Winners Only by Category:
Best Actress

Listed below are the Academy Award winners in the category of Best Actress (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the winners in that category.

1927-28  (1st)

Janet Gaynor in 7th Heaven, Fox, in Street Angel, Fox, and in Sunrise, Fox.

1928-29  (2nd)

Mary Pickford in Coquette, Pickford; United Artists.

1929-30  (3rd)

Norma Shearer in The Divorcee, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and in Their Own Desire, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1930-31  (4th)

Marie Dressler in Min and Bill, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1931-32  (5th)

Helen Hayes in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1932-33  (6th)

Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory, RKO Radio.

1934  (7th)

Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night, Columbia.

1935  (8th)

Bette Davis in Dangerous, Warner Bros.

1936  (9th)

Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1937  (10th)

Luise Rainer in The Good Earth, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1938  (11th)

Bette Davis in Jezebel, Warner Bros.

1939  (12th)

Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind, Selznick International Pictures; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1940  (13th)

Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle, RKO Radio.

1941  (14th)

Joan Fontaine in Suspicion, RKO Radio.

1942  (15th)

Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1943  (16th)

Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox.

1944  (17th)

Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1945  (18th)

Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce, Warner Bros.

1946  (19th)

Olivia de Havilland in To Each His Own, Paramount.

1947  (20th)

Loretta Young in The Farmer’s Daughter, RKO Radio.

1948  (21st)

Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros.

1949  (22nd)

Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress, Paramount.

1950  (23rd)

Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday, Columbia.

1951  (24th)

Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros.

1952  (25th)

Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

1953  (26th)

Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday, Paramount.

1954  (27th)

Grace Kelly in The Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount.

1955  (28th)

Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

1956  (29th)

Ingrid Bergman in Anastasia, 20th Century-Fox.

1957  (30th)

Joanne Woodward in The Three Faces of Eve, 20th Century-Fox.

1958  (31st)

Susan Hayward in I Want to Live!, Figaro, Inc.; United Artists.

1959  (32nd)

Simone Signoret in Room at the Top, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Continental Distributing, Inc. (UK)

1960  (33rd)

Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8, Afton-Linebrook Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1961  (34th)

Sophia Loren in Two Women, Champion-Les Films Marceau-Cocinor and Societe Generale De Cinematographie Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy, France)

1962  (35th)

Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker, Playfilms Production; United Artists.

1963  (36th)

Patricia Neal in Hud, Salem-Dover Production; Paramount.

1964  (37th)

Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

1965  (38th)

Julie Christie in Darling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Ltd. Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (UK)

1966  (39th)

Elizabeth Taylor in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Chenault Productions; Warner Bros.

1967  (40th)

Katharine Hepburn in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Columbia.

1968  (41st)

Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter, Haworth Productions, Ltd.; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA)

Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl, Rastar Productions; Columbia.

1969  (42nd)

Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 20th Century-Fox Productions, Ltd.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK)

1970  (43rd)

Glenda Jackson in Women in Love, Larry Kramer-Martin Rosen Production; United Artists. (UK)

1971  (44th)

Jane Fonda in Klute, Gus Production; Warner Bros.

1972  (45th)

Liza Minnelli in Cabaret, ABC Pictures Production; Allied Artists.

1973  (46th)

Glenda Jackson in A Touch of Class, Brut Productions; Avco Embassy. (UK)

1974  (47th)

Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Warner Bros.

1975  (48th)

Louise Fletcher in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists.

1976  (49th)

Faye Dunaway in Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists.

1977  (50th)

Diane Keaton in Annie Hall, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; United Artists.

1978  (51st)

Jane Fonda in Coming Home, Jerome Hellman Enterprises Production; United Artists.

1979  (52nd)

Sally Field in Norma Rae, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox.

1980  (53rd)

Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner’s Daughter, Bernard Schwartz-Universal Pictures Production; Universal.

1981  (54th)

Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond, ITC Films/IPC Films Production; Universal. (UK, USA)

1982  (55th)

Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice, ITC Entertainment Presentation of a Pakula-Barish Production; Universal/A.F.D. (UK, USA)

1983  (56th)

Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks Production; Paramount.

1984  (57th)

Sally Field in Places in the Heart, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star.

1985  (58th)

Geraldine Page in The Trip to Bountiful, Bountiful Production; Island Pictures.

1986  (59th)

Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman Production; Paramount.

1987  (60th)

Cher in Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1988  (61st)

Jodie Foster in The Accused, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount. (Canada, USA)

1989  (62nd)

Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy, Zanuck Company Production; Warner Bros.

1990  (63rd)

Kathy Bates in Misery, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia.

1991  (64th)

Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs, Strong Heart/Demme Production; Orion.

1992  (65th)

Emma Thompson in Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA)

1993  (66th)

Holly Hunter in The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France)

1994  (67th)

Jessica Lange in Blue Sky, Robert H. Solo Production; Orion.

1995  (68th)

Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking, Working Title/Havoc Production; Gramercy Pictures. (UK, USA)

1996  (69th)

Frances McDormand in Fargo, Working Title Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, UK)

1997  (70th)

Helen Hunt in As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar.

1998  (71st)

Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Company Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK)

1999  (72nd)

Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry, Killer Films/Hart-Sharp Entertainment Production; Fox Searchlight.

2000  (73rd)

Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich, Jersey Films Production; Universal and Columbia.

2001  (74th)

Halle Berry in Monster’s Ball, Monster Production; Lions Gate Films.

2002  (75th)

Nicole Kidman in The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany)

2003  (76th)

Charlize Theron in Monster, MDP Film Productions and Zodiac Production; Newmarket Films. (Germany, USA)

2004  (77th)

Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros.

2005  (78th)

Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Germany)

2006  (79th)

Helen Mirren in The Queen, Granada Production; Miramax, Pathé and Granada. (UK, USA, France, Italy)

2007  (80th)

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose, Legende Production; Picturehouse. (France, UK, Czech Republic)

2008  (81st)

Kate Winslet in The Reader, Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production; The Weinstein Company. (Germany, USA)

2009  (82nd)

Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, Alcon Entertainment Production; Warner Bros.

2010  (83rd)

Natalie Portman in Black Swan, Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight.

2011  (84th)

Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, Weinstein Company/Yuk Films/Pathé/UK Film Council/Canal+/Cine+/Goldcrest Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, France)

2012  (85th)

Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company.

2013  (86th)

Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine, Sony Pictures Classics.

2014  (87th)

Julianne Moore in Still Alice, a Killer Films Production; Sony Pictures Classic. (USA, UK, France)

2015  (88th)

Brie Larson in Room, an Element Pictures Production; A24. (Ireland, Canada, UK, USA)

2016  (89th)

Emma Stone in La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. (USA, Hong Kong)

2017  (90th)

Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, A Blueprint Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, USA)

2018  (91st)

Olivia Colman in The Favourite, A Film4/Waypoint Entertainment/Element Pictures/Scarlet Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (Ireland, UK, USA)

2019  (92nd)

Renée Zellweger in Judy, A Pathé/BBC Films/Ingenious Media/Calamity Films Production; LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions. (UK)

2020  (93rd)

Frances McDormand in Nomadland, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production; Searchlight. (Germany, USA)

2021  (94th)

Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Searchlight.

2022  (95th)

Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Hot Dog Hands Prod.; A24.

2023  (96th)

Emma Stone in Poor Things, Element Pictures Production; Searchlight. (Ireland, UK, USA)