1999 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner
![Shakespeare in Love Gwyneth Paltrow](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shakespeare-in-love-john-madden-image.jpg)
Shakespeare in Love
Gwyneth Paltrow
The world’s greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
1999 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Nominees
![Central Station Fernanda Montenegro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/central-station-walter-salles-image.jpg)
Central Station
Fernanda Montenegro
![Elizabeth Cate Blanchett](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/elizabeth-shekhar-kapur-image.jpg)
Elizabeth
Cate Blanchett
![Hilary and Jackie Emily Watson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hilary-and-jackie-image.jpg)
Hilary and Jackie
Emily Watson
![One True Thing Meryl Streep](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-true-thing-carl-franklin-image.jpg)