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2019 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Judy Renée Zellweger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/judy-rupert-goold-image.jpg)
Judy
Renée Zellweger
2018 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![A Star Is Born Lady Gaga](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-star-is-born-bradley-cooper-image.jpg)
A Star Is Born
Lady Gaga
2017 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Post Meryl Streep](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-post-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
The Post
Meryl Streep
2016 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Arrival Amy Adams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/arrival-denis-villeneuve-image.jpg)
Arrival
Amy Adams
2015 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Room Brie Larson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/room-lenny-abrahamson-image.jpg)
Room
Brie Larson
2014 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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
2013 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Saving Mr. Banks Emma Thompson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/saving-mr.-banks-john-lee-hancock-image.jpg)
Saving Mr. Banks
Emma Thompson
2012 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Zero Dark Thirty Jessica Chastain](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/zero-dark-thirty-kathryn-bigelow-image.jpg)
Zero Dark Thirty
Jessica Chastain
2011 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![We Need to Talk About Kevin Tilda Swinton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-lynne-ramsay-image.jpg)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Tilda Swinton
2010 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Another Year Lesley Manville](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/another-year-mike-leigh-image.jpg)
Another Year
Lesley Manville
2009 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![An Education Carey Mulligan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/an-education-lone-scherfig-image.jpg)
An Education
Carey Mulligan
2008 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Rachel Getting Married Anne Hathaway](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rachel-getting-married-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway
2007 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Away from Her Julie Christie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/away-from-her-sarah-polley-image.jpg)
Away from Her
Julie Christie
2006 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Queen Helen Mirren](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-queen-stephen-frears-image.jpg)
The Queen
Helen Mirren
2005 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Transamerica Felicity Huffman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/transamerica-duncan-tucker-image.jpg)
Transamerica
Felicity Huffman
2004 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Being Julia Annette Bening](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/being-julia-istvan-szabo-image.jpg)
Being Julia
Annette Bening
2003 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Something's Gotta Give Diane Keaton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/somethings-gotta-give-nancy-meyers-image.jpg)
Something’s Gotta Give
Diane Keaton
2002 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Far from Heaven Julianne Moore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/far-from-heaven-todd-haynes-image.jpg)
Far from Heaven
Julianne Moore
2001 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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
2000 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Erin Brockovich Julia Roberts](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/erin-brockovich-steven-soderbergh-image.jpg)
Erin Brockovich
Julia Roberts
1999 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Tumbleweeds Janet McTeer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tumbleweeds-gavin-oconnor-image.jpg)
Tumbleweeds
Janet McTeer
1998 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Central Station Fernanda Montenegro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/central-station-walter-salles-image.jpg)
Central Station
Fernanda Montenegro
1997 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Wings of the Dove Helena Bonham Carter](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-wings-of-the-dove-iain-softley-image.jpg)
The Wings of the Dove
Helena Bonham Carter
1996 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Fargo Frances McDormand](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fargo-joel-coen-ethan-coen-image.jpg)
Fargo
Frances McDormand
1995 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Sense and Sensibility Emma Thompson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sense-and-sensibility-image.jpg)
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
1994 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Tom & Viv Miranda Richardson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tom-and-viv-brian-gilbert-image.jpg)
Tom & Viv
Miranda Richardson
1993 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Piano Holly Hunter](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-piano-jane-campion-image.jpg)
The Piano
Holly Hunter
1992 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Howards End Emma Thompson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/howards-end-james-ivory-image.jpg)
Howards End
Emma Thompson
1991 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Thelma & Louise Susan Sarandon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thelma-and-louise-ridley-scott-image.jpg)
Thelma & Louise
Susan Sarandon
1990 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Alice Mia Farrow](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/alice-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Alice
Mia Farrow
1989 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Fabulous Baker Boys Michelle Pfeiffer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-fabulous-baker-boys-steve-kloves-image.jpg)
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Michelle Pfeiffer
1988 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Accused Jodie Foster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-accused-jonathan-kaplan-image.jpg)
The Accused
Jodie Foster
1987 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Broadcast News Holly Hunter](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/broadcast-news-james-l.-brooks-image.jpg)
Broadcast News
Holly Hunter
1987 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Whales of August Lillian Gish](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-whales-of-august-lindsay-anderson-image.jpg)
The Whales of August
Lillian Gish
1986 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Peggy Sue Got Married Kathleen Turner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/peggy-sue-got-married-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
Peggy Sue Got Married
Kathleen Turner
1985 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Color Purple Whoopi Goldberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-color-purple-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
The Color Purple
Whoopi Goldberg
1984 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![A Passage to India Peggy Ashcroft](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-passage-to-india-image.jpg)
A Passage to India
Peggy Ashcroft
1983 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Terms of Endearment Shirley MacLaine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/terms-of-endearment-image.jpg)
Terms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine
1982 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Sophie's Choice Meryl Streep](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sophies-choice-image.jpg)
