# Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture

The Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture is one of the annual awards given by the International Press Academy. The category has gone through several changes since its inception.
* From 1996 to 2010, two categories based on genre were presented, Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
* In 2011, the IPA pared down its Satellite nominations in the motion picture categories from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflects the merger of drama and comedy under a general Best Picture heading, including the Best Actor/Actress headings and the Supporting headings.
* In 2016 and 2017, two winners were announced within the Best Actor category, one for the performance by an actor in a major studio film and other for a performance in an independent film.
Since 2018, the two categories based on genre are presented again replacing the Best Actor in a Motion Picture category for the Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical categories previously presented.

## Winners and nominees
### Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (1996–2010, 2018–present)

| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
| 1996 | Frances McDormand | Fargo | Marge Gunderson |
| 1996 | Brenda Blethyn | Secrets & Lies | Cynthia Rose Purley |
| 1996 | Robin Wright Penn | Moll Flanders | Moll Flanders |
| 1996 | Kristin Scott Thomas | The English Patient | Katharine Clifton |
| 1996 | Emily Watson | Breaking the Waves | Bess McNeill |
| 1997 | Judi Dench | Mrs. Brown | Queen Victoria |
| 1997 | Joan Allen | The Ice Storm | Elena Hood |
| 1997 | Helena Bonham Carter | The Wings of the Dove | Kate Croy |
| 1997 | Julie Christie | Afterglow | Phyllis Mann |
| 1997 | Kate Winslet | Titanic | Rose DeWitt-Bukater |
| 1998 | Cate Blanchett | Elizabeth | Queen Elizabeth |
| 1998 | Helena Bonham Carter | The Theory of Flight | Jane Hatchard |
| 1998 | Fernanda Montenegro | Central Station (Central do Brasil) | Isadora "Dora" Teixeira |
| 1998 | Susan Sarandon | Stepmom | Jackie Harrison |
| 1998 | Meryl Streep | One True Thing | Kate Gulden |
| 1998 | Emily Watson | Hilary and Jackie | Jacqueline "Jackie" du Pré |
| 1999 | Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena |
| 1999 | Annette Bening | American Beauty | Carolyn Burnham |
| 1999 | Elaine Cassidy | Felicia's Journey | Felicia |
| 1999 | Nicole Kidman | Eyes Wide Shut | Alice Harford |
| 1999 | Youki Kudoh | Snow Falling on Cedars | Hatsue Miyamoto |
| 1999 | Sigourney Weaver | A Map of the World | Alice Goodwin |
| 2000 | Ellen Burstyn | Requiem for a Dream | Sara Goldfarb |
| 2000 | Joan Allen | The Contender | Laine Hanson |
| 2000 | Gillian Anderson | The House of Mirth | Lily Bart |
| 2000 | Björk | Dancer in the Dark | Selma Jezkova |
| 2000 | Laura Linney | You Can Count on Me | Samantha Prescott |
| 2000 | Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich | Erin Brockovich |
| 2001 | Sissy Spacek | In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler |
| 2001 | Cate Blanchett | Charlotte Gray | Charlotte Gray |
