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Academy Award for Best Actress The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to people working in the
motion picture industry by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Following the Academy's practice, the
film s below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Actress in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first, followed by the other nominees.
The youngest ever nominee is
Keisha Castle-Hughes , who was 13 when nominated for her role in
Whale Rider in 2003. The oldest nominee and winner is
Jessica Tandy , who was 80 years old when she won for
Driving Miss Daisy in 1989. The youngest ever winner is
Marlee Matlin , who was 21 when she won for her role in
Children of a Lesser God .
Katharine Hepburn , with four wins, has more Best Actress Awards than any other actress. Eleven women have won two Best Actress Awards; in chronological order, they are
Luise Rainer ,
Bette Davis ,
Ingrid Bergman ,
Vivien Leigh ,
Olivia de Havilland ,
Elizabeth Taylor ,
Glenda Jackson ,
Jane Fonda ,
Sally Field ,
Jodie Foster ,and
Hilary Swank .
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1928 Janet Gaynor - Seventh Heaven as
"Diane" ,
Street Angel as
"Angela" , and
Sunrise as
"The Wife (Indre)" **
Louise Dresser -
A Ship Comes In **
Gloria Swanson -
Sadie Thompson *
1929 Mary Pickford - Coquette as
"Norma Besant" **
Ruth Chatterton -
Madame X **
Betty Compson -
The Barker **
Jeanne Eagels -
The Letter **
Corinne Griffith -
The Divine Lady **
Bessie Love -
The Broadway Melody *
1930 Norma Shearer - The Divorcee as
"Jerry Bernard Martin" **
Nancy Carroll -
The Devil's Holiday **
Ruth Chatterton -
Sarah and Son **
Greta Garbo -
Anna Christie and
Romance **
Norma Shearer -
Their Own Desire **
Gloria Swanson -
The Trespasser *
1931 Marie Dressler - Min and Bill as
"Min Divot" **
Marlene Dietrich -
Morocco **
Irene Dunne -
Cimarron **
Ann Harding -
Holiday **
Norma Shearer -
A Free Soul *
1932 Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet as
"Madelon Claudet" **
Marie Dressler -
Emma **
Lynn Fontanne -
The Guardsman *
1933 Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory as
"Eva Lovelace" **
May Robson -
Lady for a Day **
Diana Wynyard -
Cavalcade *
1934 Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night as
"Ellie Andrews" **
Bette Davis -
Of Human Bondage **
Grace Moore -
One Night of Love **
Norma Shearer -
The Barretts of Wimpole Street *
1935 Bette Davis - Dangerous as
"Joyce Heath" **
Elisabeth Bergner -
Escape Me Never **
Claudette Colbert -
Private Worlds **
Katharine Hepburn -
Alice Adams **
Miriam Hopkins -
Becky Sharp **
Merle Oberon -
The Dark Angel *
1936 Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld as
"Anna Held " **
Irene Dunne -
Theodora Goes Wild **
Gladys George -
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie **
Carole Lombard -
My Man Godfrey **
Norma Shearer -
Romeo and Juliet *
1937 Luise Rainer - The Good Earth as
"O-Lan Lung" **
Irene Dunne -
The Awful Truth **
Greta Garbo -
Camille **
Janet Gaynor -
A Star Is Born **
Barbara Stanwyck -
Stella Dallas *
1938 Bette Davis - Jezebel as
"Julie Marsden" **
Fay Bainter -
White Banners **
Wendy Hiller -
Pygmalion **
Norma Shearer -
Marie Antoinette **
Margaret Sullavan -
Three Comrades *
1939 Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind as
"Scarlett O'Hara " **
Bette Davis -
Dark Victory **
Irene Dunne -
Love Affair **
Greta Garbo -
Ninotchka **
Greer Garson -
Goodbye, Mr. Chips *
1940 Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle as
"Katherine 'Kitty' Foyle" **
