1985 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerPlaces in the HeartSally FieldIn central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesA Passage to IndiaJudy DavisAmazonCountryJessica LangeAmazonThe BostoniansVanessa RedgraveAmazonThe RiverSissy SpacekAmazon

1984 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerTerms of EndearmentShirley MacLaineFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.Amazon1984 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesEducating RitaJulie WaltersAmazonSilkwoodMeryl StreepAmazonTerms of EndearmentDebra WingerAmazonTestamentJane AlexanderAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerSophie's ChoiceMeryl StreepSophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAn Officer and a GentlemanDebra WingerAmazonFrancesJessica LangeAmazonMissingSissy SpacekAmazonVictor VictoriaJulie AndrewsAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerOn Golden PondKatharine HepburnNorman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAtlantic CitySusan SarandonAmazonOnly When I LaughMarsha MasonAmazonRedsDiane KeatonAmazonThe French Lieutenant's WomanMeryl StreepAmazon

1981 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerCoal Miner's DaughterSissy SpacekBiographical story of the legendary country singer's rise from humble, poverty-stricken beginnings in Kentucky to worldwide superstardom and how she changed the sound and style of country music forever.Amazon1981 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesGloriaGena RowlandsAmazonOrdinary PeopleMary Tyler MooreAmazonPrivate BenjaminGoldie HawnAmazonResurrectionEllen BurstynAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerNorma RaeSally FieldA young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesChapter TwoMarsha MasonAmazonStarting OverJill ClayburghAmazonThe China SyndromeJane FondaAmazonThe RoseBette MidlerAmazon

1979 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerComing HomeJane FondaA woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.Amazon1979 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAn Unmarried WomanJill ClayburghAmazonAutumn SonataIngrid BergmanAmazonInteriorsGeraldine PageAmazonSame Time, Next YearEllen BurstynAmazon

1978 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerAnnie HallDiane KeatonNeurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.Amazon1978 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesJuliaJane FondaAmazonThe Goodbye GirlMarsha MasonAmazonThe Turning PointAnne BancroftAmazonThe Turning PointShirley MacLaineAmazon

1977 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerNetworkFaye DunawayA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.Amazon1977 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesCarrieSissy SpacekAmazonCousin cousineMarie-Christine BarraultAmazonFace to FaceLiv UllmannAmazonRockyTalia ShireAmazon

1976 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestLouise FletcherA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.Amazon1976 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesHeddaGlenda JacksonAmazonHester StreetCarol KaneAmazonThe Story of Adele HIsabelle AdjaniAmazonTommyAnn-MargretAmazon