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Year	Oscar Winner	Worthiest Nominee † Weak links in the honor roll	Runt of the Litter * Pretty good for a runt ** Absurdly great for a runt!	Best of the Year
✓2007	Marion Cotillard La Vie en rose	Marion Cotillard La Vie en rose	Cate Blanchett Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Tang Wei Lust, Caution
✓2006	Helen Mirren The Queen	Penélope Cruz Volver	Kate Winslet Little Children	Luminita Gheorghiu The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
✓2005	Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line	Felicity Huffman† Transamerica	Judi Dench Mrs. Henderson Presents	Joan Allen The Upside of Anger
✓2004	Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby	Kate Winslet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Annette Bening* Being Julia	Kate Winslet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
✓2003	Charlize Theron Monster	Charlize Theron Monster	Naomi Watts 21 Grams	Charlize Theron Monster
✓2002	Nicole Kidman The Hours	Julianne Moore Far from Heaven	Salma Hayek Frida	Isabelle Huppert The Piano Teacher
✓2001	Halle Berry Monster's Ball	Judi Dench† Iris	Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom	Maggie Cheung In the Mood for Love
✓2000	Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich	Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich	Juliette Binoche Chocolat	Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich
✓1999	Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry	Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry	Julianne Moore The End of the Affair	Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry
✓1998	Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love	Emily Watson† Hilary and Jackie	Cate Blanchett Elizabeth	Ally Sheedy High Art
✓1997	Helen Hunt As Good As It Gets	Helena Bonham Carter The Wings of the Dove	Kate Winslet Titanic	Tilda Swinton Female Perversions
✓1996	Frances McDormand Fargo	Frances McDormand Fargo	Diane Keaton* Marvin's Room	Frances McDormand Fargo
✓1995	Susan Sarandon Dead Man Walking	Meryl Streep The Bridges of Madison County	Emma Thompson* Sense and Sensibility	Julianne Moore Safe
✓1994	Jessica Lange Blue Sky	Winona Ryder† Little Women	Miranda Richardson Tom & Viv	Julianne Moore Vanya on 42nd Street
✓1993	Holly Hunter The Piano	Holly Hunter The Piano	Debra Winger Shadowlands	Holly Hunter The Piano
✓1992	Emma Thompson Howards End	Emma Thompson Howards End	Catherine Deneuve Indochine	Emma Thompson Howards End
✓1991	Jodie Foster The Silence of the Lambs	Jodie Foster The Silence of the Lambs	Bette Midler For the Boys	Michelle Pfeiffer Frankie & Johnny
✓1990	Kathy Bates Misery	Meryl Streep Postcards from the Edge	Joanne Woodward Mr. and Mrs. Bridge	Sandra Bernhard Without You I'm Nothing
✓1989	Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy	Michelle Pfeiffer The Fabulous Baker Boys	Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy	Meg Ryan When Harry Met Sally...
✓1988	Jodie Foster The Accused	Jodie Foster The Accused	Meryl Streep A Cry in the Dark	Gena Rowlands Another Woman
✓1987	Cher Moonstruck	Glenn Close Fatal Attraction	Cher** Moonstruck	Glenn Close Fatal Attraction
✓1986	Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God	Sigourney Weaver Aliens	Kathleen Turner Peggy Sue Got Married	Marie Rivière The Green Ray
✓1985	Geraldine Page The Trip to Bountiful	Whoopi Goldberg The Color Purple	Anne Bancroft Agnes of God	Mia Farrow The Purple Rose of Cairo
✓1984	Sally Field Places in the Heart	Jessica Lange† Country	Sally Field Places in the Heart	Kathleen Turner Romancing the Stone
✓1983	Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment	Meryl Streep Silkwood	Julie Walters Educating Rita	Meryl Streep Silkwood
✓1982	Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice	Jessica Lange Frances	Debra Winger An Officer and a Gentleman	Jessica Lange Frances
✓1981	Katharine Hepburn On Golden Pond	Diane Keaton Reds	Meryl Streep The French Lieutenant's Woman	Diane Keaton Reds
✓1980	Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter	Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter	Goldie Hawn Private Benjamin	Shelley Duvall The Shining
