Oscar voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol

De Oscar voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol (ook bekend als de Academy Award voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol, eerst de Oscar/Academy Award voor beste actrice genoemd) is een jaarlijkse prijs van de Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. De prijs is een van de belangrijkste Oscars en wordt uitgereikt aan de beste actrice in een hoofdrol van het voorgaande jaar. Welke vrouwen daarvoor in aanmerking komen wordt bepaald door mensen die werkzaam zijn in de filmindustrie. Uiteindelijk worden maximaal vijf actrices bekendgemaakt die zijn genomineerd voor de prijs. Tijdens de jaarlijkse uitreiking wordt bekendgemaakt welke van deze vijf actrices de prijs wint.

Winnaars en genomineerden

De winnaars staan bovenaan in vette letters op een gele achtergrond. De overige actrices en films die werden genomineerd staan eronder vermeld in alfabetische volgorde.^[1]

1927-1929

Jaar	Actrice	Film
1927-28 (1ste)
	Janet Gaynor	7th Heaven, Street Angel en Sunrise
	Louise Dresser	A Ship Comes In
	Gloria Swanson	Sadie Thompson
1928-29 (2de) [noot 1]
	Mary Pickford	Coquette
	Ruth Chatterton	Madame X
	Betty Compson	The Barker
	Jeanne Eagels	The Letter
	Corinne Griffith	The Divine Lady
	Bessie Love	The Broadway Melody

1930-1939

Jaar	Actrice	Film
1929-30 (3de)
	Norma Shearer	The Divorcee
	Nancy Carroll	The Devil's Holiday
	Ruth Chatterton	Sarah and Son
	Greta Garbo	Anna Christie en Romance
	Norma Shearer	Their Own Desire
	Gloria Swanson	The Trespasser
1930-31 (4de)
	Marie Dressler	Min and Bill
	Marlene Dietrich	Morocco
	Irene Dunne	Cimarron
	Ann Harding	Holiday
	Norma Shearer	A Free Soul
1931-32 (5de)
	Helen Hayes	The Sin of Madelon Claudet
	Marie Dressler	Emma
	Lynn Fontanne	The Guardsman
1932-33 (6de) [noot 2]
	Katharine Hepburn	Morning Glory
	May Robson	Lady for a Day
	Diana Wynyard	Cavalcade
1934 (7de) [noot 3]
	Claudette Colbert	It Happened One Night
	Bette Davis[noot 4]	Of Human Bondage
	Grace Moore	One Night of Love
	Norma Shearer	The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1935 (8ste) [noot 5]
	Bette Davis	Dangerous
	Elisabeth Bergner	Escape Me Never
	Claudette Colbert	Private Worlds
	Katharine Hepburn	Alice Adams
	Miriam Hopkins	Becky Sharp
	Merle Oberon	The Dark Angel
1936 (9de)
	Luise Rainer	The Great Ziegfeld
	Irene Dunne	Theodora Goes Wild
	Gladys George	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
	Carole Lombard	My Man Godfrey
	Norma Shearer	Romeo and Juliet
1937 (10de)
	Luise Rainer	The Good Earth
	Irene Dunne	The Awful Truth
	Greta Garbo	Camille
	Janet Gaynor	A Star Is Born
	Barbara Stanwyck	Stella Dallas
1938 (11de)
	Bette Davis	Jezebel
	Fay Bainter	White Banners
	Wendy Hiller	Pygmalion
	Norma Shearer	Marie Antoinette
	Margaret Sullavan	Three Comrades
1939 (12de)
	Vivien Leigh	Gone with the Wind
	Bette Davis	Dark Victory
	Irene Dunne	Love Affair
	Greta Garbo	Ninotchka
	Greer Garson	Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1940-1949

