History MediaNotes / AcademyAwardForBestActressInALeadingRole

** Creator/VanessaRedgrave for ''Isadora'' as Isadora Duncan

** Creator/AudreyHepburn for ''{{Film/Sabrina}}'' as Sabrina Fairchild

* 1960: Creator/ElizabethTaylor for ''BUtterfield 8'' as Gloria Wandrous

** Creator/JudyGarland for ''Film/AStarIsBorn1954'' as Esther Victoria Blodgett/Vicki Lester

** Creator/JenniferLawrence for ''Film/Joy2015'' as Joy Mangano

** Music/LadyGaga for ''Film/AStarIsBorn2018'' as Ally Maine

* 2019: Creator/ReneeZellweger for ''Film/Judy2019'' as Creator/JudyGarland

** Creator/SaoirseRonan for ''{{Film/Little Women|2019}}'' as Josephine "Jo" March
** Creator/CharlizeTheron for ''{{Film/Bombshell|2019}}'' as Megyn Kelly

** Andra Day for ''The United States Vs. Billie Holiday'' as Music/BillieHoliday
** Creator/VanessaKirby for ''Pieces Of A Woman'' as Martha Weiss

** Anna Magnani for ''Wild Is The Wind'' as Gioia

* 1960: Creator/ElizabethTaylor for ''Butterfield 8'' as Gloria Wandrous

** Nancy Kelly for ''Film/The Bad Seed|1956}}'' as Christine Penmark

** Julie Harris for ''The Member Of The Wedding'' as Frances “Frankie” Addams

A list of actors to have won and been nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role

* 1931-32: Helen Hayes for ''The Sin Of Madelon Claudet'' as Madelon Claudet

* 2021
** Creator/JessicaChastain for ''Film/TheEyesOfTammyFaye'' as Tammy Faye Bakker

** Melina Mercouri for ''Never On Sunday'' as Ilya

** Creator/NicoleKidman for ''Film/BeingTheRicardos'' as Lucille Ball

** Creator/PiperLaurie for ''Film/TheHustler'' as Sarah Packard

** Creator/VanessaRedgrave for ''Film/MaryQueenOfScots'' as [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen Of Scots]]

** Creator/BarbaraStanwyck for ''Film/StellaDallas'' as Stella Martin Dallas

* 2019: Creator/ReneeZellweger for ''Judy'' as Creator/JudyGarland

* 2013: {{Creator/Cate Blanchett}} for {{Film/Blue Jasmine}} as Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis
** {{Creator/Amy Adams}} for {{Film/American Hustle}} as Sydney Prosser
** {{Creator/Sandra Bullock}} for {{Film/Gravity}} as Dr. Ryan Stone
** {{Creator/Judi Dench}} for {{Film/Philomena}} as Philomena Lee
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Theatre/August Osage County}} as Violet Weston
* 2014: {{Creator/Julianne Moore}} for {{Film/Still Alice}} as Alice Howland
** {{Creator/Marion Cotillard}} for Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya
** {{Creator/Felicity Jones}} for {{Film/The Theory Of Everything}} as Jane Hawking
** {{Creator/Rosamund Pike}} for {{Film/Gone Girl}} as Amy Elliott-Dunne/Nancy
** {{Creator/Reese Witherspoon}} for {{Film/Wild}} as Cheryl Strayed
* 2015: {{Creator/Brie Larson}} for {{Literature/Room}} as Joy Newsome
** {{Creator/Cate Blanchett}} for {{Film/Carol}} as Carol Aird
** {{Creator/Jennifer Lawrence}} for {{Film/Joy 2015}} as Joy Mangano
** {{Creator/Charlotte Rampling}} for 45 Years as Kate Mercer
** {{Creator/Saoirse Ronan}} for {{Film/Brooklyn}} as Eilis Lacey
* 2016: {{Creator/Emma Stone}} for {{Film/La La Land}} as Mia Dolan
** {{Creator/Isabelle Huppert}} for {{Film/Elle}} as Michèle Leblanc
** {{Creator/Ruth Negga}} for {{Film/Loving}} as Mildred Loving
** {{Creator/Natalie Portman}} for {{Film/Jackie}} as {{UsefulNotes/Jacqueline Kennedy}}
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/Florence Foster Jenkins}} as Florence Foster Jenkins
* 2017: {{Creator/Frances McDormand}} for {{Film/Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri}} as Mildred Hayes
** {{Creator/Sally Hawkins}} for {{Film/The Shape Of Water}} as Elisa Esposito
** {{Creator/Margot Robbie}} for {{Film/I Tonya}} as {{UsefulNotes/Tonya Harding}}
** {{Creator/Saoirse Ronan}} for {{Film/Lady Bird}} as Christine “Lady Bird” [=McPherson=]
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/The Post}} as Katharine Graham
* 2018: {{Creator/Olivia Colman}} for {{Film/The Favourite}} as Anne, Queen Of Great Britain
** Yalitza Aparicio for {{Film/Roma}} as Cleodegaria “Cleo” Gutiérrez
** {{Creator/Glenn Close}} for {{Film/The Wife}} as Joan Castleman
** {{Music/Lady Gaga}} for {{Film/A Star Is Born 2018}} as Ally Maine
** {{Creator/Melissa McCarthy}} for {{Film/Can You Ever Forgive Me}} as Lee Israel
* 2019: {{Creator/Renee Zellweger}} for Judy as {{Creator/Judy Garland}}
** {{Creator/Cynthia Erivo}} for {{Film/Harriet}} as {{UsefulNotes/Harriet Tubman}}
** {{Creator/Scarlett Johansson}} for {{Film/Marriage Story}} as Nicole Barber
** {{Creator/Saoirse Ronan}} for {{Film/Little Women|2019}} as Josephine “Jo” March
** {{Creator/Charlize Theron}} for {{Film/Bombshell|2019}} as Megyn Kelly
* 2020-21: {{Creator/Frances McDormand}} for {{Film/Nomadland}} as Fern
** {{Creator/Viola Davis}} for {{Film/Ma Raineys Black Bottom}} as Gertrude “Ma” Rainey
** Andra Day for The United States Vs. Billie Holiday as {{Music/Billie Holiday}}
** {{Creator/Vanessa Kirby}} for Pieces Of A Woman as Martha Weiss
** {{Creator/Carey Mulligan}} for {{Film/Promising Young Woman}} as Casandra “Cassie” Thomas