1979	Sally Field Norma Rae	Jane Fonda† The China Syndrome Pending: Clayburgh	Marsha Mason Chapter Two	Jane Fonda The China Syndrome
✓1978	Jane Fonda Coming Home	Ingrid Bergman Autumn Sonata	Ellen Burstyn Same Time, Next Year	Ingrid Bergman Autumn Sonata
✓1977	Diane Keaton Annie Hall	Diane Keaton Annie Hall	Anne Bancroft The Turning Point	Liza Minnelli New York, New York
1976	Faye Dunaway Network	Sissy Spacek Carrie Pending: Barrault	Talia Shire Rocky	Sissy Spacek Carrie
1975	Louise Fletcher One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest	Isabelle Adjani The Story of Adèle H. Pending: Ann-Margret	Glenda Jackson Hedda	Delphine Seyrig Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (unreleased, but monumental)
✓1974	Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Gena Rowlands A Woman under the Influence	Valerie Perrine** Lenny	Gena Rowlands A Woman under the Influence
1973	Glenda Jackson A Touch of Class	Barbra Streisand The Way We Were Pending: Mason, Woodward	Glenda Jackson A Touch of Class	Barbra Streisand The Way We Were
1972	Liza Minnelli Cabaret	Liza Minnelli Cabaret Pending: Ross, Smith, Ullmann	Unfair to speculate	Liza Minnelli Cabaret
✓1971	Jane Fonda Klute	Julie Christie McCabe & Mrs. Miller	Janet Suzman Nicholas and Alexandra	Julie Christie McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1970	Glenda Jackson Women in Love	Glenda Jackson Women in Love Pending: Miles	Ali MacGraw Love Story	Glenda Jackson Women in Love
1969	Maggie Smith The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Jane Fonda They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Pending: Bujold, Simmons	Liza Minnelli* The Sterile Cuckoo	Jane Fonda They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
✓1968	Katharine Hepburn The Lion in Winter (tie) Barbra Streisand Funny Girl (tie)	Barbra Streisand Funny Girl	Patricia Neal* The Subject Was Roses	Barbra Streisand Funny Girl
1967	Katharine Hepburn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Faye Dunaway Bonnie and Clyde Pending: Evans	Audrey Hepburn* Wait Until Dark	Bibi Andersson Persona
✓1966	Elizabeth Taylor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Elizabeth Taylor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Lynn Redgrave Georgy Girl	Elizabeth Taylor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1965	Julie Christie Darling	Julie Andrews The Sound of Music Pending: Signoret	Samantha Eggar The Collector	Julie Andrews The Sound of Music
1964	Julie Andrews Mary Poppins	Julie Andrews Mary Poppins Pending: Stanley	Debbie Reynolds The Unsinkable Molly Brown	Julie Andrews Mary Poppins
1963	Patricia Neal Hud	Patricia Neal Hud Pending: Caron, MacLaine, Roberts	Natalie Wood Love with the Proper Stranger	Anna Karina Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live)
1962	Anne Bancroft The Miracle Worker	Katharine Hepburn Long Day's Journey into Night Pending: Remick	Geraldine Page** Sweet Bird of Youth	Katharine Hepburn Long Day's Journey into Night
1961	Sophia Loren Two Women	Piper Laurie† The Hustler Pending: Wood	Geraldine Page Summer and Smoke	Monica Vitti L'Avventura
1960	Elizabeth Taylor Butterfield 8	Shirley MacLaine The Apartment Pending: Kerr, Mercouri	Elizabeth Taylor Butterfield 8	Janet Leigh Psycho (nominated as Supporting)
1959	Simone Signoret Room at the Top	Katharine Hepburn Suddenly, Last Summer Pending: A.Hepburn	Doris Day Pillow Talk	Marilyn Monroe Some Like It Hot
1958	Susan Hayward I Want to Live!	Shirley MacLaine Some Came Running Pending: Hayward	Deborah Kerr Separate Tables	Kim Novak Vertigo
1957	Joanne Woodward The Three Faces of Eve	Joanne Woodward The Three Faces of Eve Pending: Kerr, Magnani, Taylor	Unfair to speculate	Eva Dahlbeck Smiles of a Summer Night
1956	Ingrid Bergman Anastasia	Carroll Baker Baby Doll Pending: Bergman	Nancy Kelly The Bad Seed	Carroll Baker Baby Doll
1955	Anna Magnani The Rose Tattoo	Susan Hayward I'll Cry Tomorrow Pending: Parker	Jennifer Jones Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing	Susan Hayward I'll Cry Tomorrow
1954	Grace Kelly The Country Girl	Dorothy Dandridge† Carmen Jones Pending: Garland, A.Hepburn, Kelly	Unfair to speculate	Danielle Darrieux The Earrings of Madame de...
