Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2020 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Judy Renée Zellweger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/judy-rupert-goold-movie-image.jpg)
Judy
Renée Zellweger
2019 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Favourite Olivia Colman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-favourite-yorgos-lanthimos-movie-image.jpg)
The Favourite
Olivia Colman
2018 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Frances McDormand](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri-martin-mcdonagh-image.jpg)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Frances McDormand
2017 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![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
2016 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Room Brie Larson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/room-lenny-abrahamson-image.jpg)
Room
Brie Larson
2015 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Still Alice Julianne Moore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/still-alice-richard-glatzer-wash-westmoreland-image.jpg)
Still Alice
Julianne Moore
2014 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Blue Jasmine Cate Blanchett](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blue-jasmine-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett
2013 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Silver Linings Playbook Jennifer Lawrence](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/silver-linings-playbook-david-o.-russell-image.jpg)
Silver Linings Playbook
Jennifer Lawrence
2012 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Iron Lady Meryl Streep](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-iron-lady-phyllida-lloyd-image.jpg)
The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep
2011 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Black Swan Natalie Portman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/black-swan-darren-aronofsky-image.jpg)
Black Swan
Natalie Portman
2010 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Blind Side Sandra Bullock](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-blind-side-john-lee-hancock-image.jpg)
The Blind Side
Sandra Bullock
2009 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Reader Kate Winslet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-reader-stephen-daldry-image.jpg)
The Reader
Kate Winslet
2008 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![La Vie en Rose Marion Cotillard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-vie-en-rose-olivier-dahan-image.jpg)
La Vie en Rose
Marion Cotillard
2007 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Queen Helen Mirren](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-queen-stephen-frears-image.jpg)
The Queen
Helen Mirren
2006 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Walk the Line Reese Witherspoon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/walk-the-line-james-mangold-image.jpg)
Walk the Line
Reese Witherspoon
2005 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![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
2004 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Monster Charlize Theron](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/monster-patty-jenkins-image.jpg)
Monster
Charlize Theron
2003 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Hours Nicole Kidman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hours-stephen-daldry-image.jpg)
The Hours
Nicole Kidman
2002 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Monster's Ball Halle Berry](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/monsters-ball-marc-forster-image.jpg)
Monster’s Ball
Halle Berry
2001 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Erin Brockovich Julia Roberts](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/erin-brockovich-steven-soderbergh-image.jpg)
Erin Brockovich
Julia Roberts
2000 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Boys Don't Cry Hilary Swank](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/boys-dont-cry-kimberly-peirce-image.jpg)
Boys Don’t Cry
Hilary Swank
1999 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![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
1998 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![As Good as It Gets Helen Hunt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/as-good-as-it-gets-james-l.-brooks-image.jpg)
As Good as It Gets
Helen Hunt
1997 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Fargo Frances McDormand](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fargo-joel-coen-ethan-coen-image.jpg)
Fargo
Frances McDormand
1996 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Dead Man Walking Susan Sarandon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dead-man-walking-tim-robbins-image.jpg)
Dead Man Walking
Susan Sarandon
1995 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Blue Sky Jessica Lange](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blue-sky-tony-richardson-image.jpg)
Blue Sky
Jessica Lange
1994 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Piano Holly Hunter](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-piano-jane-campion-image.jpg)
The Piano
Holly Hunter
1993 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Howards End Emma Thompson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/howards-end-james-ivory-image.jpg)
Howards End
Emma Thompson
1992 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Silence of the Lambs Jodie Foster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-silence-of-the-lambs-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster
1991 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Misery Kathy Bates](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/misery-rob-reiner-image.jpg)
Misery
Kathy Bates
1990 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Driving Miss Daisy Jessica Tandy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/driving-miss-daisy-bruce-beresford-image.jpg)
Driving Miss Daisy
Jessica Tandy
1989 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Accused Jodie Foster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-accused-jonathan-kaplan-image.jpg)
The Accused
Jodie Foster