Bette Davis -
The Letter **
Joan Fontaine -
Rebecca **
Katharine Hepburn -
The Philadelphia Story **
Martha Scott -
Our Town *
1941 Joan Fontaine - Suspicion as
"Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth" **
Bette Davis -
The Little Foxes **
Olivia de Havilland -
Hold Back the Dawn **
Greer Garson -
Blossoms in the Dust **
Barbara Stanwyck -
Ball of Fire *
1942 Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver as
"Kay Miniver " **
Bette Davis -
Now, Voyager **
Katharine Hepburn -
Woman of the Year **
Rosalind Russell -
My Sister Eileen **
Teresa Wright -
The Pride of the Yankees *
1943 Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette as
"Bernadette Soubirous " **
Jean Arthur -
The More the Merrier **
Ingrid Bergman -
For Whom the Bell Tolls **
Joan Fontaine -
The Constant Nymph **
Greer Garson -
Madame Curie *
1944 Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight as
"Paula Alquist Anton" **
Claudette Colbert -
Since You Went Away **
Bette Davis -
Mr. Skeffington **
Greer Garson -
Mrs. Parkington **
Barbara Stanwyck -
Double Indemnity *
1945 Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce as
"Mildred Pierce" **
Ingrid Bergman -
The Bells of St. Mary's **
Greer Garson -
The Valley of Decision **
Jennifer Jones -
Love Letters **
Gene Tierney -
Leave Her to Heaven *
1946 Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own as
"Josephine Norris" **
Celia Johnson -
Brief Encounter **
Jennifer Jones -
Duel in the Sun **
Rosalind Russell -
Sister Kenny **
Jane Wyman -
The Yearling *
1947 Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter as
"Katrin Holstrom" **
Joan Crawford -
Possessed **
Susan Hayward -
Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman **
Dorothy McGuire -
Gentleman's Agreement **
Rosalind Russell -
Mourning Becomes Electra *
1948 Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda as
"Belinda McDonald" **
Ingrid Bergman -
Joan of Arc **
Olivia de Havilland -
The Snake Pit **
Irene Dunne -
I Remember Mama **
Barbara Stanwyck -
Sorry, Wrong Number *
1949 Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress as
"Catherine Sloper" **
Jeanne Crain -
Pinky **
Susan Hayward -
My Foolish Heart **
Deborah Kerr -
Edward, My Son **
Loretta Young -
Come to the Stable *
1950 Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday as
Emma 'Billie' Dawn **
Anne Baxter -
All About Eve **
Bette Davis -
All About Eve **
Eleanor Parker -
Caged **
Gloria Swanson -
Sunset Boulevard *
1951 Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire as
"Blanche DuBois " **
Katharine Hepburn -
The African Queen **
Eleanor Parker -
Detective Story **
Shelley Winters -
A Place in the Sun **
Jane Wyman -
The Blue Veil *
1952 Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba as
"Lola Delaney" **
Joan Crawford -
Sudden Fear **
Bette Davis -
The Star **
Julie Harris -
The Member of the Wedding **
Susan Hayward -
With a Song in My Heart *
1953 Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday as
"Princess Ann" **
Leslie Caron -
Lili **
Ava Gardner -
Mogambo **
Deborah Kerr -
From Here to Eternity **
Maggie McNamara -
The Moon Is Blue *
1954 Grace Kelly - The Country Girl as
"Georgie Elgin" **
Dorothy Dandridge -
Carmen Jones **
Judy Garland -
A Star Is Born **
Audrey Hepburn -
Sabrina **
Jane Wyman -
Magnificent Obsession *
1955 Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo as
"Serafina Delle Rose" **
Susan Hayward -
I'll Cry Tomorrow **
Katharine Hepburn -
Summertime **
Jennifer Jones -
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing **
Eleanor Parker -
Interrupted Melody *
