| Name |
Year |
Film |
| Janet Gaynor |
1927/28 |
"7TH HEAVEN", "STREET ANGEL", "SUNRISE" |
| Mary Pickford |
1928/29 |
"COQUETTE" |
| Norma Shearer |
1929/30 |
"THE DIVORCEE" |
| Marie Dressler |
1930/31 |
"MIN AND BILL" |
| Helen Hayes |
1931/32 |
"THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET" |
| Katharine Hepburn |
1932/33 |
"MORNING GLORY" |
| Claudette Colbert |
1934 |
"IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" |
| Bette Davis |
1935 |
"DANGEROUS" |
| Luise Rainer |
1936 |
"THE GREAT ZIEGFELD" |
| Luise Rainer |
1937 |
"THE GOOD EARTH" |
| Bette Davis |
1938 |
"JEZEBEL" |
| Vivien Leigh |
1939 |
"GONE WITH THE WIND" |
| Ginger Rogers |
1940 |
"KITTY FOYLE" |
| Joan Fontaine |
1941 |
"SUSPICION" |
| Greer Garson |
1942 |
"MRS. MINIVER" |
| Jennifer Jones |
1943 |
"THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" |
| Ingrid Bergman |
1944 |
"GASLIGHT" |
| Joan Crawford |
1945 |
"MILDRED PIERCE" |
| Olivia de Havilland |
1946 |
"TO EACH HIS OWN" |
| Loretta Young |
1947 |
"THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER" |
| Jane Wyman |
1948 |
"JOHNNY BELINDA" |
| Olivia de Havilland |
1949 |
"THE HEIRESS" |
| Judy Holliday |
1950 |
"BORN YESTERDAY" |
| Vivien Leigh |
1951 |
"A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE" |
| Shirley Booth |
1952 |
"COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA" |
| Audrey Hepburn |
1953 |
"ROMAN HOLIDAY" |
| Grace Kelly |
1954 |
"THE COUNTRY GIRL" |
| Anna Magnani |
1955 |
"THE ROSE TATTOO" |
| Ingrid Bergman |
1956 |
"ANASTASIA" |
| Joanne Woodward |
1957 |
"THE THREE FACES OF EVE" |
| Susan Hayward |
1958 |
"I WANT TO LIVE!" |
| Simone Signoret |
1959 |
"ROOM AT THE TOP" |
| Elizabeth Taylor |
1960 |
"BUTTERFIELD 8" |
| Sophia Loren |
1961 |
"TWO WOMEN" |
| Anne Bancroft |
1962 |
"THE MIRACLE WORKER" |
| Patricia Neal |
1963 |
"HUD" |
| Julie Andrews |
1964 |
"MARY POPPINS" |
| Julie Christie |
1965 |
"DARLING" |
| Elizabeth Taylor |
1966 |
"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" |
| Katharine Hepburn |
1967 |
"GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER" |
| Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Streisand |
1968 |
"THE LION IN WINTER"(Hepburn); "FUNNY GIRL"(Streisand) |
| Maggie Smith |
1969 |
"THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE" |
| Glenda Jackson |
1970 |
"WOMEN IN LOVE" |
| Jane Fonda |
1971 |
"KLUTE" |
| Liza Minnelli |
1972 |
"CABARET" |
| Glenda Jackson |
1973 |
"A TOUCH OF CLASS" |
| Ellen Burstyn |
1974 |
"ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE" |
| Louise Fletcher |
1975 |
"ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST" |
| Faye Dunaway |
1976 |
"NETWORK" |
| Diane Keaton |
1977 |
"ANNIE HALL" |
| Jane Fonda |
1978 |
"COMING HOME" |
| Sally Field |
1979 |
"NORMA RAE" |
| Sissy Spacek |
1980 |
"COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER" |
| Katharine Hepburn |
1981 |
"ON GOLDEN POND" |
| Meryl Streep |
1982 |
"SOPHIE'S CHOICE" |
| Shirley MacLaine |
1983 |
"TERMS OF ENDEARMENT" |
| Sally Field |
1984 |
"PLACES IN THE HEART" |
| Geraldine Page |
1985 |
"A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL" |
| Marlee Matlin |
1986 |
"CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD" |
| Cher |
1987 |
"MOONSTRUCK" |
| Jodie Foster |
1988 |
"THE ACCUSED" |
| Jessica Tandy |
1989 |
"DRIVING MISS DAISY" |
| Kathy Bates |
1990 |
"MISERY" |
| Jodie Foster |
1991 |
"THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" |
| Emma Thompson |
1992 |
"HOWARDS END" |
| Holly Hunter |
1993 |
"THE PIANO" |
| Jessica Lange |
1994 |
"BLUE SKY" |
| Susan Sarandon |
1995 |
"DEAD MAN WALKING" |
| Frances McDormand |
1996 |
"FARGO" |
| Helen Hunt |
1997 |
"AS GOOD AS IT GETS" |
| Gwyneth Paltrow |
1998 |
"SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE" |
| Hilary Swank |
1999 |
"BOYS DON'T CRY" |
| Julia Roberts |
2000 |
"ERIN BROCKOVICH" |
| Halle Berry |
2001 |
"MONSTER'S BALL" |
| Nicole Kidman |
2002 |
"THE HOURS" |