1988 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Moonstruck Cher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moonstruck-norman-jewison-image.jpg)
Moonstruck
Cher
1987 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Children of a Lesser God Marlee Matlin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/children-of-a-lesser-god-randa-haines-image.jpg)
Children of a Lesser God
Marlee Matlin
1986 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Trip to Bountiful Geraldine Page](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-trip-to-bountiful-peter-masterson-image.jpg)
The Trip to Bountiful
Geraldine Page
1985 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Places in the Heart Sally Field](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/places-in-the-heart-image.jpg)
Places in the Heart
Sally Field
1984 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Terms of Endearment Shirley MacLaine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/terms-of-endearment-image.jpg)
Terms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine
1983 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Sophie's Choice Meryl Streep](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sophies-choice-image.jpg)
Sophie’s Choice
Meryl Streep
1982 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![On Golden Pond Katharine Hepburn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-golden-pond-mark-rydell-image.jpg)
On Golden Pond
Katharine Hepburn
1981 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Coal Miner's Daughter Sissy Spacek](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coal-miners-daughter-michael-apted-image.jpg)
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Sissy Spacek
1980 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Norma Rae Sally Field](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/norma-rae-martin-ritt-image.jpg)
Norma Rae
Sally Field
1979 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Coming Home Jane Fonda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coming-home-hal-ashby-image.jpg)
Coming Home
Jane Fonda
1978 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Annie Hall Diane Keaton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/annie-hall-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Annie Hall
Diane Keaton
1977 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Network Faye Dunaway](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/network-sidney-lumet-image.jpg)
Network
Faye Dunaway
1976 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Louise Fletcher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-milos-forman-image.jpg)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Louise Fletcher
1975 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Ellen Burstyn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/alice-doesnt-live-here-anymore-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Ellen Burstyn
1974 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![A Touch of Class Glenda Jackson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-touch-of-class-melvin-frank-image.jpg)
A Touch of Class
Glenda Jackson
1973 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Cabaret Liza Minnelli](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cabaret-bob-fosse-image.jpg)
Cabaret
Liza Minnelli
1972 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Klute Jane Fonda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/klute-image.jpg)
Klute
Jane Fonda
1971 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Women in Love Glenda Jackson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/women-in-love-ken-russell-image.jpg)
Women in Love
Glenda Jackson
1970 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Maggie Smith](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-prime-of-miss-jean-brodie-ronald-neame-image.jpg)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Maggie Smith
1969 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Funny Girl Barbra Streisand](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/funny-girl-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Funny Girl
Barbra Streisand
1969 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Lion in Winter Katharine Hepburn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lion-in-winter-image.jpg)
The Lion in Winter
Katharine Hepburn
1968 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Katharine Hepburn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-stanley-kramer-image.jpg)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Katharine Hepburn
1967 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Elizabeth Taylor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-mike-nichols-image.jpg)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor
1966 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Darling Julie Christie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/darling-john-schlesinger-image.jpg)
Darling
Julie Christie
1965 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Mary Poppins Julie Andrews](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mary-poppins-robert-stevenson-image.jpg)
Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews
1964 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Hud Patricia Neal](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hud-martin-ritt-image.jpg)
Hud
Patricia Neal
1963 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Miracle Worker Anne Bancroft](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-miracle-worker-image.jpg)
The Miracle Worker
Anne Bancroft
1962 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Two Women Sophia Loren](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/two-women-vittorio-de-sica-image.jpg)
Two Women
Sophia Loren
1961 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![BUtterfield 8 Elizabeth Taylor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/butterfield-8-daniel-mann-image.jpg)
BUtterfield 8
Elizabeth Taylor
1960 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Room at the Top Simone Signoret](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/room-at-the-top-jack-clayton-image.jpg)
Room at the Top
Simone Signoret
1959 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![I Want to Live! Susan Hayward](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/i-want-to-live-robert-wise-image.jpg)
I Want to Live!