1956 Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia as
"Anna Koreff/Anastasia " **
Carroll Baker -
Baby Doll **
Katharine Hepburn -
The Rainmaker **
Nancy Kelly -
The Bad Seed **
Deborah Kerr -
The King and I *
1957 Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve as
"Eve White/Eve Black/Jane" **
Deborah Kerr -
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison **
Anna Magnani -
Wild Is the Wind **
Elizabeth Taylor -
Raintree County **
Lana Turner -
Peyton Place *
1958 Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! as
"Barbara Graham " **
Deborah Kerr -
Separate Tables **
Shirley MacLaine -
Some Came Running **
Rosalind Russell -
Auntie Mame **
Elizabeth Taylor -
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof *
1959 Simone Signoret - Room at the Top as
"Alice Aisgill" **
Doris Day -
Pillow Talk **
Audrey Hepburn -
The Nun's Story **
Katharine Hepburn -
Suddenly, Last Summer **
Elizabeth Taylor -
Suddenly, Last Summer *
1960 Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8 as
"Gloria Wandrous" **
Greer Garson -
Sunrise at Campobello **
Deborah Kerr -
The Sundowners **
Shirley MacLaine -
The Apartment **
Melina Mercouri -
Never on Sunday *
1961 Sophia Loren - Two Women as
"Cesira" **
Audrey Hepburn -
Breakfast at Tiffany's **
Piper Laurie -
The Hustler **
Geraldine Page -
Summer and Smoke **
Natalie Wood -
Splendor in the Grass *
1962 Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker as
"Annie Sullivan " **
Bette Davis -
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? **
Katharine Hepburn -
Long Day's Journey Into Night **
Geraldine Page -
Sweet Bird of Youth **
Lee Remick -
Days of Wine and Roses *
1963 Patricia Neal - Hud as
"Alma Brown" **
Leslie Caron -
The L-Shaped Room **
Shirley MacLaine -
Irma la Douce **
Rachel Roberts -
This Sporting Life **
Natalie Wood -
Love with the Proper Stranger *
1964 Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins as
"Mary Poppins " **
Anne Bancroft -
The Pumpkin Eater **
Sophia Loren -
Marriage Italian Style **
Debbie Reynolds -
The Unsinkable Molly Brown **
Kim Stanley -
Seance on a Wet Afternoon *
1965 Julie Christie - Darling as
"Diana Scott" **
Julie Andrews -
The Sound of Music **
Samantha Eggar -
The Collector **
Elizabeth Hartman -
A Patch of Blue **
Simone Signoret -
Ship of Fools *
1966 Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as
"Martha" **
Anouk Aimée -
A Man and a Woman **
Ida Kaminska -
The Shop on Main Street **
Lynn Redgrave -
Georgy Girl **
Vanessa Redgrave -
Morgan! *
1967 Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as
"Christina Drayton" **
Anne Bancroft -
The Graduate **
Faye Dunaway -
Bonnie and Clyde **
Edith Evans -
The Whisperers **
Audrey Hepburn -
Wait Until Dark *
1968 Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter as
"Eleanor of Aquitaine " *
Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl as
"Fanny Brice " **
Patricia Neal -
The Subject Was Roses **
Vanessa Redgrave -
Isadora **
Joanne Woodward -
Rachel, Rachel This was the first tie in the history of the Best Actress Oscar. *
1969 Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as
"Jean Brodie " **
Geneviève Bujold -
Anne of the Thousand Days **
Jane Fonda -
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? **
Liza Minnelli -
The Sterile Cuckoo **
Jean Simmons -
The Happy Ending *
1970 Glenda Jackson - Women in Love as
"Gudrun Brangwen" **
Jane Alexander -
The Great White Hope **
Ali MacGraw -
Love Story **
Sarah Miles -
Ryan's Daughter **
Carrie Snodgress -
Diary of a Mad Housewife *
1971 Jane Fonda - Klute as
"Bree Daniels" **
Julie Christie -
McCabe & Mrs. Miller **
