LAFCA – Best Actress

List of winners and nominees for the LAFCA Award - Best Actress!

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2019 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Diane

Mary Kay Place

2018 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

The Favourite

Olivia Colman

2017 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

The Shape of Water

Sally Hawkins

2016 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Elle

Isabelle Huppert

2015 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

45 Years

Charlotte Rampling

2014 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Boyhood

Patricia Arquette

2013 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Blue Is the Warmest Color

Adèle Exarchopoulos

2013 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Blue Jasmine

Cate Blanchett

2012 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Amour

Emmanuelle Riva

2012 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Silver Linings Playbook

Jennifer Lawrence

2011 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Poetry

Jeong-hie Yun

2010 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Mother

Hye-ja Kim

2009 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Séraphine

Yolande Moreau

2008 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Happy-Go-Lucky

Sally Hawkins

2007 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

La Vie en Rose

Marion Cotillard

2006 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

The Queen

Helen Mirren

2005 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Down to the Bone

Vera Farmiga

2004 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Vera Drake

Imelda Staunton

2003 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

21 Grams

Naomi Watts

2002 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Far from Heaven

Julianne Moore

2001 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

In the Bedroom

Sissy Spacek

2000 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Erin Brockovich

Julia Roberts

1999 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Boys Don’t Cry

Hilary Swank

1998 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Central Station

Fernanda Montenegro

1998 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

High Art

Ally Sheedy

1997 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

The Wings of the Dove

Helena Bonham Carter

1996 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Secrets & Lies

Brenda Blethyn

1995 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Leaving Las Vegas

Elisabeth Shue

1994 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Blue Sky

Jessica Lange

1993 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

The Piano

Holly Hunter

1992 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Howards End

Emma Thompson

1991 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

The Fisher King

Mercedes Ruehl

1990 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

The Grifters

Anjelica Huston

1989 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Andie MacDowell

1989 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Michelle Pfeiffer

1988 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Running on Empty

Christine Lahti

1987 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Anna

Sally Kirkland

1987 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Broadcast News

Holly Hunter

1986 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Vagabond

Sandrine Bonnaire

1985 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Out of Africa

Meryl Streep

1984 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Crimes of Passion

Kathleen Turner

1983 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Terms of Endearment

Shirley MacLaine

1982 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Sophie’s Choice

Meryl Streep

1981 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

The French Lieutenant’s Woman

Meryl Streep

1980 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Sissy Spacek

1979 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Norma Rae

Sally Field

1978 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Coming Home

Jane Fonda

1977 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

3 Women

Shelley Duvall

1976 LAFCA Award – Best Actress

Face to Face

Liv Ullmann