| 2001 | Judi Dench | Iris | Iris Murdoch |
| 2001 | Halle Berry | Monster's Ball | Leticia Musgrove |
| 2001 | Nicole Kidman | The Others | Grace Stewart |
| 2001 | Tilda Swinton | The Deep End | Margaret Hall |
| 2002 | Diane Lane | Unfaithful | Connie Sumner |
| 2002 | Salma Hayek | Frida | Frida Kahlo |
| 2002 | Nicole Kidman | The Hours | Virginia Woolf |
| 2002 | Julianne Moore | Far from Heaven | Cathy Whitaker |
| 2002 | Sigourney Weaver | The Guys | Joan |
| 2002 | Meryl Streep | The Hours | Clarissa Vaughan |
| 2003 | Charlize Theron | Monster | Aileen Wuornos |
| 2003 | Toni Collette | Japanese Story | Sandy Edwards |
| 2003 | Jennifer Connelly | House of Sand and Fog | Kathy Nicolo |
| 2003 | Samantha Morton | In America | Sarah |
| 2003 | Nikki Reed | Thirteen | Evie Zamora |
| 2003 | Naomi Watts | 21 Grams | Cristina Peck |
| 2003 | Evan Rachel Wood | Thirteen | Tracy Louise Freeland |
| 2004 | Hilary Swank | Million Dollar Baby | Maggie Fitzgerald |
| 2004 | Laura Linney | P.S. | Louise Harrington |
| 2004 | Catalina Sandino Moreno | Maria Full of Grace (Maria llena eres de gracia) | Maria Álvarez |
| 2004 | Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake | Vera Drake |
| 2004 | Uma Thurman | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Beatrix Kiddo |
| 2004 | Sigourney Weaver | Imaginary Heroes | Sandy Travis |
| 2005 | Felicity Huffman | Transamerica | Stanley Schupak / Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne |
| 2005 | Toni Collette | In Her Shoes | Rose Feller |
| 2005 | Julianne Moore | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | Evelyn Ryan |
| 2005 | Charlize Theron | North Country | Josey Aimes |
| 2005 | Robin Wright Penn | Nine Lives | Diana |
| 2005 | Zhang Ziyi | Memoirs of a Geisha | Chiyo Sakamoto / Sayuri Nitta |
| 2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2006 | Penélope Cruz | To Return (Volver) | Raimunda |
| 2006 | Judi Dench | Notes on a Scandal | Barbara Covett |
| 2006 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Sherrybaby | Sherry Swanson |
| 2006 | Gretchen Mol | The Notorious Bettie Page | Bettie Page |
| 2006 | Kate Winslet | Little Children | Sarah Pierce |
| 2007 | Marion Cotillard | La Vie en Rose (La môme) | Édith Piaf |
| 2007 | Julie Christie | Away from Her | Fiona Anderson |
| 2007 | Angelina Jolie | A Mighty Heart | Mariane Pearl |
| 2007 | Keira Knightley | Atonement | Cecilia Tallis |
| 2007 | Laura Linney | The Savages | Wendy Savage |
| 2007 | Tilda Swinton | Stephanie Daley | Lydie Crane |
| 2008 | Angelina Jolie | Changeling | Christine Collins |
| 2008 | Anne Hathaway | Rachel Getting Married | Kym |
| 2008 | Melissa Leo | Frozen River | Ray Eddy |
| 2008 | Meryl Streep | Doubt | Aloysius Beauvier |
| 2008 | Kristin Scott Thomas | I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) | Juliette Fontaine |
| 2008 | Kate Winslet | The Reader | Hanna Schmitz |
| 2009 | Shohreh Aghdashloo | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Zahra |
| 2009 | Emily Blunt | The Young Victoria | Queen Victoria |
| 2009 | Abbie Cornish | Bright Star | Fanny Brawne |
