2025:
Amy Madigan in WEAPONS
2024:
Zoe Saldana in EMILIA PEREZ
2023:
Da'Vine Joy Randolph in THE HOLDOVERS
2022:
Jamie Lee Curtis in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
2021:
Ariana DeBose in WEST SIDE STORY
2020:
Yuh-Jung Youn in MINARI
2019:
Laura Dern in MARRIAGE STORY
2018:
Regina King in IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
2017:
Allison Janney in I, TONYA
2016:
Viola Davis in FENCES
2015:
Alicia Vikander in THE DANISH GIRL
2014:
Patricia Arquette in BOYHOOD
2013:
Lupita Nyong'o in 12 YEARS A SLAVE
2012:
Anne Hathaway in LES MISERABLES
2011:
Octavia Spencer in THE HELP
2010:
Melissa Leo in THE FIGHTER
2009:
MoNique in PRECIOUS
2008:
Penelope Cruz in VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
2007:
Tilda Swinton in MICHAEL CLAYTON
2006:
Jennifer Hudson in DREAMGIRLS
2005:
Rachel Weisz in THE CONSTANT GARDENER
2004:
Cate Blanchett in THE AVIATOR
2003:
Renee Zellweger in COLD MOUNTAIN
2002:
Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO
2001:
Jennifer Connelly in A BEAUTIFUL MIND
2000:
Marcia Gay Harden in POLLOCK
1999:
Angelina Jolie in GIRL, INTERRUPTED
1998:
Judi Dench in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
1997:
Kim Basinger in L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
1996:
Juliette Binoche in THE ENGLISH PATIENT
1995:
Mira Sorvino in MIGHTY APHRODITE
1994:
Dianne Wiest in BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
1993:
Anna Paquin in THE PIANO
1992:
Marisa Tomei in MY COUSIN VINNY
1991:
Mercedes Ruehl in THE FISHER KING
1990:
Whoopi Goldberg in GHOST
1989:
Brenda Fricker in MY LEFT FOOT
1988:
Geena Davis in THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
1987:
Olympia Dukakis in MOONSTRUCK
1986:
Dianne Wiest in HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
1985:
Anjelica Huston in PRIZZI'S HONOR
1984:
Peggy Ashcroft in A PASSAGE TO INDIA
1983:
Linda Hunt in THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
1982:
Jessica Lange in TOOTSIE
1981:
Maureen Stapleton in REDS
1980:
Mary Steenburgen in MELVIN AND HOWARD
1979:
Meryl Streep in KRAMER VS. KRAMER
1978:
Maggie Smith in CALIFORNIA SUITE
1977:
Vanessa Redgrave in JULIA
1976:
Beatrice Straight in NETWORK
1975:
Lee Grant in SHAMPOO
1974:
Ingrid Bergman in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
1973:
Tatum ONeal in PAPER MOON
1972:
Eileen Heckart in BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE
1971:
Cloris Leachman in THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
1970:
Helen Hayes in AIRPORT
1969:
Goldie Hawn in CACTUS FLOWER
1968:
Ruth Gordon in ROSEMARY'S BABY
1967:
Estelle Parsons in BONNIE AND CLYDE
1966:
Sandy Dennis in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
1964:
Lila Kedrova in ZORBA THE GREEK
1963:
Margaret Rutherford in THE V.I.P.S
1962:
Patty Duke in THE MIRACLE WORKER
1961:
Rita Moreno in WEST SIDE STORY
1960:
Shirley Jones in ELMER GANTRY
1959:
Shelley Winters in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
1958:
Wendy Hiller in SEPARATE TABLES
1957:
Miyoshi Umeki in SAYONARA
1956:
Dorothy Malone in WRITTEN ON THE WIND
1955:
Jo Van Fleet in EAST OF EDEN
1954:
Eva Marie Saint in ON THE WATERFRONT
1953:
Donna Reed in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
1952:
Gloria Grahame in THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
1951:
Kim Hunter in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1950:
Josephine Hull in HARVEY
1949:
Mercedes McCambridge in ALL THE KING'S MEN
1948:
Claire Trevor in KEY LARGO
1947:
Celeste Holm in GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT
1946:
Anne Baxter in THE RAZOR'S EDGE
1945:
Anne Revere in NATIONAL VELVET
1944:
Ethel Barrymore in NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART
1943:
Katina Paxinou in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
1942:
Teresa Wright in MRS. MINIVER
1941:
Mary Astor in THE GREAT LIE
1940:
Jane Darwell in THE GRAPES OF WRATH
1939:
Hattie McDaniel in GONE WITH THE WIND
1938:
Fay Bainter in JEZEBEL
1937:
Alice Brady in IN OLD CHICAGO
1936:
Gale Sondergaard in ANTHONY ADVERSE