Jaar	Actrice	Film
1940 (13de)
	Ginger Rogers	Kitty Foyle
	Bette Davis	The Letter
	Joan Fontaine	Rebecca
	Katharine Hepburn	The Philadelphia Story
	Martha Scott	Our Town
1941 (14de)
	Joan Fontaine	Suspicion
	Bette Davis	The Little Foxes
	Olivia de Havilland	Hold Back the Dawn
	Greer Garson	Blossoms in the Dust
	Barbara Stanwyck	Ball of Fire
1942 (15de)
	Greer Garson	Mrs. Miniver
	Bette Davis	Now, Voyager
	Katharine Hepburn	Woman of the Year
	Rosalind Russell	My Sister Eileen
	Teresa Wright	The Pride of the Yankees
1943 (16de)
	Jennifer Jones	The Song of Bernadette
	Jean Arthur	The More the Merrier
	Ingrid Bergman	For Whom the Bell Tolls
	Joan Fontaine	The Constant Nymph
	Greer Garson	Madame Curie
1944 (17de)
	Ingrid Bergman	Gaslight
	Claudette Colbert	Since You Went Away
	Bette Davis	Mr. Skeffington
	Greer Garson	Mrs. Parkington
	Barbara Stanwyck	Double Indemnity
1945 (18de)
	Joan Crawford	Mildred Pierce
	Ingrid Bergman	The Bells of St. Mary's
	Greer Garson	The Valley of Decision
	Jennifer Jones	Love Letters
	Gene Tierney	Leave Her to Heaven
1946 (19de)
	Olivia de Havilland	To Each His Own
	Celia Johnson	Brief Encounter
	Jennifer Jones	Duel in the Sun
	Rosalind Russell	Sister Kenny
	Jane Wyman	The Yearling
1947 (20ste)
	Loretta Young	The Farmer's Daughter
	Joan Crawford	Possessed
	Susan Hayward	Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman
	Dorothy McGuire	Gentleman's Agreement
	Rosalind Russell	Mourning Becomes Electra
1948 (21ste)
	Jane Wyman	Johnny Belinda
	Ingrid Bergman	Joan of Arc
	Olivia de Havilland	The Snake Pit
	Irene Dunne	I Remember Mama
	Barbara Stanwyck	Sorry, Wrong Number
1949 (22ste)
	Olivia de Havilland	The Heiress
	Jeanne Crain	Pinky
	Susan Hayward	My Foolish Heart
	Deborah Kerr	Edward, My Son
	Loretta Young	Come to the Stable

1950-1959

Jaar	Actrice	Film
1950 (23ste)
	Judy Holliday	Born Yesterday
	Anne Baxter	All About Eve
	Bette Davis	All About Eve
	Eleanor Parker	Caged
	Gloria Swanson	Sunset Blvd.
1951 (24ste)
	Vivien Leigh	A Streetcar Named Desire
	Katharine Hepburn	The African Queen
	Eleanor Parker	Detective Story
	Shelley Winters	A Place in the Sun
	Jane Wyman	The Blue Veil
1952 (25ste)
	Shirley Booth	Come Back, Little Sheba
	Joan Crawford	Sudden Fear
	Bette Davis	The Star
	Julie Harris	The Member of the Wedding
	Susan Hayward	With a Song in My Heart
1953 (26ste)
	Audrey Hepburn	Roman Holiday
	Leslie Caron	Lili
	Ava Gardner	Mogambo
	Deborah Kerr	From Here to Eternity
	Maggie McNamara	The Moon Is Blue
1954 (27ste)
	Grace Kelly	The Country Girl
	Dorothy Dandridge	Carmen Jones
	Judy Garland	A Star Is Born
	Audrey Hepburn	Sabrina
	Jane Wyman	Magnificent Obsession
1955 (28ste)
	Anna Magnani	The Rose Tattoo
	Susan Hayward	I'll Cry Tomorrow
	Katharine Hepburn	Summertime
	Jennifer Jones	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
	Eleanor Parker	Interrupted Melody
1956 (29ste)
	Ingrid Bergman	Anastasia
	Carroll Baker	Baby Doll
	Katharine Hepburn	The Rainmaker
	Nancy Kelly	The Bad Seed
	Deborah Kerr	The King and I
1957 (30ste)
	Joanne Woodward	The Three Faces of Eve
	Deborah Kerr	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
	Anna Magnani	Wild Is the Wind
	Elizabeth Taylor	Raintree County
	Lana Turner	Peyton Place
1958 (31ste)
	Susan Hayward	I Want to Live!
	Deborah Kerr	Separate Tables
	Shirley MacLaine	Some Came Running
	Rosalind Russell	Auntie Mame
	Elizabeth Taylor	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1959 (32ste)
	Simone Signoret	Room at the Top
	Doris Day	Pillow Talk
	Audrey Hepburn	The Nun's Story
	Katharine Hepburn	Suddenly, Last Summer
	Elizabeth Taylor	Suddenly, Last Summer