Glenda Jackson -
Sunday Bloody Sunday **
Vanessa Redgrave -
Mary, Queen of Scots **
Janet Suzman -
Nicholas and Alexandra *
1972 Liza Minnelli - Cabaret as
"Sally Bowles" **
Diana Ross -
Lady Sings the Blues **
Maggie Smith -
Travels with My Aunt **
Cicely Tyson -
Sounder **
Liv Ullmann -
The Emigrants *
1973 Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class as
"Vicki Allessio" **
Ellen Burstyn -
The Exorcist **
Marsha Mason -
Cinderella Liberty **
Barbra Streisand -
The Way We Were **
Joanne Woodward -
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams *
1974 Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as
"Alice Hyatt" **
Diahann Carroll -
Claudine **
Faye Dunaway -
Chinatown **
Valerie Perrine -
Lenny **
Gena Rowlands -
A Woman Under the Influence *
1975 Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as
"Nurse Ratched " **
Ann-Margret -
Tommy **
Isabelle Adjani -
The Story of Adele H. **
Glenda Jackson -
Hedda **
Carol Kane -
Hester Street *
1976 Faye Dunaway - Network as
"Diana Christiansen" **
Marie-Christine Barrault -
Cousin, cousine **
Talia Shire -
Rocky **
Sissy Spacek -
Carrie **
Liv Ullmann -
Face to Face *
1977 Diane Keaton - Annie Hall as
"Annie Hall" **
Anne Bancroft -
The Turning Point **
Jane Fonda -
Julia **
Shirley MacLaine -
The Turning Point **
Marsha Mason -
The Goodbye Girl *
1978 Jane Fonda - Coming Home as
"Sally Hyde" **
Ingrid Bergman -
Autumn Sonata **
Ellen Burstyn -
Same Time, Next Year **
Jill Clayburgh -
An Unmarried Woman **
Geraldine Page -
Interiors *
1979 Sally Field - Norma Rae as
"Norma Rae Webster" **
Jill Clayburgh -
Starting Over **
Jane Fonda -
The China Syndrome **
Marsha Mason -
Chapter Two **
Bette Midler -
The Rose *
1980 Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter as
"Loretta Lynn " **
Ellen Burstyn -
Resurrection **
Goldie Hawn -
Private Benjamin **
Mary Tyler Moore -
Ordinary People **
Gena Rowlands -
Gloria *
1981 Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond as
"Ethel Thayer" **
Diane Keaton -
Reds **
Marsha Mason -
Only When I Laugh **
Susan Sarandon -
Atlantic City **
Meryl Streep -
The French Lieutenant's Woman *
1982 Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice as
"Sophie Zawistowska" **
Julie Andrews -
Victor/Victoria **
Jessica Lange -
Frances **
Sissy Spacek -
Missing **
Debra Winger -
An Officer and a Gentleman *
1983 Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment as
"Aurora Greenway" **
Jane Alexander -
Testament **
Meryl Streep -
Silkwood **
Julie Walters -
Educating Rita **
Debra Winger -
Terms of Endearment *
1984 Sally Field - Places in the Heart as
"Edna Splading" **
Judy Davis -
A Passage to India **
Jessica Lange -
Country **
Vanessa Redgrave -
The Bostonians **
Sissy Spacek -
The River *
1985 Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful as
"Carrie Watts" **
Anne Bancroft -
Agnes of God **
Whoopi Goldberg -
The Color Purple **
Jessica Lange -
Sweet Dreams **
Meryl Streep -
Out of Africa *
1986 Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God as
"Sarah Norman" **
Jane Fonda -
The Morning After **
Sissy Spacek -
Crimes of the Heart **
Kathleen Turner -
Peggy Sue Got Married **
Sigourney Weaver -
Aliens *
1987 Cher - Moonstruck as
"Loretta Castorini" **
Glenn Close -
Fatal Attraction **
Holly Hunter -
Broadcast News **
Sally Kirkland -
Anna **
Meryl Streep -
Ironweed *
1988 Jodie Foster - The Accused as
"Sarah Tobias" **
Glenn Close -
Dangerous Liaisons **
Melanie Griffith -
Working Girl **
Meryl Streep -
A Cry in the Dark **
Sigourney Weaver -
Gorillas in the Mist *
1989 Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy as