1953	Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday	Deborah Kerr† From Here to Eternity Pending: Gardner, McNamara	Leslie Caron Lili	Barbara Stanwyck All I Desire
1952	Shirley Booth Come Back, Little Sheba	Joan Crawford† Sudden Fear Pending: Davis, Harris	Shirley Booth Come Back, Little Sheba	Debbie Reynolds Singin' in the Rain
✓1951	Vivien Leigh A Streetcar Named Desire	Vivien Leigh A Streetcar Named Desire	Eleanor Parker Detective Story	Vivien Leigh A Streetcar Named Desire
✓1950	Judy Holliday Born Yesterday	Gloria Swanson Sunset Boulevard	Anne Baxter** All About Eve	Gloria Swanson Sunset Boulevard
✓1949	Olivia de Havilland The Heiress	Olivia de Havilland† The Heiress	Jeanne Crain Pinky	Ginger Rogers The Barkleys of Broadway
1948	Jane Wyman Johnny Belinda	Jane Wyman Johnny Belinda Pending: Dunne, Stanwyck	Ingrid Bergman Joan of Arc	Joan Fontaine Letter from an Unknown Woman
1947	Loretta Young The Farmer's Daughter	Joan Crawford† Possessed Pending: Hayward	Dorothy McGuire Gentleman's Agreement	Deborah Kerr Black Narcissus
1946	Olivia de Havilland To Each His Own	Celia Johnson Brief Encounter Pending: de Havilland, Wyman	Jennifer Jones Duel in the Sun	Ingrid Bergman Notorious
✓1945	Joan Crawford Mildred Pierce	Joan Crawford Mildred Pierce	Ingrid Bergman The Bells of St. Mary's	Joan Crawford Mildred Pierce
1944	Ingrid Bergman Gaslight	Barbara Stanwyck Double Indemnity Pending: Colbert, Davis, Garson	Unfair to speculate	Judy Garland Meet Me in St. Louis
1943	Jennifer Jones The Song of Bernadette	Jean Arthur The More the Merrier Pending: Bergman, Fontaine	Greer Garson Madame Curie	Jean Arthur The More the Merrier
✓1942	Greer Garson Mrs. Miniver	Bette Davis Now, Voyager	Rosalind Russell My Sister Eileen	Agnes Moorehead The Magnificent Ambersons (nominated as Supporting)
✓1941	Joan Fontaine Suspicion	Bette Davis The Little Foxes	Joan Fontaine Suspicion	Barbara Stanwyck The Lady Eve
1940	Ginger Rogers Kitty Foyle	Bette Davis The Letter Pending: Scott	Ginger Rogers* Kitty Foyle	Rosalind Russell His Girl Friday
1939	Vivien Leigh Gone with the Wind	Vivien Leigh Gone with the Wind Pending: Dunne	Greer Garson* Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Vivien Leigh Gone with the Wind
✓1938	Bette Davis Jezebel	Norma Shearer Marie Antoinette	Wendy Hiller* Pygmalion	Katharine Hepburn Holiday
✓1937	Luise Rainer The Good Earth	Greta Garbo Camille	Janet Gaynor* A Star Is Born	Greta Garbo Camille
✓1936	Luise Rainer The Great Ziegfeld	Carole Lombard My Man Godfrey	Norma Shearer Romeo and Juliet	Ruth Chatterton Dodsworth
1935	Bette Davis Dangerous	Katharine Hepburn Alice Adams Pending: Bergner, Hopkins	Merle Oberon The Dark Angel	Katharine Hepburn Alice Adams
✓1934	Claudette Colbert It Happened One Night	Claudette Colbert It Happened One Night	Grace Moore* One Night of Love	Claudette Colbert It Happened One Night
✓1932-33	Katharine Hepburn Morning Glory	Katharine Hepburn† Morning Glory	Diana Wynyard Cavalcade	Kay Francis Trouble in Paradise
✓1931-32	Helen Hayes The Sin of Madelon Claudet	Lynn Fontanne The Guardsman	Marie Dressler Emma	Joan Crawford Grand Hotel
✓1930-31	Marie Dressler Min and Bill	Marie Dressler Min and Bill	Norma Shearer A Free Soul	Marie Dressler Min and Bill
1929-30	Norma Shearer The Divorcée	Nancy Carroll The Devil's Holiday Pending: Garbo x 2, Swanson	Norma Shearer Their Own Desire	Nancy Carroll The Devil's Holiday
1928-29	Mary Pickford Coquette	Ruth Chatterton† Madame X Pending: Compson, Eagels, Griffith	Mary Pickford Coquette	Renée Falconetti The Passion of Joan of Arc
✓1927-28	Janet Gaynor 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise	Janet Gaynor 7th Heaven	Louise Dresser A Ship Comes In	Janet Gaynor 7th Heaven
Multiple Winners	Luise Rainer (36, 37) Katharine Hepburn (33, 67, 68, 81) Bette Davis (35, 38) Vivien Leigh (39, 51) Ingrid Bergman (44, 56) Elizabeth Taylor (60, 66) Glenda Jackson (70, 73) Jane Fonda (71, 78) Sally Field (79, 84) Jodie Foster (88, 91) Hilary Swank (99, 04)	Katharine Hepburn (33, 35, 59, 62) Vivien Leigh (39, 51) Bette Davis (40, 41, 42) Joan Crawford (45, 47, 52) Deborah Kerr (49, 53) Shirley MacLaine (58, 60) Julie Andrews (64, 65) Barbra Streisand (68, 73) Jane Fonda (69, 79) Sissy Spacek (76, 80) Diane Keaton (77, 81) Jessica Lange (82, 84) Meryl Streep (83, 90, 95) Jodie Foster (88, 91)	Norma Shearer (30, 31, 36) Greer Garson (39, 43) Katharine Hepburn (40, 67) Ingrid Bergman (45, 48) Jennifer Jones (46, 55) Geraldine Page (61, 62) Glenda Jackson (73, 75) Meryl Streep (81, 88) Debra Winger (82, 93) Kate Winslet (97, 06) Cate Blanchett (98, 07)	Joan Crawford (32, 45) Katharine Hepburn (35, 38, 62) Vivien Leigh (39, 51) Barbara Stanwyck (41, 53) Ingrid Bergman (46, 78) Julie Andrews (64, 65) Barbra Streisand (68, 73) Jane Fonda (69, 79) Liza Minnelli (72, 77) Gena Rowlands (74, 88) Julianne Moore (94, 95)

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