1960-1969

Jaar	Actrice	Film
1960 (33ste)
	Elizabeth Taylor	Butterfield 8
	Greer Garson	Sunrise at Campobello
	Deborah Kerr	The Sundowners
	Shirley MacLaine	The Apartment
	Melina Mercouri	Never on Sunday
1961 (34ste)
	Sophia Loren	Two Women
	Audrey Hepburn	Breakfast at Tiffany's
	Piper Laurie	The Hustler
	Geraldine Page	Summer and Smoke
	Natalie Wood	Splendor in the Grass
1962 (35ste)
	Anne Bancroft	The Miracle Worker
	Bette Davis	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
	Katharine Hepburn	Long Day's Journey Into Night
	Geraldine Page	Sweet Bird of Youth
	Lee Remick	Days of Wine and Roses
1963 (36ste)
	Patricia Neal	Hud
	Leslie Caron	The L-Shaped Room
	Shirley MacLaine	Irma la Douce
	Rachel Roberts	This Sporting Life
	Natalie Wood	Love with the Proper Stranger
1964 (37ste)
	Julie Andrews	Mary Poppins
	Anne Bancroft	The Pumpkin Eater
	Sophia Loren	Marriage Italian Style
	Debbie Reynolds	The Unsinkable Molly Brown
	Kim Stanley	Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1965 (38ste)
	Julie Christie	Darling
	Julie Andrews	The Sound of Music
	Samantha Eggar	The Collector
	Elizabeth Hartman	A Patch of Blue
	Simone Signoret	Ship of Fools
1966 (39ste)
	Elizabeth Taylor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
	Anouk Aimée	A Man and a Woman
	Ida Kaminska	The Shop on Main Street
	Lynn Redgrave	Georgy Girl
	Vanessa Redgrave	Morgan!
1967 (40ste)
	Katharine Hepburn	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
	Anne Bancroft	The Graduate
	Faye Dunaway	Bonnie and Clyde
	Edith Evans	The Whisperers
	Audrey Hepburn	Wait Until Dark
1968 (41ste) [noot 6]
	Katharine Hepburn	The Lion in Winter
	Barbra Streisand	Funny Girl
	Patricia Neal	The Subject Was Roses
	Vanessa Redgrave	Isadora
	Joanne Woodward	Rachel, Rachel
1969 (42ste)
	Maggie Smith	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
	Geneviève Bujold	Anne of the Thousand Days
	Jane Fonda	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
	Liza Minnelli	The Sterile Cuckoo
	Jean Simmons	The Happy Ending

