Academy Award for Best Actress
Every winner and nominee of the Academy Award for Best Actress since 1929, newest first.
2026🏆 Winner
Jessie Buckley
Hamnet4 nominees
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Emma StoneBugoniaNominee
Kate HudsonSong Sung BlueNominee
2025🏆 Winner
Mikey Madison
Anora4 nominees
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Cynthia ErivoWickedNominee
Demi MooreThe SubstanceNominee
2024🏆 WinnerEmma Stone
Poor Things4 nominees
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Annette BeningNYADNominee
Carey MulliganMaestroNominee
2023🏆 Winner
Michelle Yeoh
Everything Everywhere All at Once4 nominees
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2022🏆 Winner
Jessica Chastain
The Eyes of Tammy Faye4 nominees
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Kristen StewartSpencerNominee
2021🏆 Winner
Frances McDormand
Nomadland4 nominees
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2020🏆 Winner
Renée Zellweger
Judy4 nominees
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2019🏆 Winner
Olivia Colman
The Favourite4 nominees
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2018🏆 WinnerFrances McDormand
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri4 nominees
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2017🏆 WinnerEmma Stone
La La Land4 nominees
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2016🏆 Winner
Brie Larson
Room4 nominees
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Cate BlanchettCarolNominee
Saoirse RonanBrooklynNominee
Charlotte Rampling45 YearsNominee
Jennifer LawrenceLynleyNominee2015🏆 Winner
Julianne Moore
Still Alice4 nominees
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Rosamund PikeGone GirlNominee
Reese WitherspoonWildNominee2014🏆 WinnerCate Blanchett
Blue Jasmine4 nominees
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2013🏆 WinnerJennifer Lawrence
Silver Linings Playbook4 nominees
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Naomi WattsThe ImpossibleNominee
Emmanuelle RivaAmourNominee2012🏆 Winner
Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady4 nominees
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Viola DavisThe HelpNominee
Glenn CloseAlbert NobbsNominee2011🏆 Winner
Natalie Portman
Black Swan4 nominees
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Nicole KidmanRabbit HoleNominee
2010🏆 Winner
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side4 nominees
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Carey MulliganAn EducationNominee
Gabourey SidibePreciousNominee
Helen MirrenThe Last StationNominee
Meryl StreepJulie & JuliaNominee2009🏆 Winner
Kate Winslet
The Reader4 nominees
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2008🏆 Winner
Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose4 nominees
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2007🏆 WinnerHelen Mirren
The Queen4 nominees
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2006🏆 WinnerReese Witherspoon
Walk the Line4 nominees
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Felicity HuffmanTransamericaNominee
Charlize TheronNorth CountryNominee2005🏆 Winner
Hilary Swank
This Hour Has 22 Minutes4 nominees
2004🏆 WinnerCharlize Theron
Monster4 nominees
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Naomi Watts21 GramsNominee
Samantha MortonIn AmericaNominee
2003🏆 WinnerNicole Kidman
The Hours4 nominees
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2002🏆 Winner
Halle Berry
Monster's Ball4 nominees
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2001🏆 Winner
Julia Roberts
Erin Brockovich4 nominees
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Juliette BinocheChocolatNominee
Joan AllenThe ContenderNominee2000🏆 WinnerHilary Swank
Boys Don't Cry4 nominees
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Janet McTeerTumbleweedsNominee1999🏆 Winner
Gwyneth Paltrow
Shakespeare in Love4 nominees
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Meryl StreepOne True ThingNominee
Cate BlanchettElizabethNominee1998🏆 Winner
Helen Hunt
As Good as It Gets4 nominees
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1997🏆 WinnerFrances McDormand
Fargo4 nominees
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Diane KeatonMarvin's RoomNominee
Brenda BlethynSecrets & LiesNominee1996🏆 Winner
Susan Sarandon
Dead Man Walking4 nominees
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Sharon StoneCasinoNominee
1995🏆 Winner
Jessica Lange
Blue Sky4 nominees
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Winona RyderLittle WomenNominee
Susan SarandonThe ClientNominee
Miranda RichardsonTom & VivNominee
Jodie FosterNellNominee1994🏆 Winner
Holly Hunter
The Piano4 nominees
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Debra WingerShadowlandsNominee