Susan Hayward
1958 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Three Faces of Eve Joanne Woodward](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-three-faces-of-eve-nunnally-johnson-image.jpg)
The Three Faces of Eve
Joanne Woodward
1957 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Anastasia Ingrid Bergman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anastasia-image.jpg)
Anastasia
Ingrid Bergman
1956 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Rose Tattoo Anna Magnani](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-rose-tattoo-daniel-mann-image.jpg)
The Rose Tattoo
Anna Magnani
1955 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Country Girl Grace Kelly](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-country-girl-george-seaton-image.jpg)
The Country Girl
Grace Kelly
1954 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Roman Holiday Audrey Hepburn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/roman-holiday-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Roman Holiday
Audrey Hepburn
1953 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Come Back, Little Sheba Shirley Booth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/come-back-little-sheba-daniel-mann-image.jpg)
Come Back, Little Sheba
Shirley Booth
1952 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![A Streetcar Named Desire Vivien Leigh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-streetcar-named-desire-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Vivien Leigh
1951 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Born Yesterday Judy Holliday](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/born-yesterday-george-cukor-image.jpg)
Born Yesterday
Judy Holliday
1950 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Heiress Olivia de Havilland](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-heiress-william-wyler-image.jpg)
The Heiress
Olivia de Havilland
1949 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Johnny Belinda Jane Wyman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/johnny-belinda-jean-negulesco-image.jpg)
Johnny Belinda
Jane Wyman
1948 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Farmer's Daughter Loretta Young](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-farmers-daughter-h.c.-potter-image.jpg)
The Farmer’s Daughter
Loretta Young
1947 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![To Each His Own Olivia de Havilland](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/to-each-his-own-mitchell-leisen-image.jpg)
To Each His Own
Olivia de Havilland
1946 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Mildred Pierce Joan Crawford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mildred-pierce-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Mildred Pierce
Joan Crawford
1945 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Gaslight Ingrid Bergman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gaslight-george-cukor-image.jpg)
Gaslight
Ingrid Bergman
1944 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Song of Bernadette Jennifer Jones](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-song-of-bernadette-henry-king-image.jpg)
The Song of Bernadette
Jennifer Jones
1943 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Mrs. Miniver Greer Garson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mrs.-miniver-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Mrs. Miniver
Greer Garson
1942 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Suspicion Joan Fontaine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/suspicion-image.jpg)
Suspicion
Joan Fontaine
1941 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Kitty Foyle Ginger Rogers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kitty-foyle-sam-wood-image.jpg)
Kitty Foyle
Ginger Rogers
1940 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Gone with the Wind Vivien Leigh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gone-with-the-wind-victor-fleming-george-cukor-sam-wood-image.jpg)
Gone with the Wind
Vivien Leigh
1939 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Jezebel Bette Davis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jezebel-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Jezebel
Bette Davis
1938 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Good Earth Luise Rainer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-good-earth-sidney-franklin-victor-fleming-gustav-machaty-sam-wood-image.jpg)
The Good Earth
Luise Rainer
1937 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Great Ziegfeld Luise Rainer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-great-ziegfeld-robert-z.-leonard-image.jpg)
The Great Ziegfeld
Luise Rainer
1936 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Dangerous Bette Davis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dangerous-alfred-e.-green-image.jpg)
Dangerous
Bette Davis
1935 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![It Happened One Night Claudette Colbert](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/it-happened-one-night-frank-capra-image.jpg)
It Happened One Night
Claudette Colbert
1934 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Morning Glory Katharine Hepburn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/morning-glory-lowell-sherman-image.jpg)
Morning Glory
Katharine Hepburn
1932 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Sin of Madelon Claudet Helen Hayes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sin-of-madelon-claudet-edgar-selwyn-image.jpg)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Helen Hayes
1931 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Min and Bill Marie Dressler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/min-and-bill-george-w.-hill-image.jpg)
Min and Bill
Marie Dressler
1930s Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![The Divorcee Norma Shearer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-divorcee-robert-z.-leonard-image.jpg)
The Divorcee
Norma Shearer
1930 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![Coquette Mary Pickford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coquette-sam-taylor-image.jpg)
Coquette
Mary Pickford
1929 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role
![7th Heaven Janet Gaynor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/7th-heaven-frank-borzage-image.jpg)