Best Actress
Academy Awards · 496 nominations across 98 ceremonies · 101 wins
98th Academy Awards
- Winner Hamnet · Jessie Buckley
- Nominee If I Had Legs I'd Kick You · Rose Byrne
- Nominee Song Sung Blue · Kate Hudson
- Nominee Sentimental Value · Renate Reinsve
- Nominee Bugonia · Emma Stone
97th Academy Awards
- Winner Anora · Mikey Madison
- Nominee Wicked · Cynthia Erivo
- Nominee The Substance · Demi Moore
- Nominee I'm Still Here · Fernanda Torres
- Nominee Emilia Pérez · Karla Sofía Gascón
96th Academy Awards
- Winner Poor Things · Emma Stone
- Nominee Nyad · Annette Bening
- Nominee Maestro · Carey Mulligan
- Nominee Killers of the Flower Moon · Lily Gladstone
- Nominee Anatomy of a Fall · Sandra Hüller
95th Academy Awards
- Winner Everything Everywhere All at Once · Michelle Yeoh
- Nominee The Fabelmans · Michelle Williams
- Nominee To Leslie · Andrea Riseborough
- Nominee Blonde · Ana de Armas
- Nominee Tár · Cate Blanchett
94th Academy Awards
- Winner The Eyes of Tammy Faye · Jessica Chastain
- Nominee Spencer · Kristen Stewart
- Nominee Being the Ricardos · Nicole Kidman
- Nominee Parallel Mothers · Penélope Cruz
- Nominee The Lost Daughter · Olivia Colman
93rd Academy Awards
- Winner Nomadland · Frances McDormand
- Nominee The United States vs. Billie Holiday · Andra Day
- Nominee Promising Young Woman · Carey Mulligan
- Nominee Ma Rainey's Black Bottom · Viola Davis
- Nominee Pieces of a Woman · Vanessa Kirby
92nd Academy Awards
- Winner Judy · Renée Zellweger
- Nominee Harriet · Cynthia Erivo
- Nominee Little Women · Saoirse Ronan
- Nominee Marriage Story · Scarlett Johansson
- Nominee Bombshell · Charlize Theron
91st Academy Awards
- Winner The Favourite · Olivia Colman
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Lady Gaga
- Nominee Can You Ever Forgive Me? · Melissa McCarthy
- Nominee The Wife · Glenn Close
- Nominee Roma · Yalitza Aparicio
90th Academy Awards
- Winner Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri · Frances McDormand
- Nominee I, Tonya · Margot Robbie
- Nominee Lady Bird · Saoirse Ronan
- Nominee The Shape of Water · Sally Hawkins
- Nominee The Post · Meryl Streep
89th Academy Awards
- Winner La La Land · Emma Stone
- Nominee Elle · Isabelle Huppert
- Nominee Loving · Ruth Negga
- Nominee Jackie · Natalie Portman
- Nominee Florence Foster Jenkins · Meryl Streep
88th Academy Awards
- Winner Room · Brie Larson
- Nominee Joy · Jennifer Lawrence
- Nominee Brooklyn · Saoirse Ronan
- Nominee 45 Years · Charlotte Rampling
- Nominee Carol · Cate Blanchett
87th Academy Awards
- Winner Still Alice · Julianne Moore
- Nominee Gone Girl · Rosamund Pike
- Nominee The Theory of Everything · Felicity Jones
- Nominee Wild · Reese Witherspoon
- Nominee Two Days, One Night · Marion Cotillard
86th Academy Awards
- Winner Blue Jasmine · Cate Blanchett
- Nominee Philomena · Judi Dench
- Nominee Gravity · Sandra Bullock
- Nominee American Hustle · Amy Adams
- Nominee August: Osage County · Meryl Streep
85th Academy Awards
- Winner Silver Linings Playbook · Jennifer Lawrence
- Nominee The Impossible · Naomi Watts
- Nominee Beasts of the Southern Wild · Quvenzhané Wallis
- Nominee Zero Dark Thirty · Jessica Chastain
- Nominee Amour · Emmanuelle Riva
84th Academy Awards
- Winner The Iron Lady · Meryl Streep
- Nominee My Week with Marilyn · Michelle Williams
- Nominee The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · Rooney Mara