Sophie’s Choice
Meryl Streep
1981 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Stevie Glenda Jackson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/stevie-robert-enders-image.jpg)
Stevie
Glenda Jackson
1980 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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
1979 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Norma Rae Sally Field](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/norma-rae-martin-ritt-image.jpg)
Norma Rae
Sally Field
1978 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Autumn Sonata Ingrid Bergman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/autumn-sonata-ingmar-bergman-image.jpg)
Autumn Sonata
Ingrid Bergman
1977 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Turning Point Anne Bancroft](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-turning-point-herbert-ross-image.jpg)
The Turning Point
Anne Bancroft
1976 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Face to Face Liv Ullmann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/face-to-face-ingmar-bergman-image.jpg)
Face to Face
Liv Ullmann
1975 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Story of Adele H Isabelle Adjani](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-story-of-adele-h-françois-truffaut-image.jpg)
The Story of Adele H
Isabelle Adjani
1974 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![A Woman Under the Influence Gena Rowlands](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-woman-under-the-influence-john-cassavetes-image.jpg)
A Woman Under the Influence
Gena Rowlands
1973 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The New Land Liv Ullmann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-new-land-jan-troell-image.jpg)
The New Land
Liv Ullmann
1972 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Sounder Cicely Tyson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sounder-martin-ritt-image.jpg)
Sounder
Cicely Tyson
1971 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Trilogy Geraldine Page](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/trilogy-frank-perry-image.jpg)
Trilogy
Geraldine Page
1969 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Hour of the Wolf Liv Ullmann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hour-of-the-wolf-ingmar-bergman-image.jpg)
Hour of the Wolf
Liv Ullmann
1968 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Whisperers Edith Evans](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-whisperers-bryan-forbes-image.jpg)
The Whisperers
Edith Evans
1967 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Darling Julie Christie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/darling-john-schlesinger-image.jpg)
Darling
Julie Christie
1964 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Seance on a Wet Afternoon Kim Stanley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/seance-on-a-wet-afternoon-bryan-forbes-image.jpg)
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Kim Stanley
1963 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Hud Patricia Neal](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hud-martin-ritt-image.jpg)
Hud
Patricia Neal
1962 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Miracle Worker Anne Bancroft](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-miracle-worker-image.jpg)
The Miracle Worker
Anne Bancroft
1961 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Summer and Smoke Geraldine Page](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/summer-and-smoke-peter-glenville-image.jpg)
Summer and Smoke
Geraldine Page
1960 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Sunrise at Campobello Greer Garson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sunrise-at-campobello-vincent-j.-donehue-image.jpg)
Sunrise at Campobello
Greer Garson
1959 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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
1958 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Ingrid Bergman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-inn-of-the-sixth-happiness-mark-robson-image.jpg)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Ingrid Bergman
1957 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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
1956 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Friendly Persuasion Dorothy McGuire](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/friendly-persuasion-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Friendly Persuasion
Dorothy McGuire
1955 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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
1954 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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
1953 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Young Bess Jean Simmons](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/young-bess-george-sidney-image.jpg)
Young Bess
Jean Simmons
1952 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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
1951 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Ace in the Hole Jan Sterling](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ace-in-the-hole-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
Ace in the Hole
Jan Sterling
1950 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Sunset Blvd. Gloria Swanson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sunset-blvd.-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
Sunset Blvd.
Gloria Swanson
1948 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![The Snake Pit Olivia de Havilland](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-snake-pit-image.jpg)
The Snake Pit
Olivia de Havilland
1947 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![This Happy Breed Celia Johnson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/this-happy-breed-david-lean-image.jpg)
This Happy Breed
Celia Johnson
1946 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Rome, Open City Anna Magnani](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rome-open-city-roberto-rossellini-image.jpg)
Rome, Open City
Anna Magnani
1945 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Mildred Pierce Joan Crawford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mildred-pierce-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Mildred Pierce
Joan Crawford
1944 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Meet Me in St. Louis Margaret O'Brien](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/meet-me-in-st.-louis-vincente-minnelli-image.jpg)
Meet Me in St. Louis
Margaret O’Brien
1943 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![For Whom the Bell Tolls Katina Paxinou](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/for-whom-the-bell-tolls-sam-wood-image.jpg)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Katina Paxinou
1942 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![49th Parallel Glynis Johns](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/49th-parallel-michael-powell-image.jpg)
49th Parallel
Glynis Johns
1941 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![High Sierra Ida Lupino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/high-sierra-raoul-walsh-image.jpg)
High Sierra
Ida Lupino
1940 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![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 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Dark Victory Bette Davis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dark-victory-edmund-goulding-image.jpg)
Dark Victory
Bette Davis
1938 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Three Comrades Margaret Sullavan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/three-comrades-frank-borzage-image.jpg)
Three Comrades
Margaret Sullavan
1937 National Board of Review – Best Actress
![Camille Greta Garbo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/camille-george-cukor-image.jpg)