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Best Actress and Supporting Actress Award Winners

This list compiles together on one page for easy reference:

The 1920s

Best Actress
(Academy Award)
1927/28 Janet Gaynor
(Seventh Heaven,
Street Angel, Sunrise)
1928/29 Mary Pickford
(Coquette)
1929/30 Norma Shearer
(The Divorcee)

The 1930s

Best Actress
(Academy Award)
1930/31 Marie Dressler
(Min and Bill)
1931/32 Helen Hayes
(The Sin of Madelon Claudet)
1932/33 Katharine Hepburn
(Morning Glory)
1934 Claudette Colbert
(It Happened One Night)
1935 Bette Davis
(Dangerous)
Best Supporting Actress
(Academy Award)
1936 Luise Rainer
(The Great Ziegfeld)
Gale Sondergaard
(Anthony Adverse)
1937 Luise Rainer
(The Good Earth)
Alice Brady
(In Old Chicago)
1938 Bette Davis
(Jezebel)
Fay Bainter
(Jezebel)
1939 Vivien Leigh
(Gone with the Wind)
Hattie McDaniel
(Gone with the Wind)

The 1940s

Best Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actress
(Academy Award)
1940 Ginger Rogers
(Kitty Foyle)
Jane Darwell
(The Grapes of Wrath)
1941 Joan Fontaine
(Suspicion)
Mary Astor
(The Great Lie)
1942 Greer Garson
(Mrs Miniver)
Teresa Wright
(Mrs Miniver)
1943 Jennifer Jones
(The Song of Bernadette)
Katina Paxinou
(For Whom the Bell Tolls)
Best Actress (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Supporting Actress
(Golden Globe)
1944 Ingrid Bergman
(Gaslight)
Ethel Barrymore
(None But the Lonely Heart)
Jennifer Jones
(The Song of Bernadette)
Katina Paxinou
(For Whom the Bell Tolls)
1945 Joan Crawford
(Mildred Pierce)
Anne Revere
(National Velvet)
Ingrid Bergman
(Gaslight)
Agnes Moorehead
(Mrs Parkington)
1946 Olivia de Havilland
(To Each His Own)
Anne Baxter
(The Razor's Edge)
Ingrid Bergman
(The Bells of St Mary's)
Angela Lansbury
(The Picture of Dorian Gray)
1947 Loretta Young
(The Farmer's Daughter)
Celeste Holm
(Gentleman's Agreement)
Rosalind Russell
(Sister Kenny)
Anne Baxter
(The Razor's Edge)
1948 Jane Wyman
(Johnny Belinda)
Claire Trevor
(Key Largo)
Rosalind Russell
(Mourning Becomes Electra)
Celeste Holm
(Gentleman's Agreement)
1949 Olivia de Havilland
(The Heiress)
Mercedes McCambridge
(All the King's Men)
Jane Wyman
(Johnny Belinda)
Ellen Corby
(I Remember Mama)

The 1950s

Best Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Actress (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Supporting Actress
(Golden Globe)
1950 Judy Holliday
(Born Yesterday)
Josephine Hull
(Harvey)
Olivia de Havilland
(The Heiress)
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Mercedes McCambridge
(All the King's Men)
1951 Vivien Leigh
(A Streetcar Named Desire)
Kim Hunter
(A Streetcar Named Desire)
Gloria Swanson
(Sunset Boulevard)
Judy Holliday
(Born Yesterday)
Josephine Hull
(Harvey)
1952 Shirley Booth
(Come Back, Little Sheba)
Gloria Grahame
(The Bad and the Beautiful)
Jane Wyman
(The Blue Veil)
June Allyson
(Too Young to Kiss)
Kim Hunter
(A Streetcar Named Desire)
1953 Audrey Hepburn
(Roman Holiday)
Donna Reed
(From Here to Eternity)
Shirley Booth
(Come Back, Little Sheba)
Susan Hayward
(With a Song in My Heart)
Katy Jurado
(High Noon)
1954 Grace Kelly
(The Country Girl)
Eva Marie Saint
(On the Waterfront)
Audrey Hepburn
(Roman Holiday)
Ethel Merman
(Call Me Madam)
Grace Kelly
(Mogambo)
1955 Anna Magnani
(The Rose Tattoo)
Jo Van Fleet
(East of Eden)
Grace Kelly
(The Country Girl)
Judy Garland
(A Star is Born)
Jan Sterling
(The High and the Mighty)
1956 Ingrid Bergman
(Anastasia)
Dorothy Malone
(Written on the Wind)
Anna Magnani
(The Rose Tattoo)
Jean Simmons
(Guys and Dolls)
Marisa Pavan
(The Rose Tattoo)
1957 Joanne Woodward
(The Three Faces of Eve)
Miyoshi Umeki
(Sayonara)
Ingrid Bergman
(Anastasia)
Deborah Kerr
(The King and I)
Eileen Heckart
(The Bad Seed)
1958 Susan Hayward
(I Want to Live!)
Wendy Hiller
(Separate Tables)
Joanne Woodward
(The Three Faces of Eve)
Kay Kendall
(Les Girls)
Elsa Lanchester
(Witness for the Prosecution)
1959 Simone Signoret
(Room at the Top)
Shelley Winters
(The Diary of Anne Frank)
Susan Hayward
(I Want to Live!)
Rosalind Russell
(Aunty Mame)
Hermione Gingold
(Gigi)