- Nominee The Help · Viola Davis
- Nominee Albert Nobbs · Glenn Close
83rd Academy Awards
- Winner Black Swan · Natalie Portman
- Nominee Blue Valentine · Michelle Williams
- Nominee Winter's Bone · Jennifer Lawrence
- Nominee The Kids Are All Right · Annette Bening
- Nominee Rabbit Hole · Nicole Kidman
82nd Academy Awards
- Winner The Blind Side · Sandra Bullock
- Nominee An Education · Carey Mulligan
- Nominee Precious · Gabourey Sidibe
- Nominee The Last Station · Helen Mirren
- Nominee Julie & Julia · Meryl Streep
81st Academy Awards
- Winner The Reader · Kate Winslet
- Nominee Changeling · Angelina Jolie
- Nominee Frozen River · Melissa Leo
- Nominee Rachel Getting Married · Anne Hathaway
- Nominee Doubt · Meryl Streep
80th Academy Awards
- Winner La Vie en Rose · Marion Cotillard
- Nominee Juno · Elliot Page
- Nominee Away from Her · Julie Christie
- Nominee The Savages · Laura Linney
- Nominee Elizabeth: The Golden Age · Cate Blanchett
79th Academy Awards
- Winner The Queen · Helen Mirren
- Nominee Little Children · Kate Winslet
- Nominee Notes on a Scandal · Judi Dench
- Nominee Volver · Penélope Cruz
- Nominee The Devil Wears Prada · Meryl Streep
78th Academy Awards
- Winner Walk the Line · Reese Witherspoon
- Nominee Transamerica · Felicity Huffman
- Nominee Mrs Henderson Presents · Judi Dench
- Nominee Pride & Prejudice · Keira Knightley
- Nominee North Country · Charlize Theron
77th Academy Awards
- Winner Million Dollar Baby · Hilary Swank
- Nominee Being Julia · Annette Bening
- Nominee Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · Kate Winslet
- Nominee Maria Full of Grace · Catalina Sandino Moreno
- Nominee Vera Drake · Imelda Staunton
76th Academy Awards
- Winner Monster · Charlize Theron
- Nominee Something's Gotta Give · Diane Keaton
- Nominee 21 Grams · Naomi Watts
- Nominee In America · Samantha Morton
- Nominee Whale Rider · Keisha Castle-Hughes
75th Academy Awards
- Winner The Hours · Nicole Kidman
- Nominee Chicago · Renée Zellweger
- Nominee Frida · Salma Hayek
- Nominee Unfaithful · Diane Lane
- Nominee Far from Heaven · Julianne Moore
74th Academy Awards
- Winner Monster's Ball · Halle Berry
- Nominee Bridget Jones's Diary · Renée Zellweger
- Nominee In the Bedroom · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee Iris · Judi Dench
- Nominee Moulin Rouge! · Nicole Kidman
73rd Academy Awards
- Winner Erin Brockovich · Julia Roberts
- Nominee Chocolat · Juliette Binoche
- Nominee Requiem for a Dream · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee You Can Count on Me · Laura Linney
- Nominee The Contender · Joan Allen
72nd Academy Awards
- Winner Boys Don't Cry · Hilary Swank
- Nominee American Beauty · Annette Bening
- Nominee Tumbleweeds · Janet McTeer
- Nominee The End of the Affair · Julianne Moore
- Nominee Music of the Heart · Meryl Streep
71st Academy Awards
- Winner Shakespeare in Love · Gwyneth Paltrow
- Nominee Hilary and Jackie · Emily Watson
- Nominee Central Station · Fernanda Montenegro
- Nominee Elizabeth · Cate Blanchett
- Nominee One True Thing · Meryl Streep
70th Academy Awards
- Winner As Good as It Gets · Helen Hunt
- Nominee The Wings of the Dove · Helena Bonham Carter
- Nominee Afterglow · Julie Christie
- Nominee Titanic · Kate Winslet
- Nominee Mrs. Brown · Judi Dench
69th Academy Awards
- Winner Fargo · Frances McDormand
- Nominee Marvin's Room · Diane Keaton
- Nominee The English Patient · Kristin Scott Thomas
