1979 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actress Winner
![Norma Rae Sally Field](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/norma-rae-martin-ritt-image.jpg)
Norma Rae
Sally Field
A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
1979 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actress Nominees
![The Marriage of Maria Braun Hanna Schygulla](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-marriage-of-maria-braun-rainer-werner-fassbinder-image.jpg)
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Hanna Schygulla
![The Rose Bette Midler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-rose-mark-rydell-image.jpg)