2025:
Jessie Buckley in HAMNET
2024:
Mikey Madison in ANORA
2023:
Emma Stone in POOR THINGS
2022:
Michelle Yeoh in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
2021:
Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
2020:
Frances McDormand in NOMADLAND
2019:
Renee Zellweger in JUDY
2018:
Olivia Colman in THE FAVOURITE
2017:
Frances McDormand in THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
2016:
Emma Stone in LA LA LAND
2015:
Brie Larson in ROOM
2014:
Julianne Moore in STILL ALICE
2013:
Cate Blanchett in BLUE JASMINE
2012:
Jennifer Lawrence in SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
2011:
Meryl Streep in THE IRON LADY
2010:
Natalie Portman in BLACK SWAN
2009:
Sandra Bullock in THE BLIND SIDE
2008:
Kate Winslet in THE READER
2007:
Marion Cotillard in LA VIE EN ROSE
2006:
Helen Mirren in THE QUEEN
2005:
Reese Witherspoon in WALK THE LINE
2004:
Hilary Swank in MILLION DOLLAR BABY
2003:
Charlize Theron in MONSTER
2002:
Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS
2001:
Halle Berry in MONSTER'S BALL
2000:
Julia Roberts in ERIN BROCKOVICH
1999:
Hilary Swank in BOYS DON'T CRY
1998:
Gwyneth Paltrow in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
1997:
Helen Hunt in AS GOOD AS IT GETS
1996:
Frances McDormand in FARGO
1995:
Susan Sarandon in DEAD MAN WALKING
1994:
Jessica Lange in BLUE SKY
1993:
Holly Hunter in THE PIANO
1992:
Emma Thompson in HOWARDS END
1991:
Jodie Foster in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1990:
Kathy Bates in MISERY
1989:
Jessica Tandy in DRIVING MISS DAISY
1988:
Jodie Foster in THE ACCUSED
1987:
Cher in MOONSTRUCK
1986:
Marlee Matlin in CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
1985:
Geraldine Page in A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
1984:
Sally Field in PLACES IN THE HEART
1983:
Shirley MacLaine in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
1982:
Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE
1981:
Katharine Hepburn in ON GOLDEN POND
1980:
Sissy Spacek in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
1979:
Sally Field in NORMA RAE
1978:
Jane Fonda in COMING HOME
1977:
Diane Keaton in ANNIE HALL
1976:
Faye Dunaway in NETWORK
1975:
Louise Fletcher in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1974:
Ellen Burstyn in ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
1973:
Glenda Jackson in A TOUCH OF CLASS
1972:
Liza Minnelli in CABARET
1971:
Jane Fonda in KLUTE
1970:
Glenda Jackson in WOMEN IN LOVE
1969:
Maggie Smith in THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
1968:
(tie) Katharine Hepburn in THE LION IN WINTER and Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL
1967:
Katharine Hepburn in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
1966:
Elizabeth Taylor in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
1965:
Julie Christie in DARLING
1964:
Julie Andrews in MARY POPPINS
1963:
Patricia Neal in HUD
1962:
Anne Bancroft in THE MIRACLE WORKER
1961:
Sophia Loren in TWO WOMEN
1960:
Elizabeth Taylor in BUTTERFIELD 8
1959:
Simone Signoret in ROOM AT THE TOP
1958:
Susan Hayward in I WANT TO LIVE!
1957:
Joanne Woodward in THE THREE FACES OF EVE
1956:
Ingrid Bergman in ANASTASIA
1955:
Anna Magnani in THE ROSE TATTOO
1954:
Grace Kelly in THE COUNTRY GIRL
1953:
Audrey Hepburn in ROMAN HOLIDAY
1952:
Shirley Booth in COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
1951:
Vivien Leigh in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1950:
Judy Holliday in BORN YESTERDAY
1949:
Olivia de Havilland in THE HEIRESS
1948:
Jane Wyman in JOHNNY BELINDA
1947:
Loretta Young in THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER
1946:
Olivia de Havilland in TO EACH HIS OWN
1945:
Joan Crawford in MILDRED PIERCE
1944:
Ingrid Bergman in GASLIGHT
1943:
Jennifer Jones in THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
1942:
Greer Garson in MRS. MINIVER
1941:
Joan Fontaine in SUSPICION
1940:
Ginger Rogers in KITTY FOYLE
1939:
Vivien Leigh in GONE WITH THE WIND
1938:
Bette Davis in JEZEBEL
1937:
Luise Rainer in THE GOOD EARTH
1936:
Luise Rainer in THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
1935:
Bette Davis in DANGEROUS
1934:
Claudette Colbert in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1932 / 33:
Katharine Hepburn in MORNING GLORY
1931 / 32:
Helen Hayes in THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET
1930 / 31:
Marie Dressler in MIN AND BILL
1929 / 30:
Norma Shearer in THE DIVORCEE
1928 / 29:
Mary Pickford in COQUETTE
1927 / 28:
Janet Gaynor in 7TH HEAVEN, STREET ANGEL, SUNRISE