- Nominee Breaking the Waves · Emily Watson
- Nominee Secrets & Lies · Brenda Blethyn
68th Academy Awards
- Winner Dead Man Walking · Susan Sarandon
- Nominee Sense and Sensibility · Emma Thompson
- Nominee Leaving Las Vegas · Elisabeth Shue
- Nominee Casino · Sharon Stone
- Nominee The Bridges of Madison County · Meryl Streep
67th Academy Awards
- Winner Blue Sky · Jessica Lange
- Nominee Little Women · Winona Ryder
- Nominee The Client · Susan Sarandon
- Nominee Tom & Viv · Miranda Richardson
- Nominee Nell · Jodie Foster
66th Academy Awards
- Winner The Piano · Holly Hunter
- Nominee Six Degrees of Separation · Stockard Channing
- Nominee The Remains of the Day · Emma Thompson
- Nominee Shadowlands · Debra Winger
- Nominee What's Love Got to Do with It · Angela Bassett
65th Academy Awards
- Winner Howards End · Emma Thompson
- Nominee Indochine · Catherine Deneuve
- Nominee Passion Fish · Mary McDonnell
- Nominee Lorenzo's Oil · Susan Sarandon
- Nominee Love Field · Michelle Pfeiffer
64th Academy Awards
- Winner The Silence of the Lambs · Jodie Foster
- Nominee Thelma & Louise · Susan Sarandon
- Nominee For the Boys · Bette Midler
- Nominee Rambling Rose · Laura Dern
- Nominee Thelma & Louise · Geena Davis
63rd Academy Awards
- Winner Misery · Kathy Bates
- Nominee Mr. and Mrs. Bridge · Joanne Woodward
- Nominee The Grifters · Anjelica Huston
- Nominee Pretty Woman · Julia Roberts
- Nominee Postcards from the Edge · Meryl Streep
62nd Academy Awards
- Winner Driving Miss Daisy · Jessica Tandy
- Nominee Camille Claudel · Isabelle Adjani
- Nominee The Fabulous Baker Boys · Michelle Pfeiffer
- Nominee Music Box · Jessica Lange
- Nominee Shirley Valentine · Pauline Collins
61st Academy Awards
- Winner The Accused · Jodie Foster
- Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · Sigourney Weaver
- Nominee Working Girl · Melanie Griffith
- Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · Glenn Close
- Nominee Evil Angels · Meryl Streep
60th Academy Awards
- Winner Moonstruck · Cher
- Nominee Broadcast News · Holly Hunter
- Nominee Anna · Sally Kirkland
- Nominee Fatal Attraction · Glenn Close
- Nominee Ironweed · Meryl Streep
59th Academy Awards
- Winner Children of a Lesser God · Marlee Matlin
- Nominee Aliens · Sigourney Weaver
- Nominee Crimes of the Heart · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee Peggy Sue Got Married · Kathleen Turner
- Nominee The Morning After · Jane Fonda
58th Academy Awards
- Winner The Trip to Bountiful · Geraldine Page
- Nominee Sweet Dreams · Jessica Lange
- Nominee Agnes of God · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee The Color Purple · Whoopi Goldberg
- Nominee Out of Africa · Meryl Streep
57th Academy Awards
- Winner Places in the Heart · Sally Field
- Nominee Country · Jessica Lange
- Nominee The River · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee A Passage to India · Judy Davis
- Nominee The Bostonians · Vanessa Redgrave
56th Academy Awards
- Winner Terms of Endearment · Shirley MacLaine
- Nominee Educating Rita · Julie Walters
- Nominee Terms of Endearment · Debra Winger
- Nominee Testament · Jane Alexander
- Nominee Silkwood · Meryl Streep
55th Academy Awards
- Winner Sophie's Choice · Meryl Streep
- Nominee Victor/Victoria · Julie Andrews
- Nominee Frances · Jessica Lange
- Nominee Missing · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee An Officer and a Gentleman · Debra Winger
54th Academy Awards
