1976 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner
![One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Louise Fletcher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-milos-forman-image.jpg)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Louise Fletcher
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
1976 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Nominees
![Hedda Glenda Jackson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hedda-trevor-nunn-image.jpg)
Hedda
Glenda Jackson
![Hester Street Carol Kane](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hester-street-joan-micklin-silver-image.jpg)
Hester Street
Carol Kane
![The Story of Adele H Isabelle Adjani](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-story-of-adele-h-françois-truffaut-image.jpg)
The Story of Adele H
Isabelle Adjani
![Tommy Ann-Margret](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tommy-ken-russell-image.jpg)