2016 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner
![Room Brie Larson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/room-lenny-abrahamson-image.jpg)
Room
Brie Larson
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
2016 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Nominees
![45 Years Charlotte Rampling](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/45-years-image.jpg)
45 Years
Charlotte Rampling
![Brooklyn Saoirse Ronan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brooklyn-john-crowley-image.jpg)
Brooklyn
Saoirse Ronan
![Carol Cate Blanchett](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/carol-todd-haynes-image.jpg)
Carol
Cate Blanchett
![Joy Jennifer Lawrence](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/joy-david-o.-russell-image.jpg)