2016 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actress Winner
![Jackie Natalie Portman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jackie-pablo-larrain-image.jpg)
Jackie
Natalie Portman
Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy.
![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 Critics Choice Awards – Best Actress Nominees
![20th Century Women Annette Bening](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20th-century-women-mike-mills-image.jpg)
20th Century Women
Annette Bening
![45 Years Charlotte Rampling](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/45-years-image.jpg)
45 Years
Charlotte Rampling
![Arrival Amy Adams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/arrival-denis-villeneuve-image.jpg)
Arrival
Amy Adams
![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
![Elle Isabelle Huppert](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/elle-paul-verhoeven-image.jpg)
Elle
Isabelle Huppert
![Joy Jennifer Lawrence](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/joy-david-o.-russell-image.jpg)
Joy
Jennifer Lawrence
![La La Land Emma Stone](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-la-land-damien-chazelle-image.jpg)
La La Land
Emma Stone
![Loving Ruth Negga](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/loving-jeff-nichols-image.jpg)
Loving
Ruth Negga
![Mad Max: Fury Road Charlize Theron](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-image.jpg)