** Creator/SissySpacek for ''Theatre/CrimesOfTheHeart'' as Babe Botrelle/Rebecca MaGrath

** Creator/MelanieGriffith for ''Film/WorkingGirl'' as Tess McGill

* 1991: {{Creator/Jodie Foster}} for {{Literature/The Silence Of The Lambs}} as Clarice Starling
** {{Creator/Geena Davis}} for {{Film/Thelma And Louise}} as Thelma Dickinson
** {{Creator/Laura Dern}} for Rambling Rose as Rose
** {{Creator/Bette Midler}} for For The Boys as Dixie Leonard
** {{Creator/Susan Sarandon}} for {{Film/Thelma And Louise}} as Louise Sawyer
* 1992: {{Creator/Emma Thompson}} for {{Literature/Howards End}} as Margaret Schlegel
** {{Creator/Catherine Deneuve}} for {{Film/Indochine}} as Éliane Devries
** {{Creator/Mary McDonnell}} for Passion Fish as May-Alice Culhane
** {{Creator/Michelle Pfeiffer}} for {{Film/Love Field}} as Louise Irene “Lurene” Hallett
** {{Creator/Susan Sarandon}} for {{Film/Lorenzos Oil}} as Michaela Murphy Odone
* 1993: {{Creator/Holly Hunter}} for {{Film/The Piano}} as Ada [=McGrath=]
** {{Creator/Angela Bassett}} for {{Film/Whats Love Got To Do With It}} as Annie Mae Bullock/ {{Music/Tina Turner}}
** {{Creator/Stockard Channing}} for {{Theatre/Six Degrees Of Separation}} as Louisa “Ouisa” Kittredge
** {{Creator/Emma Thompson}} for {{Literature/The Remains Of The Day}} as Sarah “Sally” Kenton
** {{Creator/Debra Winger}} for {{Film/Shadowlands}} as Joy Davidman
* 1994: {{Creator/Jessica Lange}} for Blue Sky as Carly Marshall
** {{Creator/Jodie Foster}} for {{Film/Nell}} as Nell Kellty
** {{Creator/Miranda Richardson}} for Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
** {{Creator/Winona Ryder}} for {{Literature/Little Women}} as Josephine “Jo” March
** {{Creator/Susan Sarandon}} for {{Film/The Client}} as Regina “Reggie” Love
* 1995: {{Creator/Susan Sarandon}} for {{Film/Dead Man Walking}} as Helen Prejean
** {{Creator/Elisabeth Shue}} for {{Film/Leaving Las Vegas}} as Sera
** {{Creator/Sharon Stone}} for {{Film/Casino}} as Ginger [=McKenna=]
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/The Bridges Of Madison County}} as Francesca Johnson
** {{Creator/Emma Thompson}} for {{Film/Sense And Sensibility}} as Elinor Dashwood
* 1996: {{Creator/Frances McDormand}} for {{Film/Fargo}} as Marge Gunderson
** Brenda Blethyn for {{Film/Secrets And Lies}} as Cynthia Rose Purley
** {{Creator/Diane Keaton}} for {{Film/Marvins Room}} as Bessie Wakefield
** {{Creator/Kristin Scott Thomas}} for {{Film/The English Patient}} as Katharine Clifton
** {{Creator/Emily Watson}} for {{Film/Breaking The Waves}} as Bess [=McNeill=]
* 1997: {{Creator/Helen Hunt}} for {{Film/As Good As It Gets}} as Carol Connelly
** {{Creator/Helena Bonham Carter}} for {{Film/The Wings Of The Dove}} as Kate Croy
** {{Creator/Julie Christie}} for Afterglow as Phyllis Hart
** {{Creator/Judi Dench}} for Mrs Brown as {{UsefulNotes/Queen Victoria}}
** {{Creator/Kate Winslet}} for {{Film/Titanic 1997}} as Rose DeWitt Bukater
* 1998: {{Creator/Gwyneth Paltrow}} for {{Film/Shakespeare In Love}} as Viola De Lesseps/Thomas Kent
** {{Creator/Cate Blanchett}} for {{Film/Elizabeth}} as {{UsefulNotes/Elizabeth I}}
** Fernanda Montenegro for Central Station as Isadora “Dora” Teixeira
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/One True Thing}} as Kate Gulden
** {{Creator/Emily Watson}} for Hilary And Jackie as Jacqueline Du Pré
* 1999: {{Creator/Hilary Swank}} for {{Film/Boys Dont Cry}} as Brandon Teena
** {{Creator/Annette Bening}} for {{Film/American Beauty}} as Carolyn Burnham
** Janet [=McTeer=] for Tumbleweeds as Mary Jo Walker
** {{Creator/Julianne Moore}} for ''[[Film/TheEndOfTheAffair1999 The End of the Affair]]'' as Sarah Miles
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/Music Of The Heart}} as Roberta Guaspari
* 2000: {{Creator/Julia Roberts}} for {{Film/Erin Brockovich}} as Erin Brockovich
** {{Creator/Joan Allen}} for {{Film/The Contender}} as Laine Hanson
** {{Creator/Juliette Binoche}} for {{Film/Chocolat}} as Vianne Rocher
** {{Creator/Ellen Burstyn}} for {{Film/Requiem For A Dream}} as Sara Goldfarb
** {{Creator/Laura Linney}} for You Can Count On Me as Samantha “Sammy” Prescott

