# National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the National Society of Film Critics to honour the best leading actress of the year.

## Winners
### 1960s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1966 | Sylvie | The Shameless Old Lady (La vieille dame indigne) | Madame Bertini |
| 1967 | Bibi Andersson | Persona | Alma, The Nurse |
| 1968 | Liv Ullmann | Shame (Skammen) | Eva Rosenberg |
| 1969 | Vanessa Redgrave | Isadora | Isadora Duncan |

### 1970s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1970 | Glenda Jackson | Women in Love | Gudrun Brangwen |
| 1971 | Jane Fonda | Klute | Bree Daniels |
| 1972 | Cicely Tyson | Sounder | Rebecca Morgan |
| 1973 | Liv Ullmann | The New Land (Nybyggarna) | Kristina |
| 1974 | Liv Ullmann | Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) | Marianne |
| 1975 | Isabelle Adjani | The Story of Adele H. (L'histoire d'Adèle H.) | Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry |
| 1976 | Sissy Spacek | Carrie | Carrie White |
| 1977 | Diane Keaton | Annie Hall | Annie Hall |
| 1978 | Ingrid Bergman | Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) | Charlotte Andergast |
| 1979 | Sally Field | Norma Rae | Norma Rae Webster |

### 1980s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1980 | Sissy Spacek | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn |
| 1981 | Marília Pêra | Pixote (Pixote: a lei do mais fraco) | Sueli |
| 1982 | Meryl Streep | Sophie's Choice | Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski |
| 1983 | Debra Winger | Terms of Endearment | Emma Greenway Horton |
| 1984 | Vanessa Redgrave | The Bostonians | Olive Chancellor |
| 1985 | Vanessa Redgrave | Wetherby | Jean Travers |
| 1986 | Chloe Webb | Sid and Nancy | Nancy Spungen |
| 1987 | Emily Lloyd | Wish You Were Here | Lynda Mansell |
| 1988 | Judy Davis | High Tide | Lillie |
| 1989 | Michelle Pfeiffer | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Susie Diamond |

### 1990s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1990 | Anjelica Huston | The Grifters | Lilly Dillon |
| 1990 | Anjelica Huston | The Witches | Eva Ernst / Grand High Witch |
| 1991 | Alison Steadman | Life Is Sweet | Wendy |
| 1992 | Emma Thompson | Howards End | Margaret "Meg" Schlegel |
| 1993 | Holly Hunter | The Piano | Ada McGrath |
| 1994 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Dorothy Parker |
| 1995 | Elisabeth Shue | Leaving Las Vegas | Sera |
| 1996 | Emily Watson | Breaking the Waves | Bess McNeill |
| 1997 | Julie Christie | Afterglow | Phyllis Mann |
| 1998 | Ally Sheedy | High Art | Lucy Berliner |
| 1999 | Reese Witherspoon | Election | Tracy Flick |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2000 | Laura Linney | You Can Count on Me | Samantha "Sammy" Prescott |
| 2001 | Naomi Watts | Mulholland Drive | Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn |
| 2002 | Diane Lane | Unfaithful | Connie Sumner |
| 2003 | Charlize Theron | Monster | Aileen Wuornos |
| 2004 | Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake | Vera Rose Drake |
| 2004 | Hilary Swank | Million Dollar Baby | Maggie Fitzgerald |
| 2005 | Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line | June Carter Cash |
| 2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2007 | Julie Christie | Away from Her | Fiona Anderson |
| 2008 | Sally Hawkins | Happy-Go-Lucky | Pauline "Poppy" Cross |
| 2009 | Yolande Moreau | Séraphine | Séraphine Louis |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2010 | Giovanna Mezzogiorno | Vincere | Ida Dalser |
| 2011 | Kirsten Dunst | Melancholia | Justine |
| 2012 | Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | Anne Laurent |
| 2013 | Cate Blanchett | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis |
| 2014 | Marion Cotillard | The Immigrant | Ewa Cybulska |
| 2014 | Marion Cotillard | Two Days, One Night | Sandra Bya |
| 2015 | Charlotte Rampling | 45 Years | Kate Mercer |
| 2016 | Isabelle Huppert | Elle | Michèle Leblanc |
| 2016 | Isabelle Huppert | Things to Come | Nathalie Chazeaux |
| 2017 | Sally Hawkins | The Shape of Water | Elisa Esposito |
| 2017 | Sally Hawkins | Maudie | Maud Lewis |
| 2018 | Olivia Colman | The Favourite | Anne, Queen of Great Britain |
| 2019 | Mary Kay Place | Diane | Diane |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2020 | Frances McDormand | Nomadland | Fern |
| 2021 | Penélope Cruz | Parallel Mothers | Janis Martinez |
| 2022 | Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár |
| 2023 | Sandra Hüller | Anatomy of a Fall | Sandra Voyter |
| 2023 | Sandra Hüller | The Zone of Interest | Hedwig Höss |
| 2024 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Hard Truths | Pansy Deacon |

## Multiple awards
### 3 wins

* Vanessa Redgrave (1969, 1984, 1985)
* Liv Ullmann (1968, 1973, 1974)

### 2 wins

* Cate Blanchett (2013, 2022)
* Julie Christie (1997, 2007)
* Sally Hawkins (2008, 2017)
* Sissy Spacek (1976, 1980)
* Reese Witherspoon (1999, 2005)