- Winner On Golden Pond · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Reds · Diane Keaton
- Nominee Atlantic City · Susan Sarandon
- Nominee Only When I Laugh · Marsha Mason
- Nominee The French Lieutenant's Woman · Meryl Streep
53rd Academy Awards
- Winner Coal Miner's Daughter · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee Private Benjamin · Goldie Hawn
- Nominee Resurrection · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee Gloria · Gena Rowlands
- Nominee Ordinary People · Mary Tyler Moore
52nd Academy Awards
- Winner Norma Rae · Sally Field
- Nominee The Rose · Bette Midler
- Nominee Starting Over · Jill Clayburgh
- Nominee Chapter Two · Marsha Mason
- Nominee The China Syndrome · Jane Fonda
51st Academy Awards
- Winner Coming Home from Country Strong · Jane Fonda
- Nominee Same Time, Next Year · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee Interiors · Geraldine Page
- Nominee An Unmarried Woman · Jill Clayburgh
- Nominee Autumn Sonata · Ingrid Bergman
50th Academy Awards
- Winner Annie Hall · Diane Keaton
- Nominee The Turning Point · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee The Goodbye Girl · Marsha Mason
- Nominee Julia · Jane Fonda
- Nominee The Turning Point · Shirley MacLaine
49th Academy Awards
- Winner Network · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee Rocky · Talia Shire
- Nominee Carrie · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee Face to Face · Liv Ullmann
- Nominee Cousin Cousine · Marie-Christine Barrault
48th Academy Awards
- Winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Louise Fletcher
- Nominee The Story of Adele H. · Isabelle Adjani
- Nominee Hedda · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Tommy · Ann-Margret
- Nominee Hester Street · Carol Kane
47th Academy Awards
- Winner Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee Chinatown · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee A Woman Under the Influence · Gena Rowlands
- Nominee Claudine · Diahann Carroll
- Nominee Lenny · Valerie Perrine
46th Academy Awards
- Winner A Touch of Class · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams · Joanne Woodward
- Nominee The Exorcist · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee Cinderella Liberty · Marsha Mason
- Nominee The Way We Were · Barbra Streisand
45th Academy Awards
- Winner Cabaret · Liza Minnelli
- Nominee Travels with My Aunt · Maggie Smith
- Nominee The Emigrants · Liv Ullmann
- Nominee Sounder · Cicely Tyson
- Nominee Lady Sings the Blues · Diana Ross
44th Academy Awards
- Winner Klute · Jane Fonda
- Nominee McCabe & Mrs. Miller · Julie Christie
- Nominee Sunday, Bloody Sunday · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Nicholas and Alexandra · Janet Suzman
- Nominee Mary, Queen of Scots · Vanessa Redgrave
43rd Academy Awards
- Winner Women in Love · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Love Story · Ali MacGraw
- Nominee Ryan's Daughter · Sarah Miles
- Nominee The Great White Hope · Jane Alexander
- Nominee Diary of a Mad Housewife · Carrie Snodgress
42nd Academy Awards
- Winner The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie · Maggie Smith
- Nominee The Happy Ending · Jean Simmons
- Nominee The Sterile Cuckoo · Liza Minnelli
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Geneviève Bujold
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Jane Fonda
41st Academy Awards
