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Best Leading Actress

81 nominations · 15 winners · 15 years

79th (2026) 6
Hamnet poster

Hamnet

Jessie Buckley

Hamnet

Winner

One Battle After Another poster

One Battle After Another

Chase Infiniti

One Battle After Another

Bugonia poster

Bugonia

Emma Stone

Bugonia

Song Sung Blue poster

Song Sung Blue

Kate Hudson

Song Sung Blue

Sentimental Value poster

Sentimental Value

Renate Reinsve

Sentimental Value

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You poster

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Rose Byrne

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

78th (2025) 6
Anora poster

Anora

Mikey Madison

Anora

Winner

Wicked poster

Wicked

Cynthia Erivo

Wicked

The Substance poster

The Substance

Demi Moore

The Substance

Emilia Pérez poster

Emilia Pérez

Karla Sofía Gascón

Emilia Perez

Hard Truths poster

Hard Truths

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hard Truths

The Outrun poster

The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan

The Outrun

77th (2024) 6
Poor Things poster

Poor Things

Emma Stone

Poor Things

Winner

Maestro poster

Maestro

Carey Mulligan

Maestro

The Color Purple poster

The Color Purple

Fantasia Barrino

The Color Purple

Barbie poster

Barbie

Margot Robbie

Barbie

Anatomy of a Fall poster

Anatomy of a Fall

Sandra Hüller

Anatomy of a Fall

Rye Lane poster

Rye Lane

Vivian Oparah

Rye Lane

76th (2023) 6
TÁR poster

TÁR

Cate Blanchett

Tár

Winner

Blonde poster

Blonde

Ana de Armas

Blonde

Till poster

Till

Danielle Deadwyler

Till

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande poster

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Emma Thompson

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Everything Everywhere All at Once poster

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Woman King poster

The Woman King

Viola Davis

The Woman King

75th (2022) 6
After Love poster

After Love

Joanna Scanlan

After Love

Winner

Licorice Pizza poster

Licorice Pizza

Alana Haim

Licorice Pizza

CODA poster

CODA

Emilia Jones

CODA

House of Gucci poster

House of Gucci

Lady Gaga

House of Gucci

The Worst Person in the World poster

The Worst Person in the World

Renate Reinsve

The Worst Person in the World

Passing poster

Passing

Tessa Thompson

Passing

74th (2021) 6
Nomadland poster

Nomadland

Frances McDormand

Nomadland

Winner

Clemency poster

Clemency

Alfre Woodard

Clemency

Rocks poster

Rocks

Bukky Bakray

Rocks

The Forty-Year-Old Version poster

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Radha Blank

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Pieces of a Woman poster

Pieces of a Woman

Vanessa Kirby

Pieces of a Woman

His House poster

His House

Wunmi Mosaku

His House

73rd (2020) 5
Judy poster

Judy

Renée Zellweger

Judy

Winner

Bombshell poster

Bombshell

Charlize Theron

Bombshell

Little Women poster

Little Women

Little Women

Saoirse Ronan

Marriage Story poster

Marriage Story

Marriage Story

Scarlett Johansson

Wild Rose poster

Wild Rose

Wild Rose

Jessie Buckley

72nd (2019) 5
The Favourite poster

The Favourite

The Favourite

Olivia Colman

Winner

Can You Ever Forgive Me? poster

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Melissa McCarthy

A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born

Lady Gaga

A Star Is Born

The Wife poster

The Wife

The Wife

Glenn Close

Widows poster

Widows

Viola Davis

Widows

71st (2018) 5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri poster

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Frances McDormand

Winner

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool poster

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening

Lady Bird poster

Lady Bird

Lady Bird

Saoirse Ronan

I, Tonya poster

I, Tonya

Margot Robbie

I, Tonya

The Shape of Water poster

The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

Sally Hawkins

70th (2017) 5
La La Land poster

La La Land

La La Land

Emma Stone

Winner

Arrival poster

Arrival

Amy Adams

Arrival

Florence Foster Jenkins poster

Florence Foster Jenkins

Florence Foster Jenkins

Meryl Streep

Jackie poster

Jackie

Natalie Portman

Jackie

The Girl on the Train poster

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

Emily Blunt

69th (2016) 5
Room poster

Room

Brie Larson

Room

Winner

Carol poster

Carol

Cate Blanchett

Carol

Brooklyn poster

Brooklyn

Saoirse Ronan

Brooklyn

The Danish Girl poster

The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl

Alicia Vikander

The Lady in the Van poster

The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

Maggie Smith

68th (2015) 5
Still Alice poster

Still Alice

Julianne Moore

Still Alice

Winner

Big Eyes poster

Big Eyes

Amy Adams

Big Eyes

The Theory of Everything poster

The Theory of Everything

Felicity Jones

The Theory of Everything

Wild poster

Wild

Reese Witherspoon

Wild

Gone Girl poster

Gone Girl

Rosamund Pike

Gone Girl

67th (2014) 5
Blue Jasmine poster

Blue Jasmine

Cate Blanchett

Blue Jasmine

Winner

American Hustle poster

American Hustle

Amy Adams

American Hustle

Saving Mr. Banks poster

Saving Mr. Banks

Emma Thompson

Saving Mr. Banks

Philomena poster

Philomena

Judi Dench

Philomena

Gravity poster

Gravity

Sandra Bullock

Gravity

66th (2013) 5
Amour poster

Amour

Emmanuelle Riva

Amour

Winner

Hitchcock poster

Hitchcock

Helen Mirren

Hitchcock

Silver Linings Playbook poster

Silver Linings Playbook

Jennifer Lawrence

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty poster

Zero Dark Thirty

Jessica Chastain

Zero Dark Thirty

Rust and Bone poster

Rust and Bone

Marion Cotillard

Rust and Bone

65th (2012) 5
The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady

Meryl Streep

The Iron Lady

Winner

The Artist poster

The Artist

Bérénice Bejo

The Artist

My Week with Marilyn poster

My Week with Marilyn

Michelle Williams

My Week with Marilyn

We Need to Talk About Kevin poster

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Tilda Swinton

We Need to Talk About Kevin

The Help poster

The Help

Viola Davis

The Help