Oscar za najbolju glavnu glumicu

Oscar za najbolju glavnu glumicu ili zvanično Nagrada Akademije za najbolju izvedbu glumice u glavnoj ulozi () dodeljuje Američka filmska akademija glumicama u glavnim ulogama u igranim filmovima. Nominacije predlažu glumci i glumice, koji su članovi Akademije, a za pobednicu glasaju svi članovi i članice Akademije. 

Najviše nagrađivana glumica u ovoj kategoriji je Katharine Hepburn, koja je ovu nagradu primila 4 puta. Jedanaest glumica su primile dva puta ovu nagradu: Luise Rainer, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, Gledna Jackson, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Jodie Foster i Hilary Swank.

Katharine Hepburn je, takođe, najviše nominovana glumica, sa čak 12 nominacija. Sledi Meryl Streep, nominovana 11 puta, koja je, sa još 3 nominacije u kategoriji sporedne glumice, ukupno najviše nominovana glumica.

U istoriji je samo jednom ova nagrada bila dodeljena dvema glumicama iste godine. Katharine Hepburn i Barbra Streisand su, sa istim brojem glasova, podelile ovu nagradu 1968. godine. 

Halle Berry, koja je dobila ovu nagradu 2002. godine, jedina je Afroamerikanka koja je osvojila Oscar za najbolju glavnu žensku ulogu.

Nekoliko dobitnica ove nagrade osvojile su i Oscar za najbolju sporednu glumicu: Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Maggie Smith, Meryl Streep i Jassica Lange.

1920-e 
 1928 Janet Gaynor - Seventh Heaven u ulozi "Diane", Street Angel u ulozi "Angela", i Sunrise u ulozi "The Wife (Indre)"
 Louise Dresser - A Ship Comes In u ulozi "Mrs. Pleznik"
 Gloria Swanson - Sadie Thompson u ulozi "Sadie Thompson"
 1929 Mary Pickford - Coquette u ulozi "Norma Besant"
 Ruth Chatterton - Madame X u ulozi "Jacqueline Floriot"
 Betty Compson - The Barker u ulozi "Carrie"
 Jeanne Eagels - The Letter u ulozi "Leslie Crosby"
 Corinne Griffith - The Divine Lady u ulozi "Emma Hamilton"
 Bessie Love - The Broadway Melody u ulozi "Hank Mahoney"

1930-e 
 1930 Norma Shearer - The Divorcee u ulozi "Jerry Bernard Martin"
 Nancy Carroll - The Devil's Holiday u ulozi "Hallie Hobart"
 Ruth Chatterton - Sarah and Son u ulozi "Sarah Storm"
 Greta Garbo - Anna Christie u ulozi "Anna Christie" i Romance u ulozi "Madame Rita Cavallini"
 Norma Shearer - Their Own Desire u ulozi "Lucia 'Liz' Marlett"
 Gloria Swanson - The Trespasser u ulozi "Marion Donnell"
 1931 Marie Dressler - Min and Bill u ulozi "Min Divot"
 Marlene Dietrich - Morocco u ulozi "Mademoiselle Amy Jolly"
 Irene Dunne - Cimarron u ulozi "Sabra Cravat"
 Ann Harding - Holiday u ulozi "Linda Seton"
 Norma Shearer - A Free Soul u ulozi "Jan Ashe"
 1932 Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet u ulozi "Madelon Claudet"
 Marie Dressler - Emma u ulozi "Emma Thatcher Smith"
 Lynn Fontanne - The Guardsman u ulozi "The Actress"
 1933 Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory u ulozi "Eva Lovelace"
 May Robson - Lady for a Day u ulozi "Apple Annie"
 Diana Wynyard - Cavalcade u ulozi "Jane Marryot"
 1934 Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night u ulozi "Ellie Andrews"
 Grace Moore - One Night of Love u ulozi "Mary Barrett"
 Norma Shearer - The Barretts of Wimpole Street u ulozi "Elizabeth Barrett"
 1935 Bette Davis - Dangerous u ulozi "Joyce Heath"
 Elisabeth Bergner - Escape Me Never u ulozi "Gemma Jones"
 Claudette Colbert - Private Worlds u ulozi "Dr. Jane Everest"
 Katharine Hepburn - Alice Adams u ulozi "Alice Adams"
 Miriam Hopkins - Becky Sharp u ulozi "Becky Sharp"
 Merle Oberon - The Dark Angel u ulozi "Kitty Vane"
 1936 Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld u ulozi "Anna Held"
 Irene Dunne - Theodora Goes Wild u ulozi "Theodora Lynn"
 Gladys George - Valiant Is the Word for Carrie u ulozi "Carrie Snyder"
 Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey u ulozi "Irene Bullock"
 Norma Shearer - Romeo and Juliet u ulozi "Juliet Capulet"
 1937 Luise Rainer - The Good Earth u ulozi "O-Lan Lung"
 Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth u ulozi "Lucy Warriner"
 Greta Garbo - Camille u ulozi "Marguerite Gautier"
 Janet Gaynor - A Star Is Born u ulozi "Esther Victoria Blodgett, aka Vicki Lester"
 Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas u ulozi "Stella Dallas"
 1938 Bette Davis - Jezebel u ulozi "Julie Marsden"
 Fay Bainter - White Banners u ulozi "Hannah Parmalee"
 Wendy Hiller - Pygmalion u ulozi "Eliza Doolittle"
 Norma Shearer - Marie Antoinette u ulozi "Marie Antoinette"
 Margaret Sullavan - Three Comrades u ulozi "Patricia 'Pat' Hollmann"
 1939 Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind u ulozi "Scarlett O'Hara"
 Bette Davis - Dark Victory u ulozi "Judith Traherne"
 Irene Dunne - Love Affair u ulozi "Terry McKay"
 Greta Garbo - Ninotchka u ulozi "Nina Ivanovna Yakushova, aka Ninotchka"
 Greer Garson - Goodbye, Mr. Chips u ulozi "Kathy Ellis"

