# Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best (Lead) Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.

## Winners
### 1980s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1980 | Gena Rowlands | Gloria | Gloria Swenson |
| 1981 | Marília Pêra | Pixote (Pixote: a lei do mais fraco) | Sueli |
| 1982 | Meryl Streep | Sophie's Choice | Sophie Zawistowski |
| 1983 | Rosanna Arquette | Baby It's You | Jill Rosen |
| 1984 | Judy Davis | A Passage to India | Adela Quested |
| 1985 | Geraldine Page | The Trip to Bountiful | Carrie Watts |
| 1986 | Chloe Webb | Sid and Nancy | Nancy Spungen |
| 1987 | Holly Hunter | Broadcast News | Jane Craig |
| 1988 | Melanie Griffith | Working Girl | Tess McGill |
| 1989 | Jessica Tandy | Driving Miss Daisy | Daisy Werthan |

### 1990s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1990 | Anjelica Huston | The Grifters | Lilly Dillon |
| 1990 | Anjelica Huston | The Witches | Eva Ernst / Grand High Witch |
| 1991 | Geena Davis | Thelma & Louise | Thelma Dickinson |
| 1992 | Emma Thompson | Howards End | Margaret "Meg" Schlegel |
| 1993 | Holly Hunter | The Piano | Ada McGrath |
| 1994 | Julianne Moore | Vanya on 42nd Street | Yelena |
| 1995 | Nicole Kidman | To Die For | Suzanne Stone Maretto |
| 1996 | Brenda Blethyn | Secrets & Lies | Cynthia Rose Purley |
| 1997 | Helena Bonham Carter | The Wings of the Dove | Kate Croy |
| 1998 | Samantha Morton | Under the Skin | Iris Kelly |
| 1999 | Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2000 | Ellen Burstyn | Requiem for a Dream | Sara Goldfarb |
| 2001 | Tilda Swinton | The Deep End | Margaret Hall |
| 2002 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Secretary | Lee Holloway |
| 2003 | Scarlett Johansson | Lost in Translation | Charlotte |
| 2004 | Hilary Swank | Million Dollar Baby | Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald |
| 2005 | Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line | June Carter Cash |
| 2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2007 | Marion Cotillard | La Vie en Rose (La môme) | Édith Piaf |
| 2008 | Sally Hawkins | Happy-Go-Lucky | Pauline "Poppy" Cross |
| 2009 | Meryl Streep | Julie & Julia | Julia Child |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2010 | Natalie Portman | Black Swan | Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen |
| 2011 | Michelle Williams | My Week with Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Melissa McCarthy | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Lee Israel |
| 2019 | Saoirse Ronan | Little Women | Josephine "Jo" March |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2020 | Sidney Flanigan | Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Autumn Callahan |
| 2021 | Alana Haim | Licorice Pizza | Alana Kane |
| 2022 | Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All At Once | Evelyn Wang |
| 2023 | Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon | Mollie Kyle |
| 2024 | Mikey Madison | Anora | Anora "Ani" Mikheeva |

## Multiple winners
### 2 wins

* Holly Hunter (1987, 1993)
* Hilary Swank (1999, 2004)
* Meryl Streep (1982, 2009)
* Marion Cotillard (2007, 2014)
* Sally Hawkins (2008, 2017)