Best Actress Winners By Year
As we approach the 95th Academy Awards on March 12, let’s look back at every Best Actress winner since 1929. – Scott Shilstone
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Image Credit: Columbia Pictures/Lionsgate/Warner Bros -
Michelle Yeoh — 2023
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
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2022 – Jessica Chaistain
Image Credit: Daniel C. McFadden /© Searchlight Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ (2021)
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2021 – Frances McDormand
Image Credit: Searchlight Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection ‘Nomadland’ (2020)
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2020 – Renee Zellweger
Image Credit: David Hindley /Roadside Attractions/Everett Collection ‘Judy’ (2019)
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2019 – Olivia Colman
Image Credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures/Everett Collection ‘The Favourite’ (2018)
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2018 – Frances McDormand
Image Credit: Searchlight ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ (2017)
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2017 – Emma Stone
Image Credit: Summit Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection ‘La La Land’ (2016)
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2017 – Brie Larson
Image Credit: A24 ‘Room’ (2016)
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2016 – Julianne Moore
Image Credit: Sony Pictures Classics ‘Still Alice’ (2015)
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2015 – Cate Blanchette
Image Credit: Sony Pictures Classics ‘Blue Jasmine’ (2014)
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2014 – Jennifer Lawrence
Image Credit: The Weinstein Company ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ (2013)
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2013 – Meryl Streep
Image Credit: The Weinstein Company ‘The Iron Lady’ (2012)
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2012 – Natalie Portman
Image Credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures ‘Black Swan’ (2011)
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2011 – Sandra Bullock
Image Credit: Warner Bros. ‘The Blind Side’ (2010)
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2010 – Kate Winslet
Image Credit: The Weinstein Company ‘The Reader’ (2009)
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2009 – Marion Cotillard
Image Credit: Picturehouse ‘La Vie en Rose’ (2008)
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2008 – Helen Mirren
Image Credit: Miramax ‘The Queen’ (2007)
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2007 – Reese Witherspoon
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox ‘Walk The Line’ (2006)
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2006 – Hillary Swank
Image Credit: Warner Bros. ‘Million Dollar Baby’ (2005)
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2005 – Charlize Theron
Image Credit: Newmarket Films ‘Monster’ (2004)
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2004 – Nicole Kidman
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures ‘The Hours’ (2003)
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2003 – Halle Berry
Image Credit: Lionsgate ‘Monster’s Ball’ (2002)
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2002 – Julia Roberts
Image Credit: Universal Pictures ‘Erin Brockovich’ (2001)
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2001 – Hillary Swank
Image Credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ (2000)
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2000 – Gwenyth Paltrow
Image Credit: Universal Pictures ‘Shakespeare In Love’ (1999)
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1999 – Helen Hunt
Image Credit: TriStar Pictures ‘As Good As It Gets’ (1998)
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1998 – Frances McDormand
Image Credit: Gramercy Pictures ‘Fargo’ (1997)
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1997 – Susan Sarandon
Image Credit: Gramercy Pictures ‘Dead Man Walking’ (1996)
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1996 – Jessica Lange
Image Credit: Orion Pictures ‘Blue Sky’ (1995)
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1995 – Holly Hunter
Image Credit: Miramax ‘The Piano’ (1994)
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1994 – Emma Thompson
Image Credit: Cohen Media Group ‘Howards End’ (1993)
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1993 – Jodie Foster
Image Credit: Orion Pictures ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (1992)
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1992 – Kathy Bates
Image Credit: Columbia Pictures ‘Misery’ (1991)
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1991 – Jessica Tandy
Image Credit: Warner Bros. ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ (1990)
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1990 – Jodie Foster
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures ‘The Accused’ (1989)
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1989 – Cher
Image Credit: MGM ‘Moonstruck’ (1988)
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1988 – Marlee Matlin
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures ‘Children of a Lesser God’ (1987)
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1987 – Geraldine Page
Image Credit: Island Pictures ‘The Trip to Bountiful’ (1986)
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1986 – Sally Field
Image Credit: TriStar Pictures ‘Places in the Heart’ (1985)
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1985 – Shirley Maclaine
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures ‘Terms of Endearment’ (1984)
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1984 – Meryl Streep
Image Credit: Associated Film Distribution ‘Sophie’s Choice’ (1983)
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1983 – Katharine Hepburn
Image Credit: Universal Pictures ‘On Golden Pond’ (1982)
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1982 – Sissy Spacek
Image Credit: Universal Pictures ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ (1981)
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1981 – Sally Field
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox ‘Norma Rae’ (1980)
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1980 – Jane Fonda
Image Credit: United Artists ‘Coming Home’ (1979)
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1979 – Diane Keaton
Image Credit: United Artists ‘Annie Hall’ (1978)
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1978 – Faye Dunaway
Image Credit: MGM ‘Network’ (1977)
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1977 – Louise Fletcher
Image Credit: United Artists ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ (1976)
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1976 – Ellen Burstyn