- Winner Funny Girl · Barbra Streisand
- Winner The Lion in Winter · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Rachel, Rachel · Joanne Woodward
- Nominee The Subject Was Roses · Patricia Neal
- Nominee Isadora · Vanessa Redgrave
40th Academy Awards
- Winner Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee The Graduate · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee The Whisperers · Edith Evans
- Nominee Wait Until Dark · Audrey Hepburn
39th Academy Awards
- Winner Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · Elizabeth Taylor
- Nominee Georgy Girl · Lynn Redgrave
- Nominee A Man and a Woman · Anouk Aimée
- Nominee The Shop on Main Street · Ida Kamińska
- Nominee Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment · Vanessa Redgrave
38th Academy Awards
- Winner Darling · Julie Christie
- Nominee Ship of Fools · Simone Signoret
- Nominee The Sound of Music · Julie Andrews
- Nominee The Collector · Samantha Eggar
- Nominee A Patch of Blue · Elizabeth Hartman
37th Academy Awards
- Winner Mary Poppins · Julie Andrews
- Nominee The Pumpkin Eater · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee Séance on a Wet Afternoon · Kim Stanley
- Nominee The Unsinkable Molly Brown · Debbie Reynolds
- Nominee Marriage Italian-Style · Sophia Loren
36th Academy Awards
- Winner Hud · Patricia Neal
- Nominee Love with the Proper Stranger · Natalie Wood
- Nominee The L-Shaped Room · Leslie Caron
- Nominee This Sporting Life · Rachel Roberts
- Nominee Irma la Douce · Shirley MacLaine
35th Academy Awards
- Winner The Miracle Worker · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee Sweet Bird of Youth · Geraldine Page
- Nominee Days of Wine and Roses · Lee Remick
- Nominee Long Day's Journey into Night · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? · Bette Davis
34th Academy Awards
- Winner Two Women · Sophia Loren
- Nominee Splendor in the Grass · Natalie Wood
- Nominee Summer and Smoke · Geraldine Page
- Nominee The Hustler · Piper Laurie
- Nominee Breakfast at Tiffany's · Audrey Hepburn
33rd Academy Awards
- Winner BUtterfield 8 · Elizabeth Taylor
- Nominee The Sundowners · Deborah Kerr
- Nominee Sunrise at Campobello · Greer Garson
- Nominee Never on Sunday · Melina Mercouri
- Nominee The Apartment · Shirley MacLaine
32nd Academy Awards
- Winner Room at the Top · Simone Signoret
- Nominee Pillow Talk · Doris Day
- Nominee Suddenly, Last Summer · Elizabeth Taylor
- Nominee The Nun's Story · Audrey Hepburn
- Nominee Suddenly, Last Summer · Katharine Hepburn
31st Academy Awards
- Winner I Want to Live! · Susan Hayward
- Nominee Separate Tables · Deborah Kerr
- Nominee Auntie Mame · Rosalind Russell
- Nominee Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · Elizabeth Taylor
- Nominee Some Came Running · Shirley MacLaine
30th Academy Awards
- Winner The Three Faces of Eve · Joanne Woodward
- Nominee Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison · Deborah Kerr
- Nominee Peyton Place · Lana Turner
- Nominee Raintree County · Elizabeth Taylor
- Nominee Wild Is the Wind · Anna Magnani
29th Academy Awards
- Winner Anastasia · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee The King and I · Deborah Kerr
- Nominee Baby Doll · Carroll Baker
- Nominee The Bad Seed · Nancy Kelly
- Nominee The Rainmaker · Katharine Hepburn
28th Academy Awards
- Winner The Rose Tattoo · Anna Magnani
- Nominee Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing · Jennifer Jones
