Silkwood
Julie Walters
-
Educating Rita
Debra Winger
-
Terms of Endearment
1984
Sally Field
- ''
Places in the Heart
''
Judy Davis
-
A Passage to India
Jessica Lange
-
Country
Vanessa Redgrave
-
A Passage to India
Sissy Spacek
-
The River
1985
Geraldine Page
- ''
The Trip to Bountiful
''
Anne Bancroft
-
Agnes of God
Whoopi Goldberg
-
The Color Purple
Jessica Lange
-
Sweet Dreams
Meryl Streep
-
Out of Africa
1986
Marlee Matlin
- ''
Children of a Lesser God
''
Jane Fonda
-
The Morning After
Sissy Spacek
-
Crimes of the Heart
Kathleen Turner
-
Peggy Sue Got Married
Sigourney Weaver
-
Aliens
1987
Cher
- ''
Moonstruck
''
Glenn Close
-
Fatal Attraction
Holly Hunter
-
Broadcast News
Sally Kirkland
-
Anna
Meryl Streep
-
Ironweed
1988
Jodie Foster
- ''
The Accused
''
Glenn Close
-
Dangerous Liaisons
Melanie Griffith
-
Working Girl
Meryl Streep
-
A Cry in the Dark
Sigourney Weaver
-
Gorillas in the Mist
1989
Jessica Tandy
- ''
Driving Miss Daisy
''
Isabelle Adjani
-
Camille Claudel
Pauline Collins
-
Shirley Valentine
Jessica Lange
-
Music Box
Michelle Pfeiffer
-
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1990s
1990
Kathy Bates
- ''
Misery
''
Anjelica Huston
-
The Grifters
Julia Roberts
-
Pretty Woman
Meryl Streep
-
Postcards from the Edge
Joanne Woodward
-
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
1991
Jodie Foster
- ''
The Silence of the Lambs
''
Geena Davis
-
Thelma and Louise
Laura Dern
-
Rambling Rose
Bette Midler
-
For the Boys
Susan Sarandon
-
Thelma and Louise
1992
Emma Thompson
- ''
Howards End
''
Catherine Deneuve
-
Indochine
Mary McDonnell
-
Passion Fish
Michelle Pfeiffer
-
Love Field
Susan Sarandon
-
Lorenzo's Oil
1993
Holly Hunter
- ''
The Piano
''
Angela Bassett
-
What's Love Got to Do with It
Stockard Channing
-
Six Degrees of Separation
Emma Thompson
-
The Remains of the Day
Debra Winger
-
Shadowlands
1994
Jessica Lange
- ''
Blue Sky
''
Jodie Foster
-
Nell
Miranda Richardson
-
Tom & Viv
Winona Ryder
-
Little Women
Susan Sarandon
-
The Client
1995
Susan Sarandon
- ''
Dead Man Walking
''
Elisabeth Shue
-
Leaving Las Vegas
Sharon Stone
-
Casino
Meryl Streep
-
The Bridges of Madison County
Emma Thompson
-
Sense and Sensibility
1996
Frances McDormand
- ''
Fargo
''
Brenda Blethyn
-
Secrets & Lies
Diane Keaton
-
Marvin's Room
Kristin Scott Thomas
-
The English Patient
Emily Watson
-
Breaking the Waves
|- |
70th
||
1997
||
Helen Hunt
||
As Good As It Gets
|- | || ||
Helena Bonham Carter
||
The Wings of the Dove
|- | || ||
Julie Christie
||
Afterglow
|- | || ||
Judi Dench
||
Mrs. Brown
|- | || ||
Kate Winslet
||
Titanic
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
71th
||
1998
||
Gwyneth Paltrow
||
Shakespeare in Love
|- | || ||
Cate Blanchett
||
Elizabeth
|- | || ||
Fernanda Montenegro
||
Central do Brasil
|- | || ||
Meryl Streep
||
One True Thing
|- | || ||
Emily Watson
||
Hilary and Jackie
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
72th
||
1999
||
Hilary Swank
||
Boys Don't Cry
|- | || ||
Annette Bening
||
American Beauty
|- | || ||
Julianne Moore
||
The End of the Affair
|- | || ||
Meryl Streep
||
Music of the Heart
|- | || ||
Janet McTeer
||
Tumbleweeds
|- |colspan="4"|
2000s
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73th
||
2000
||
Julia Roberts
||
Erin Brockovich
|- | || ||
Juliette Binoche
||
Chocolat
|- | || ||
Joan Allen
||
The Contender
|- | || ||
Ellen Burstyn
||
Requiem for a Dream
|- | || ||
Laura Linney
||
You Can Count on Me
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
74th
||
2001
||
Halle Berry
||
Monster's Ball
|- | || ||
Rene Zellweger
||
Bridget Jones's Diary
|- | || ||
Sissy Spacek
||
In the Bedroom
|- | || ||
Judi Dench
||
Iris
|- | || ||
Nicole Kidman
||
Moulin Rouge!
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
75th
||
2002
||
Nicole Kidman
||
The Hours
|- | || ||
Rene Zellweger
||
Chicago
|- | || ||
Julianne Moore
||
Far from Heaven
|- | || ||
Salma Hayek
||
Frida
|- | || ||
Diane Lane
||
Unfaithful
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
76th
||
2003
||
Charlize Theron
||
Monster
|- | || ||
Keisha Castle-Hughes
||
The Whale Rider
|- | || ||
Diane Keaton
||
Something's Gotta Give
|- | || ||
Samantha Morton
||
In America
|- | || ||
Naomi Watts
||
21 Grams
|- |colspan="4"|
|- |
77th
||
2005
||
Hilary Swank
||
Million Dollar Baby
|- | || ||
Annette Bening
||
Being Julia
|- | || ||
Catalina Sandino Moreno
||
Maria Full of Grace
|- | || ||
Imelda Staunton
||
Vera Drake
|- | || ||
Kate Winslet
||
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
|- |colspan="4"|
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-
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-
Best Supporting Actress
-
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