Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Golden Globe Awards · 316 nominations across 70 ceremonies · 71 wins
82nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner I'm Still Here · Fernanda Torres
- Nominee The Last Showgirl · Pamela Anderson
- Nominee Maria · Angelina Jolie
- Nominee Babygirl · Nicole Kidman
- Nominee The Room Next Door · Tilda Swinton
- Nominee Lee · Kate Winslet
81st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Killers of the Flower Moon · Lily Gladstone
- Nominee Nyad · Annette Bening
- Nominee Anatomy of a Fall · Sandra Hüller
- Nominee Past Lives · Greta Lee
- Nominee Maestro · Carey Mulligan
- Nominee Priscilla · Cailee Spaeny
80th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Tár · Cate Blanchett
- Nominee Empire of Light · Olivia Colman
- Nominee The Woman King · Viola Davis
- Nominee Blonde · Ana de Armas
- Nominee The Fabelmans · Michelle Williams
79th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Being the Ricardos · Nicole Kidman
- Nominee The Eyes of Tammy Faye · Jessica Chastain
- Nominee The Lost Daughter · Olivia Colman
- Nominee House of Gucci · Lady Gaga
- Nominee Spencer · Kristen Stewart
78th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The United States vs. Billie Holiday · Andra Day
- Nominee Ma Rainey's Black Bottom · Viola Davis
- Nominee Pieces of a Woman · Vanessa Kirby
- Nominee Nomadland · Frances McDormand
- Nominee Promising Young Woman · Carey Mulligan
77th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Judy · Renée Zellweger
- Nominee Harriet · Cynthia Erivo
- Nominee Marriage Story · Scarlett Johansson
- Nominee Little Women · Saoirse Ronan
- Nominee Bombshell · Charlize Theron
76th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Wife · Glenn Close
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Lady Gaga
- Nominee Destroyer · Nicole Kidman
- Nominee Can You Ever Forgive Me? · Melissa McCarthy
- Nominee A Private War · Rosamund Pike
75th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri · Frances McDormand
- Nominee Molly's Game · Jessica Chastain
- Nominee The Shape of Water · Sally Hawkins
- Nominee The Post · Meryl Streep
- Nominee All the Money in the World · Michelle Williams
74th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Elle · Isabelle Huppert
- Nominee Arrival · Amy Adams
- Nominee Miss Sloane · Jessica Chastain
- Nominee Loving · Ruth Negga
- Nominee Jackie · Natalie Portman
73rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Room · Brie Larson
- Nominee Carol · Cate Blanchett
- Nominee Carol · Rooney Mara
- Nominee Brooklyn · Saoirse Ronan
- Nominee The Danish Girl · Alicia Vikander
72nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Still Alice · Julianne Moore
- Nominee Cake · Jennifer Aniston
- Nominee The Theory of Everything · Felicity Jones
- Nominee Gone Girl · Rosamund Pike
- Nominee Wild · Reese Witherspoon
71st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Blue Jasmine · Cate Blanchett
- Nominee Gravity · Sandra Bullock
- Nominee Philomena · Judi Dench
- Nominee Saving Mr. Banks · Emma Thompson
- Nominee Labor Day · Kate Winslet
59th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner In the Bedroom · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee Monster's Ball · Halle Berry
- Nominee Iris · Judi Dench
- Nominee The Others · Nicole Kidman
- Nominee The Deep End · Tilda Swinton
58th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Erin Brockovich · Julia Roberts
- Nominee The Contender · Joan Allen
- Nominee Dancer in the Dark · Björk
- Nominee Requiem for a Dream · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee You Can Count on Me · Laura Linney
57th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Boys Don't Cry · Hilary Swank
- Nominee American Beauty · Annette Bening
- Nominee The End of the Affair · Julianne Moore
- Nominee Music of the Heart · Meryl Streep
- Nominee A Map of the World · Sigourney Weaver
56th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Elizabeth · Cate Blanchett
- Nominee Central Station · Fernanda Montenegro
- Nominee Stepmom · Susan Sarandon
- Nominee One True Thing · Meryl Streep
- Nominee Hilary and Jackie · Emily Watson
55th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Mrs Brown · Judi Dench
- Nominee The Wings of the Dove · Helena Bonham Carter
- Nominee Contact · Jodie Foster