- Nominee Interrupted Melody · Eleanor Parker
- Nominee I'll Cry Tomorrow · Susan Hayward
- Nominee Summertime · Katharine Hepburn
27th Academy Awards
- Winner The Country Girl · Grace Kelly
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Judy Garland
- Nominee Carmen Jones · Dorothy Dandridge
- Nominee Sabrina · Audrey Hepburn
- Nominee Magnificent Obsession · Jane Wyman
26th Academy Awards
- Winner Roman Holiday · Audrey Hepburn
- Nominee From Here to Eternity · Deborah Kerr
- Nominee Mogambo · Ava Gardner
- Nominee Lili · Leslie Caron
- Nominee The Moon Is Blue · Maggie McNamara
25th Academy Awards
- Winner Come Back, Little Sheba · Shirley Booth
- Nominee The Member of the Wedding · Julie Harris
- Nominee With a Song in My Heart · Susan Hayward
- Nominee Sudden Fear · Joan Crawford
- Nominee The Star · Bette Davis
24th Academy Awards
- Winner A Streetcar Named Desire · Vivien Leigh
- Nominee A Place in the Sun · Shelley Winters
- Nominee Detective Story · Eleanor Parker
- Nominee The African Queen · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee The Blue Veil · Jane Wyman
23rd Academy Awards
- Winner Born Yesterday · Judy Holliday
- Nominee All About Eve · Anne Baxter
- Nominee Sunset Boulevard · Gloria Swanson
- Nominee Caged · Eleanor Parker
- Nominee All About Eve · Bette Davis
22nd Academy Awards
- Winner The Heiress · Olivia de Havilland
- Nominee Edward, My Son · Deborah Kerr
- Nominee Pinky · Jeanne Crain
- Nominee My Foolish Heart from My Foolish Heart · Susan Hayward
- Nominee Come to the Stable · Loretta Young
21st Academy Awards
- Winner Johnny Belinda · Jane Wyman
- Nominee I Remember Mama · Irene Dunne
- Nominee Joan of Arc · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee Sorry, Wrong Number · Barbara Stanwyck
- Nominee The Snake Pit · Olivia de Havilland
20th Academy Awards
- Winner The Farmer's Daughter · Loretta Young
- Nominee Gentleman's Agreement · Dorothy McGuire
- Nominee Mourning Becomes Electra · Rosalind Russell
- Nominee Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman · Susan Hayward
- Nominee Possessed · Joan Crawford
19th Academy Awards
- Winner To Each His Own · Olivia de Havilland
- Nominee Duel in the Sun · Jennifer Jones
- Nominee Sister Kenny · Rosalind Russell
- Nominee Brief Encounter · Celia Johnson
- Nominee The Yearling · Jane Wyman
18th Academy Awards
- Winner Mildred Pierce · Joan Crawford
- Nominee The Valley of Decision · Greer Garson
- Nominee Love Letters · Jennifer Jones
- Nominee Leave Her to Heaven · Gene Tierney
- Nominee The Bells of St. Mary's · Ingrid Bergman
17th Academy Awards
- Winner Gaslight · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee Mrs. Parkington · Greer Garson
- Nominee Since You Went Away · Claudette Colbert
- Nominee Mr. Skeffington · Bette Davis
- Nominee Double Indemnity · Barbara Stanwyck
16th Academy Awards
- Winner The Song of Bernadette · Jennifer Jones
- Nominee Madame Curie · Greer Garson
- Nominee The More the Merrier · Jean Arthur
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee The Constant Nymph · Joan Fontaine
15th Academy Awards
- Winner Mrs. Miniver · Greer Garson
- Nominee The Pride of the Yankees · Teresa Wright
- Nominee My Sister Eileen · Rosalind Russell
- Nominee Woman of the Year · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Now, Voyager · Bette Davis
14th Academy Awards
- Winner Suspicion · Joan Fontaine
