2005 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner
![Million Dollar Baby Hilary Swank](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/million-dollar-baby-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Million Dollar Baby
Hilary Swank
A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.
2005 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Nominees
![Being Julia Annette Bening](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/being-julia-istvan-szabo-image.jpg)
Being Julia
Annette Bening
![Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Kate Winslet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-michel-gondry-image.jpg)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kate Winslet
![Maria Full of Grace Catalina Sandino Moreno](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/maria-full-of-grace-joshua-marston-image.jpg)
Maria Full of Grace
Catalina Sandino Moreno
![Vera Drake Imelda Staunton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/vera-drake-mike-leigh-image.jpg)