Through the Years

Film / Leading Actress

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Emma Thompson

Sense And Sensibility
Leading Actress
Winner

Brenda Blethyn

Secrets & Lies
Leading Actress
Winner

Judi Dench

Mrs Brown
Leading Actress
Winner

Cate Blanchett

Elizabeth
Leading Actress
Winner

Annette Bening

American Beauty
Leading Actress
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Julia Roberts

Erin Brockovich
Leading Actress
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Judi Dench

Iris
Leading Actress
Winner

Nicole Kidman

The Hours
Leading Actress

Through The Years

  • Winner

    Mikey Madison

    Anora
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Cynthia Erivo

    Wicked
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Demi Moore

    The Substance
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Saoirse Ronan

    The Outrun
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Marianne Jean-Baptiste

    Hard Truths
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Karla Sofía Gascón

    Emilia Pérez
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Emma Stone

    Poor Things
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Vivian Oparah

    Rye Lane
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Carey Mulligan

    Maestro
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Fantasia Barrino

    The Color Purple
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Margot Robbie

    Barbie
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sandra Hüller

    Anatomy of a Fall
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Cate Blanchett

    Tár
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Danielle Deadwyler

    Till
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Viola Davis

    The Woman King
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Emma Thompson

    Good Luck to You Leo Grande
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Michelle Yeoh

    Everything Everywhere All At Once
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Ana de Armas

    Blonde
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    After Love

    Joanna Scanlan
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Passing

    Tessa Thompson
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    The Worst Person in the World

    Renate Reinsve
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    House of Gucci

    Lady Gaga
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    CODA

    Emilia Jones
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Licorice Pizza

    Alana Haim
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Frances McDormand

    Nomadland
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Wunmi Mosaku

    His House
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Vanessa Kirby

    Pieces of a Woman
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Radha Blank

    The Forty-Year-Old Version
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Bukky Bakray

    Rocks
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Alfre Woodard

    Clemency
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Judy

    Renée Zellweger
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Bombshell

    Charlize Theron
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Marriage Story

    Scarlett Johansson
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Little Women

    Saoirse Ronan
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Wild Rose

    Jessie Buckley
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    The Favourite

    Olivia Colman
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Widows

    Viola Davis
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    A Star Is Born

    Lady Gaga
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Can You Ever Forgive Me?

    Melissa McCarthy
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    The Wife

    Glenn Close
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing
    • Missouri

    Frances McDormand
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Lady Bird

    Saoirse Ronan
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    The Shape of Water

    Sally Hawkins
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    • I
    • Tonya

    Margot Robbie
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

    Annette Bening
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    La La Land

    Emma Stone
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jackie

    Natalie Portman
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Florence Foster Jenkins

    Meryl Streep
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    The Girl on the Train

    Emily Blunt
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Arrival

    Amy Adams
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Brie Larson

    Room
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Saoirse Ronan

    Brooklyn
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Maggie Smith

    The Lady in the Van
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Cate Blanchett

    Carol
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Alicia Vikander

    The Danish Girl
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Julianne Moore

    Still Alice
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Rosamund Pike

    Gone Girl
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Reese Witherspoon

    Wild
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Felicity Jones

    The Theory Of Everything
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Amy Adams

    Big Eyes
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Cate Blanchett

    Blue Jasmine
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sandra Bullock

    Gravity
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Judi Dench

    Philomena
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Emma Thompson

    Saving Mr. Banks
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Amy Adams

    American Hustle
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Emmanuelle Riva

    Amour
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Marion Cotillard

    Rust And Bone
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jessica Chastain

    Zero Dark Thirty
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jennifer Lawrence

    Silver Linings Playbook
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Helen Mirren

    Hitchcock
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Meryl Streep

    The Iron Lady
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Michelle Williams

    My Week With Marilyn
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Tilda Swinton

    We Need To Talk About Kevin
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Viola Davis

    The Help
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Bérénice Bejo

    The Artist
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Natalie Portman

    Black Swan
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Hailee Steinfeld

    True Grit
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Noomi Rapace

    The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Julianne Moore

    The Kids Are All Right
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Annette Bening

    The Kids Are All Right
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Carey Mulligan

    An Education
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Audrey Tautou

    Coco Before Chanel
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Meryl Streep

    Julie And Julia
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Gabourey Sidibe

    Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Saoirse Ronan

    The Lovely Bones
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Kate Winslet

    The Reader
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kate Winslet

    Revolutionary Road
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kristin Scott Thomas

    I've Loved You So Long
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Meryl Streep