1940-e 
 1940 Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle u ulozi "Katherine 'Kitty' Foyle"
 Bette Davis - The Letter u ulozi "Leslie Crosbie"
 Joan Fontaine - Rebecca u ulozi "The Second Mrs. de Winter"
 Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story u ulozi "Tracy Lord"
 Martha Scott - Our Town u ulozi "Emily Webb"
 1941 Joan Fontaine - Suspicion u ulozi "Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth"
 Bette Davis - The Little Foxes u ulozi "Regina Giddens"
 Olivia de Havilland - Hold Back the Dawn u ulozi "Emmy Brown"
 Greer Garson - Blossoms in the Dust u ulozi "Edna Kahly Gladney"
 Barbara Stanwyck - Ball of Fire u ulozi "Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea"
 1942 Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver u ulozi "Kay Miniver"
 Bette Davis - Now, Voyager u ulozi "Charlotte Vale"
 Katharine Hepburn - Woman of the Year u ulozi "Tess Harding"
 Rosalind Russell - My Sister Eileen u ulozi "Ruth Sherwood"
 Teresa Wright - The Pride of the Yankees u ulozi "Eleanor Twitchell"
 1943 Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette u ulozi "Bernadette Soubirous"
 Jean Arthur - The More the Merrier u ulozi "Constance 'Connie' Milligan"
 Ingrid Bergman - For Whom the Bell Tolls u ulozi "Maria"
 Joan Fontaine - The Constant Nymph u ulozi "Tessa Sanger"
 Greer Garson - Madame Curie u ulozi "Marie Curie"
 1944 Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight u ulozi "Paula Alquist Anton"
 Claudette Colbert - Since You Went Away u ulozi "Mrs. Anne Hilton"
 Bette Davis - Mr. Skeffington u ulozi "Fanny Trellis"
 Greer Garson - Mrs. Parkington u ulozi "Susie 'Sarah' Parkington"
 Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity u ulozi "Phyllis Dietrichson"
 1945 Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce u ulozi "Mildred Pierce"
 Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's u ulozi "Sister Mary Benedict"
 Greer Garson - The Valley of Decision u ulozi "Mary Rafferty"
 Jennifer Jones - Love Letters u ulozi "Singleton/Victoria Morland" 
 Gene Tierney - Leave Her to Heaven u ulozi "Ellen Berent Harland"
 1946 Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own u ulozi "Josephine Norris"
 Celia Johnson - Brief Encounter u ulozi "Laura Jesson"
 Jennifer Jones - Duel in the Sun u ulozi "Pearl Chavez"
 Rosalind Russell - Sister Kenny u ulozi "Sister Elizabeth Kenny"
 Jane Wyman - The Yearling u ulozi "Ora Baxter"
 1947 Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter u ulozi "Katrin Holstrom"
 Joan Crawford - Possessed u ulozi "Louise Howell Graham"
 Susan Hayward - Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman u ulozi "Angelica 'Angie'/'Angel' Evans Conway"
 Dorothy McGuire - Gentleman's Agreement u ulozi "Kathy Lacey"
 Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra u ulozi "Lavinia Mannon"
 1948 Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda u ulozi "Belinda McDonald"
 Ingrid Bergman - Joan of Arc u ulozi Joan of Arc
 Olivia de Havilland - The Snake Pit u ulozi "Virginia Stuart Cunningham"
 Irene Dunne - I Remember Mama u ulozi "Martha Hanson"
 Barbara Stanwyck - Sorry, Wrong Number u ulozi "Leona Stevenson"
 1949 Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress u ulozi "Catherine Sloper"
 Jeanne Crain - Pinky u ulozi "Patricia 'Pinky' Johnson"
 Susan Hayward - My Foolish Heart u ulozi "Eloise Winters"
 Deborah Kerr - Edward, My Son u ulozi "Evelyn Boult"
 Loretta Young - Come to the Stable u ulozi "Sister Margaret"

