Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Every winner and nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama since 1944, newest first.
2026🏆 Winner
Jessie Buckley
Hamnet
2025🏆 Winner
Fernanda Torres
I'm Still Here1 nominee
Nominees (1)
BabygirlNominee2024🏆 Winner
Lily Gladstone
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023🏆 Winner
Cate Blanchett
TÁR4 nominees
Nominees (4)
2021🏆 Winner
Nicole Kidman
Being the Ricardos
2020🏆 Winner
Renée Zellweger
Judy
2018🏆 Winner
Frances McDormand
2017🏆 Winner
Isabelle Huppert
Elle1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Natalie PortmanJackieNominee2016🏆 Winner
Brie Larson
Room
2012🏆 Winner
Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady1 nominee
Nominees (1)
2011🏆 WinnerNatalie Portman
Black Swan
2010
Halle Berry
Frankie & Alice2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Halle BerryFrankie & AliceNominee
Carey MulliganNominee2009
Angelina Jolie
Changeling1 nominee
2008
Rachel Getting Married3 nominees
2007🏆 Winner
Helen Mirren
The Queen
2006🏆 Winner
Felicity Huffman
Transamerica1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Gwyneth PaltrowProofNominee2004🏆 Winner
Hilary Swank
This Hour Has 22 Minutes1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Imelda StauntonVera DrakeNominee2003
Evan Rachel Wood
Thirteen1 nominee
2002🏆 WinnerNicole Kidman
The Hours2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Far from HeavenNominee
Diane LaneUnfaithfulNominee2001🏆 Winner
Sissy Spacek
In the Bedroom1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Halle BerryMonster's BallNominee2000🏆 Winner
Julia Roberts
Erin Brockovich2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Dancer in the DarkNominee
Joan AllenThe ContenderNominee1999🏆 WinnerCate Blanchett
Elizabeth2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Music of the HeartNominee
The End of the AffairNominee1998
Central Station1 nominee
1996
Kristin Scott Thomas
The English Patient1 nominee
1995🏆 Winner
Sharon Stone
Casino
1994
Debra Winger
A Dangerous Woman1 nominee
1993🏆 Winner
Holly Hunter
The Piano2 nominees
Nominees (2)
The Age of InnocenceNominee1992🏆 Winner
Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Lorenzo's OilNominee1990🏆 Winner
Michelle Pfeiffer
The Fabulous Baker Boys1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1989🏆 Winner
Shirley MacLaine
Madame Sousatzka
1988🏆 Winner
Sigourney Weaver
Gorillas in the Mist
1986
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Extremities3 nominees
Nominees (3)
1985
Diane Keaton
Mrs. Soffel2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Diane KeatonMrs. SoffelNominee
Anne BancroftAgnes of GodNominee1984🏆 WinnerShirley MacLaine
Terms of Endearment
1983🏆 WinnerMeryl Streep
Sophie's Choice1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Diane KeatonShoot the MoonNominee1982🏆 WinnerMeryl StreepSophie's Choice2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Diane KeatonRedsNominee
An Officer and a GentlemanNominee1980🏆 Winner
Natalie Wood
From Here to Eternity
1978🏆 Winner
Jane Fonda
Coming Home1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1977🏆 WinnerJane Fonda
Julia1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1975🏆 Winner
Gena Rowlands
A Woman Under the Influence
1974🏆 Winner
Marsha Mason
Cinderella Liberty
1973🏆 Winner
Liv Ullmann
The Emigrants2 nominees
Nominees (2)
1972
Joanne Woodward
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds1 nominee
1970🏆 Winner
Ali MacGraw
Love Story
1969🏆 Winner
Geneviève Bujold
Anne of the Thousand Days2 nominees
Nominees (2)
1968🏆 WinnerJoanne Woodward
Rachel, Rachel
1967🏆 Winner
Edith Evans
The Whisperers
1966🏆 Winner
Anouk Aimée
A Man and a Woman1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Virginia McKennaBorn FreeNominee1965
Simone Signoret
Ship of Fools2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Simone SignoretShip of FoolsNominee
DarlingNominee1964🏆 WinnerAnne Bancroft
The Pumpkin Eater3 nominees
Nominees (3)
Rita HayworthCircus WorldNominee
Romy SchneiderThe CardinalNominee1963🏆 Winner
Leslie Caron
The L-Shaped Room2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Alida ValliThe Paper ManNominee
1962🏆 Winner
Geraldine Page
Summer and Smoke2 nominees
Nominees (2)
PhaedraNominee1960🏆 Winner
Elizabeth Taylor
Suddenly, Last Summer2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Doris DayMidnight LaceNominee
Jean SimmonsElmer GantryNominee1959🏆 WinnerElizabeth TaylorSuddenly, Last Summer1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1958
Deborah Kerr
Separate Tables3 nominees
Nominees (3)
Deborah KerrSeparate TablesNominee
Jean SimmonsHome Before DarkNominee
Anna MagnaniWild Is the WindNominee1957🏆 WinnerJoanne Woodward
The Three Faces of Eve1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1956🏆 WinnerAnna Magnani
The Rose Tattoo
1954🏆 Winner
Grace Kelly
The Country Girl
1953🏆 Winner
Audrey Hepburn
Roman Holiday
1952🏆 Winner
Jane WymanThe Blue Veil
1951🏆 Winner
Gloria Swanson
Sunset Boulevard
1949🏆 Winner
Olivia de Havilland
The Heiress1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Deborah KerrEdward, My SonNominee1948🏆 Winner
Rosalind Russell
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947🏆 WinnerRosalind Russell
Sister Kenny
1944🏆 Winner
Ingrid Bergman
Gaslight
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