- Nominee Blossoms in the Dust · Greer Garson
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Bette Davis
- Nominee Ball of Fire · Barbara Stanwyck
- Nominee Hold Back the Dawn · Olivia de Havilland
13th Academy Awards
- Winner Kitty Foyle · Ginger Rogers
- Nominee Our Town (1940 film) · Martha Scott
- Nominee The Philadelphia Story · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee The Letter · Bette Davis
- Nominee Rebecca · Joan Fontaine
12th Academy Awards
- Winner Gone with the Wind · Vivien Leigh
- Nominee Goodbye, Mr. Chips · Greer Garson
- Nominee Love Affair · Irene Dunne
- Nominee Ninotchka · Greta Garbo
- Nominee Dark Victory · Bette Davis
11th Academy Awards
- Winner Jezebel · Bette Davis
- Nominee White Banners · Fay Bainter
- Nominee Pygmalion · Wendy Hiller
- Nominee Three Comrades · Margaret Sullavan
- Nominee Marie Antoinette · Norma Shearer
10th Academy Awards
- Winner The Good Earth · Luise Rainer
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Janet Gaynor
- Nominee The Awful Truth · Irene Dunne
- Nominee Camille · Greta Garbo
- Nominee Stella Dallas · Barbara Stanwyck
9th Academy Awards
- Winner The Great Ziegfeld · Luise Rainer
- Nominee My Man Godfrey · Carole Lombard
- Nominee Theodora Goes Wild · Irene Dunne
- Nominee Valiant Is the Word for Carrie · Gladys George
- Nominee Romeo and Juliet · Norma Shearer
8th Academy Awards
- Winner Dangerous · Bette Davis
- Nominee Private Worlds · Claudette Colbert
- Nominee The Dark Angel · Merle Oberon
- Nominee Becky Sharp · Miriam Hopkins
- Nominee Alice Adams · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Escape Me Never · Elisabeth Bergner
7th Academy Awards
- Winner It Happened One Night · Claudette Colbert
- Nominee One Night of Love · Grace Moore
- Nominee Of Human Bondage · Bette Davis
- Nominee The Barretts of Wimpole Street · Norma Shearer
6th Academy Awards
- Winner Morning Glory · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Lady for a Day · May Robson
- Nominee Cavalcade · Diana Wynyard
5th Academy Awards
- Winner The Sin of Madelon Claudet · Helen Hayes
- Nominee The Guardsman · Lynn Fontanne
- Nominee Emma · Marie Dressler
4th Academy Awards
- Winner Min and Bill · Marie Dressler
- Nominee Cimarron · Irene Dunne
- Nominee Holiday · Ann Harding
- Nominee Morocco · Marlene Dietrich
- Nominee A Free Soul · Norma Shearer
2nd Academy Awards
- Winner Coquette · Mary Pickford
- Nominee The Divorcee · Norma Shearer
- Nominee Madame X · Ruth Chatterton
- Nominee The Barker · Betty Compson
- Nominee The Letter · Jeanne Eagels
- Nominee The Divine Lady · Corinne Griffith
- Nominee The Broadway Melody · Bessie Love
3rd Academy Awards
- Winner The Divorcee · Norma Shearer
- Nominee The Trespasser · Gloria Swanson
- Nominee The Devil's Holiday · Nancy Carroll
- Nominee Sarah and Son · Ruth Chatterton
- Nominee Anna Christie · Greta Garbo
- Nominee Romance · Greta Garbo
- Nominee Their Own Desire · Norma Shearer
1st Academy Awards
- Winner Street Angel · Janet Gaynor
- Winner Seventh Heaven · Janet Gaynor
- Winner Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans · Janet Gaynor
- Nominee Coquette · Mary Pickford
- Nominee Sadie Thompson · Gloria Swanson
- Nominee The Broadway Melody · Bessie Love
- Nominee The Barker · Betty Compson
- Nominee The Letter · Jeanne Eagels
- Nominee The Divine Lady · Corinne Griffith
- Nominee A Ship Comes In · Louise Dresser
- Nominee Madame X · Ruth Chatterton