1950-e 
 1950 Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday u ulozi "Emma 'Billie' Dawn"
 Anne Baxter - All About Eve u ulozi "Eve Harrington"
 Bette Davis - All About Eve u ulozi "Margo Channing"
 Eleanor Parker - Caged u ulozi "Marie Allen"
 Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard u ulozi "Norma Desmond"
 1951 Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire u ulozi "Blanche DuBois"
 Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen u ulozi "Rose Sayer"
 Eleanor Parker - Detective Story u ulozi "Mary McLeod"
 Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun u ulozi "Alice Tripp"
 Jane Wyman - The Blue Veil u ulozi "Louise Mason"
 1952 Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba u ulozi "Lola Delaney"
 Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear u ulozi "Myra Hudson"
 Bette Davis - The Star u ulozi "Margaret Elliot"
 Julie Harris - The Member of the Wedding u ulozi "Frankie Addams"
 Susan Hayward - With a Song in My Heart u ulozi "Jane Froman"
 1953 Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday u ulozi "Princess Ann"
 Leslie Caron - Lili u ulozi "Lili Daurier"
 Ava Gardner - Mogambo u ulozi "Eloise Y. 'Honey Bear' Kelly"
 Deborah Kerr - From Here to Eternity u ulozi "Karen Holmes"
 Maggie McNamara - The Moon Is Blue u ulozi "Patty O'Neill"
 1954 Grace Kelly - The Country Girl u ulozi "Georgie Elgin"
 Dorothy Dandridge - Carmen Jones u ulozi "Carmen Jones"
 Judy Garland - A Star Is Born u ulozi "Vicki Lester (Esther Blodgett)"
 Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina u ulozi "Sabrina Fairchild"
 Jane Wyman - Magnificent Obsession u ulozi "Helen Phillips"
 1955 Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo u ulozi "Serafina Delle Rose"
 Susan Hayward - I'll Cry Tomorrow u ulozi "Lillian Roth"
 Katharine Hepburn - Summertime u ulozi "Jane Hudson"
 Jennifer Jones - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing u ulozi "Dr. Han Suyin"
 Eleanor Parker - Interrupted Melody u ulozi "Marjorie 'Margie' Lawrence"
 1956 Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia u ulozi "The Woman" (aka "Anna Koreff" or "Anastasia")
 Carroll Baker - Baby Doll u ulozi "Baby Doll Meighan"
 Katharine Hepburn - The Rainmaker u ulozi "Lizzie Curry"
 Nancy Kelly - The Bad Seed u ulozi "Christine Penmark"
 Deborah Kerr - The King and I u ulozi "Anna Leonowens"
 1957 Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve u ulozi "Eve White/Eve Black/Jane"
 Deborah Kerr - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison u ulozi "Sister Angela"
 Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind u ulozi "Gioia"
 Elizabeth Taylor - Raintree County u ulozi "Susanna Drake"
 Lana Turner - Peyton Place u ulozi "Constance MacKenzie"
 1958 Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! u ulozi "Barbara Graham"
 Deborah Kerr - Separate Tables u ulozi "Sibyl Railton-Bell"
 Shirley MacLaine - Some Came Running u ulozi "Ginnie Moorehead"
 Rosalind Russell - Auntie Mame u ulozi "Mame Dennis"
 Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof u ulozi "Maggie 'The Cat' Pollitt"
 1959 Simone Signoret - Room at the Top u ulozi "Alice Aisgill"
 Doris Day - Pillow Talk u ulozi "Jan Morrow"
 Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story u ulozi "Sister Luke"
 Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer u ulozi "Violet Venable"
 Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer u ulozi "Catherine Holly"