The 1960s

Best Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Actress (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actress
(Golden Globe)
1960 Elizabeth Taylor
(Butterfield 8)
Shirley Jones
(Elmer Gantry)
Elizabeth Taylor
(Suddenly, Last Summer)
Marilyn Monroe
(Some Like It Hot)
Susan Kohner
(Imitation of Life)
1961 Sophia Loren
(Two Women)
Rita Moreno
(West Side Story)
Greer Garson
(Sunrise at Campobello)
Shirley Maclaine
(The Apartment)
Janet Leigh
(Psycho)
1962 Anne Bancroft
(The Miracle Worker)
Patty Duke
(The Miracle Worker)
Geraldine Page
(Summer and Smoke)
Rosalind Russell
(A Majority of One)
Rita Moreno
(West Side Story)
1963 Patricia Neal
(Hud)
Margaret Rutherford
(The VIPs)
Geraldine Page
(Sweet Bird of Youth)
Rosalind Russell
(Gypsy)
Angela Lansbury
(The Manchurian Candidate)
1964 Julie Andrews
(Mary Poppins)
Lila Kedrova
(Zorba the Greek)
Leslie Caron
(The L-Shaped Room)
Shirley Maclaine
(Irma la Douce)
Margaret Rutherford
(The VIPs)
1965 Julie Christie
(Darling)
Shelley Winters
(A Patch of Blue)
Anne Bancroft
(The Pumpkin Eater)
Julie Andrews
(Mary Poppins)
Agnes Moorehead
(Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
1966 Elizabeth Taylor
(Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Sandy Dennis
(Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Samantha Eggar
(The Collector)
Julie Andrews
(The Sound of Music)
Ruth Gordon
(Inside Daisy Clover)
1967 Katharine Hepburn
(Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
Estelle Parsons
(Bonnie and Clyde)
Anouk Aimee
(A Man and a Woman)
Lynn Redgrave
(Georgy Girl)
Jocelyn Logarde
(Hawaii)
1968 Katharine Hepburn
(The Lion in Winter)
Barbra Streisand
(Funny Girl)
Ruth Gordon
(Rosemary's Baby)
Edith Evans
(The Whisperers)
Anne Bancroft
(The Graduate)
Carol Channing
(Thoroughly Modern Millie)
1969 Maggie Smith
(The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
Goldie Hawn
(Cactus Flower)
Joanne Woodward
(Rachel, Rachel)
Barbra Streisand
(Funny Girl)
Ruth Gordon
(Rosemary's Baby)

