1928 Gloria Swanson, Sadie Thompson (9 votes) Janet Gaynor, Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, Sunrise (7 votes) Louise Dresser, A Ship comes in (1 vote)
1929 Ruth Chatterton, Madame X (7 votes) Jeanne Eagel, The Letter (3 votes) Bessie Love, The Broadway Melody (1 vote) Mary Pickford, Coquette (1 vote)
1930 Greta Garbo, Anna Christie (9 votes) Gloria Swanson, The Trespasser (7 votes) Norma Shearer, The Divorcee (1 vote)
1931 Marlene Dietrich, Morocco (13 votes) Marie Dressler, Min and Bill (1 votes) Norma Shearer, A Free Soul (1 vote)
1932 Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet (8 votes) Marie Dressler, Emma (5 votes) Lynn Fontanne, The Guardsman (5 votes)
1933 Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory (12 votes) May Robson, Lady for a Day (10 votes)
1934 Claudette Colbert, It happened one Night (11 votes) Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage (10 votes)
1935 Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams (15 votes) Bette Davis, Dangerous (8 votes) Merle Oberon, The Dark Angel (2 votes)
1936 Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld (13 votes) Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey (10 votes) Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet (2 votes)
1937 Luise Rainer, The Good Earth (16 votes) Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth (3 votes) Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas (3 votes) Janet Gaynor, A Star is Born (3 votes) Greta Garbo, Camille (2 votes)
1938 Bette Davis, Jezebel (11 votes) Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette (10 votes) Margaret Sullavan, Three Comrades (1 vote)
1939 Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind (17 votes) Greta Garbo, Ninotchka (1 vote)
1940 Joan Fontaine, Rebecca (14 votes) Bette Davis, The Letter (6 votes) Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story (4 votes)
1941 Bette Davis, The Little Foxes (15 votes) Barbara Stanwyck, Ball of Fire (10 votes) Joan Fontaine, Suspicion (1 vote) Greer Garson, Blossoms in the Dust (1 vote)
1942 Bette Davis, Now, Voyager (11 votes) Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver (10 votes) Katharine Hepburn, Woman of the Year (2 votes) Rosalind Russell, My Sister Eileen (1 vote)
1943 Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette (10 votes) Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier (5 votes) Greer Garson, Madame Curie (5 votes) Ingrid Bergman, For Whom the Bell tolls (3 votes)
1944 Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity (13 votes) Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight (10 votes)
1945 Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary's (10 votes) Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce (8 votes) Gene Tierney, Leave her to Heaven (7 votes) Jennifer Jones, Love Letters (1 vote)
1946 Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter (15 votes) Rosalind Russell, Sister Kenny (2 votes) Olivia de Havilland, To Each his Own (1 vote) Jennifer Jones, Duel in the Sun (1 vote)
1948 Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda (11 votes) Irene Dunne, I Remember Mama (10 votes) Barbara Stanwyck, Sorry, Wrong Number (3 votes) Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit (2 votes)
1949 Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress (21 votes) Susan Hayward, My Foolish Heart (1 vote) Deborah Kerr, Edward, My Son (1 vote)
1950 Bette Davis, All about Eve (14 votes) Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard (9 votes) Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday (5 vote) Anne Baxter, All about Eve (1 vote) Eleanor Parker, Caged (1 vote)
1951 Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar named Desire (13 votes) Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen (6 votes) Shelley Winters, A Place in the Sun (2 votes) Eleanor Parker, Detective Story (1 vote)
1952 Shirley Booth, Come back, Little Sheba (19 votes) Bette Davis, The Star (4 votes) Julie Harris, The Member of the Wedding (2 votes) Susan Hayward, With a Song in my Heart (1 vote)
1953 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday (13 votes) Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity (9 votes) Ava Gardener, Mogambo (8 votes)
1954 Judy Garland, A Star is Born (13 votes) Grace Kelly, The Country Girl (9 votes)
1955 Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo (11 votes) Katharine Hepburn, Summertime (11 votes) Susan Hayward, I'll cry tomorrow (4 votes) Eleanor Parker, Interrupted Melody (1 vote)
1956 Deborah Kerr, The King and I (14 votes) Carroll Baker, Baby Doll (13 votes) Ingrid Bergman, Anastasis (4 votes) Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker (2 vote) Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed (2 votes)
1957 Deborah Kerr, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (15 votes) Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve (14 votes) Elizabeth Taylor, Raintree County (1 vote) Lana Turner, Peyton Place (1 vote)
1958 Susan Hayward, I want to live! (17 votes) Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame (6 votes) Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (4 votes) Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running (2 votes)
1959 Simone Signoret, Room at the Top (12 votes) Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly, Last Summer (11 votes) Audrey Hepburn, The Nun's Story (5 votes) Doris Day, Pillow Talk (1 vote)
1960 Greer Garson, Sunrise at Campobello (8 votes) Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment (8 votes) Deborah Kerr, The Sundowners (5 votes) Melina Mercouri, Never on Sunday (4 votes) Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8 (4 votes)