- Nominee A Thousand Acres · Jessica Lange
- Nominee Titanic · Kate Winslet
54th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Brenda Blethyn
- Nominee The People vs. Larry Flynt · Courtney Love
- Nominee Marvin's Room · Meryl Streep
- Nominee The English Patient · Kristin Scott Thomas
- Nominee Breaking the Waves · Emily Watson
53rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Casino · Sharon Stone
- Nominee Dead Man Walking · Susan Sarandon
- Nominee Leaving Las Vegas · Elisabeth Shue
- Nominee The Bridges of Madison County · Meryl Streep
- Nominee Sense and Sensibility · Emma Thompson
52nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Blue Sky · Jessica Lange
- Nominee Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle · Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Nominee Nell · Jodie Foster
- Nominee Tom & Viv · Miranda Richardson
- Nominee The River Wild · Meryl Streep
51st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Piano · Holly Hunter
- Nominee Three Colours: Blue · Juliette Binoche
- Nominee The Age of Innocence · Michelle Pfeiffer
- Nominee The Remains of the Day · Emma Thompson
- Nominee A Dangerous Woman · Debra Winger
50th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Howards End · Emma Thompson
- Nominee Passion Fish · Mary McDonnell
- Nominee Love Field · Michelle Pfeiffer
- Nominee Lorenzo's Oil · Susan Sarandon
- Nominee Basic Instinct · Sharon Stone
49th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Jodie Foster
- Nominee Bugsy · Annette Bening
- Nominee Thelma & Louise · Geena Davis
- Nominee Rambling Rose · Laura Dern
- Nominee Thelma & Louise · Susan Sarandon
48th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Misery · Kathy Bates
- Nominee The Grifters · Anjelica Huston
- Nominee The Russia House · Michelle Pfeiffer
- Nominee White Palace · Susan Sarandon
- Nominee Mr. and Mrs. Bridge · Joanne Woodward
47th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Fabulous Baker Boys · Michelle Pfeiffer
- Nominee Steel Magnolias · Sally Field
- Nominee Music Box · Jessica Lange
- Nominee Sex, Lies, and Videotape · Andie MacDowell
- Nominee The Rose Garden · Liv Ullmann
46th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Accused · Jodie Foster
45th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Anna · Sally Kirkland
- Nominee Gaby: A True Story · Rachel Chagall
- Nominee Fatal Attraction · Glenn Close
- Nominee Barfly · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee Nuts · Barbra Streisand
44th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Children of a Lesser God · Marlee Matlin
- Nominee Duet for One · Julie Andrews
- Nominee 'night, Mother · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee Extremities · Farrah Fawcett
- Nominee Aliens · Sigourney Weaver
43rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Color Purple · Whoopi Goldberg
- Nominee Agnes of God · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee Mask · Cher
- Nominee The Trip to Bountiful · Geraldine Page
- Nominee Out of Africa · Meryl Streep
42nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Places in the Heart · Sally Field
- Nominee Mrs. Soffel · Diane Keaton
- Nominee Country · Jessica Lange
- Nominee The Bostonians · Vanessa Redgrave
- Nominee The River · Sissy Spacek
41st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Terms of Endearment · Shirley MacLaine
- Nominee Testament · Jane Alexander
- Nominee Heart Like a Wheel · Bonnie Bedelia
- Nominee Silkwood · Meryl Streep
- Nominee Terms of Endearment · Debra Winger
40th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Sophie's Choice · Meryl Streep
- Nominee Shoot the Moon · Diane Keaton
- Nominee Frances · Jessica Lange
- Nominee Missing · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee An Officer and a Gentleman · Debra Winger
39th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The French Lieutenant's Woman · Meryl Streep
- Winner Dallas · Barbara Bel Geddes
- Nominee Absence of Malice · Sally Field
- Nominee On Golden Pond · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Reds · Diane Keaton
- Nominee Raggedy Man · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee Flamingo Road · Morgan Fairchild
- Nominee Dallas · Linda Gray
- Nominee Hart to Hart · Stefanie Powers
38th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Ordinary People · Mary Tyler Moore