1993🏆 Winner
Emma Thompson
Howards End4 nominees
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Susan SarandonLorenzo's OilNominee
Catherine DeneuveIndochineNominee
Mary McDonnellPassion FishNominee
Michelle PfeifferLove FieldNominee1992🏆 WinnerJodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs3 nominees
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Laura DernRambling RoseNominee
Bette MidlerFor the BoysNominee1991🏆 Winner
Kathy Bates
Misery4 nominees
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Anjelica HustonThe GriftersNominee
Julia RobertsPretty WomanNominee1990🏆 Winner
Jessica Tandy
Driving Miss Daisy4 nominees
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Jessica LangeMusic BoxNominee
1989🏆 WinnerJodie Foster
The Accused4 nominees
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Meryl StreepEvil AngelsNominee
Melanie GriffithWorking GirlNominee
1988🏆 Winner
Cher
Moonstruck4 nominees
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Holly HunterBroadcast NewsNominee
Meryl StreepIronweedNominee
Sally KirklandAnnaNominee
Glenn CloseFatal AttractionNominee1987🏆 Winner
Marlee Matlin
Children of a Lesser God4 nominees
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Sigourney WeaverAliensNominee
Jane FondaThe Morning AfterNominee
1986🏆 Winner
Geraldine Page
The Trip to Bountiful4 nominees
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Jessica LangeSweet DreamsNominee
Anne BancroftAgnes of GodNominee
Meryl StreepOut of AfricaNominee
Whoopi GoldbergColumboNominee1985🏆 Winner
Sally Field
Places in the Heart4 nominees
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1984🏆 Winner
Shirley MacLaine
Terms of Endearment3 nominees
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1983🏆 WinnerMeryl Streep
Sophie's Choice4 nominees
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1982🏆 Winner
Katharine Hepburn
On Golden Pond4 nominees
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Diane KeatonRedsNominee
Susan SarandonAtlantic CityNominee
1981🏆 Winner
Sissy Spacek
Coal Miner's Daughter4 nominees
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1980🏆 WinnerSally Field
Norma Rae4 nominees
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Bette MidlerThe RoseNominee
Jill ClayburghStarting OverNominee
Marsha MasonChapter TwoNominee
Jane FondaThe China SyndromeNominee1979🏆 WinnerJane Fonda
Coming Home4 nominees
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Geraldine PageInteriorsNominee
Ingrid BergmanAutumn SonataNominee1978🏆 WinnerDiane Keaton
Annie Hall3 nominees
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Jane FondaJuliaNominee
Marsha MasonThe Goodbye GirlNominee1977🏆 Winner
Faye Dunaway
Network4 nominees
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1976🏆 Winner
Louise Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest4 nominees
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1975🏆 Winner
Ellen Burstyn
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore4 nominees
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1974🏆 Winner
Glenda Jackson
A Touch of Class4 nominees
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Ellen BurstynThe ExorcistNominee
1973🏆 Winner
Liza Minnelli
Cabaret4 nominees
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Cicely TysonSounderNominee
Liv UllmannThe EmigrantsNominee1972🏆 WinnerJane Fonda
Klute4 nominees
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1971🏆 WinnerGlenda Jackson
Women in Love4 nominees
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Sarah MilesRyan's DaughterNominee
Ali MacGrawLove StoryNominee1970🏆 Winner
Maggie Smith
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie4 nominees
1969🏆 WinnerKatharine Hepburn
The Lion in Winter3 nominees
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Vanessa RedgraveIsadoraNominee1968🏆 WinnerKatharine Hepburn
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner4 nominees
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1967🏆 Winner
Elizabeth Taylor
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?4 nominees
1966🏆 Winner
Julie Christie
Darling4 nominees
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Simone SignoretShip of FoolsNominee
Samantha EggarThe CollectorNominee1965🏆 Winner
Julie Andrews
Mary Poppins4 nominees
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1964🏆 Winner
Patricia Neal
Hud4 nominees
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1963🏆 WinnerAnne Bancroft
The Miracle Worker4 nominees
1962🏆 Winner
Sophia Loren
Two Women4 nominees
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Piper LaurieThe HustlerNominee
1961🏆 WinnerElizabeth Taylor
BUtterfield 84 nominees
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Deborah KerrThe SundownersNominee
