2009 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner
![The Reader Kate Winslet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-reader-stephen-daldry-image.jpg)
The Reader
Kate Winslet
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
2009 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Nominees
![Changeling Angelina Jolie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/changeling-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Changeling
Angelina Jolie
![Doubt Meryl Streep](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/doubt-john-patrick-shanley-image.jpg)
Doubt
Meryl Streep
![Frozen River Melissa Leo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/frozen-river-courtney-hunt-image.jpg)
Frozen River
Melissa Leo
![Rachel Getting Married Anne Hathaway](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rachel-getting-married-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)