1970-1979

Jaar	Actrice	Film
1970 (43ste)
	Glenda Jackson	Women in Love
	Jane Alexander	The Great White Hope
	Ali MacGraw	Love Story
	Sarah Miles	Ryan's Daughter
	Carrie Snodgress	Diary of a Mad Housewife
1971 (44ste)
	Jane Fonda	Klute
	Julie Christie	McCabe & Mrs. Miller
	Glenda Jackson	Sunday Bloody Sunday
	Vanessa Redgrave	Mary, Queen of Scots
	Janet Suzman	Nicholas and Alexandra
1972 (45ste)
	Liza Minnelli	Cabaret
	Diana Ross	Lady Sings the Blues
	Maggie Smith	Travels with My Aunt
	Cicely Tyson	Sounder
	Liv Ullmann	The Emigrants
1973 (46ste)
	Glenda Jackson	A Touch of Class
	Ellen Burstyn	The Exorcist
	Marsha Mason	Cinderella Liberty
	Barbra Streisand	The Way We Were
	Joanne Woodward	Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1974 (47ste)
	Ellen Burstyn	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
	Diahann Carroll	Claudine
	Faye Dunaway	Chinatown
	Valerie Perrine	Lenny
	Gena Rowlands	A Woman Under the Influence
1975 (48ste)
	Louise Fletcher	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
	Ann-Margret	Tommy
	Isabelle Adjani	The Story of Adele H.
	Glenda Jackson	Hedda
	Carol Kane	Hester Street
1976 (49ste)
	Faye Dunaway	Network
	Marie-Christine Barrault	Cousin, Cousine
	Talia Shire	Rocky
	Sissy Spacek	Carrie
	Liv Ullmann	Face to Face
1977 (50ste)
	Diane Keaton	Annie Hall
	Anne Bancroft	The Turning Point
	Jane Fonda	Julia
	Shirley MacLaine	The Turning Point
	Marsha Mason	The Goodbye Girl
1978 (51ste)
	Jane Fonda	Coming Home
	Ingrid Bergman	Autumn Sonata
	Ellen Burstyn	Same Time, Next Year
	Jill Clayburgh	An Unmarried Woman
	Geraldine Page	Interiors
1979 (52ste)
	Sally Field	Norma Rae
	Jill Clayburgh	Starting Over
	Jane Fonda	The China Syndrome
	Marsha Mason	Chapter Two
	Bette Midler	The Rose

1980-1989

Jaar	Actrice	Film
1980 (53ste)
	Sissy Spacek	Coal Miner's Daughter
	Ellen Burstyn	Resurrection
	Goldie Hawn	Private Benjamin
	Mary Tyler Moore	Ordinary People
	Gena Rowlands	Gloria
1981 (54ste)
	Katharine Hepburn	On Golden Pond
	Diane Keaton	Reds
	Marsha Mason	Only When I Laugh
	Susan Sarandon	Atlantic City
	Meryl Streep	The French Lieutenant's Woman
1982 (55ste)
	Meryl Streep	Sophie's Choice
	Julie Andrews	Victor/Victoria
	Jessica Lange	Frances
	Sissy Spacek	Missing
	Debra Winger	An Officer and a Gentleman
1983 (56ste)
	Shirley MacLaine	Terms of Endearment
	Jane Alexander	Testament
	Meryl Streep	Silkwood
	Julie Walters	Educating Rita
	Debra Winger	Terms of Endearment
1984 (57ste)
	Sally Field	Places in the Heart
	Judy Davis	A Passage to India
	Jessica Lange	Country
	Vanessa Redgrave	The Bostonians
	Sissy Spacek	The River
1985 (58ste)
	Geraldine Page	The Trip to Bountiful
	Anne Bancroft	Agnes of God
	Whoopi Goldberg	The Color Purple
	Jessica Lange	Sweet Dreams
	Meryl Streep	Out of Africa
1986 (59ste)
	Marlee Matlin	Children of a Lesser God
	Jane Fonda	The Morning After
	Sissy Spacek	Crimes of the Heart
	Kathleen Turner	Peggy Sue Got Married
	Sigourney Weaver	Aliens
1987 (60ste)
	Cher	Moonstruck
	Glenn Close	Fatal Attraction
	Holly Hunter	Broadcast News
	Sally Kirkland	Anna
	Meryl Streep	Ironweed
1988 (61ste)
	Jodie Foster	The Accused
	Glenn Close	Dangerous Liaisons
	Melanie Griffith	Working Girl
	Meryl Streep	A Cry in the Dark
	Sigourney Weaver	Gorillas in the Mist
1989 (62ste)
	Jessica Tandy	Driving Miss Daisy
	Isabelle Adjani	Camille Claudel
	Pauline Collins	Shirley Valentine
	Jessica Lange	Music Box
	Michelle Pfeiffer	The Fabulous Baker Boys