* 2001: {{Creator/Halle Berry}} for {{Film/Monsters Ball}} as Leticia Musgrove
** {{Creator/Judi Dench}} for Iris as Iris Murdoch
** {{Creator/Nicole Kidman}} for {{Film/Moulin Rouge}} as Satine
** {{Creator/Sissy Spacek}} for {{Film/In The Bedroom}} as Ruth Fowler
** {{Creator/Renee Zellweger}} for {{Film/Bridget Jones Diary}} as Bridget Jones
* 2002: {{Creator/Nicole Kidman}} for {{Film/The Hours}} as {{Creator/Virginia Woolf}}
** {{Creator/Salma Hayek}} for {{Film/Frida}} as Frida Kahlo
** {{Creator/Diane Lane}} for {{Film/Unfaithful}} as Constance “Connie” Sumner
** {{Creator/Julianne Moore}} for {{Film/Far From Heaven}} as Cathy Whitaker
** {{Creator/Renee Zellweger}} for {{Film/Chicago}} as Roxie Hart
* 2003: {{Creator/Charlize Theron}} for {{Film/Monster}} as Aileen “Lee” Wuornos
** {{Creator/Keisha Castle Hughes}} for {{Film/Whale Rider}} as Paikea Apriana
** {{Creator/Diane Keaton}} for {{Film/Somethings Gotta Give}} as Erica Jane Berry
** {{Creator/Samantha Morton}} for {{Film/In America}} as Sarah Sullivan
** {{Creator/Naomi Watts}} for {{Film/Twenty One Grams}} as Cristina Williams-Peck
* 2004: {{Creator/Hilary Swank}} for {{Film/Million Dollar Baby}} as Maggie Fitzgerald
** {{Creator/Annette Bening}} for Being Julia as Julia Lambert
** Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria Full Of Grace as Maria Álvarez
** {{Creator/Imelda Staunton}} for {{Film/Vera Drake}} as Vera Rose Drake
** {{Creator/Kate Winslet}} for {{Film/Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind}} as Clementine Kruczynski
* 2005: {{Creator/Reese Witherspoon}} for {{Film/Walk The Line}} as June Carter Cash
** {{Creator/Judi Dench}} for {{Film/Mrs Henderson Presents}} as Laura Foster-Henderson
** {{Creator/Felicity Huffman}} for {{Film/Transamerica}} as Sabrina “Bree” Osbourne
** {{Creator/Keira Knightley}} for {{Film/Pride And Prejudice 2005}} as Elizabeth Bennet
** {{Creator/Charlize Theron}} for {{Film/North Country}} as Josey Aimes
* 2006: {{Creator/Helen Mirren}} for {{Film/The Queen}} as [[{{UsefulNotes/HM The Queen}} Queen Elizabeth II]]
** {{Creator/Penelope Cruz}} for {{Film/Volver}} as Raimunda
** {{Creator/Judi Dench}} for {{Film/Notes On A Scandal}} as Barbara Covett
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/The Devil Wears Prada}} as Miranda Priestly
** {{Creator/Kate Winslet}} for {{Film/Little Children}} as Sarah Pierce
* 2007: {{Creator/Marion Cotillard}} for {{Film/La Vie En Rose}} as {{Music/Edith Piaf}}
** {{Creator/Cate Blanchett}} for {{Film/Elizabeth The Golden Age}} as {{UsefulNotes/Elizabeth I}}
** {{Creator/Julie Christie}} for Away From Her as Fiona Anderson
** {{Creator/Laura Linney}} for The Savages as Wendy Savage
** {{Creator/Elliot Page}} for {{Film/Juno}} as Juno [=MacGuff=]
* 2008: {{Creator/Kate Winslet}} for {{Film/The Reader}} as Hanna Schmitz
** {{Creator/Anne Hathaway}} for {{Film/Rachel Getting Married}} as Kim Buchman
** {{Creator/Angelina Jolie}} for {{Film/Changeling}} as Christine Collins
** {{Creator/Melissa Leo}} for {{Film/Frozen River}} as Ray Eddy
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Theatre/Doubt}} as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
* 2009: {{Creator/Sandra Bullock}} for {{Literature/The Blind Side}} as Leigh Anne Tuohy
** {{Creator/Helen Mirren}} for The Last Station as Sophia Tolstaya
** {{Creator/Carey Mulligan}} for {{Film/An Education}} as Jenny Mellor
** {{Creator/Gabourey Sidibe}} for {{Film/Precious}} as Claireece “Precious” Jones
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/Julie And Julia}} as {{Creator/Julia Child}}
* 2010: {{Creator/Natalie Portman}} for {{Film/Black Swan}} as Nina Sayers
** {{Creator/Annette Bening}} for {{Film/The Kids Are All Right}} as Nicole Allgood
** {{Creator/Nicole Kidman}} for Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
** {{Creator/Jennifer Lawrence}} for {{Film/Winters Bone}} as Ree Dolly
** {{Creator/Michelle Williams}} for {{Film/Blue Valentine}} as Cindy Heller

* 2011: {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/The Iron Lady}} as {{UsefulNotes/Margaret Thatcher}}
** {{Creator/Glenn Close}} for {{Film/Albert Nobbs}} as Albert Nobbs
** {{Creator/Viola Davis}} for {{Film/The Help}} as Aibileen Clark
** {{Creator/Rooney Mara}} for {{Film/The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 2011}} as Lisbeth Salander
** {{Creator/Michelle Williams}} for {{Film/My Week With Marilyn}} as {{Creator/Marilyn Monroe}}
* 2012: {{Creator/Jennifer Lawrence}} for {{Film/Silver Linings Playbook}} as Tiffany Maxwell
** {{Creator/Jessica Chastain}} for {{Film/Zero Dark Thirty}} as Maya Harris
** Emmanuelle Riva for {{Film/Amour}} as Anne Laurent
** Quvenzhané Wallis for {{Film/Beasts Of The Southern Wild}} as Hushpuppy
** {{Creator/Naomi Watts}} for {{Film/The Impossible}} as Maria Bennett