1960-e 
 1960 Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8 u ulozi "Gloria Wandrous"
 Greer Garson - Sunrise at Campobello u ulozi "Eleanor Roosevelt"
 Deborah Kerr - The Sundowners u ulozi "Ida Karmody"
 Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment u ulozi "Fran Kubelik"
 Melina Mercouri - Never on Sunday u ulozi "Ilya"
 1961 Sophia Loren - Two Women u ulozi "Cesira"
 Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany's u ulozi "Holly Golightly"
 Piper Laurie - The Hustler u ulozi "Sarah Packard"
 Geraldine Page - Summer and Smoke u ulozi "Alma Winemiller"
 Natalie Wood - Splendor in the Grass "Wilma Dean 'Deanie' Loomis"
 1962 Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker u ulozi "Annie Sullivan"
 Bette Davis - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? u ulozi "Baby Jane Hudson"
 Katharine Hepburn - Long Day's Journey Into Night u ulozi "Mary Tyrone"
 Geraldine Page - Sweet Bird of Youth u ulozi "Alexandra Del Lago (Princess Cosmonopolous)"
 Lee Remick - Days of Wine and Roses u ulozi "Kirsten Arnesen"
 1963 Patricia Neal - Hud u ulozi "Alma Brown"
 Leslie Caron - The L-Shaped Room u ulozi "Jane Fossett"
 Shirley MacLaine - Irma la Douce u ulozi "Irma la Douce"
 Rachel Roberts - This Sporting Life u ulozi "Mrs. Margaret Hammond"
 Natalie Wood - Love with the Proper Stranger u ulozi "Angie Rossini"
 1964 Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins u ulozi "Mary Poppins"
 Anne Bancroft - The Pumpkin Eater u ulozi "Jo Armitage"
 Sophia Loren - Marriage Italian Style u ulozi "Filumena Marturano"
 Debbie Reynolds - The Unsinkable Molly Brown u ulozi "Margaret Brown"
 Kim Stanley - Séance on a Wet Afternoon u ulozi "Myra"
 1965 Julie Christie - Darling u ulozi "Diana Scott"
 Julie Andrews - The Sound of Music u ulozi "Maria von Trapp"
 Samantha Eggar - The Collector u ulozi "Miranda Grey"
 Elizabeth Hartman - A Patch of Blue u ulozi "Selina D'Arcy"
 Simone Signoret - Ship of Fools u ulozi "La Contessa"
 1966 Dame Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? u ulozi "Martha"
 Anouk Aimée - A Man and a Woman u ulozi "Anne Gauthier"
 Ida Kaminska - The Shop on Main Street u ulozi "Rozalie Lautmann"
 Lynn Redgrave - Georgy Girl u ulozi "Georgina (Georgy)"
 Vanessa Redgrave - Morgan! u ulozi "Leonie Delt"
 1967 Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner u ulozi "Christina Drayton"
 Anne Bancroft - The Graduate u ulozi "Mrs. Robinson"
 Faye Dunaway - Bonnie and Clyde u ulozi "Bonnie Parker"
 Edith Evans - The Whisperers u ulozi "Mrs. Ross"
 Audrey Hepburn - Wait Until Dark u ulozi "Suzy Hendrix"
 1968 Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter u ulozi "Eleanor of Aquitaine" i Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl u ulozi "Fanny Brice"
 Patricia Neal - The Subject Was Roses u ulozi "Nettie Cleary"
 Vanessa Redgrave - Isadora u ulozi "Isadora Duncan"
 Joanne Woodward - Rachel, Rachel u ulozi "Rachel Cameron"
 1969 Dame Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie u ulozi "Jean Brodie"
 Geneviève Bujold - Anne of the Thousand Days u ulozi "Anne Boleyn"
 Jane Fonda - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? u ulozi "Gloria Beatty"
 Liza Minnelli - The Sterile Cuckoo u ulozi "Mary Ann 'Pookie' Adams"
 Jean Simmons - The Happy Ending u ulozi "Mary Wilson"

1970-e 
 1970 Glenda Jackson - Women in Love u ulozi "Gudrun Brangwen" 
 Jane Alexander - The Great White Hope u ulozi "Eleanor Backman" 
 Ali MacGraw - Love Story u ulozi "Jennifer Cavalleri" 
 Sarah Miles - Ryan's Daughter u ulozi "Rosy Ryan" 
 Carrie Snodgress - Diary of a Mad Housewife u ulozi "Tina Balser" 
 1971 Jane Fonda - Klute u ulozi "Bree Daniels" 
 Julie Christie - McCabe & Mrs. Miller u ulozi "Constance Miller" 
 Glenda Jackson - Sunday Bloody Sunday u ulozi "Alex Greville" 
 Vanessa Redgrave - Mary, Queen of Scots u ulozi "Mary, Queen of Scots" 
 Janet Suzman - Nicholas and Alexandra u ulozi "Empress Alexandra" 
 1972 Liza Minnelli - Cabaret u ulozi "Sally Bowles" 
 Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues u ulozi "Billie Holiday" 
 Maggie Smith - Travels with My Aunt u ulozi "Aunt Augusta Bertram" 
 Cicely Tyson - Sounder u ulozi "Rebecca Morgan" 
 Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants u ulozi "Kristina" 
 1973 Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class u ulozi "Vicki Allessio" 
 Ellen Burstyn - The Exorcist u ulozi "Chris MacNeil" 
 Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty u ulozi "Maggie Paul" 
 Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were u ulozi "Katie Morosky" 
 Joanne Woodward - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams u ulozi "Rita Walden" 
 1974 Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore u ulozi "Alice Hyatt" 
 Diahann Carroll - Claudine u ulozi "Claudine Price" 
 Faye Dunaway - Chinatown u ulozi "Evelyn Mulwray" 
 Valerie Perrine - Lenny u ulozi "Honey Bruce" 
 Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under the Influence u ulozi "Mabel Longhetti" 
 1975 Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest u ulozi "Nurse Ratched" 
 Ann-Margret - Tommy u ulozi "Nora Walker Hobbs" 
 Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H. u ulozi "Adèle Hugo" 
 Glenda Jackson - Hedda u ulozi "Hedda Gabler" 
 Carol Kane - Hester Street u ulozi "Gitl" 
 1976 Faye Dunaway - Network u ulozi "Diana Christiansen" 
 Marie-Christine Barrault - Cousin, cousine u ulozi "Marthe" 
 Talia Shire - Rocky u ulozi "Adrianna 'Adrian' Pennino" 
 Sissy Spacek - Carrie u ulozi "Carrie White" 
 Liv Ullmann - Face to Face u ulozi "Dr. Jenny Isaksson" 
 1977 Diane Keaton - Annie Hall u ulozi "Annie Hall" 
 Anne Bancroft - The Turning Point u ulozi "Emma Jacklin" 
 Jane Fonda - Julia u ulozi "Lillian Hellman" 
 Shirley MacLaine - The Turning Point u ulozi "Deedee Rodgers" 
 Marsha Mason - The Goodbye Girl u ulozi "Paula McFadden" 
 1978 Jane Fonda - Coming Home u ulozi "Sally Hyde" 
 Ingrid Bergman - Autumn Sonata u ulozi "Charlotte Andergast" 
 Ellen Burstyn - Same Time, Next Year u ulozi "Doris" 
 Jill Clayburgh - An Unmarried Woman u ulozi "Erica" 
 Geraldine Page - Interiors u ulozi "Eve" 
 1979 Sally Field - Norma Rae u ulozi "Norma Rae Webster" 
 Jill Clayburgh - Starting Over u ulozi "Marilyn Holmberg" 
 Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome u ulozi "Kimberly Wells" 
 Marsha Mason - Chapter Two u ulozi "Jennie MacLaine" 
 Bette Midler - The Rose u ulozi "Mary Rose Foster"

1980-e 
 1980 Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter u ulozi Loretta Lynn 
 Ellen Burstyn - Resurrection u ulozi Edna Mae McCauley 
 Goldie Hawn - Private Benjamin u ulozi Pvt. Judy Benjamin/Goodman 
 Mary Tyler Moore - Ordinary People u ulozi Beth Jarrett 
 Gena Rowlands - Gloria u ulozi Gloria Swenson 
 1981 Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond u ulozi Ethel Thayer 
 Diane Keaton - Reds u ulozi Louise Bryant 
 Marsha Mason - Only When I Laugh u ulozi Georgia 
 Susan Sarandon - Atlantic City u ulozi Sally Matthews 
 Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman u ulozi Sarah/Anna 
 1982 Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice u ulozi Sophie Zawistowska 
 Julie Andrews - Victor/Victoria u ulozi Victoria Grant, aka Count Victor Grezhinski 
 Jessica Lange - Frances u ulozi Frances Farmer 
 Sissy Spacek - Missing u ulozi Beth Horman 
 Debra Winger - An Officer and a Gentleman u ulozi Paula Pokrifki 
 1983 Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment u ulozi Aurora Greenway 
 Jane Alexander - Testament u ulozi Carol Wetherly 
 Meryl Streep - Silkwood u ulozi Karen Silkwood 
 Julie Walters - Educating Rita u ulozi Rita, aka Susan 
 Debra Winger - Terms of Endearment u ulozi Emma Greenway Horton 
 1984 Sally Field - Places in the Heart u ulozi Edna Spalding (Ostao je upamćen njen govor prilikom primanja nagrade: "Ne mogu poreći činjenicu da me volite, upravo sada, vi me volite".) 
 Judy Davis - A Passage to India u ulozi Adela Quested 
 Jessica Lange - Country u ulozi Jewell Ivy 
 Vanessa Redgrave - The Bostonians u ulozi Olive Chancellor 
 Sissy Spacek - The River u ulozi Mae Garvey 
 1985 Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful u ulozi Carrie Watts 
 Anne Bancroft - Agnes of God u ulozi Mother Miriam Ruth 
 Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple u ulozi Celie 
 Jessica Lange - Sweet Dreams u ulozi Patsy Cline 
 Meryl Streep - Out of Africa u ulozi Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke
 1986 Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God u ulozi Sarah Norman 
 Jane Fonda - The Morning After u ulozi Alex Sternbergen 
 Sissy Spacek - Crimes of the Heart u ulozi Rebecca 'Babe'/'Becky' Magrath Botrelle 
 Kathleen Turner - Peggy Sue Got Married u ulozi Peggy Sue Kelcher/Bodell 
 Sigourney Weaver - Aliens u ulozi Ellen Ripley 
 1987 Cher - Moonstruck u ulozi Loretta Castorini 
 Glenn Close - Fatal Attraction u ulozi Alex Forrest 
 Holly Hunter - Broadcast News u ulozi Jane Craig 
 Sally Kirkland - Anna u ulozi Anna 
 Meryl Streep - Ironweed u ulozi Helen Archer 
 1988 Jodie Foster - The Accused u ulozi Sarah Tobias 
 Glenn Close - Dangerous Liaisons u ulozi Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil 
 Melanie Griffith - Working Girl u ulozi Tess McGill 
 Meryl Streep - A Cry in the Dark u ulozi Lindy Chamberlain 
 Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist u ulozi Dian Fossey
 1989 Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy u ulozi Daisy Werthan 
 Isabelle Adjani - Camille Claudel u ulozi Camille Claudel 
 Pauline Collins - Shirley Valentine u ulozi Shirley Valentine 
 Jessica Lange - Music Box u ulozi Ann Talbot 
 Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys u ulozi Susie Diamond

1990-e 
 1990 Kathy Bates - Misery u ulozi Annie Wilkes 
 Anjelica Huston - The Grifters u ulozi Lilly Dillon 
 Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman u ulozi Vivian Ward 
 Meryl Streep - Postcards from the Edge u ulozi Suzanne Vale 
 Joanne Woodward - Mr. and Mrs. Bridge u ulozi India Bridge 
 1991 Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs u ulozi Clarice Starling 
 Geena Davis - Thelma and Louise u ulozi Thelma Yvonne Dickinson 
 Laura Dern - Rambling Rose u ulozi Rose 
 Bette Midler - For the Boys u ulozi Dixie Leonard 
 Susan Sarandon - Thelma and Louise u ulozi Louise Elizabeth Sawyer 
 1992 Emma Thompson - Howards End u ulozi Margaret Wilcox 
 Catherine Deneuve - Indochine u ulozi Eliane 
 Mary McDonnell - Passion Fish u ulozi May-Alice Culhane 
 Michelle Pfeiffer - Love Field u ulozi Lurene Hallett 
 Susan Sarandon - Lorenzo's Oil u ulozi Michaela Odone 
 1993 Holly Hunter - The Piano u ulozi Ada McGrath 
 Angela Bassett - What's Love Got to Do with It? u ulozi Anne Mae Bullock/Tina Turner 
 Stockard Channing - Six Degrees of Separation u ulozi Louise 'Ouisa' Kittredge 
 Emma Thompson - The Remains of the Day u ulozi Mary Kenton 
 Debra Winger - Shadowlands u ulozi Joy Gresham
 1994 Jessica Lange - Blue Sky u ulozi Carly Marshall 
 Jodie Foster - Nell u ulozi Nell Kellty 
 Miranda Richardson - Tom & Viv u ulozi Vivienne Haigh-Wood 
 Winona Ryder - Little Women u ulozi Jo March 
 Susan Sarandon - The Client u ulozi Regina 'Reggie' Love 
 1995 Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking u ulozi Helen Prejean 
 Elisabeth Shue - Leaving Las Vegas u ulozi Sera 
 Sharon Stone - Casino u ulozi Ginger McKenna 
 Meryl Streep - The Bridges of Madison County u ulozi Francesca Johnson 
 Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility u ulozi Elinor Dashwood 
 1996 Frances McDormand - Fargo u ulozi Marge Gunderson 
 Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies u ulozi Cynthia Rose Purley 
 Diane Keaton - Marvin's Room u ulozi Bessie Greenfield 
 Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient u ulozi Katharine Clifton 
 Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves u ulozi Bess McNeill 
 1997 Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets u ulozi Carol Connelly 
 Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove u ulozi Kate Croy 
 Julie Christie - Afterglow u ulozi Phyllis Mann 
 Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown u ulozi Queen Victoria 
 Kate Winslet- Titanic u ulozi Rose DeWitt Bukater 
 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love u ulozi Viola de Lesseps 
 Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth u ulozi Queen Elizabeth I 
 Fernanda Montenegro - Central do Brasil u ulozi Dora 
 Meryl Streep - One True Thing u ulozi Kate Gulden 
 Emily Watson - Hilary and Jackie u ulozi Jacqueline du Pré 
 1999 Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry u ulozi Brandon Teena 
 Annette Bening - American Beauty u ulozi Carolyn Burnham 
 Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds u ulozi Mary Jo Walker 
 Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair u ulozi Sarah Miles 
 Meryl Streep - Music of the Heart u ulozi Roberta Guaspari

2000-e 
 2000 Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich u ulozi Erin Brockovich 
 Joan Allen - The Contender u ulozi Sen. Laine Hanson 
 Juliette Binoche - Chocolat u ulozi Vianne Rocher 
 Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream u ulozi Sara Goldfarb 
 Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me u ulozi Samantha 'Sammy' Prescott 
 2001 Halle Berry - Monster's Ball u ulozi Leticia Musgrove 
 Judi Dench - Iris u ulozi Iris Murdoch 
 Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge! u ulozi Satine 
 Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom u ulozi Ruth Fowler 
 Renée Zellweger - Bridget Jones's Diary u ulozi Bridget Jones 
 2002 Nicole Kidman - The Hours u ulozi Virginia Woolf
 Salma Hayek - Frida u ulozi Frida Kahlo 
 Diane Lane - Unfaithful  u ulozi Connie Sumner 
 Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven u ulozi Cathy Whitaker 
 Renée Zellweger - Chicago u ulozi Roxie Hart
 2003 Charlize Theron - Monster u ulozi Aileen Wuornos 
 Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider u ulozi Paikea 
 Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give u ulozi Erica Jane Barry 
 Samantha Morton - In America u ulozi Sarah 
 Naomi Watts - 21 Grams u ulozi Cristina Peck 
 2004 Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby u ulozi Maggie Fitzgerald 
 Annette Bening - Being Julia u ulozi Julia Lambert 
 Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace u ulozi María Álvarez 
 Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake u ulozi Vera Drake 
 Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind u ulozi Clementine Kruczynski 
 2005 Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line u ulozi June Carter 
 Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents u ulozi Laura Henderson 
 Felicity Huffman - Transamerica u ulozi Bree Osbourne 
 Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice u ulozi Elizabeth Bennet 
 Charlize Theron - North Country u ulozi Josey Aimes 
 2006 Helen Mirren - The Queen u ulozi Queen Elizabeth II 
 Penélope Cruz - Volver u ulozi Raimunda 
 Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal u ulozi Barbara Covett 
 Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada u ulozi Miranda Priestly 
 Kate Winslet - Little Children u ulozi Sarah Pierce 
 2007 Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose u ulozi Édith Piaf
 Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age u ulozi kraljice Elizabeth I
 Julie Christie - Away from Her u ulozi Fiona Anderson
 Laura Linney - The Savages u ulozi Wendy Savage
 Ellen Page - Juno u ulozi Juno MacGuff

 2008 Kate Winslet – The Reader u ulozi Hanna Schmitz
 Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married u ulozi Kym Buchman
 Angelina Jolie – Changeling u ulozi Christine Collins
 Melissa Leo – Frozen River u ulozi Ray Eddy
 Meryl Streep – Doubt u ulozi Sister Aloysius Beauvier

 2009 Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side u ulozi Leigh Anne Tuohy
 Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire  u ulozi Precious
 Carey Mulligan - An Education u ulozi Jenny
 Helen Mirren - The Last Station u ulozi Sofya Tolstaya
 Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia u ulozi Julia

2010-e 
 2010 Natalie Portman - Black Swan u ulozi Nina Sayers 
 Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right u ulozi Nicole "Nic" Allgood
 Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole u ulozi Becca Corbett
 Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone u ulozi Ree Dolly
 Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine u ulozi Cynthia "Cindy" Heller

 2011 Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady u ulozi Margaret Thatcher 
 Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs u ulozi Albert Nobbs
 Viola Davis - The Help u ulozi Aibileen Clark 
 Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo u ulozi Lisbeth Salander 
 Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn u ulozi Marilyn Monroe 

 2012 Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook u ulozi Tiffany Maxwell
 Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty u ulozi Maya 
 Emmanuelle Riva - Amour  u ulozi Anne Laurent 
 Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild u ulozi Hushpuppy
 Naomi Watts - The Impossible u ulozi Maria Bennett

 2013 Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine u ulozi Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis 
 Amy Adams - American Hustle u ulozi Sydney Prosser / Edith Greensly
 Sandra Bullock - Gravity u ulozi Ryan Stone 
 Judi Dench - Philomena u ulozi Philomena Lee
 Meryl Streep - August: Osage County u ulozi Violet Weston 

 2014 Julianne Moore - Still Alice u ulozi Alice Howland 
 Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night u ulozi Sandra Bya 
 Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything u ulozi Jane Wilde Hawking 
 Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl u ulozi Amy Elliott-Dunne 
 Reese Witherspoon - Wild u ulozi Cheryl Strayed 

 2015 Brie Larson - Room u ulozi Joy Newsome 
 Cate Blanchett - Carol u ulozi Carol Aird
 Jennifer Lawrence - Joy u ulozi Joy Mangano 
 Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years u ulozi Kate Mercer 
 Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn u ulozi Eilis Lacey 

 2016 Emma Stone - La La Land u ulozi Mia Dolan
 Isabelle Huppert - Elle u ulozi Michèle Leblanc 
 Ruth Negga - Loving  u ulozi Mildred Loving 
 Natalie Portman - Jackie u ulozi Jackie Kennedy
 Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins u ulozi Florence Foster Jenkins

 
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