    Doubt
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Angelina Jolie

    Changeling
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Marion Cotillard

    La Vie En Rose
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Elliot Page*

    Juno *Nomination originally submitted under Elliot Page's prior name and changed at the request of the nominee
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Keira Knightley

    Atonement
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Julie Christie

    Away From Her
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Cate Blanchett

    Elizabeth: The Golden Age
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Helen Mirren

    The Queen
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kate Winslet

    Little Children
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Meryl Streep

    The Devil Wears Prada
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Judi Dench

    Notes On A Scandal
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Penélope Cruz

    Volver
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Reese Witherspoon

    Walk The Line
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Ziyi Zhang

    Memoirs Of A Geisha
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Charlize Theron

    North Country
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Rachel Weisz

    The Constant Gardener
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Judi Dench

    Mrs Henderson Presents
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Imelda Staunton

    Vera Drake
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Ziyi Zhang

    House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu)
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kate Winslet

    Finding Neverland
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kate Winslet

    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Charlize Theron

    Monster
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Scarlett Johansson

    Lost In Translation
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Naomi Watts

    21 Grams
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Uma Thurman

    Kill Bill Vol 1
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Anne Reid

    The Mother
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Scarlett Johansson

    Girl With A Pearl Earring
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Nicole Kidman

    The Hours
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Renée Zellweger

    Chicago
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Meryl Streep

    The Hours
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Salma Hayek

    Frida
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Halle Berry

    Monster's Ball
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Judi Dench

    Iris
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Renée Zellweger

    Bridget Jones's Diary
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Audrey Tautou

    Amélie
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sissy Spacek

    In The Bedroom
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Nicole Kidman

    The Others
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Julia Roberts

    Erin Brockovich
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Michelle Yeoh

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long)
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Hilary Swank

    Boys Don't Cry
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kate Hudson

    Almost Famous
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Juliette Binoche

    Chocolat
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Annette Bening

    American Beauty
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Emily Watson

    Angela's Ashes
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Julianne Moore

    The End Of The Affair
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Linda Bassett

    East Is East
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Cate Blanchett

    Elizabeth
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Emily Watson

    Hilary And Jackie
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Gwyneth Paltrow

    Shakespeare In Love
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jane Horrocks

    Little Voice
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Judi Dench

    Mrs Brown
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Helena Bonham Carter

    The Wings Of The Dove
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kathy Burke

    Nil By Mouth
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kim Basinger

    LA Confidential
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Brenda Blethyn

    Secrets & Lies
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Emily Watson

    Breaking The Waves
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kristin Scott Thomas

    The English Patient
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Frances McDormand

    Fargo
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Emma Thompson

    Sense And Sensibility
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Helen Mirren

    The Madness Of King George
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Elisabeth Shue

    Leaving Las Vegas
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Nicole Kidman

    To Die For
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Susan Sarandon

    The Client
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Uma Thurman

    Pulp Fiction
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Irène Jacob

    Three Colours Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge)
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Linda Fiorentino

    The Last Seduction
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Holly Hunter

    The Piano
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Debra Winger

    Shadowlands
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Emma Thompson

    The Remains Of The Day
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Miranda Richardson

    Tom And Viv
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Emma Thompson

    Howards End
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Tara Morice

    Strictly Ballroom
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jessica Tandy

    Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Café
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Judy Davis

    Husbands And Wives
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Jodie Foster

    The Silence Of The Lambs
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Juliet Stevenson

    Truly, Madly, Deeply
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Susan Sarandon

    Thelma And Louise
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Geena Davis

    Thelma And Louise
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Jessica Tandy

    Driving Miss Daisy
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Michelle Pfeiffer

    The Fabulous Baker Boys
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Julia Roberts

    Pretty Woman
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Shirley MacLaine

    Postcards From The Edge
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Pauline Collins

    Shirley Valentine
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Melanie Griffith

    Working Girl
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jodie Foster

    The Accused
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Glenn Close

    Dangerous Liaisons
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Maggie Smith

    The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Cher

    Moonstruck
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jamie Lee Curtis

    A Fish Called Wanda
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Stéphane Audran

    Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud)
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Anne Bancroft

    84 Charing Cross Road
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Julie Walters

    Personal Services
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sarah Miles

    Hope And Glory
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Emily Lloyd

    Wish You Were Here
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Maggie Smith

    A Room With A View
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Cathy Tyson

    Mona Lisa
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Meryl Streep

    Out Of Africa
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Mia Farrow

    Hannah And Her Sisters
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Peggy Ashcroft

    A Passage To India
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Alexandra Pigg

    Letter To Brezhnev
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kelly McGillis

    Witness
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Mia Farrow

    The Purple Rose Of Cairo
    Leading Actress