* 1951: {{Creator/Vivien Leigh}} for {{Theatre/A Streetcar Named Desire}} as Blanche DuBois
** {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Film/The African Queen}} as Rose Sayer
** {{Creator/Eleanor Parker}} for {{Film/Detective Story}} as Mary [=McLeod=]
** {{Creator/Shelley Winters}} for {{Film/A Place In The Sun}} as Alice Tripp
** {{Creator/Jane Wyman}} for The Blue Veil as Louise Mason
* 1952: Shirley Booth for Come Back, Little Sheba as Lola Delaney
** {{Creator/Joan Crawford}} for Sudden Fear as Myra Hudson
** {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for The Star as Margaret Elliot
** Julie Harris for The Member Of The Wedding as Frances “Frankie” Addams
** {{Creator/Susan Hayward}} for With A Song In My Heart as Jane Froman
* 1953: {{Creator/Audrey Hepburn}} for {{Film/Roman Holiday}} as Princess Ann
** {{Creator/Leslie Caron}} for {{Film/Lili}} as Lili Daurier
** {{Creator/Ava Gardner}} for {{Film/Mogambo}} as Eloise “Honey Bear” Kelly
** {{Creator/Deborah Kerr}} for {{Literature/From Here To Eternity}} as Karen Holmes
** Maggie [=McNamara=] for {{Theatre/The Moon Is Blue}} as Patty O’Neill
* 1954: {{Creator/Grace Kelly}} for {{Film/The Country Girl}} as Georgie Elgin
** {{Creator/Dorothy Dandridge}} for {{Film/Carmen Jones}} as Carmen Jones
** {{Creator/Judy Garland}} for {{Film/A Star Is Born 1954}} as Esther Victoria Blodgett/Vicki Lester
** {{Creator/Audrey Hepburn}} for {{Film/Sabrina}} as Sabrina Fairchild
** {{Creator/Jane Wyman}} for {{Film/Magnificent Obsession}} as Helen Phillips
* 1955: Anna Magnani for {{Theatre/The Rose Tattoo}} as Serafina Delle Rose
** {{Creator/Susan Hayward}} for I’ll Cry Tomorrow as Lillian Roth
** {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Film/Summertime}} as Jane Hudson
** {{Creator/Jennifer Jones}} for {{Film/Love Is A Many Splendored Thing}} as Han Suyin
** {{Creator/Eleanor Parker}} for Interrupted Melody as Majorie Lawrence
* 1956: {{Creator/Ingrid Bergman}} for {{Film/Anastasia}} as Anna Koreff/Anastasia
** Carroll Baker for {{Film/Baby Doll}} as Baby Doll Meighan
** {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for The Rainmaker as Lizzie Curry
** Nancy Kelly for {{Film/The Bad Seed|1956}} as Christine Penmark
** {{Creator/Deborah Kerr}} for {{Theatre/The King And I}} as Anna Leonowens
* 1957: Joanne Woodward for {{Film/The Three Faces Of Eve}} as Eve White/Eve Black/Jane
** {{Creator/Deborah Kerr}} for {{Film/Heaven Knows Mr Allison}} as Angela
** Anna Magnani for Wild Is The Wind as Gioia
** {{Creator/Elizabeth Taylor}} for Raintree County as Susanna Drake
** {{Creator/Lana Turner}} for {{Film/Peyton Place}} as Constance [=MacKenzie=]
* 1958: {{Creator/Susan Hayward}} for {{Film/I Want To Live}} as Barbara Graham
** {{Creator/Deborah Kerr}} for {{Film/Separate Tables}} as Sibyl Railton-Bell
** {{Creator/Shirley MacLaine}} for {{Film/Some Came Running}} as Ginnie Moorehead
** {{Creator/Rosalind Russell}} for {{Literature/Auntie Mame}} as Mame Dennis
** {{Creator/Elizabeth Taylor}} for {{Theatre/Cat On A Hot Tin Roof}} as Margaret “Maggie The Cat” Pollitt
* 1959: {{Creator/Simone Signoret}} for {{Film/Room At The Top}} as Alice Aisgill
** {{Creator/Doris Day}} for {{Film/Pillow Talk}} as Jan Morrow
** {{Creator/Audrey Hepburn}} for {{Film/The Nuns Story}} as Gabrielle Van Der Mal
** {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Theatre/Suddenly Last Summer}} as Violet Venable
** {{Creator/Elizabeth Taylor}} for {{Theatre/Suddenly Last Summer}} as Catherine Holly
* 1960: {{Creator/Elizabeth Taylor}} for Butterfield 8 as Gloria Wandrous
** {{Creator/Greer Garson}} for {{Film/Sunrise At Campobello}} as {{UsefulNotes/Eleanor Roosevelt}}
** {{Creator/Deborah Kerr}} for {{Film/The Sundowners}} as Ida Carmody
** {{Creator/Shirley MacLaine}} for {{Film/The Apartment}} as Fran Kubelik
** Melina Mercouri for Never On Sunday as Ilya

* 1961: {{Creator/Sophia Loren}} for {{Film/Two Women}} as Cesira
** {{Creator/Audrey Hepburn}} for {{Film/Breakfast At Tiffanys}} as Holly Golightly/Lula Mae Barnes
** {{Creator/Piper Laurie}} for {{Film/The Hustler}} as Sarah Packard
** Geraldine Page for Summer And Smoke as Alma Winemiller
** {{Creator/Natalie Wood}} for {{Film/Splendor In The Grass}} as Wilma Dean “Deanie” Loomis
* 1962: {{Creator/Anne Bancroft}} for {{Theatre/The Miracle Worker}} as Annie Sullivan
** {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for {{Film/What Ever Happened To Baby Jane}} as Baby Jane Hudson
** {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Theatre/Long Days Journey Into Night}} as Mary Cavan Tyrone
** Geraldine Page for Sweet Bird Of Youth as Alexandra Del Largo
** Lee Remick for {{Film/Days Of Wine And Roses}} as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
* 1963: {{Creator/Patricia Neal}} for {{Film/Hud}} as Alma Brown
** {{Creator/Leslie Caron}} for The L-Shaped Room as Jane Fossett
** {{Creator/Shirley MacLaine}} for Irma La Douce as Irma La Douce
** Rachel Roberts for This Sporting Life as Margaret Hammond
** {{Creator/Natalie Wood}} for {{Film/Love With The Proper Stranger}} as Angie Rossini
* 1964: {{Creator/Julie Andrews}} for {{Film/Mary Poppins}} as Mary Poppins
** {{Creator/Anne Bancroft}} for The Pumpkin Eater as Jo Armitage
** {{Creator/Sophia Loren}} for {{Film/Marriage Italian Style}} as Filumena Marturano
** {{Creator/Debbie Reynolds}} for The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Molly Brown
** Kim Stanley for Séance On A Wet Afternoon as Myra Savage
* 1965: {{Creator/Julie Christie}} for {{Film/Darling}} as Diana Scott
** {{Creator/Julie Andrews}} for {{Theatre/The Sound Of Music}} as Maria Von Trapp
** {{Creator/Samantha Eggar}} for {{Literature/The Collector}} as Miranda Grey
** {{Creator/Elizabeth Hartman}} for {{Film/A Patch Of Blue}} as Selina D’Arcy
** {{Creator/Simone Signoret}} for {{Film/Ship Of Fools}} as La Contessa
* 1966: {{Creator/Elizabeth Taylor}} for {{Film/Whos Afraid Of Virginia Woolf}} as Martha
** Anouk Aimée for {{Film/A Man And A Woman}} as Anne Gauthier
** Ida Kamińska for {{Film/The Shop On Main Street}} as Rozalie Lautmann
** {{Creator/Lynn Redgrave}} for {{Film/Georgy Girl}} as Georgina “Georgy” Parkin
** {{Creator/Vanessa Redgrave}} for Morgan! as Leonie Delt
* 1967: {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Film/Guess Whos Coming To Dinner}} as Christina Drayton
** {{Creator/Anne Bancroft}} for {{Film/The Graduate}} as Mrs. Robinson
** {{Creator/Faye Dunaway}} for {{Film/Bonnie And Clyde}} as Bonnie Parker
** Edith Evans for The Whisperers as Maggie Ross
** {{Creator/Audrey Hepburn}} for {{Theatre/Wait Until Dark}} as Susy Hendrix
* 1968: (TIE) {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Theatre/The Lion In Winter}} as {{UsefulNotes/Eleanor Of Aquitaine}} and {{Music/Barbra Streisand}} for {{Theatre/Funny Girl}} as Fanny Brice
** {{Creator/Patricia Neal}} for {{Theatre/The Subject Was Roses}} as Nettie Cleary
** {{Creator/Vanessa Redgrave}} for Isadora as Isadora Duncan
** Joanne Woodward for {{Film/Rachel Rachel}} as Rachel Cameron
* 1969: {{Creator/Maggie Smith}} for {{Literature/The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie}} as Jean Brodie
** {{Creator/Genevieve Bujold}} for {{Theatre/Anne Of The Thousand Days}} as {{UsefulNotes/Anne Boleyn}}
** {{Creator/Jane Fonda}} for {{Film/They Shoot Horses Dont They}} as Gloria Beatty
** {{Creator/Liza Minnelli}} for The Sterile Cuckoo as Mary Ann “Pookie” Adams
** {{Creator/Jean Simmons}} for The Happy Ending as Mary Wilson
* 1970: {{Creator/Glenda Jackson}} for {{Literature/Women In Love}} as Gudrun Brangwen
** {{Creator/Jane Alexander}} for The Great White Hope as Eleanor Backman
** Ali [=MacGraw=] for {{Film/Love Story}} as Jennifer Cavalleri-Barrett
** Sarah Miles for {{Film/Ryans Daughter}} as Rosy Ryan
** Carrie Snodgress for Diary Of A Mad Housewife as Bettina “Tina” Balser