1990-1999

Jaar	Actrice	Film
1990 (63ste)
	Kathy Bates	Misery
	Anjelica Huston	The Grifters
	Julia Roberts	Pretty Woman
	Meryl Streep	Postcards from the Edge
	Joanne Woodward	Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
1991 (64ste)
	Jodie Foster	The Silence of the Lambs
	Geena Davis	Thelma & Louise
	Laura Dern	Rambling Rose
	Bette Midler	For the Boys
	Susan Sarandon	Thelma & Louise
1992 (65ste)
	Emma Thompson	Howards End
	Catherine Deneuve	Indochine
	Mary McDonnell	Passion Fish
	Michelle Pfeiffer	Love Field
	Susan Sarandon	Lorenzo's Oil
1993 (66ste)
	Holly Hunter	The Piano
	Angela Bassett	What's Love Got to Do with It
	Stockard Channing	Six Degrees of Separation
	Emma Thompson	The Remains of the Day
	Debra Winger	Shadowlands
1994 (67ste)
	Jessica Lange	Blue Sky
	Jodie Foster	Nell
	Miranda Richardson	Tom & Viv
	Winona Ryder	Little Women
	Susan Sarandon	The Client
1995 (68ste)
	Susan Sarandon	Dead Man Walking
	Elisabeth Shue	Leaving Las Vegas
	Sharon Stone	Casino
	Meryl Streep	The Bridges of Madison County
	Emma Thompson	Sense and Sensibility
1996 (69ste)
	Frances McDormand	Fargo
	Brenda Blethyn	Secrets & Lies
	Diane Keaton	Marvin's Room
	Kristin Scott Thomas	The English Patient
	Emily Watson	Breaking the Waves
1997 (70ste)
	Helen Hunt	As Good as It Gets
	Helena Bonham Carter	The Wings of the Dove
	Julie Christie	Afterglow
	Judi Dench	Mrs. Brown
	Kate Winslet	Titanic
1998 (71ste)
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Shakespeare in Love
	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth
	Fernanda Montenegro	Central Station
	Meryl Streep	One True Thing
	Emily Watson	Hilary and Jackie
1999 (72ste)
	Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry
	Annette Bening	American Beauty
	Janet McTeer	Tumbleweeds
	Julianne Moore	The End of the Affair
	Meryl Streep	Music of the Heart

2000-2009

Jaar	Actrice	Film
2000 (73ste)
	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich
	Joan Allen	The Contender
	Juliette Binoche	Chocolat
	Ellen Burstyn	Requiem for a Dream
	Laura Linney	You Can Count on Me
2001 (74ste)
	Halle Berry	Monster's Ball
	Judi Dench	Iris
	Nicole Kidman	Moulin Rouge!
	Sissy Spacek	In the Bedroom
	Renée Zellweger	Bridget Jones's Diary
2002 (75ste)
	Nicole Kidman	The Hours
	Salma Hayek	Frida
	Diane Lane	Unfaithful
	Julianne Moore	Far from Heaven
	Renée Zellweger	Chicago
2003 (76ste)
	Charlize Theron	Monster
	Keisha Castle-Hughes	Whale Rider
	Diane Keaton	Something's Gotta Give
	Samantha Morton	In America
	Naomi Watts	21 Grams
2004 (77ste)
	Hilary Swank	Million Dollar Baby
	Annette Bening	Being Julia
	Catalina Sandino Moreno	Maria Full of Grace
	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake
	Kate Winslet	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005 (78ste)
	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line
	Judi Dench	Mrs. Henderson Presents
	Felicity Huffman	Transamerica
	Charlize Theron	North Country
	Keira Knightley	Pride & Prejudice
2006 (79ste)
	Helen Mirren	The Queen
	Penélope Cruz	Volver
	Judi Dench	Notes on a Scandal
	Meryl Streep	The Devil Wears Prada
	Kate Winslet	Little Children
2007 (80ste)
	Marion Cotillard	La Vie en Rose
	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth: The Golden Age
	Julie Christie	Away from Her
	Laura Linney	The Savages
	Ellen Page	Juno
2008 (81ste)
	Kate Winslet	The Reader
	Anne Hathaway	Rachel Getting Married
	Angelina Jolie	Changeling
	Melissa Leo	Frozen River
	Meryl Streep	Doubt
2009 (82ste)
	Sandra Bullock	The Blind Side
	Helen Mirren	The Last Station
	Carey Mulligan	An Education
	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia

2010-2019

Jaar	Actrice	Film
2010 (83ste)
	Natalie Portman	Black Swan
	Annette Bening	The Kids Are All Right
	Nicole Kidman	Rabbit Hole
	Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone
	Michelle Williams	Blue Valentine
2011 (84ste)
	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady
	Glenn Close	Albert Nobbs
	Viola Davis	The Help
	Rooney Mara	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
	Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn
2012 (85ste)
	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook
	Jessica Chastain	Zero Dark Thirty
	Emmanuelle Riva	Amour
	Quvenzhané Wallis	Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Naomi Watts	The Impossible
2013 (86ste)
	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine
	Amy Adams	American Hustle
	Sandra Bullock	Gravity
	Judi Dench	Philomena
	Meryl Streep	August: Osage County
2014 (87ste)
	Julianne Moore	Still Alice
	Marion Cotillard	Two Days, One Night
	Felicity Jones	The Theory of Everything
	Rosamund Pike	Gone Girl
	Reese Witherspoon	Wild
2015 (88ste)
	Brie Larson	Room
	Cate Blanchett	Carol
	Jennifer Lawrence	Joy
	Charlotte Rampling	45 Years
	Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn
2016 (89ste)
	Emma Stone	La La Land
	Isabelle Huppert	Elle
	Ruth Negga	Loving
	Natalie Portman	Jackie
	Meryl Streep	Florence Foster Jenkins
2017 (90ste)
	Frances McDormand	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
	Sally Hawkins	The Shape of Water
	Margot Robbie	I, Tonya
	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird
	Meryl Streep	The Post
2018 (91ste)
	Olivia Colman	The Favourite
	Yalitza Aparicio	Roma
	Glenn Close	The Wife
	Lady Gaga	A Star Is Born
	Melissa McCarthy	Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2019 (92ste)
	Renée Zellweger	Judy
	Cynthia Erivo	Harriet
	Scarlett Johansson	Marriage Story
	Saoirse Ronan	Little Women
	Charlize Theron	Bombshell

2020-2029

Jaar	Actrice	Film
2020 (93ste)
	Frances McDormand	Nomadland
	Viola Davis	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Andra Day	The United States vs. Billie Holiday
	Vanessa Kirby	Pieces of a Woman
	Carey Mulligan	Promising Young Woman
2021 (94ste)
	Jessica Chastain	The Eyes of Tammy Faye
	Olivia Colman	The Lost Daughter
	Penélope Cruz	Parallel Mothers
	Nicole Kidman	Being the Ricardos
	Kristen Stewart	Spencer
2022 (95ste)
	Michelle Yeoh	Everything Everywhere All at Once
	Cate Blanchett	Tár
	Ana de Armas	Blonde
	Andrea Riseborough	To Leslie
	Michelle Williams	The Fabelmans
2023 (96ste)
	Emma Stone	Poor Things
	Annette Bening	Nyad
	Lily Gladstone	Killers of the Flower Moon
	Sandra Hüller	Anatomy of a Fall
	Carey Mulligan	Maestro
2024 (97ste)
	Mikey Madison	Anora
	Cynthia Erivo	Wicked
	Karla Sofía Gascón	Emilia Pérez
	Demi Moore	The Substance
	Fernanda Torres	I'm Still Here