| 2009 | Penélope Cruz | Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos) | Magdalena "Lena" Rivas |
| 2009 | Carey Mulligan | An Education | Jenny Miller |
| 2009 | Catalina Saavedra | The Maid (La nana) | Raquel |
| 2010 | Noomi Rapace | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Lisbeth Salander |
| 2010 | Nicole Kidman | Rabbit Hole | Becca Corbett |
| 2010 | Jennifer Lawrence | Winter's Bone | Ree Dolly |
| 2010 | Helen Mirren | The Tempest | Prospera |
| 2010 | Natalie Portman | Black Swan | Nina Sayers |
| 2010 | Tilda Swinton | I Am Love | Emma Recchi |
| 2010 | Naomi Watts | Fair Game | Valerie Plame |
| 2010 | Michelle Williams | Blue Valentine | Cindy Heller |
| 2018 | Glenn Close | The Wife | Joan Castleman |
| 2018 | Yalitza Aparicio | Roma | Cleo |
| 2018 | Viola Davis | Widows | Veronica Rawlings |
| 2018 | Nicole Kidman | Destroyer | Erin Bell |
| 2018 | Melissa McCarthy | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Lee Israel |
| 2018 | Rosamund Pike | A Private War | Marie Colvin |
| 2019 | Scarlett Johansson | Marriage Story | Nicole Barber |
| 2019 | Cynthia Erivo | Harriet | Harriet Tubman |
| 2019 | Helen Mirren | The Good Liar | Betty McLeish |
| 2019 | Charlize Theron | Bombshell | Megyn Kelly |
| 2019 | Alfre Woodard | Clemency | Bernadine Williams |
| 2019 | Renée Zellweger | Judy | Judy Garland |
| 2020 | Frances McDormand | Nomadland | Fern |
| 2020 | Viola Davis | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey |
| 2020 | Vanessa Kirby | Pieces of a Woman | Martha Weiss |
| 2020 | Sophia Loren | The Life Ahead | Madame Rosa |
| 2020 | Carey Mulligan | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas |
| 2020 | Kate Winslet | Ammonite | Mary Anning |
| 2021 | Kristen Stewart | Spencer | Princess Diana |
| 2021 | Jessica Chastain | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Tammy Faye Bakker |
| 2021 | Olivia Colman | The Lost Daughter | Leda Caruso |
| 2021 | Penélope Cruz | Parallel Mothers | Janis Martínez |
| 2021 | Lady Gaga | House of Gucci | Patrizia Reggiani |
| 2021 | Nicole Kidman | Being the Ricardos | Lucille Ball |
| 2022 | Danielle Deadwyler | Till | Mamie Till |
| 2022 | Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár |
| 2022 | Jessica Chastain | The Good Nurse | Amy Loughren |
| 2022 | Viola Davis | The Woman King | General Nanisca |
| 2022 | Vicky Krieps | Corsage | Empress Elisabeth of Austria |
| 2022 | Michelle Williams | The Fabelmans | Mitzi Fabelman |
| 2023 | Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon | Mollie Kyle |
| 2023 | Penélope Cruz | Ferrari | Laura Ferrari |
| 2023 | Sandra Hüller | Anatomy of a Fall | Sandra Voyter |
| 2023 | Greta Lee | Past Lives | Nora Moon |
| 2023 | Carey Mulligan | Maestro | Felicia Montealegre Bernstein |
| 2023 | Natalie Portman | May December | Elizabeth Berry |
| 2024 | Fernanda Torres | I'm Still Here | Eunice Paiva |
| 2024 | Lily-Rose Depp | Nosferatu | Ellen Hutter |
| 2024 | Angelina Jolie | Maria | Maria Callas |
| 2024 | Nicole Kidman | Babygirl | Romy Mathis |
| 2024 | Saoirse Ronan | The Outrun | Rona |
| 2024 | Tilda Swinton | The Room Next Door | Martha Hunt |

### Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1996–2010, 2018–present)

| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
| 1996 | Gwyneth Paltrow | Emma | Emma Woodhouse |
| 1996 | Glenn Close | 101 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil |
| 1996 | Shirley MacLaine | Mrs. Winterbourne | Grace Winterbourne |
| 1996 | Heather Matarazzo | Welcome to the Dollhouse | Dawn Wiener |
| 1996 | Bette Midler | The First Wives Club | Brenda Morelli Cushman |
| 1997 | Helen Hunt | As Good as It Gets | Carol Connelly |
| 1997 | Pam Grier | Jackie Brown | Jackie Brown |
| 1997 | Lisa Kudrow | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Michele Weinberger |
| 1997 | Parker Posey | The House of Yes | Jacqueline "Jackie-O" Pascal |
| 1997 | Julia Roberts | My Best Friend's Wedding | Julianne Potters |
| 1998 | Christina Ricci | The Opposite of Sex | Dede Truitt |
| 1998 | Jane Horrocks | Little Voice | Little Voice |
| 1998 | Holly Hunter | Living Out Loud | Judith Moore |
| 1998 | Gwyneth Paltrow | Shakespeare in Love | Viola de Lesseps |
| 1998 | Meg Ryan | You've Got Mail | Kathleen Kelly |
| 1999 | Janet McTeer | Tumbleweeds | Mary Jo Walker |
| 1999 | Julianne Moore | An Ideal Husband | Laura Cheveley |
| 1999 | Frances O'Connor | Mansfield Park | Fanny Price |
| 1999 | Julia Roberts | Notting Hill | Anna Scott |
| 1999 | Cecilia Roth | All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) | Manuela |
| 1999 | Reese Witherspoon | Election | Tracy Flick |
| 2000 | Renée Zellweger | Nurse Betty | Betty Sizemore |
| 2000 | Brenda Blethyn | Saving Grace | Grace Trevethyn |
| 2000 | Sandra Bullock | Miss Congeniality | Gracie Hart |
| 2000 | Glenn Close | 102 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil |
| 2000 | Cameron Diaz | Charlie's Angels | Natalie Cook |
| 2000 | Jenna Elfman | Keeping the Faith | Anna Reilly |
| 2001 | Nicole Kidman | Moulin Rouge! | Satine |
| 2001 | Thora Birch | Ghost World | Enid |
| 2001 | Audrey Tautou | Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) | Amélie Poulain |
| 2001 | Sigourney Weaver | Heartbreakers | Max Conners |
| 2001 | Reese Witherspoon | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods |
| 2001 | Renée Zellweger | Bridget Jones's Diary | Bridget Jones |
| 2002 | Jennifer Westfeldt | Kissing Jessica Stein | Jessica Stein |
| 2002 | Jennifer Aniston | The Good Girl | Justine Last |
| 2002 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Secretary | Lee Holloway |
| 2002 | Catherine Keener | Lovely & Amazing | Michelle Marks |
| 2002 | Nia Vardalos | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Toula Portokalos |
| 2002 | Renée Zellweger | Chicago | Roxie Hart |
| 2003 | Diane Keaton | Something's Gotta Give | Erica Barry |
| 2003 | Jamie Lee Curtis | Freaky Friday | Tess Coleman |
| 2003 | Hope Davis | American Splendor | Joyce Brabner |
| 2003 | Katie Holmes | Pieces of April | April Burns |
| 2003 | Diane Lane | Under the Tuscan Sun | Frances |
| 2003 | Helen Mirren | Calendar Girls | Chris Harper |
| 2004 | Annette Bening | Being Julia | Julia Lambert |
| 2004 | Jena Malone | Saved! | Mary |
| 2004 | Natalie Portman | Garden State | Sam |
| 2004 | Emmy Rossum | The Phantom of the Opera | Christine Daaé |
| 2004 | Kerry Washington | Ray | Della Bea Robinson |
| 2004 | Kate Winslet | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Clementine Kruczynski |
| 2005 | Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line | June Carter Cash |
| 2005 | Joan Allen | The Upside of Anger | Terry Wolfmeyer |
| 2005 | Judi Dench | Mrs Henderson Presents | Laura Henderson |
| 2005 | Claire Danes | Shopgirl | Mirabelle |
| 2005 | Keira Knightley | Pride & Prejudice | Elizabeth Bennet |
| 2005 | Joan Plowright | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | Mrs. Palfrey |
| 2006 | Meryl Streep | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly |
| 2006 | Annette Bening | Running with Scissors | Deirdre Burroughs |
| 2006 | Toni Collette | Little Miss Sunshine | Sheryl Hoover |
| 2006 | Beyoncé | Dreamgirls | Deena Jones |
| 2006 | Julie Walters | Driving Lessons | Evie Walton |
| 2006 | Jodie Whittaker | Venus | Jessie |
| 2007 | Elliot Page | Juno | Juno MacGuff |
| 2007 | Amy Adams | Enchanted | Giselle |
| 2007 | Cate Blanchett | I'm Not There | Jude Quinn |
| 2007 | Katherine Heigl | Knocked Up | Alison Scott |
| 2007 | Nicole Kidman | Margot at the Wedding | Margot |
| 2007 | Emily Mortimer | Lars and the Real Girl | Karin Lindstrom |
| 2008 | Sally Hawkins | Happy-Go-Lucky | Pauline "Poppy" Cross' |
| 2008 | Catherine Deneuve | A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) | Junon |
| 2008 | Kat Dennings | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Norah Silverberg |
| 2008 | Lisa Kudrow | Kabluey | Leslie |
| 2008 | Debra Messing | Nothing Like the Holidays | Sarah Rodriguez |
| 2008 | Meryl Streep | Mamma Mia! | Donna Sheridan |
| 2009 | Meryl Streep | Julie & Julia | Julia Child |
| 2009 | Sandra Bullock | The Proposal | Margaret Tate |
| 2009 | Marion Cotillard | Nine | Luisa Contini |
| 2009 | Zooey Deschanel | (500) Days of Summer | Summer Finn |
| 2009 | Katherine Heigl | The Ugly Truth | Abby Richter |
| 2010 | Anne Hathaway | Love & Other Drugs | Maggie Murdock |
| 2010 | Annette Bening | The Kids Are All Right | Nic |
| 2010 | Sally Hawkins | Made in Dagenham | Rita O'Grady |
| 2010 | Catherine Keener | Please Give | Kate |
| 2010 | Julianne Moore | The Kids Are All Right | Jules |
| 2010 | Mary-Louise Parker | Red | Sarah Ross |
| 2010 | Marisa Tomei | Cyrus | Molly |
| 2018 | Olivia Colman | The Favourite | Queen Anne |
| 2018 | Emily Blunt | Mary Poppins Returns | Mary Poppins |
| 2018 | Trine Dyrholm | Nico, 1988 | Nico |
| 2018 | Elsie Fisher | Eighth Grade | Kayla Day |
| 2018 | Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born | Ally Maine |
| 2018 | Constance Wu | Crazy Rich Asians | Rachel Chu |
| 2019 | Awkwafina | The Farewell | Billi Wang |
| 2019 | Ana de Armas | Knives Out | Marta Cabrera |
| 2019 | Julianne Moore | Gloria Bell | Gloria Bell |
| 2019 | Constance Wu | Hustlers | Destiny |
| 2020 | Maria Bakalova | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Tutar Sagdiyev |
| 2020 | Rashida Jones | On the Rocks | Laura Keane |
| 2020 | Michelle Pfeiffer | French Exit | Frances Price |
| 2020 | Margot Robbie | Birds of Prey | Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn |
| 2020 | Meryl Streep | The Prom | Dee Dee Allen |
| 2020 | Anya Taylor-Joy | Emma. | Emma Woodhouse |
| 2021 | Alana Haim | Licorice Pizza | Alana Kane |
| 2021 | Melissa Barrera | In the Heights | Vanessa |
| 2021 | Jennifer Hudson | Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| 2021 | Renate Reinsve | The Worst Person in the World | Julie |
| 2022 | Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Wang |
| 2022 | Janelle Monáe | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Cassandra "Andi" Brand / Helen Brand |
| 2022 | Margot Robbie | Babylon | Nellie LaRoy |
| 2022 | Emma Thompson | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nancy Stokes / Susan Robinson |
| 2023 | Emma Stone | Poor Things | Bella Baxter |
| 2023 | Fantasia Barrino | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson |
| 2023 | Alma Pöysti | Fallen Leaves | Ansa |
| 2023 | Margot Robbie | Barbie | Barbie |
| 2023 | Cailee Spaeny | Priscilla | Priscilla Presley |
| 2024 | Demi Moore | The Substance | Elisabeth Sparkle |
| 2024 | Cynthia Erivo | Wicked | Elphaba Thropp |
| 2024 | Mikey Madison | Anora | Anora |
| 2024 | Winona Ryder | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Lydia Deetz |
| 2024 | Karla Sofía Gascón | Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez |
| 2024 | June Squibb | Thelma | Thelma |