* 1927-28: {{Creator/Janet Gaynor}} for {{Film/Seventh Heaven}} as Diane, {{Film/Street Angel}} as Angela and [[{{Film/Sunrise}} Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans]] as The Wife
** Louise Dresser for A Ship Comes In as Mrs. Pleznik
** {{Creator/Gloria Swanson}} for {{Film/Sadie Thompson}} as Sadie Thompson
* 1928-29: {{Creator/Mary Pickford}} for Coquette as Norma Besant
** Ruth Chatterton for Madame X as Jacqueline Floriot
** Betty Compson for The Barker as Carrie
** Jeanne Eagles (posthumous) for {{Film/The Letter}} as Leslie Crosbie
** Corinne Griffith for The Divine Lady as Emma Hamilton
** Bessie Love for {{Film/The Broadway Melody}} as Hank Mahoney
* 1929-30: {{Creator/Norma Shearer}} for {{Film/The Divorcee}} as Jerry Bernard Martin
** Nancy Carroll for The Devil’s Holiday as Hallie Hobart
** Ruth Chatterton for Sarah And Son as Sarah Storm
** {{Creator/Greta Garbo}} for {{Theatre/Anna Christie}} as Anna Christie and Romance as Madame Rita Cavallini
** {{Creator/Norma Shearer}} for Their Own Desire as Lucia Marlett
** {{Creator/Gloria Swanson}} for The Trespasser as Marion Donnell
* 1930-31: Marie Dressler for {{Film/Min And Bill}} as Min Divot
** {{Creator/Marlene Dietrich}} for {{Film/Morocco}} as Mademoiselle Amy Jolly
** {{Creator/Irene Dunne}} for {{Film/Cimarron}} as Sabra Cravat
** {{Creator/Ann Harding}} for Holiday as Linda Seton
** {{Creator/Norma Shearer}} for {{Film/A Free Soul}} as Jan Ashe
* 1931-32: Helen Hayes for The Sin Of Madelon Claudet as Madelon Claudet
** Marie Dressler for Emma as Emma Thatcher Smith
** Lynn Fontanne for The Guardsman as The Actress
* 1932-33: {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for Morning Glory as Eva Lovelace
** May Robson for {{Film/Lady For A Day}} as Apple Annie
** Diana Wynyard for {{Film/Cavalcade}} as Jane Marryot
* 1934: {{Creator/Claudette Colbert}} for {{Film/It Happened One Night}} as Ellie Andrews
** Grace Moore for {{Film/One Night Of Love}} as Mary Barrett
** {{Creator/Norma Shearer}} for {{Film/The Barretts of Wimpole Street}} as Elizabeth Barrett
** {{Creator/Bette Davis}} (Write-in) for {{Literature/Of Human Bondage}} as Mildred Rogers
* 1935: {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for {{Film/Dangerous}} as Joyce Heath
** Elisabeth Bergner for Escape Me Never as Gemma Jones
** {{Creator/Claudette Colbert}} for Private Worlds as Jane Everest
** {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Literature/Alice Adams}} as Alice Adams
** {{Creator/Miriam Hopkins}} for {{Film/Becky Sharp}} as Becky Sharp
** Merle Oberon for The Dark Angel as Kitty Vane
* 1936: Luise Rainer for {{Film/The Great Ziegfeld}} as Anna Held
** {{Creator/Irene Dunne}} for {{Film/Theodora Goes Wild}} as Theodora Lynn/Caroline Adams
** Gladys George for Valiant Is The Word For Carrie as Carrie Snyder
** {{Creator/Carole Lombard}} for {{Film/My Man Godfrey}} as Irene Bullock
** {{Creator/Norma Shearer}} for {{Film/Romeo And Juliet|1936}} as Juliet Capulet
* 1937: Luise Rainer for {{Literature/The Good Earth}} as O-Lan
** {{Creator/Irene Dunne}} for {{Film/The Awful Truth}} as Lucy Warriner
** {{Creator/Greta Garbo}} for {{Film/Camille|1936}} as Marguerite Gautier
** {{Creator/Janet Gaynor}} for {{Film/A Star Is Born|1937}} as Esther Victoria Blodgett/Vicki Lester
** {{Creator/Barbara Stanwyck}} for {{Film/Stella Dallas}} as Stella Martin Dallas
* 1938: {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for {{Film/Jezebel}} as Julie Marsden
** Fay Bainter for White Banners as Hannah Parmalee
** {{Creator/Wendy Hiller}} for {{Theatre/Pygmalion}} as Eliza Doolittle
** {{Creator/Norma Shearer}} for Marie Antoinette as {{UsefulNotes/Marie Antoinette}}
** Margaret Sullavan for Three Comrades as Patrica “Pat” Hollmann
* 1939: {{Creator/Vivien Leigh}} for {{Film/Gone With The Wind}} as Scarlett O’Hara
** {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for {{Film/Dark Victory}} as Judith Traherne
** {{Creator/Irene Dunne}} for {{Film/Love Affair}} as Terry [=McKay=]
** {{Creator/Greta Garbo}} for {{Film/Ninotchka}} as Nina Yakushova “Ninotchka” Ivanoff
** {{Creator/Greer Garson}} for {{Film/Goodbye Mr Chips}} as Katherine Bridges
* 1940: {{Creator/Ginger Rogers}} for {{Film/Kitty Foyle}} as Kitty Foyle
** {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for {{Film/The Letter}} as Leslie Crosbie
** {{Creator/Joan Fontaine}} for {{Literature/Rebecca}} as The Second Mrs. De Winter
** {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Film/The Philadelphia Story}} as Tracy Lord
** Martha Scott for {{Theatre/Our Town}} as Emily Webb

