2005 78th Academy Awards
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (2005)
2004 77th Academy Awards
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
2003 76th Academy Awards
Charlize Theron - Monster (2003)
2002 75th Academy Awards
Nicole Kidman - Hours, The (2002)
2001 74th Academy Awards
Halle Berry - Monster's Ball (2001)
2000 73rd Academy Awards
Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich (2000)
1999 72nd Academy Awards
Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry (1999)
1998 71st Academy Awards
Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love (1998)
1997 70th Academy Awards
Helen Hunt - As Good As It Gets (1997)
1996 69th Academy Awards
Frances McDormand - Fargo (1996)
1995 68th Academy Awards
Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking (1995)
1994 67th Academy Awards
Jessica Lange - Blue Sky (1994)
1993 66th Academy Awards
Holly Hunter - Piano, The (1993)
1992 65th Academy Awards
Emma Thompson - Howards End (1992)
1991 64th Academy Awards
Jodie Foster - Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
1990 63rd Academy Awards
Kathy Bates - Misery (1990)
1989 62nd Academy Awards
Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
1988 61st Academy Awards
Jodie Foster - Accused, The (1988)
1987 60th Academy Awards
Cher - Moonstruck (1987)
1986 59th Academy Awards
Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God (1986)
1985 58th Academy Awards
Geraldine Page - Trip to Bountiful, The (1985)
1984 57th Academy Awards
Sally Field - Places in the Heart (1984)
1983 56th Academy Awards
Shirley MacLaine - Terms Of Endearment (1983)
1982 55th Academy Awards
Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (1982)
1981 54th Academy Awards
Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond (1981)
1980 53rd Academy Awards
Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
1979 52nd Academy Awards
Sally Field - Norma Rae (1979)
1978 51st Academy Awards
Jane Fonda - Coming Home (1978)
1977 50th Academy Awards
Diane Keaton - Annie Hall (1977)
1976 49th Academy Awards
Faye Dunaway - Network (1976)
1975 48th Academy Awards
Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
1974 47th Academy Awards
Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
1973 46th Academy Awards
Glenda Jackson - Touch of Class, A (1973)
1972 45th Academy Awards
Liza Minnelli - Cabaret (1972)
1971 44th Academy Awards
Jane Fonda - Klute (1971)
1970 43rd Academy Awards
Glenda Jackson - Women in Love (1969)
1969 42nd Academy Awards
Maggie Smith - Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The (1969)
1968 41st Academy Awards
Katharine Hepburn - Lion in Winter, The (1968)
Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl (1968)
1967 40th Academy Awards
Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
1966 39th Academy Awards
Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
1965 38th Academy Awards
Julie Christie - Darling (1965)
1964 37th Academy Awards
Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins (1964)
1963 36th Academy Awards
Patricia Neal - Hud (1963)
1962 35th Academy Awards
Anne Bancroft - Miracle Worker, The (1962)
1961 34th Academy Awards
Sophia Loren - Ciociara, La (1960) (TWO WOMEN)
1960 33rd Academy Awards
Elizabeth Taylor - Butterfield 8 (1960)
1959 32nd Academy Awards
Simone Signoret - Room at the Top (1959)
1958 31st Academy Awards
Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! (1958)
1957 30th Academy Awards
Joanne Woodward - Three Faces of Eve, The (1957)
1956 29th Academy Awards
Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia (1956)
1955 28th Academy Awards
Anna Magnani - Rose Tattoo, The (1955)
1954 27th Academy Awards
Grace Kelly - Country Girl, The (1954)
1953 26th Academy Awards
Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday (1953)
1952 25th Academy Awards
Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
1951 24th Academy Awards
Vivien Leigh - Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
1950 23rd Academy Awards
Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday (1950)
1949 22nd Academy Awards
Olivia de Havilland - Heiress, The (1949)
1948 21st Academy Awards
Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda (1948)
1947 20th Academy Awards
Loretta Young - Farmer's Daughter, The (1947)
1946 19th Academy Awards
Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own (1946)
1945 18th Academy Awards
Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce (1945)
1944 17th Academy Awards
Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight (1944)
1943 16th Academy Awards
Jennifer Jones - Song of Bernadette, The (1943)
1942 15th Academy Awards
Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver (1942)
1941 14th Academy Awards
Joan Fontaine - Suspicion (1941)
1940 13th Academy Awards
Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)
1939 12th Academy Awards
Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind (1939)
1938 11th Academy Awards
Bette Davis - Jezebel (1938)
1937 10th Academy Awards
Luise Rainer - Good Earth, The (1937)
1936 9th Academy Awards
Luise Rainer - Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)
1935 8th Academy Awards
Bette Davis - Dangerous (1935)
1934 7th Academy Awards
Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night (1934)
1933 6th Academy Awards
Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory (1933)
1932 5th Academy Awards
Helen Hayes - Sin of Madelon Claudet, The (1931)
1931 4th Academy Awards
Marie Dressler - Min and Bill (1930)
1930 3rd Academy Awards
Norma Shearer - Divorcee, The (1930)
1929 2nd Academy Awards
Mary Pickford - Coquette (1929)
1928 1st Academy Awards
Janet Gaynor - Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928) and Sunrise (1927)