Image Credit: Warner Bros. ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ (1975)
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1975 – Glenda Jackson
Image Credit: AVCO Embassy Pictures ‘A Touch of Class’ (1974)
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1974 – Liza Minnelli
Image Credit: Allied Artists Pictures ‘Cabaret’ (1973)
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1973 – Jane Fonda
Image Credit: Warner Bros. ‘Klute’ (1972)
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1972 – Glenda Jackson
Image Credit: United Artists ‘Women in Love’ (1971)
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1971 – Maggie Smith
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ (1970)
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1970 – Katharine Hepburn
Image Credit: Embassy Pictures ‘The Lion in Winter’ (1969)
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1969 – Barbra Streisand
Image Credit: Columbia Pictures ‘Funny Girl’ (1968)
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1968 – Katharine Hepburn
Image Credit: Columbia Pictures ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ (1967)
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1967 – Elizabeth Taylor
Image Credit: Warner Bros. ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ (1966)
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1966 — Julie Christie
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Darling’ (1965)
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1965 — Julie Andrews
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Mary Poppins’ (1964)
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1964 — Patricia Neal
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Everett Collection ‘Hud’ (1963)
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1963 — Anne Bancroft
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘The Miracle Worker’ (1962)
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1962 — Sophia Loren
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Two Women’ (1961)
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1961 — Elizabeth Taylor
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Butterfield 8’ (1960)
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1960 — Simone Signoret
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Room At the Top’ (1959)
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1959 — Susan Hayward
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘I Want To Live’ (1958)
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1958 — Joanne Woodward
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp. ‘The Three Faces of Eve’ (1957)
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1957 — Ingrid Bergman
Image Credit: 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation/Everett Collection ‘Anastasia’ (1956)
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1956 — Anna Magnani
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘The Rose Tattoo’ (1955)
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1955 — Grace Kelly
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘The Country Girl’ (1954)
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1954 — Audrey Hepburn
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Roman Holiday’ (1953)
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1953 — Shirley Booth
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Come Back, Little Sheba’ (1952)
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1952 — Vivien Leigh
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (1951)
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1951 — Judy Holliday
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Born Yesterday’ (1950)
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1950 — Olivia de Havilland
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘The Heiress’ (1949)
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1949 — Jane Wyman
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Johnny Belinda’ (1948)
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1948 — Loretta Young
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘The Farmer’s Daughter’ (1947)
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1947 — Olivia de Havilland
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘To Each His Own’ (1946)
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1946 — Joan Crawford
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Mildred Pierce’ (1945)
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1945 — Ingrid Bergman
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Gaslight’ (1944)
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1944 — Jennifer Jones
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Everett Collection. ‘The Song of Bernadette’ (1943)
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1943 — Greer Garson
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Mrs. Miniver’ (1942)
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1942 — Joan Fontaine
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Suspicion’ (1941)
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1941 — Ginger Rogers
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Kitty Foyle’ (1940)
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1940 — Vivien Leigh
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Gone With the Wind’ (1939)
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1939 — Bette Davis
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Jezebel’ (1938)
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1938 — Luise Rainer
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘The Great Ziegfeld’ (1937)
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1937 — Luise Rainer
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘The Good Earth’ (1936)
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1936 — Bette Davis
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Dangerous’ (1935)
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1935 — Claudette Colbert
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘It Happened One Night’ (1934)
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1934/35 — Katharine Hepburn
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Morning Glory’ (1933)
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1933/34 — Helen Hayes
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Sin of Madelon Claudet’ (1931)
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1932/33 — Marie Dressler
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Min and Bill’ (1930)
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1931/32 — Norma Sheaer
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘The Divorcee’ (1930)
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1930/31 — Mary Pickford
Image Credit: Everett Collection ‘Coquette’ (1929)
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1929 — Janet Gaynor
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Everett Collection ‘Street Angel’ (1928)