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OSCAR HISTORY: Best Actress in a Leading Role

2023: Emma Stone in POOR THINGS     (View Acceptance Speech)
2022: Michelle Yeoh in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE     (View Acceptance Speech)
2021: Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE     (View Acceptance Speech)
2020: Frances McDormand in NOMADLAND     (View Acceptance Speech)
2019: Renee Zellweger in JUDY     (View Acceptance Speech)
2018: Olivia Colman in THE FAVOURITE     (View Acceptance Speech)
2017: Frances McDormand in THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI     (View Acceptance Speech)
2016: Emma Stone in LA LA LAND     (View Acceptance Speech)
2015: Brie Larson in ROOM     (View Acceptance Speech)
2014: Julianne Moore in STILL ALICE     (View Acceptance Speech)
2013: Cate Blanchett in BLUE JASMINE     (View Acceptance Speech)
2012: Jennifer Lawrence in SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK     (View Film Clip)
2011: Meryl Streep in THE IRON LADY     (View Film Clip)
2010: Natalie Portman in BLACK SWAN     (View Acceptance Speech)
2009: Sandra Bullock in THE BLIND SIDE     (View Acceptance Speech)
2008: Kate Winslet in THE READER     (View Acceptance Speech)
2007: Marion Cotillard in LA VIE EN ROSE     (View Acceptance Speech)
2006: Helen Mirren in THE QUEEN     (View Acceptance Speech)
2005: Reese Witherspoon in WALK THE LINE     (View Acceptance Speech)
2004: Hilary Swank in MILLION DOLLAR BABY     (View Acceptance Speech)
2003: Charlize Theron in MONSTER     (View Acceptance Speech)
2002: Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS     (View Acceptance Speech)
2001: Halle Berry in MONSTER'S BALL     (View Acceptance Speech)
2000: Julia Roberts in ERIN BROCKOVICH     (View Acceptance Speech)
1999: Hilary Swank in BOYS DON'T CRY     (View Acceptance Speech)
1998: Gwyneth Paltrow in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE     (View Acceptance Speech)
1997: Helen Hunt in AS GOOD AS IT GETS     (View Acceptance Speech)
1996: Frances McDormand in FARGO     (View Acceptance Speech)
1995: Susan Sarandon in DEAD MAN WALKING     (View Acceptance Speech)
1994: Jessica Lange in BLUE SKY     (View Acceptance Speech)
1993: Holly Hunter in THE PIANO     (View Acceptance Speech)
1992: Emma Thompson in HOWARDS END     (View Acceptance Speech)
1991: Jodie Foster in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS     (View Acceptance Speech)
1990: Kathy Bates in MISERY     (View Acceptance Speech)
1989: Jessica Tandy in DRIVING MISS DAISY     (View Acceptance Speech)
1988: Jodie Foster in THE ACCUSED     (View Acceptance Speech)
1987: Cher in MOONSTRUCK     (View Acceptance Speech)
1986: Marlee Matlin in CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD     (View Acceptance Speech)
1985: Geraldine Page in A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL     (View Acceptance Speech)
1984: Sally Field in PLACES IN THE HEART     (View Acceptance Speech)
1983: Shirley MacLaine in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT     (View Acceptance Speech)
1982: Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE     (View Acceptance Speech)
1981: Katharine Hepburn in ON GOLDEN POND     (View Film Clip)
1980: Sissy Spacek in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER     (View Acceptance Speech)
1979: Sally Field in NORMA RAE     (View Acceptance Speech)
1978: Jane Fonda in COMING HOME     (View Acceptance Speech)
1977: Diane Keaton in ANNIE HALL     (View Acceptance Speech)
1976: Faye Dunaway in NETWORK     (View Acceptance Speech)
1975: Louise Fletcher in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST     (View Acceptance Speech)
1974: Ellen Burstyn in ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE     (View Film Clip)
1973: Glenda Jackson in A TOUCH OF CLASS     (View Film Clip)
1972: Liza Minnelli in CABARET     (View Acceptance Speech)
1971: Jane Fonda in KLUTE     (View Acceptance Speech)
1970: Glenda Jackson in WOMEN IN LOVE     (View Film Trailer)
1969: Maggie Smith in THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE     (View Film Trailer)
1968: (tie) Katharine Hepburn in THE LION IN WINTER and Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL     (View Oscar Moment)
1967: Katharine Hepburn in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER     (View Film Clip)
1966: Elizabeth Taylor in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?     (View Film Clip)
1965: Julie Christie in DARLING     (View Acceptance Speech)
1964: Julie Andrews in MARY POPPINS     (View Acceptance Speech)
1963: Patricia Neal in HUD     (View Film Clip)
1962: Anne Bancroft in THE MIRACLE WORKER     (View Film Clip)
1961: Sophia Loren in TWO WOMEN     (View Oscar Moment)
1960: Elizabeth Taylor in BUTTERFIELD 8     (View Acceptance Speech)
1959: Simone Signoret in ROOM AT THE TOP     (View Acceptance Speech)
1958: Susan Hayward in I WANT TO LIVE!     (View Acceptance Speech)
1957: Joanne Woodward in THE THREE FACES OF EVE     (View Acceptance Speech)
1956: Ingrid Bergman in ANASTASIA     (View Film Clip)
1955: Anna Magnani in THE ROSE TATTOO     (View Film Trailer)
1954: Grace Kelly in THE COUNTRY GIRL     (View Acceptance Speech)
1953: Audrey Hepburn in ROMAN HOLIDAY     (View Acceptance Speech)
1952: Shirley Booth in COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA     (View Acceptance Speech)
1951: Vivien Leigh in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE     (View Film Clip)
1950: Judy Holliday in BORN YESTERDAY     (View Film Trailer)
1949: Olivia de Havilland in THE HEIRESS     (View Acceptance Speech)
1948: Jane Wyman in JOHNNY BELINDA     (View Acceptance Speech)
1947: Loretta Young in THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER     (View Film Trailer)
1946: Olivia de Havilland in TO EACH HIS OWN     (View Featurette)
1945: Joan Crawford in MILDRED PIERCE     (View Film Clip)
1944: Ingrid Bergman in GASLIGHT     (View Film Clip)
1943: Jennifer Jones in THE SONG OF BERNADETTE     (View Film Trailer)
1942: Greer Garson in MRS. MINIVER     (View Film Trailer)
1941: Joan Fontaine in SUSPICION     (View Film Trailer)
1940: Ginger Rogers in KITTY FOYLE     (View Film Trailer)
1939: Vivien Leigh in GONE WITH THE WIND     (View Film Clip)
1938: Bette Davis in JEZEBEL     (View Film Clip)
1937: Luise Rainer in THE GOOD EARTH     (View Film Clip)
1936: Luise Rainer in THE GREAT ZIEGFELD     (View Film Clip)
1935: Bette Davis in DANGEROUS     (View Film Clip)
1934: Claudette Colbert in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT     (View Film Clip)
1932 / 33: Katharine Hepburn in MORNING GLORY     (View Film Clip)
1931 / 32: Helen Hayes in THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET     (View Film Clip)
1930 / 31: Marie Dressler in MIN AND BILL     (View Film Clip)
1929 / 30: Norma Shearer in THE DIVORCEE     (View Film Clip)
1928 / 29: Mary Pickford in COQUETTE     (View Film Clip)
1927 / 28: Janet Gaynor in 7TH HEAVEN, STREET ANGEL, SUNRISE     (View Film)