NBR – Best Actress

List of winners and nominees for the National Board of Review - Best Actress!

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2019 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Judy

Renée Zellweger

2018 National Board of Review – Best Actress

A Star Is Born

Lady Gaga

2017 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Post

Meryl Streep

2016 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Arrival

Amy Adams

2015 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Room

Brie Larson

2014 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Still Alice

Julianne Moore

2013 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Saving Mr. Banks

Emma Thompson

2012 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Zero Dark Thirty

Jessica Chastain

2011 National Board of Review – Best Actress

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Tilda Swinton

2010 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Another Year

Lesley Manville

2009 National Board of Review – Best Actress

An Education

Carey Mulligan

2008 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Rachel Getting Married

Anne Hathaway

2007 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Away from Her

Julie Christie

2006 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Queen

Helen Mirren

2005 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Transamerica

Felicity Huffman

2004 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Being Julia

Annette Bening

2003 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Something’s Gotta Give

Diane Keaton

2002 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Far from Heaven

Julianne Moore

2001 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Monster’s Ball

Halle Berry

2000 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Erin Brockovich

Julia Roberts

1999 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Tumbleweeds

Janet McTeer

1998 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Central Station

Fernanda Montenegro

1997 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Wings of the Dove

Helena Bonham Carter

1996 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Fargo

Frances McDormand

1995 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Sense and Sensibility

Emma Thompson

1994 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Tom & Viv

Miranda Richardson

1993 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Piano

Holly Hunter

1992 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Howards End

Emma Thompson

1991 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Thelma & Louise

Susan Sarandon

1990 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Alice

Mia Farrow

1989 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Michelle Pfeiffer

1988 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Accused

Jodie Foster

1987 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Broadcast News

Holly Hunter

1987 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Whales of August

Lillian Gish

1986 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Peggy Sue Got Married

Kathleen Turner

1985 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Color Purple

Whoopi Goldberg

1984 National Board of Review – Best Actress

A Passage to India

Peggy Ashcroft

1983 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Terms of Endearment

Shirley MacLaine

1982 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Sophie’s Choice

Meryl Streep

1981 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Stevie

Glenda Jackson

1980 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Sissy Spacek

1979 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Norma Rae

Sally Field

1978 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Autumn Sonata

Ingrid Bergman

1977 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Turning Point

Anne Bancroft

1976 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Face to Face

Liv Ullmann

1975 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Story of Adele H

Isabelle Adjani

1974 National Board of Review – Best Actress

A Woman Under the Influence

Gena Rowlands

1973 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The New Land

Liv Ullmann

1972 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Sounder

Cicely Tyson

1971 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Women in Love

Glenda Jackson

1970 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Trilogy

Geraldine Page

1969 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Hour of the Wolf

Liv Ullmann

1968 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Whisperers

Edith Evans

1967 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Elizabeth Taylor

1966 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Darling

Julie Christie

1964 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

Kim Stanley

1963 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Hud

Patricia Neal

1962 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Miracle Worker

Anne Bancroft

1961 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Summer and Smoke

Geraldine Page

1960 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Sunrise at Campobello

Greer Garson

1959 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Room at the Top

Simone Signoret

1958 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

Ingrid Bergman

1957 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Three Faces of Eve

Joanne Woodward

1956 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Friendly Persuasion

Dorothy McGuire

1955 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Rose Tattoo

Anna Magnani

1954 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Country Girl

Grace Kelly

1953 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Young Bess

Jean Simmons

1952 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Come Back, Little Sheba

Shirley Booth

1951 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Ace in the Hole

Jan Sterling

1950 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Sunset Blvd.

Gloria Swanson

1948 National Board of Review – Best Actress

The Snake Pit

Olivia de Havilland

1947 National Board of Review – Best Actress

This Happy Breed

Celia Johnson

1946 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Rome, Open City

Anna Magnani

1945 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Mildred Pierce

Joan Crawford

1944 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Meet Me in St. Louis

Margaret O’Brien

1943 National Board of Review – Best Actress

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Katina Paxinou

1942 National Board of Review – Best Actress

49th Parallel

Glynis Johns

1941 National Board of Review – Best Actress

High Sierra

Ida Lupino

1940 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Gone with the Wind

Vivien Leigh

1939 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Dark Victory

Bette Davis

1938 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Three Comrades

Margaret Sullavan

1937 National Board of Review – Best Actress

Camille

Greta Garbo