* 1941: {{Creator/Joan Fontaine}} for {{Film/Suspicion}} as Lina [=McLaidlaw=] Aysgarth
** {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for {{Theatre/The Little Foxes}} as Regina Giddens
** {{Creator/Olivia De Havilland}} for {{Film/Hold Back The Dawn}} as Emmy Brown
** {{Creator/Greer Garson}} for {{Film/Blossoms In The Dust}} as Edna Gladney
** {{Creator/Barbara Stanwyck}} for {{Film/Ball Of Fire}} as Katherine “Sugarpuss” O’Shea
* 1942: {{Creator/Greer Garson}} for {{Film/Mrs Miniver}} as Kay Miniver
** {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for {{Film/Now Voyager}} as Charlotte Vale
** {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Film/Woman Of The Year}} as Tess Harding
** {{Creator/Rosalind Russell}} for {{Theatre/My Sister Eileen}} as Ruth Sherwood
** {{Creator/Teresa Wright}} for {{Film/The Pride Of The Yankees}} as Eleanor Twitchell Gehrig
* 1943: {{Creator/Jennifer Jones}} for {{Film/The Song Of Bernadette}} as Bernadette Soubirous
** {{Creator/Jean Arthur}} for {{Film/The More The Merrier}} as Constance “Connie” Milligan
** {{Creator/Ingrid Bergman}} for {{Literature/For Whom The Bell Tolls}} as Maria
** {{Creator/Joan Fontaine}} for {{Film/The Constant Nymph}} as Tessa Sanger
** {{Creator/Greer Garson}} for {{Film/Madame Curie}} as {{UsefulNotes/Marie Curie}}
* 1944: {{Creator/Ingrid Bergman}} for {{Film/Gaslight}} as Paula Alquist Anton
** {{Creator/Claudette Colbert}} for {{Film/Since You Went Away}} as Anne Hilton
** {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for {{Film/Mr Skeffington}} as Fanny Trellis
** {{Creator/Greer Garson}} for Mrs. Parkington as Susie “Sparrow” Parkington
** {{Creator/Barbara Stanwyck}} for {{Film/Double Indemnity}} as Phyllis Dietrichson
* 1945: {{Creator/Joan Crawford}} for {{Literature/Mildred Pierce}} as Mildred Pearce Beragon
** {{Creator/Ingrid Bergman}} for {{Film/The Bells Of St Marys}} as Mary Benedict
** {{Creator/Greer Garson}} for The Valley Of Decision as Mary Rafferty
** {{Creator/Jennifer Jones}} for {{Film/Love Letters}} as Singleton
** {{Creator/Gene Tierney}} for {{Film/Leave Her To Heaven}} as Ellen Berent Harland
* 1946: {{Creator/Olivia De Havilland}} for {{Film/To Each His Own}} for Josephine “Jody” Norris
** Celia Johnson for {{Film/Brief Encounter}} as Laura Jesson
** {{Creator/Jennifer Jones}} for {{Film/Duel In The Sun}} as Pearl Chavez
** {{Creator/Rosalind Russell}} for Sister Kenny as Elizabeth Kenny
** {{Creator/Jane Wyman}} for {{Literature/The Yearling}} as Orry Baxter
* 1947: {{Creator/Loretta Young}} for The Farmer’s Daughter as Katie Holstrom
** {{Creator/Joan Crawford}} for Possessed as Louise Howell
** {{Creator/Susan Hayward}} for Smash-Up, The Story Of A Woman as Angelica Evans Conway
** Dorothy [=McGuire=] for {{Film/Gentlemans Agreement}} as Kathy Lacy
** {{Creator/Rosalind Russell}} for Mourning Becomes Electra as Lavina Mannon
* 1948: {{Creator/Jane Wyman}} for {{Film/Johnny Belinda}} as Belinda [=McDonald=]
** {{Creator/Ingrid Bergman}} for Joan Of Arc as {{UsefulNotes/Joan Of Arc}}
** {{Creator/Olivia De Havilland}} for {{Film/The Snake Pit}} as Virginia Stuart Cunningham
** {{Creator/Irene Dunne}} for {{Film/I Remember Mama}} as Martha Hanson
** {{Creator/Barbara Stanwyck}} for {{Film/Sorry Wrong Number}} as Leona Stevenson
* 1949: {{Creator/Olivia De Havilland}} for {{Film/The Heiress}} as Catherine Sloper
** Jeanne Crain for Pinky as Patricia “Pinky” Johnson
** {{Creator/Susan Hayward}} for {{Film/My Foolish Heart}}
** {{Creator/Deborah Kerr}} for Edward, My Son as Evelyn Boult
** {{Creator/Loretta Young}} for Come To The Stable as Margret
* 1950: {{Creator/Judy Holliday}} for {{Theatre/Born Yesterday}} as Emma “Billie” Dawn
** {{Creator/Anne Baxter}} for {{Film/All About Eve}} as Eve Harrington
** {{Creator/Bette Davis}} for {{Film/All About Eve}} as Margo Channing
** {{Creator/Eleanor Parker}} for {{Film/Caged}} as Marie Allen
** {{Creator/Gloria Swanson}} for {{Film/Sunset Boulevard}} as Norma Desmond