1960🏆 WinnerSimone Signoret
Room at the Top3 nominees
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Doris DayPillow TalkNominee
1959🏆 Winner
Susan Hayward
I Want to Live!4 nominees
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Deborah KerrSeparate TablesNominee
Rosalind RussellAuntie MameNominee
1958🏆 Winner
Joanne Woodward
The Three Faces of Eve4 nominees
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Lana TurnerPeyton PlaceNominee
Anna MagnaniWild Is the WindNominee1957🏆 WinnerIngrid Bergman
Anastasia4 nominees
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1956🏆 WinnerAnna Magnani
The Rose Tattoo4 nominees
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Katharine HepburnSummertimeNominee1955🏆 Winner
Grace Kelly
The Country Girl4 nominees
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Judy GarlandA Star Is BornNominee
Audrey HepburnSabrinaNominee1954🏆 WinnerAudrey Hepburn
Roman Holiday4 nominees
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Ava GardnerMogamboNominee
Leslie CaronLiliNominee
1953🏆 Winner
Shirley Booth
Come Back, Little Sheba4 nominees
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Bette DavisThe StarNominee
Joan CrawfordSudden FearNominee1952🏆 Winner
Vivien Leigh
A Streetcar Named Desire4 nominees
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Jane WymanThe Blue VeilNominee1951🏆 Winner
Judy Holliday
Born Yesterday3 nominees
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Eleanor ParkerCagedNominee
Anne Baxter, Bette DavisAll About EveNominee1950🏆 Winner
Olivia de Havilland
The Heiress4 nominees
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Deborah KerrEdward, My SonNominee
Jeanne CrainPinkyNominee
1949🏆 WinnerJane Wyman
Johnny Belinda4 nominees
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Irene DunneI Remember MamaNominee
Ingrid BergmanJoan of ArcNominee
1948🏆 Winner
Loretta Young
The Farmer's Daughter4 nominees
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Joan CrawfordPossessedNominee
1947🏆 WinnerOlivia de Havilland
To Each His Own4 nominees
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1946🏆 WinnerJoan Crawford
Mildred Pierce4 nominees
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Jennifer JonesLove LettersNominee
1945🏆 WinnerIngrid Bergman
Gaslight4 nominees
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Bette DavisMr. SkeffingtonNominee
Greer GarsonMrs. ParkingtonNominee
1944🏆 WinnerJennifer Jones
The Song of Bernadette4 nominees
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Greer GarsonMadame CurieNominee
1943🏆 WinnerGreer Garson
Mrs. Miniver4 nominees
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Bette DavisNow, VoyagerNominee
1942🏆 Winner
Joan Fontaine
Suspicion4 nominees
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Barbara StanwyckBall of FireNominee
Bette DavisThe Little FoxesNominee1941🏆 Winner
Ginger Rogers
Kitty Foyle4 nominees
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1940🏆 WinnerVivien Leigh
Gone with the Wind4 nominees
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1939🏆 WinnerBette Davis
Jezebel4 nominees
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Wendy HillerPygmalionNominee
Fay BainterWhite BannersNominee
1938🏆 Winner
Luise Rainer
The Good Earth4 nominees
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1937🏆 WinnerLuise Rainer
The Great Ziegfeld4 nominees
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Carole LombardMy Man GodfreyNominee
1936🏆 WinnerBette Davis
Dangerous5 nominees
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Merle OberonThe Dark AngelNominee
Katharine HepburnAlice AdamsNominee
Miriam HopkinsBecky SharpNominee
1935🏆 Winner
Claudette Colbert
It Happened One Night3 nominees
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Bette DavisOf Human BondageNominee
Grace MooreOne Night of LoveNominee1934🏆 WinnerKatharine Hepburn
Morning Glory2 nominees
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May RobsonLady for a DayNominee
Diana WynyardCavalcadeNominee1932🏆 Winner
Helen Hayes
The Sin of Madelon Claudet2 nominees
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Lynn FontanneThe GuardsmanNominee
Marie DresslerEmmaNominee1931🏆 WinnerMarie Dressler
Min and Bill4 nominees
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Ann HardingHolidayNominee
Irene DunneCimarronNominee
Marlene DietrichMoroccoNominee
Norma ShearerA Free SoulNominee1930🏆 Winner
Mary Pickford
Coquette11 nominees
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Jeanne EagelsThe LetterNominee
Ruth ChattertonSarah and SonNominee
Gloria SwansonThe TrespasserNominee
Greta GarboRomanceNominee
Greta GarboAnna ChristieNominee
Betty CompsonThe BarkerNominee
Ruth ChattertonMadame XNominee
