Best Actress Oscar Winners & Nomination History

The AwardWentTo archive contains 489 Academy Award records for Best Actress, including 101 wins, across 98 film years (1927/28–2025).

Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.

Popular categories

Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Animated Feature Best Documentary Feature

Winner history

101 winning records in the selected film-year range. Follow a year to see its other category results.

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Best Actress winner history by film year, film and credited nominee or recipient
Film year	Film	Credited nominee / recipient
Film year2025	FilmHamnet IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJessie Buckley
Film year2024	FilmAnora IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMikey MadisonAni
Film year2023	FilmPoor Things IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEmma StoneBella Baxter
Film year2022	FilmEverything Everywhere All at Once IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMichelle YeohEvelyn Wang
Film year2021	FilmThe Eyes of Tammy Faye IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJessica ChastainTammy Faye Bakker
Film year2020	FilmNomadland IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrances McDormandFern
Film year2019	FilmJudy IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRenée ZellwegerJudy Garland
Film year2018	FilmThe Favourite IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientOlivia ColmanQueen Anne
Film year2017	FilmThree Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrances McDormandMildred
Film year2016	FilmLa La Land IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEmma StoneMia
Film year2015	FilmRoom IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBrie LarsonMa
Film year2014	FilmStill Alice IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJulianne MooreAlice Howland
Film year2013	FilmBlue Jasmine IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCate BlanchettJasmine
Film year2012	FilmSilver Linings Playbook IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJennifer LawrenceTiffany
Film year2011	FilmThe Iron Lady IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMeryl StreepMargaret Thatcher
Film year2010	FilmBlack Swan IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNatalie PortmanNina Sayers/The Swan Queen
Film year2009	FilmThe Blind Side IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSandra BullockLeigh Anne Tuohy
Film year2008	FilmThe Reader IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientKate WinsletHanna Schmitz
Film year2007	FilmLa Vie en Rose IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMarion CotillardEdith Piaf
Film year2006	FilmThe Queen IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHelen MirrenThe Queen
Film year2005	FilmWalk the Line IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientReese WitherspoonJune Carter
Film year2004	FilmMillion Dollar Baby IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHilary SwankMaggie Fitzgerald
Film year2003	FilmMonster IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCharlize TheronAileen Wuornos
Film year2002	FilmThe Hours IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNicole KidmanVirginia Woolf
Film year2001	FilmMonster's Ball IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHalle BerryLeticia Musgrove
Film year2000	FilmErin Brockovich IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJulia RobertsErin Brockovich
Film year1999	FilmBoys Don't Cry IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHilary SwankBrandon Teena/Teena Brandon
Film year1998	FilmShakespeare in Love IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGwyneth PaltrowViola De Lesseps
Film year1997	FilmAs Good as It Gets IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHelen HuntCarol Connelly
Film year1996	FilmFargo IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrances McDormandMarge Gunderson
Film year1995	FilmDead Man Walking IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSusan SarandonSister Helen Prejean
Film year1994	FilmBlue Sky IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJessica LangeCarly Marshall
Film year1993	FilmThe Piano IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHolly HunterAda
Film year1992	FilmHowards End IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEmma ThompsonMargaret Schlegel
Film year1991	FilmThe Silence of the Lambs IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJodie FosterClarice Starling
Film year1990	FilmMisery IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientKathy BatesAnnie Wilkes
Film year1989	FilmDriving Miss Daisy IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJessica TandyDaisy Werthan
Film year1988	FilmThe Accused IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJodie FosterSarah Tobias
Film year1987	FilmMoonstruck IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCherLoretta Castorini
Film year1986	FilmChildren of a Lesser God IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMarlee MatlinSarah
Film year1985	FilmThe Trip to Bountiful IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGeraldine PageMrs. Watts
Film year1984	FilmPlaces in the Heart IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSally FieldEdna Spalding
Film year1983	FilmTerms of Endearment IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientShirley MacLaineAurora Greenway
Film year1982	FilmSophie's Choice IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMeryl StreepSophie
Film year1981	FilmOn Golden Pond IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientKatharine HepburnEthel Thayer
Film year1980	FilmCoal Miner's Daughter IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSissy SpacekLoretta Lynn
Film year1979	FilmNorma Rae IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSally FieldNorma Rae
Film year1978	FilmComing Home IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJane FondaSally Hyde
Film year1977	FilmAnnie Hall IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDiane KeatonAnnie Hall
Film year1976	FilmNetwork IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFaye DunawayDiana Christensen
Film year1975	FilmOne Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLouise FletcherNurse Mildred Ratched Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1974	FilmAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEllen BurstynAlice Hyatt Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1973	FilmA Touch of Class IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGlenda JacksonVicki Allessio Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1972	FilmCabaret IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLiza MinnelliSally Bowles Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1971	FilmKlute IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJane FondaBree Daniel Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1970	FilmWomen in Love IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGlenda JacksonGudrun Brangwen Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1969	FilmThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMaggie SmithMiss Jean Brodie Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1968	FilmFunny Girl IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBarbra StreisandFanny Brice Source context Source category: ACTRESS NOTE: A tie. The other winner in this category was Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter).
Film year1968	FilmThe Lion in Winter IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientKatharine HepburnQueen Eleanor of Aquitaine Source context Source category: ACTRESS NOTE: A tie. The other winner in this category was Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl).