### Best Actress – Motion Picture (2011–2017)

| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
| 2011 | Viola Davis | The Help | Aibileen Clark |
| 2011 | Glenn Close | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs |
| 2011 | Olivia Colman | Tyrannosaur | Hannah |
| 2011 | Vera Farmiga | Higher Ground | Corinne |
| 2011 | Elizabeth Olsen | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Martha |
| 2011 | Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher |
| 2011 | Charlize Theron | Young Adult | Mavis Gary |
| 2011 | Emily Watson | Oranges and Sunshine | Margaret Humphreys |
| 2011 | Michelle Williams | My Week with Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe |
| 2011 | Michelle Yeoh | The Lady | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| 2012 | Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell |
| 2012 | Laura Birn | Purge | Aliide Truu |
| 2012 | Jessica Chastain | Zero Dark Thirty | Maya |
| 2012 | Emilie Dequenne | Our Children | Murielle |
| 2012 | Laura Linney | Hyde Park on Hudson | Margaret Suckley |
| 2012 | Keira Knightley | Anna Karenina | Anna Karenina |
| 2012 | Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | Anne Laurent |
| 2013 | Cate Blanchett | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis |
| 2013 | Amy Adams | American Hustle | Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly |
| 2013 | Sandra Bullock | Gravity | Dr. Ryan Stone |
| 2013 | Judi Dench | Philomena | Philomena Lee |
| 2013 | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Adèle |
| 2013 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Enough Said | Eva Henderson |
| 2013 | Meryl Streep | August: Osage County | Violet Weston |
| 2013 | Emma Thompson | Saving Mr. Banks | Pamela "P. L." Travers |
| 2014 | Julianne Moore | Still Alice | Dr. Alice Howland |
| 2014 | Marion Cotillard | Two Days, One Night | Sandra Bya |
| 2014 | Anne Dorval | Mommy | Diane "Die" Després |
| 2014 | Felicity Jones | The Theory of Everything | Jane Wilde Hawking |
| 2014 | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Belle | Dido Elizabeth Belle |
| 2014 | Rosamund Pike | Gone Girl | Amy Elliott-Dunne |
| 2014 | Reese Witherspoon | Wild | Cheryl Strayed |
| 2015 | Saoirse Ronan | Brooklyn | Eilis Lacey |
| 2015 | Cate Blanchett | Carol | Carol Aird |
| 2015 | Blythe Danner | I'll See You in My Dreams | Carol Petersen |
| 2015 | Brie Larson | Room | Joy "Ma" Newsome |
| 2015 | Carey Mulligan | Suffragette | Maud Watts |
| 2015 | Charlotte Rampling | 45 Years | Kate Mercer |
| 2016 | Isabelle Huppert | Elle | Michèle Leblanc |
| 2016 | Ruth Negga | Loving | Mildred Loving |
| 2016 | Amy Adams | Nocturnal Animals | Susan Morrow |
| 2016 | Annette Bening | 20th Century Women | Dorothea Fields |
| 2016 | Taraji P. Henson | Hidden Figures | Katherine Johnson |
| 2016 | Natalie Portman | Jackie | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
| 2016 | Emma Stone | La La Land | Mia Dolan |
| 2016 | Meryl Streep | Florence Foster Jenkins | Florence Foster Jenkins |
| 2017 | Sally Hawkins | The Shape of Water | Elisa Esposito |
| 2017 | Diane Kruger | In the Fade | Katja Sekerci |
| 2017 | Jessica Chastain | Molly's Game | Molly Bloom |
| 2017 | Judi Dench | Victoria & Abdul | Queen Victoria |
| 2017 | Frances McDormand | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Mildred Hayes |
| 2017 | Margot Robbie | I, Tonya | Tonya Harding |
| 2017 | Saoirse Ronan | Lady Bird | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson |
| 2017 | Emma Stone | Battle of the Sexes | Billie Jean King |

## Multiple winners
### 2 awards

* Cate Blanchett
* Sally Hawkins
* Frances McDormand
* Meryl Streep
* Hilary Swank

## Multiple nominees
### 10 nominations

* Meryl Streep

### 8 nominations

* Nicole Kidman

### 6 nominations

* Cate Blanchett
* Judi Dench
* Julianne Moore

### 5 nominations

* Annette Bening
* Kate Winslet

### 4 nominations

* Jessica Chastain
* Glenn Close
* Penélope Cruz
* Viola Davis
* Laura Linney
* Helen Mirren
* Carey Mulligan
* Natalie Portman
* Margot Robbie
* Charlize Theron
* Sigourney Weaver
* Reese Witherspoon
* Renée Zellweger

### 3 nominations

* Amy Adams
* Joan Allen
* Sandra Bullock
* Toni Collette
* Olivia Colman
* Marion Cotillard
* Sally Hawkins
* Keira Knightley
* Frances McDormand
* Julia Roberts
* Emma Stone
* Tilda Swinton
* Emily Watson
* Michelle Williams

### 2 nominations

* Brenda Blethyn
* Emily Blunt
* Helena Bonham Carter
* Julie Christie
* Jennifer Connelly
* Lady Gaga
* Maggie Gyllenhaal
* Anne Hathaway
* Katherine Heigl
* Angelina Jolie
* Catherine Keener
* Lisa Kudrow
* Diane Lane
* Jennifer Lawrence
* Gwyneth Paltrow
* Rosamund Pike
* Saoirse Ronan
* Kristin Scott Thomas
* Emma Thompson
* Naomi Watts
* Robin Wright
* Constance Wu