** Creator/SissySpacek for ''Film/TheRiver as Mae Garvey

* 1986: {{Creator/Marlee Matlin}} for {{Film/Children Of A Lesser God}} as Sarah Norman
** {{Creator/Jane Fonda}} for The Morning After as Alex Sternbergen/Viveca Van Loren
** {{Creator/Sissy Spacek}} for {{Theatre/Crimes Of The Heart}} as Babe Botrelle/Rebecca MaGrath
** {{Creator/Kathleen Turner}} for {{Film/Peggy Sue Got Married}} as Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell
** {{Creator/Sigourney Weaver}} for {{Film/Aliens}} as Ellen Ripley
* 1987: {{Music/Cher}} for {{Film/Moonstruck}} as Loretta Castorini
** {{Creator/Glenn Close}} for {{Film/Fatal Attraction}} as Alex Forrest
** {{Creator/Holly Hunter}} for {{Film/Broadcast News}} as Jane Craig
** Sally Kirkland for Anna as Anna
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for Ironweed as Helen Archer
* 1988: {{Creator/Jodie Foster}} for {{Film/The Accused}} as Sarah Tobias
** {{Creator/Glenn Close}} for {{Literature/Dangerous Liaisons}} as Marquise Isabelle De Merteuil
** {{Creator/Melanie Griffith}} for {{Film/Working Girl}} as Tess McGill
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for A Cry In The Dark as Lindy Chamberlain
** {{Creator/Sigourney Weaver}} for {{Film/Gorillas In The Mist}} as Dianne Fossey
* 1989: {{Creator/Jessica Tandy}} for {{Theatre/Driving Miss Daisy}} as Daisy Werthan
** Isabelle Adjani for Camille Claudel as Camille Claudel
** Pauline Collins for {{Theatre/Shirley Valentine}} as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
** {{Creator/Jessica Lange}} for Music Box as Ann Talbot
** {{Creator/Michelle Pfeiffer}} for {{Film/The Fabulous Baker Boys}} as Susie Diamond
* 1990: {{Creator/Kathy Bates}} for {{Literature/Misery}} as Annie Wilkes
** {{Creator/Anjelica Huston}} for {{Film/The Grifters}} as Lilly Dillon
** {{Creator/Julia Roberts}} for {{Film/Pretty Woman}} as Vivian Ward
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for Postcards From The Edge as Suzanne Vale
** Joanne Woodward for Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as India Bridge

** Creator/JessicaLange for ''Film/Frances'' as Frances Farmer

* 1984: {{Creator/Sally Field}} for {{Film/Places In The Heart}} as Edna Spalding
** {{Creator/Judy Davis}} for {{Film/A Passage To India}} as Adela Quested
** {{Creator/Jessica Lange}} for Country as Jewell Ivy
** {{Creator/Vanessa Redgrave}} for The Bostonians as Olive Chancellor
** {{Creator/Sissy Spacek}} for {{Film/The River}} as Mae Garvey
* 1985: Geraldine Page for {{Film/The Trip To Bountiful}} as Carrie Watts
** {{Creator/Anne Bancroft}} for {{Film/Agnes Of God}} as Miriam Ruth/Anna Maria Burchetti
** {{Creator/Whoopi Goldberg}} for {{Literature/The Color Purple}} as Celie Harris-Johnson
** {{Creator/Jessica Lange}} for Sweet Dreams as Patsy Cline
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/Out Of Africa}} as Karen Blixen

** Music/Diana Ross for ''Lady Sings The Blues'' as {{Music/Billie Holiday}}

** Creator/Diane Keaton for ''{{Film/Reds}}'' as Louise Bryant
** Creator/Marsha Mason for ''Only When I Laugh'' as Georgia Hines

* 1983: {{Creator/Shirley MacLaine}} for {{Film/Terms Of Endearment}} as Aurora Greenway
** Jane Alexander for {{Film/Testament}} as Carol Wetherly
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/Silkwood}} as Karen Silkwood
** {{Creator/Julie Walters}} for {{Theatre/Educating Rita}} as Susan White/Rita
** {{Creator/Debra Winger}} for {{Film/Terms Of Endearment}} as Emma Greenway Horton

* 1971: {{Creator/Jane Fonda}} for {{Film/Klute}} as Bree Daniels
** {{Creator/Julie Christie}} for {{Film/McCabe And Mrs Miller}} as Constance Miller
** {{Creator/Glenda Jackson}} for {{Film/Sunday Bloody Sunday}} as Alex Greville
** {{Creator/Vanessa Redgrave}} for {{Film/Mary Queen Of Scots}} as [[{{UsefulNotes/Mary Of Scotland}} Mary, Queen Of Scots]]
** Janet Suzman for {{Film/Nicholas And Alexandra}} as Empress Alexandra Of Russia
* 1972: {{Creator/Liza Minnelli}} for {{Film/Cabaret}} as Sally Bowles
** {{Music/Diana Ross}} for Lady Sings The Blues as {{Music/Billie Holiday}}
** {{Creator/Maggie Smith}} for {{Film/Travels With My Aunt}} as Augusta Bertram
** {{Creator/Cicely Tyson}} for {{Film/Sounder}} as Rebecca Morgan
** {{Creator/Liv Ullmann}} for {{Literature/The Emigrants}} as Kristina Nilsson
* 1973: {{Creator/Glenda Jackson}} for A Touch Of Class as Vickie Allessio
** {{Creator/Ellen Burstyn}} for {{Film/The Exorcist}} as Chris [=MacNeil=]
** {{Creator/Marsha Mason}} for Cinderella Liberty as Maggie Paul
** {{Music/Barbra Streisand}} for {{Film/The Way We Were}} as Katie Morosky
** Joanne Woodward for Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Rita Walden
* 1974: {{Creator/Ellen Burstyn}} for {{Film/Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore}} as Alice Hyatt
** {{Creator/Diahann Carroll}} for Claudine as Claudine Price
** {{Creator/Faye Dunaway}} for {{Film/Chinatown}} as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
** {{Creator/Valerie Perrine}} for {{Film/Lenny}} as Harriett Jolliff/Honey Bruce
** {{Creator/Gena Rowlands}} for {{Film/A Woman Under The Influence}} as Mabel Longhetti
* 1975: {{Creator/Louise Fletcher}} for {{Film/One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest}} as Nurse Mildred Ratchet
** Isabelle Adjani for The Story Of Adele H. as Adèle Hugo/Adèle Lewly
** Ann-Margret for {{Music/Tommy}} as Nora Walker
** {{Creator/Glenda Jackson}} for [[{{Theatre/Hedda Gabler}} Hedda]] as Hedda Gabler
** {{Creator/Carol Kane}} for {{Film/Hester Street}} as Gitl
* 1976: {{Creator/Faye Dunaway}} for {{Film/Network}} as Diana Christensen
** Marie-Christine Barrault for {{Film/Cousin Cousine}} as Marthe
** Talia Shire for {{Film/Rocky}} as Adrian Pennino
** {{Creator/Sissy Spacek}} for {{Film/Carrie 1976}} as Carrie White
** {{Creator/Liv Ullmann}} for {{Film/Face To Face}} as Jenny Isaksson
* 1977: {{Creator/Diane Keaton}} for {{Film/Annie Hall}} as Annie Hall
** {{Creator/Anne Bancroft}} for {{Film/The Turning Point 1977}} as Emma Jacklin
** {{Creator/Jane Fonda}} for {{Film/Julia}} as Lillian Hellman
** {{Creator/Shirley MacLaine}} for {{Film/The Turning Point 1977}} as Deedee Rodgers
** {{Creator/Marsha Mason}} for {{Film/The Goodbye Girl}} as Paula [=McFadden=]
* 1978: {{Creator/Jane Fonda}} for {{Film/Coming Home}} as Sally Hyde
** {{Creator/Ingrid Bergman}} for {{Film/Autumn Sonata}} as Charlotte Andergast
** {{Creator/Ellen Burstyn}} for Same Time, Next Year as Doris
** Jill Calyburgh for {{Film/An Unmarried Woman}} as Erica Benton
** Geraldine Page for Interiors as Eve
* 1979: {{Creator/Sally Field}} for {{Film/Norma Rae}} as Norma Rae Webster
** Jill Clayburgh for Starting Over as Marilyn Holmberg
** {{Creator/Jane Fonda}} for {{Film/The China Syndrome}} as Kimberly Wells
** {{Creator/Marsha Mason}} for Chapter Two as Jennie [=MacLaine=]
** {{Creator/Bette Midler}} for {{Film/The Rose}} as Mary Rose Foster
* 1980: {{Creator/Sissy Spacek}} for {{Film/Coal Miners Daughter}} as Loretta Lynn
** {{Creator/Ellen Burstyn}} for {{Film/Resurrection 1980}} as Edna Mae Harper-[=McCauley=]
** {{Creator/Goldie Hawn}} for {{Film/Private Benjamin}} as Judy Benjamin
** {{Creator/Mary Tyler Moore}} for {{Literature/Ordinary People}} as Beth Jarrett
** {{Creator/Gena Rowlands}} for {{Film/Gloria}} as Gloria Swenson