"Daisy Werthan" **
Isabelle Adjani -
Camille Claudel **
Pauline Collins -
Shirley Valentine **
Jessica Lange -
Music Box **
Michelle Pfeiffer -
The Fabulous Baker Boys *
1990 Kathy Bates - Misery as
"Annie Wilkes " **
Anjelica Huston -
The Grifters **
Julia Roberts -
Pretty Woman **
Meryl Streep -
Postcards from the Edge **
Joanne Woodward -
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge *
1991 Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs as
"Clarice Starling " **
Geena Davis -
Thelma and Louise **
Laura Dern -
Rambling Rose **
Bette Midler -
For the Boys **
Susan Sarandon -
Thelma and Louise *
1992 Emma Thompson - Howards End as
"Margaret Wilcox" **
Catherine Deneuve -
Indochine **
Mary McDonnell -
Passion Fish **
Michelle Pfeiffer -
Love Field **
Susan Sarandon -
Lorenzo's Oil *
1993 Holly Hunter - The Piano as
"Ada McGrath" **
Angela Bassett -
What's Love Got to Do with It? **
Stockard Channing -
Six Degrees of Separation **
Emma Thompson -
The Remains of the Day **
Debra Winger -
Shadowlands *
1994 Jessica Lange - Blue Sky as
"Carly Marshall" **
Jodie Foster -
Nell **
Miranda Richardson -
Tom & Viv **
Winona Ryder -
Little Women **
Susan Sarandon -
The Client *
1995 Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking as
"Helen Prejean " **
Elisabeth Shue -
Leaving Las Vegas **
Sharon Stone -
Casino **
Meryl Streep -
The Bridges of Madison County **
Emma Thompson -
Sense and Sensibility *
1996 Frances McDormand - Fargo as
"Marge Gunderson" **
Brenda Blethyn -
Secrets & Lies **
Diane Keaton -
Marvin's Room **
Kristin Scott Thomas -
The English Patient **
Emily Watson -
Breaking the Waves *
1997 Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets as
"Carol Connelly" **
Helena Bonham Carter -
The Wings of the Dove **
Julie Christie -
Afterglow **
Judi Dench -
Mrs. Brown **
Kate Winslet -
Titanic *
1998 Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love as
"Viola de Lesseps" **
Cate Blanchett -
Elizabeth **
Fernanda Montenegro -
Central do Brasil **
Meryl Streep -
One True Thing **
Emily Watson -
Hilary and Jackie *
1999 Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry as
"Brandon Teena " **
Annette Bening -
American Beauty **
Janet McTeer -
Tumbleweeds **
Julianne Moore -
The End of the Affair **
Meryl Streep -
Music of the Heart *
2000 Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich as
"Erin Brockovich " **
Joan Allen -
The Contender **
Juliette Binoche -
Chocolat **
Ellen Burstyn -
Requiem for a Dream **
Laura Linney -
You Can Count on Me *
2001 Halle Berry - Monster's Ball as
"Leticia Musgrove" **
Judi Dench -
Iris **
Nicole Kidman -
Moulin Rouge! **
Sissy Spacek -
In the Bedroom **
Renée Zellweger -
Bridget Jones's Diary *
2002 Nicole Kidman - The Hours as
"Virginia Woolf " **
Salma Hayek -
Frida **
Diane Lane -
Unfaithful **
Julianne Moore -
Far From Heaven **
Renée Zellweger -
Chicago *
2003 Charlize Theron - Monster as
"Aileen Wuornos " **
Keisha Castle-Hughes -
Whale Rider **
Diane Keaton -
Something's Gotta Give **
Samantha Morton -
In America **
Naomi Watts -
21 Grams *
2004 Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby as
"Maggie Fitzgerald" **
Annette Bening -
Being Julia **
Catalina Sandino Moreno -
Maria Full of Grace **
Imelda Staunton -
Vera Drake **
Kate Winslet -
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind *
2005 Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line as
"June Carter " **
Judi Dench -
Mrs. Henderson Presents **
Felicity Huffman -
Transamerica **
Keira Knightley -
Pride and Prejudice **
Charlize Theron -
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