Aktris Terbaik (Penghargaan Satellite)
Pemenang dan nominee > Aktris Terbaik – Film Drama (1996–2010)

| Tahun | Pemenang dan nominee | Film | Peran |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | Ratu 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 | Ratu 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 | Ratu 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 | Ratu 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 ‡ |