* 1981: {{Creator/Katharine Hepburn}} for {{Theatre/On Golden Pond}} as Ethel Thayer
** {{Creator/Diane Keaton}} for {{Film/Reds}} as Louise Bryant
** {{Creator/Marsha Mason}} for Only When I Laugh as Georgia Hines
** {{Creator/Susan Sarandon}} for {{Film/Atlantic City}} as Sally Matthews
** {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Literature/The French Lieutenants Woman}} as Anna/Sara Woodruff
* 1982: {{Creator/Meryl Streep}} for {{Film/Sophies Choice}} as Sophie Zawistowski
** {{Creator/Julie Andrews}} for {{Film/Victor Victoria}} as Victor Grazinski/Victoria Grant
** {{Creator/Jessica Lange}} for {{Film/Frances}} as Frances Farmer
** {{Creator/Sissy Spacek}} for Film/Missing1982 as Beth Horman
** {{Creator/Debra Winger}} for {{Film/An Officer And A Gentleman}} as Paula Pokrifki

** {{Creator/Norma Shearer}} for {{Film/Romeo And Juliet 1936}} as Juliet Capulet

** {{Creator/Greta Garbo}} for {{Film/Camille 1936}} as Marguerite Gautier
** {{Creator/Janet Gaynor}} for {{Film/A Star Is Born 1937}} as Esther Victoria Blodgett/Vicki Lester

** {{Creator/Irene Dunne}} for {{Film/Love Affair}} as Terry McKay

* 1941: {{Creator/Joan Fontaine}} for {{Film/Suspicion}} as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

** Dorothy McGuire for {{Film/Gentlemans Agreement}} as Kathy Lacy

* 1948: {{Creator/Jane Wyman}} for {{Film/Johnny Belinda}} as Belinda McDonald

** {{Creator/Olivia De Havilland}} for {{Film/Joan Of Arc}} as Virginia Stuart Cunningham

** {{Creator/Eleanor Parker}} for {{Film/Detective Story}} as Mary McLeod

** Maggie McNamara for {{Theatre/The Moon Is Blue}} as Patty O’Neill

** Nancy Kelly for {{Film/The Bad Seed 1956}} as Christine Penmark

** {{Creator/Lana Turner}} for {{Film/Peyton Place}} as Constance MacKenzie

** Ali MacGraw for {{Film/Love Story}} as Jennifer Cavalleri-Barrett

** {{Creator/Ellen Burstyn}} for {{Film/The Exorcist}} as Chris MacNeil

** {{Creator/Marsha Mason}} for {{Film/The Goodbye Girl}} as Paula McFadden

** {{Creator/Marsha Mason}} for Chapter Two as Jennie MacLaine

** {{Creator/Ellen Burstyn}} for {{Film/Resurrection 1980}} as Edna Mae Harper-McCauley

* 1993: {{Creator/Holly Hunter}} for {{Film/The Piano}} as Ada McGrath

** {{Creator/Sharon Stone}} for {{Film/Casino}} as Ginger McKenna

** {{Creator/Emily Watson}} for {{Film/Breaking The Waves}} as Bess McNeill

** Janet McTeer for Tumbleweeds as Mary Jo Walker

** {{Creator/Elliot Page}} for {{Film/Juno}} as Juno MacGuff

** {{Creator/Saoirse Ronan}} for {{Film/Lady Bird}} as Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson

** {{Creator/Saoirse Ronan}} for {{Film/Little Women 2019}} as Josephine “Jo” March
** {{Creator/Charlize Theron}} for {{Film/Bombshell 2019}} as Megyn Kelly

** {{Creator/Sissy Spacek}} for {{Film/Missing}} as Beth Horman

* 2020: {{Creator/Frances McDormand}} for {{Film/Nomadland}} as Fern

* 2020: TBA

** {{Creator/Frances McDormand}} for {{Film/Nomadland}} as Fern

** {{Creator/Julianne Moore}} for {{Literature/The End Of The Affair}} as Sarah Miles