- Nominee Resurrection · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee Tess · Nastassja Kinski
- Nominee Touched by Love · Deborah Raffin
- Nominee Gloria · Gena Rowlands
37th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Norma Rae · Sally Field
- Nominee La Luna · Jill Clayburgh
- Nominee Yanks · Lisa Eichhorn
- Nominee The China Syndrome · Jane Fonda
- Nominee Promises in the Dark · Marsha Mason
36th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Coming Home from Country Strong · Jane Fonda
- Nominee Autumn Sonata · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee An Unmarried Woman · Jill Clayburgh
- Nominee Stevie · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Interiors · Geraldine Page
35th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Julia · Jane Fonda
- Nominee The Turning Point · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee Looking for Mr. Goodbar · Diane Keaton
- Nominee I Never Promised You a Rose Garden · Kathleen Quinlan
- Nominee Opening Night · Gena Rowlands
34th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Network · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee The Incredible Sarah · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea · Sarah Miles
- Nominee Rocky · Talia Shire
- Nominee Face to Face · Liv Ullmann
33rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Louise Fletcher
- Nominee The Day of the Locust · Karen Black
- Nominee Three Days of the Condor · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee The Other Side of the Mountain · Marilyn Hassett
- Nominee Hedda · Glenda Jackson
32nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner A Woman Under the Influence · Gena Rowlands
- Nominee Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee Chinatown · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee Lenny · Valerie Perrine
- Nominee Scenes from a Marriage · Liv Ullmann
31st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Cinderella Liberty · Marsha Mason
- Nominee The Exorcist · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee The Way We Were · Barbra Streisand
- Nominee Ash Wednesday · Elizabeth Taylor
- Nominee Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams · Joanne Woodward
30th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Emigrants · Liv Ullmann
- Nominee Lady Sings the Blues · Diana Ross
- Nominee Sounder · Cicely Tyson
- Nominee One Is a Lonely Number · Trish Van Devere
- Nominee Play It as It Lays · Tuesday Weld
- Nominee The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds · Joanne Woodward
29th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Klute · Jane Fonda
- Nominee Such Good Friends · Dyan Cannon
- Nominee Mary, Queen of Scots · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Mary, Queen of Scots · Vanessa Redgrave
- Nominee Play Misty for Me · Jessica Walter
28th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Love Story · Ali MacGraw
- Nominee Puzzle of a Downfall Child · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee Women in Love · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Promise at Dawn · Melina Mercouri
- Nominee Ryan's Daughter · Sarah Miles
27th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Anne of the Thousand Days · Geneviève Bujold
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Jane Fonda
- Nominee The Sterile Cuckoo · Liza Minnelli
- Nominee The Happy Ending · Jean Simmons
- Nominee The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie · Maggie Smith
26th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Rachel, Rachel · Joanne Woodward
- Nominee Rosemary's Baby · Mia Farrow
- Nominee The Lion in Winter · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Isadora · Vanessa Redgrave
- Nominee The Killing of Sister George · Beryl Reid
25th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Whisperers · Edith Evans
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee Wait Until Dark · Audrey Hepburn
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee The Fox · Anne Heywood
24th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner A Man and a Woman · Anouk Aimée
- Nominee The Shop on Main Street · Ida Kamińska
- Nominee Born Free · Virginia McKenna
- Nominee Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · Elizabeth Taylor
- Nominee This Property Is Condemned · Natalie Wood
23rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Collector · Samantha Eggar
- Nominee Darling · Julie Christie
- Nominee A Patch of Blue · Elizabeth Hartman
- Nominee Ship of Fools · Simone Signoret
- Nominee Othello · Maggie Smith
22nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Pumpkin Eater · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee The Night of the Iguana · Ava Gardner
- Nominee Circus World from Circus World · Rita Hayworth
- Nominee Dear Heart from Dear Heart · Geraldine Page
- Nominee Lilith · Jean Seberg
21st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The L-Shaped Room · Leslie Caron
- Nominee The Caretakers · Polly Bergen
- Nominee Toys in the Attic · Geraldine Page
- Nominee This Sporting Life · Rachel Roberts
- Nominee The Cardinal · Romy Schneider
- Nominee The Paper Man · Alida Valli
- Nominee The Conjugal Bed · Marina Vlady
- Nominee Love with the Proper Stranger · Natalie Wood
20th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Sweet Bird of Youth · Geraldine Page
- Nominee The Miracle Worker · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? · Bette Davis
- Nominee Long Day's Journey into Night · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee The Chapman Report · Glynis Johns
- Nominee Phaedra · Melina Mercouri
- Nominee Days of Wine and Roses · Lee Remick
- Nominee Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man · Susan Strasberg
- Nominee Lolita · Shelley Winters
- Nominee Freud: The Secret Passion · Susannah York
19th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Summer and Smoke · Geraldine Page
- Nominee Fanny · Leslie Caron
- Nominee The Children's Hour · Shirley MacLaine
- Nominee A Raisin in the Sun · Claudia McNeil
- Nominee Splendor in the Grass · Natalie Wood
18th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Sunrise at Campobello · Greer Garson
- Nominee Midnight Lace · Doris Day
- Nominee The World of Suzie Wong · Nancy Kwan
- Nominee Elmer Gantry · Jean Simmons
- Nominee BUtterfield 8 · Elizabeth Taylor
17th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Suddenly, Last Summer · Elizabeth Taylor
- Nominee The Nun's Story · Audrey Hepburn
- Nominee Suddenly, Last Summer · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Anatomy of a Murder · Lee Remick
- Nominee Room at the Top · Simone Signoret
16th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner I Want to Live! · Susan Hayward
- Nominee The Inn of the Sixth Happiness · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee Separate Tables · Deborah Kerr
- Nominee Some Came Running · Shirley MacLaine
- Nominee Home Before Dark · Jean Simmons
15th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Three Faces of Eve · Joanne Woodward
14th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Anastasia · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee Baby Doll · Carroll Baker
- Nominee Anastasia · Helen Hayes
- Nominee The Rainmaker · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee War and Peace · Audrey Hepburn
12th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Country Girl · Grace Kelly
11th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Roman Holiday · Audrey Hepburn
10th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Come Back, Little Sheba · Shirley Booth
- Nominee Sudden Fear · Joan Crawford
- Nominee My Cousin Rachel · Olivia de Havilland
9th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Blue Veil · Jane Wyman
- Nominee A Place in the Sun · Shelley Winters
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Vivien Leigh
8th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Sunset Boulevard · Gloria Swanson
- Nominee All About Eve · Bette Davis
- Nominee Born Yesterday · Judy Holliday
7th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Heiress · Olivia de Havilland
- Nominee Edward, My Son · Deborah Kerr
6th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Johnny Belinda · Jane Wyman
5th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Mourning Becomes Electra · Rosalind Russell
4th Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Sister Kenny · Rosalind Russell
3rd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Bells of St. Mary's · Ingrid Bergman
2nd Golden Globe Awards
- Winner Gaslight · Ingrid Bergman
1st Golden Globe Awards
- Winner The Song of Bernadette · Jennifer Jones