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| ปี | นักแสดง | บทบาท | ภาพยนตร์ | อ้างอิง |
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1980s
| 1980  (53rd)  | Spacek !Sissy Spacek ‡ | Lynn !Loretta Lynn | Coal Miner's Daughter |  |
| 1980  (53rd)  | Burstyn !Ellen Burstyn | McCauley !Edna Mae Harper-McCauley | Resurrection |  |
| 1980  (53rd)  | Hawn !Goldie Hawn | Benjamin !Judy Benjamin | Private Benjamin |  |
| 1980  (53rd)  | Moore !Mary Tyler Moore | Jarrett !Beth Jarrett | Ordinary People |  |
| 1980  (53rd)  | Rowlands !Gena Rowlands | Swenson !Gloria Swenson | Gloria |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Hepburn !Katharine Hepburn ‡ | Thayer !Ethel Thayer | On Golden Pond |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Keaton !Diane Keaton | Bryant !Louise Bryant | Reds |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Mason !Marsha Mason | Hines !Georgia Hines | Only When I Laugh |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Sarandon !Susan Sarandon | Matthews !Sally Matthews | Atlantic City |  |
| 1981  (54th)  | Streep !Meryl Streep | Anna / Sara Woodruff | French !The French Lieutenant's Woman |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | Streep !Meryl Streep ‡ | Zawistowski !Sophie Zawistowski | Sophie's Choice |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | Andrews !Julie Andrews | Grant !Victor Grazinski / Victoria Grant | Victor/Victoria |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | Lange !Jessica Lange | Farmer !Frances Farmer | Frances |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | Spacek !Sissy Spacek | Horman !Beth Horman | Missing |  |
| 1982  (55th)  | Winger !Debra Winger | Pokrifki !Paula Pokrifki | Officer !An Officer and a Gentleman |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | MacLaine !Shirley MacLaine ‡ | Greenway !Aurora Greenway | Terms of Endearment |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | Alexander !Jane Alexander | Weatherly !Carol Wetherly | Testament |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | Streep !Meryl Streep | Silkwood !Karen Silkwood | Silkwood |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | Walters !Julie Walters | Susan White / Rita | Educating Rita |  |
| 1983  (56th)  | Winger !Debra Winger | Horton !Emma Greenway Horton | Terms of Endearment |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Field !Sally Field ‡ | Spalding !Edna Spalding | Places in the Heart |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Davis !Judy Davis | Quested !Adela Quested | Passage !A Passage to India |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Lange !Jessica Lange | Ivy !Jewell Ivy | Country |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Redgrave !Vanessa Redgrave | Chancellor !Olive Chancellor | Bostonians !The Bostonians |  |
| 1984  (57th)  | Spacek !Sissy Spacek | Garvey !Mae Garvey | River !The River |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Page !Geraldine Page ‡ | Watts !Carrie Watts | Trip !The Trip to Bountiful |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Bancroft !Anne Bancroft | Ruth !Miriam Ruth / Anna Maria Burchetti | Agnes of God |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Goldberg !Whoopi Goldberg | Johnson !Celie Harris-Johnson | Color !The Color Purple |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Lange !Jessica Lange | Cline !Patsy Cline | Sweet Dreams |  |
| 1985  (58th)  | Streep !Meryl Streep | Blixen !Karen Blixen | Out of Africa |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Matlin !Marlee Matlin ‡ | Norman !Sarah Norman | Children of a Lesser God |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Fonda !Jane Fonda | Sternbergen !Alex Sternbergen / Viveca Van Loren | Morning !The Morning After |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Spacek !Sissy Spacek | Botrelle ! Babe Botrelle / Rebecca MaGrath | Crimes of the Heart |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Turner !Kathleen Turner | Bodell !Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell | Peggy Sue Got Married |  |
| 1986  (59th)  | Weaver !Sigourney Weaver | Ripley !Ellen Ripley | Aliens |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Cher !Cher ‡ | Castorini !Loretta Castorini | Moonstruck |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Close !Glenn Close | Forrest !Alex Forrest | Fatal Attraction |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Hunter !Holly Hunter | Craig !Jane Craig | Broadcast News |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Kirkland !Sally Kirkland | Anna | Anna |  |
| 1987  (60th)  | Streep !Meryl Streep | Archer !Helen Archer | Ironweed |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | Foster !Jodie Foster ‡ | Tobias !Sarah Tobias | Accused !The Accused |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | Close !Glenn Close | de Merteuil !Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | Dangerous Liaisons |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | Griffith !Melanie Griffith | McGill !Tess McGill | Working Girl |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | Streep !Meryl Streep | Chamberlain !Lindy Chamberlain | Cry !A Cry in the Dark |  |
| 1988  (61st)  | Weaver !Sigourney Weaver | Fossey !Dian Fossey | Gorillas in the Mist |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Tandy !Jessica Tandy ‡ | Werthan !Daisy Werthan | Driving Miss Daisy |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Adjani !Isabelle Adjani | Claudel !Camille Claudel | Camille Claudel |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Collins !Pauline Collins | Valentine !Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw | Shirley Valentine |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Lange !Jessica Lange | Talbot !Ann Talbot | Music Box |  |
| 1989  (62nd)  | Pfeiffer !Michelle Pfeiffer | Diamond !Susie Diamond | Fabulous !The Fabulous Baker Boys |  |