Film year1967	FilmGuess Who's Coming to Dinner IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientKatharine HepburnChristina Drayton Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1966	FilmWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientElizabeth TaylorMartha Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1965	FilmDarling IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJulie ChristieDiana Scott Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1964	FilmMary Poppins IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJulie AndrewsMary Poppins Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1963	FilmHud IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPatricia NealAlma Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1962	FilmThe Miracle Worker IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAnne BancroftAnnie Sullivan Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1961	FilmTwo Women IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSophia LorenCesira Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1960	FilmButterfield 8 IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientElizabeth TaylorGloria Wandrous Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1959	FilmRoom at the Top IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSimone SignoretAlice Aisgill Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1958	FilmI Want to Live! IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSusan HaywardBarbara Graham Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1957	FilmThe Three Faces of Eve IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJoanne WoodwardEve White/Eve Black/Jane Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1956	FilmAnastasia IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientIngrid BergmanThe Woman Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1955	FilmThe Rose Tattoo IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAnna MagnaniSerafina Della Rose Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1954	FilmThe Country Girl IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGrace KellyGeorgie Elgin Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1953	FilmRoman Holiday IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAudrey HepburnPrincess Anne Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1952	FilmCome Back, Little Sheba IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientShirley BoothLola Delaney Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1951	FilmA Streetcar Named Desire IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientVivien LeighBlanche DuBois Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1950	FilmBorn Yesterday IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJudy HollidayBillie Dawn Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1949	FilmThe Heiress IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientOlivia de HavillandCatherine Sloper Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1948	FilmJohnny Belinda IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJane WymanBelinda McDonald Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1947	FilmThe Farmer's Daughter IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLoretta YoungKatrin Holstrom Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1946	FilmTo Each His Own IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientOlivia de HavillandJody Norris Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1945	FilmMildred Pierce IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJoan CrawfordMildred Pierce Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1944	FilmGaslight IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientIngrid BergmanPaula Alquist Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1943	FilmThe Song of Bernadette IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJennifer JonesBernadette Soubirous Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1942	FilmMrs. Miniver IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGreer GarsonKay Miniver Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1941	FilmSuspicion IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJoan FontaineLina McLaidlaw Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1940	FilmKitty Foyle IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGinger RogersKitty Foyle Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1939	FilmGone with the Wind IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientVivien LeighScarlett O'Hara Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1938	FilmJezebel IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBette DavisJulie Morrison Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1937	FilmThe Good Earth IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLuise RainerO-Lan Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1936	FilmThe Great Ziegfeld IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLuise RainerAnna Held Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1935	FilmDangerous IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBette DavisJoyce Heath Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1934	FilmIt Happened One Night IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientClaudette ColbertEllie Andrews Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1932/33	FilmMorning Glory IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientKatharine HepburnEva Lovelace Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1931/32	FilmThe Sin of Madelon Claudet IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHelen HayesMadelon Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1930/31	FilmMin and Bill IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMarie DresslerMin Source context Source category: ACTRESS
Film year1929/30	FilmThe Divorcee IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNorma ShearerJerry Source context Source category: ACTRESS NOTE: As allowed by the award rules for this year, a single nomination could honor work in one or more films. Though the final awards ballot listed both The Divorcee and Their Own Desire in her nomination, the award was announced for only the The Divorcee performance. It has never been established as to why this was, but it possibly could have been because the original report from the Acting Branch Board of Judges only listed The Divorcee performance in the results of the nominations voting, or it could have been because on some of the final ballots, the voters had indicated the The Divorcee performance over the other.
Film year1928/29	FilmCoquette IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMary PickfordNorma Besant Source context Source category: ACTRESS NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.
Film year1927/28	Film7th Heaven IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJanet GaynorDiane Source context Source category: ACTRESS The source marks this as a multi-film nomination record.
Film year1927/28	FilmStreet Angel IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJanet GaynorAngela Source context Source category: ACTRESS The source marks this as a multi-film nomination record.
Film year1927/28	FilmSunrise IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJanet GaynorThe Wife Source context Source category: ACTRESS The source marks this as a multi-film nomination record.

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About these award records

This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.

Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.

Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.

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