The 1970s

Best Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Actress (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actress
(Golden Globe)
1970 Glenda Jackson
(Women in Love)
Helen Hayes
(Airport)
Genevieve Bujold
(Anne of the Thousand Days)
Patty Duke
(Me, Natalie)
Goldie Hawn
(Cactus Flower)
1971 Jane Fonda
(Klute)
Cloris Leachman
(The Last Picture Show)
Ali MacGraw
(Love Story)
Carrie Snodgrass
(Diary of a Mad Housewife)
Karen Black
(Five Easy Pieces)
Maureen Stapleton
(Airport)
1972 Liza Minnelli
(Cabaret)
Eileen Heckart
(Butterflies are Free)
Jane Fonda
(Klute)
Twiggy
(The Boy Friend)
Ann-Margret
(Carnal Knowledge)
1973 Glenda Jackson
(A Touch of Class)
Tatum O'Neal
(Paper Moon)
Liv Ullmann
(The Emigrants)
Liza Minnelli
(Cabaret)
Shelley Winters
(The Poseidon Adventure)
1974 Ellen Burstyn
(Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
Ingrid Bergman
(Murder on the Orient Express)
Marsha Mason
(Cinderella Liberty)
Glenda Jackson
(A Touch of Class)
Linda Blair
(The Exorcist)
1975 Louise Fletcher
(One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Lee Grant
(Shampoo)
Gena Rowlands
(A Woman Under the Influence)
Raquel Welch
(The Three Musketeers)
Karen Black
(The Great Gatsby)
1976 Faye Dunaway
(Network)
Beatrice Straight
(Network)
Louise Fletcher
(One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Ann-Margret
(Tommy)
Brenda Vaccaro
(Once is Not Enough)
1977 Diane Keaton
(Annie Hall)
Vanessa Redgrave
(Julia)
Faye Dunaway
(Network)
Barbra Streisand
(A Star is Born)
Katharine Ross
(Voyage of the Damned)
1978 Jane Fonda
(Coming Home)
Maggie Smith
(California Suite)
Jane Fonda
(Julia)
Diane Keaton
(Annie Hall)
Marsha Mason
(The Goodbye Girl)
Vanessa Redgrave
(Julia)
1979 Sally Field
(Norma Rae)
Meryl Streep
(Kramer vs Kramer)
Jane Fonda
(Coming Home)
Ellen Burstyn
(Same Time, Next Year)
Maggie Smith
(California Suite)
Dyan Cannon
(Heaven Can Wait)

The 1980s

Best Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Actress (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actress
(Golden Globe)
1980 Sissy Spacek
(Coal Miner's Daughter)
Mary Steenburgen
(Melvin and Howard)
Sally Field
(Norma Rae)
Bette Midler
(The Rose)
Meryl Streep
(Kramer vs Kramer)
1981 Katharine Hepburn
(On Golden Pond)
Maureen Stapleton
(Reds)
Mary Tyler Moore
(Ordinary People)
Sissy Spacek
(Coal Miner's Daughter)
Mary Steenburgen
(Melvin and Howard)
1982 Meryl Streep
(Sophie's Choice)
Jessica Lange
(Tootsie)
Meryl Streep
(The French Lieutenant's Woman)
Bernadette Peters
(Pennies from Heaven)
Joan Hackett
(Only When I Laugh)
1983 Shirley Maclaine
(Terms of Endearment)
Linda Hunt
(The Year of Living Dangerously)
Meryl Streep
(Sophie's Choice)
Julie Andrews
(Victor/Victoria)
Jessica Lange
(Tootsie)
1984 Sally Field
(Places in the Heart)
Peggy Ashcroft
(A Passage to India)
Shirley Maclaine
(Terms of Endearment)
Julie Walters
(Educating Rita)
Cher
(Silkwood)
1985 Geraldine Page
(The Trip to Bountiful)
Anjelica Huston
(Prizzi's Honor)
Sally Field
(Places in the Heart)
Kathleen Turner
(Romancing the Stone)
Peggy Ashcroft
(A Passage to India)
1986 Marlee Matlin
(Children of a Lesser God)
Dianne Wiest
(Hannah and Her Sisters)
Whoopi Goldberg
(The Color Purple)
Kathleen Turner
(Prizzi's Honor)
Meg Tilly
(Agnes of God)
1987 Cher
(Moonstruck)
Olympia Dukakis
(Moonstruck)
Marlee Matlin
(Children of a Lesser God)
Sissy Spacek
(Crimes of the Heart)
Maggie Smith
(A Room with a View)
1988 Jodie Foster
(The Accused)
Geena Davis
(The Accidental Tourist)
Sally Kirkland
(Anna)
Cher
(Moonstruck)
Olympia Dukakis
(Moonstruck)
1989 Jessica Tandy
(Driving Miss Daisy)
Brenda Fricker
(My Left Foot)
Jodie Foster
(The Accused)
Shirley Maclaine
(Madame Sousatzka)
Sigourney Weaver
(Gorillas in the Mist)
Melanie Griffith
(Working Girl)
Sigourney Weaver
(Working Girl)

