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Best Actress

1927 Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven
1928 Lillian Gish, The Wind
1929 Maria Falconetti, The Passion of Joan of Arc
1930 Greta Garbo, Anna Christie
1931 Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1932 Marlene Dietrich, Shanghai Express
1933 Katharine Hepburn, Little Women
1934 Myrna Loy, The Thin Man
1935 Claudette Colbert, Private Worlds
1936 Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey
1937 Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth
1938 Bette Davis, Jezebel
1939 Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind
1940 Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story (2)
1941 Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve
1942 Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver
1943 Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier
1944 Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
1945 Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary’s
1946 Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own
1947 Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus
1948 Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
1949 Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress (2)
1950 Bette Davis, All About Eve (2)
1951 Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire (2)
1952 Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart
1953 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
1954 Judy Garland, A Star Is Born
1955 Katharine Hepburn, Summertime (3)
1956 Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia (2)
1957 Deborah Kerr, An Affair to Remember (2)
1958 Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame (2)
1959 Audrey Hepburn, The Nun’s Story (2)
1960 Deborah Kerr, The Sundowners (3)
1961 Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke
1962 Katharine Hepburn, Long Day’s Journey into Night (4)
1963 Patricia Neal, Hud
1964 Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins
1965 Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music (2)
1966 Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 Anne Bancroft, The Graduate
1968 Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter (5)
1969 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1970 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
1971 Jane Fonda, Klute
1972 Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
1973 Joanne Woodward, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1974 Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1975 Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H.
1976 Sissy Spacek, Carrie
1977 Diane Keaton, Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1978 Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata (4)
1979 Sally Field, Norma Rae
1980 Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People
1981 Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest
1982 Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice (2)
1983 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
1984 Sally Field, Places in the Heart (2)
1985 Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
1986 Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
1987 Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
1988 Jodie Foster, The Accused
1989 Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
1990 Joanne Woodward, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (2)
1991 Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (2)
1992 Emma Thompson, Howards End
1993 Angela Bassett, What’s Love Got to Do with It
1994 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky
1995 Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking
1996 Frances McDormand, Fargo
1997 Helena Bonham Carter, Margaret’s Museum
1998 Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station
1999 Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
2000 Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream (2)
2001 Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom (2)
2002 Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven
2003 Diane Keaton, Something’s Gotta Give (2)
2004 Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby (2)
2005 Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
2006 Helen Mirren, The Queen
2007 Julie Christie, Away from Her
2008 Meryl Streep, Doubt
2009 Tilda Swinton, Julia
2010 Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
2011 Jeong-he Yun, Poetry
2012 Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
2013 Judi Dench, Philomena (2)
2014 Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
2015 Cate Blanchett, Carol (2)
2016 Natalie Portman, Jackie
2017 Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2)
2018 Glenn Close, The Wife (2)
2019 Renée Zellweger, Judy
2020 Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
2021 Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
2022 Cate Blanchett, Tár (3)
2023 Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall