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Voittajat ja ehdokkaat > 1950-luku

| Vuosi | Näyttelijä | Elokuva | Rooli |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
1952: 
| 1952 | Simone Signoret | Rakastajatar | Marie |
| 1952 | Edwige Feuillère | The Pit of Loneliness | Julie |
| 1952 | Katharine Hepburn | Afrikan kuningatar & Pat and Mike | Rose Sayer ‡ / Patricia Pemberton |
| 1952 | Judy Holliday | The Marrying Kind | Florence Keefer |
| 1952 | Nicole Stéphane | The Terrible Children | Elisabeth |
1953: 
| 1953 | Leslie Caron | Lili | Lili Daurier ‡ |
| 1953 | Shirley Booth | Come Back, Little Sheba | Lola Delaney † |
| 1953 | Marie Powers | The Medium | Flora |
| 1953 | Maria Schell | The Heart of the Matter | Helen Rolt |
1954: 
| 1954 | Cornell Borchers | The Divided Heart | Inga Hartl |
| 1954 | Shirley Booth | About Mrs. Leslie | Vivien Leslie |
| 1954 | Judy Holliday | Phffft! | Nina Tracey |
| 1954 | Grace Kelly | Täydellinen rikos | Margot Wendice |
| 1954 | Gina Lollobrigida | Bread, Love and Dreams | Maria de Ritis |
1955: 
| 1955 | Betsy Blair | Marty | Clara ‡ |
| 1955 | Dorothy Dandridge | Carmen Jones | Carmen Jones ‡ |
| 1955 | Judy Garland | Tähti on syntynyt | Esther Blodgett ‡ |
| 1955 | Julie Harris | I Am a Camera | Sally Bowles |
| 1955 | Katharine Hepburn | Summertime | Jane Hudson ‡ |
| 1955 | Grace Kelly | Mies, jonka minulle annoit | Georgia Elgin † |
| 1955 | Giulietta Masina | La Strada – Tie | Gelsomina |
| 1955 | Marilyn Monroe | Kesäleski | The Girl |
1956: 
| 1956 | Anna Magnani | Tatuoitu ruusu | Serafina Delle Rose † |
| 1956 | Carroll Baker | Baby Doll | Baby Doll Meighan ‡ |
| 1956 | Eva Dahlbeck | Smiles of a Summer Night | Desiree Armfeldt |
| 1956 | Ava Gardner | Bhowani Junction | Victoria Jones |
| 1956 | Susan Hayward | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Lillian Roth ‡ |
| 1956 | Shirley MacLaine | Mutta... kuka murhasi Harryn? | Jennifer Rogers |
| 1956 | Kim Novak | Picnic | Marjorie Owens |
| 1956 | Marisa Pavan | Tatuoitu ruusu | Rose Delle Rose ‡ |
| 1956 | Maria Schell | Gervaise | Gervaise Macquart Coupeau |
| 1956 | Jean Simmons | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown |
1957: 
| 1957 | Simone Signoret | The Crucible | Elizabeth Proctor |
| 1957 | Augusta Dabney | That Night! | Maggie Bowden |
| 1957 | Katharine Hepburn | The Rainmaker | Lizzie Curry ‡ |
| 1957 | Marilyn Monroe | Prinssi ja revyytyttö | Elsie Marina |
| 1957 | Lili Palmer | The Story of Anastasia | Anna Anderson |
| 1957 | Eva Marie Saint | A Hatful of Rain | Celia Pope |
| 1957 | Joanne Woodward | The Three Faces of Eve | Eve White † |
1958: 
| 1958 | Simone Signoret | Tilaa huipulla | Alice Aisgill † |
| 1958 | Ingrid Bergman | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | Gladys Aylward |
| 1958 | Anna Magnani | Wild is the Wind | Giola ‡ |
| 1958 | Giulietta Masina | Nights of Cabiria | Cabiria Ceccarelli |
| 1958 | Tatiana Samoilova | Kurjet lentävät | Veronika |
| 1958 | Elizabeth Taylor | Kissa kuumalla katolla | Maggie Pollitt ‡ |
| 1958 | Joanne Woodward | No Down Payment | Leola Boone |
1959: 
| 1959 | Shirley MacLaine | Ask Any Girl | Meg Wheeler |
| 1959 | Ava Gardner |  Viimeisellä rannalla | Moira Davidson |
| 1959 | Susan Hayward | I Want to Live! | Barbara Graham † |
| 1959 | Élli Lampéti | A Matter of Dignity | Chloe Pella |
| 1959 | Rosalind Russell | Auntie Mame | Mame Dennis ‡ |