The 1990s

Best Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Actress (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actress
(Golden Globe)
1990 Kathy Bates
(Misery)
Whoopi Goldberg
(Ghost)
Michelle Pfeiffer
(The Fabulous Baker Boys)
Jessica Tandy
(Driving Miss Daisy)
Julia Roberts
(Steel Magnolias)
1991 Jodie Foster
(The Silence of the Lambs)
Mercedes Ruehl
(The Fisher King)
Kathy Bates
(Misery)
Julia Roberts
(Pretty Woman)
Whoopi Goldberg
(Ghost)
1992 Emma Thompson
(Howards End)
Marisa Tomei
(My Cousin Vinny)
Jodie Foster
(The Silence of the Lambs)
Bette Midler
(For the Boys)
Mercedes Ruehl
(The Fisher King)
1993 Holly Hunter
(The Piano)
Anna Paquin
(The Piano)
Emma Thompson
(Howards End)
Miranda Richardson
(Enchanted April)
Joan Plowright
(Enchanted April)
1994 Jessica Lange
(Blue Sky)
Dianne Wiest
(Bullets Over Broadway)
Holly Hunter
(The Piano)
Angela Bassett
(What's Love Got to Do with It?)
Winona Ryder
(The Age of Innocence)
1995 Susan Sarandon
(Dead Man Walking)
Mira Sorvino
(Mighty Aphrodite)
Jessica Lange
(Blue Sky)
Jamie Lee Curtis
(True Lies)
Dianne Wiest
(Bullets Over Broadway)
1996 Frances McDormand
(Fargo)
Juliette Binoche
(The English Patient)
Sharon Stone
(Casino)
Nicole Kidman
(To Die For)
Mira Sorvino
(Mighty Aphrodite)
1997 Helen Hunt
(As Good as It Gets)
Kim Basinger
(LA Confidential)
Brenda Blethyn
(Secrets & Lies)
Madonna
(Evita)
Lauren Bacall
(The Mirror Has Two Faces)
1998 Gwyneth Paltrow
(Shakespeare in Love)
Judi Dench
(Shakespeare in Love)
Judi Dench
((Her Majesty) Mrs Brown)
Helen Hunt
(As Good as It Gets)
Kim Basinger
(LA Confidential)
1999 Hilary Swank
(Boys Don't Cry)
Angelina Jolie
(Girl, Interrupted)
Cate Blanchett
(Elizabeth)
Gwyneth Paltrow
(Shakespeare in Love)
Lynn Redgrave
(Gods and Monsters)

The 2000s

Best Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Supporting Actress
(Academy Award)
Best Actress (Drama)
(Golden Globe)
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)(Golden Globe) Best Supporting Actress
(Golden Globe)
2000 Julia Roberts
(Erin Brockovich)
Marcia Gay Harden
(Pollock)
Hilary Swank
(Boys Don't Cry)
Janet McTeer
(Tumbleweeds)
Angelina Jolie
(Girl, Interrupted)
2001 Halle Berry
(Monster's Ball)
Jennifer Connelly
(A Beautiful Mind)
Julia Roberts
(Erin Brockovich)
Renee Zellweger
(Nurse Betty)
Kate Hudson
(Almost Famous)
2002 Nicole Kidman
(The Hours)
Catherine Zeta-Jones
(Chicago)
Sissy Spacek
(In the Bedroom)
Nicole Kidman
(Moulin Rouge!)
Jennifer Connelly
(A Beautiful Mind)
2003 Charlize Theron
(Monster)
Renee Zellweger
(Cold Mountain)
Nicole Kidman
(The Hours)
Renee Zellweger
(Chicago)
Meryl Streep
(Adaptation)
2004 Hilary Swank
(Million Dollar Baby)
Cate Blanchett
(The Aviator)
Charlize Theron
(Monster)
Diane Keaton
(Something's Gotta Give)
Renee Zellweger
(Cold Mountain)
2005 Reese Witherspoon
(Walk the Line)
Rachel Weisz
(The Constant Gardener)
Hilary Swank
(Million Dollar Baby)
Annette Bening
(Being Julia)
Natalie Portman
(Closer)
2006

Felicity Huffman
(Transamerica)
Reese Witherspoon
(Walk the Line)
Rachel Weisz
(The Constant Gardener)


Last updated: 5 Mar 2006


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