1961 Sophia Loren, Two Women (11 votes) Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's (10 votes) Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass (4 votes) Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke (2 votes)
1962 Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey into Night (13 votes) Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth (5 votes) Bette Davis, Whatever happened to Baby Jane? (4 votes) Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker (2 votes) Lee Remick, The Days of Wine and Roses (2 votes)
1963 Patricia Neal, Hud (14 votes) Leslie Caron, The L-Shaped Room (5 votes) Natalie Wood, Love with the Proper Stranger (5 votes) Shirley MacLaine, Irma La Douce (1 vote) Rachel Roberts, This Sporting Life (1 vote)
1964 Anne Bancroft, The Pumpkin Eater (16 votes) Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins (7 votes) Kim Stanley, Séance on a Wet Afternoon (4 votes) Sophia Loren, Marriage, Italian Style (1 vote)
1965 Julie Christie, Darling (12 votes) Samantha Eggar, The Collector (11 votes) Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music (7 votes) Elizabeth Hartman, A Patch of Blue (1 vote)
1966 Elizabeth Taylor, Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (15 votes) Ida Kaminska, The Shop on Main Street (6 votes) Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan! (4 votes) Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl (2 votes)
1967 Anne Bancroft, The Graduate (11 votes) Edith Evans, The Whisperers (6 votes) Faye Dunaway, Bonnie and Clyde (4 votes) Katharine Hepburn, Guess who's coming to dinner (2 votes) Audrey Hepburn, Wait until Dark (1 vote)
1968 Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter (15 votes) Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel (3 votes) Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl (2 votes) Patricia Neal, The Subject was Roses (1 vote) Vanessa Redgrave, Isodora (1 vote)
1969 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (19 votes) Jane Fonda, They Shoot Horses, don't they? (4 votes) Jean Simmons, The Happy Ending (2 votes)
1970 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love (12 votes) Carrie Snodgress, Diary of a Mad Housewife (12 votes) Jane Alexander, The Great White Hope (2 votes) Ali McGraw, Love Story (2 votes) Sarah Miles, Ryan's Daughter (1 vote)
1971 Glenda Jackson, Sunday, Bloody Sunday (9 votes) Jane Fonda, Klute (7 votes) Julie Christie, McCabe & Mrs. Miller (6 votes) Vanessa Redgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots (1 vote) Janet Suzman, Nicholas and Alexandra (1 vote)
1972 Liza Minelli, Cabaret (14 votes) Liv Ullman, The Emigrants (7 votes) Cicely Tyson, Sounder (2 votes)
1973 Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class (11 votes) Joanne Woodward, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (8 votes) Ellen Burstyn, The Exorcist (5 votes) Marsha Mason, Cinderella Liberty (5 votes) Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were (5 votes)
1974 Gena Rowlands, A Woman under the Influence (16 votes) Faye Dunaway, Chinatown (9 votes) Ellen Burstyn, Alice doesn't live here anymore (7 votes) Diahann Carroll, Claudine (2 votes) Valerie Perrine, Lenny (1 vote)
1975 Louise Fletcher, One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (15 votes) Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H. (10 votes) Glenda Jackson, Hedda (4 votes) Ann-Margret, Tommy (2 votes) Carol Kane, Hester Street (1 vote)
1976 Faye Dunaway, Network (18 votes) Liv Ullman, Face to Face (16 votes) Sissy Spacek, Carrie (2 votes)
1977 Diane Keaton, Annie Hall (21 votes) Jane Fonda, Julia (5 votes) Anne Bancroft, The Turning Point (4 votes) Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl (2 votes)
1978 Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata (14 votes) Geraldine Page, Interiors (9 votes) Jill Clayburgh, An Unmarried Woman (7 votes) Ellen Burstyn, Same Time, Next Year (4 votes) Jane Fonda, Coming Home (1 vote)
1979 Sally Field, Norma Rae (16 votes) Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome (9 votes) Bette Midler, The Rose (9 votes) Jill Clayburgh, Starting Over (1 vote) Marsha Mason, Chapter Two (1 vote)
1980 Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter (20 votes) Gena Rowlands, Gloria (5 votes) Ellen Burstyn, Resurrection (2 votes) Goldie Hawn, Private Benjamin (2 votes) Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People (2 votes)
1981 Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond (13 votes) Diane Keaton, Reds (9 votes) Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City (7 votes) Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman (3 votes) Marsha Mason, Only When I Laugh (1 vote)
1983 Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment (14 votes) Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment (6 votes) Jane Alexander, Testament (5 votes) Julie Walters, Educating Rita (4 votes)
1984 Judy Davis, A Passage to India (17 votes) Sally Field, Places in the Heart (15 votes) Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians (4 votes) Jessica Lange, Country (1 vote) Sissy Spacek, The River (1 vote)
1985 Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful (23 votes) Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple (13 votes) Meryl Streep, Out of Africa (5 votes) Anne Bancroft, Agnes of God (2 votes) Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams (1 vote)
1986 Sigourney Weaver, Aliens (19 votes) Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart (10 votes) Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God (9 votes) Jane Fonda, The Morning After (2 votes) Kathleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married (1 vote)
1988 Meryl Streep, A Cry in the Dark (21 votes) Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons (16 votes) Sigourney Weaver, Gorillas in the Mist (5 votes) Melanie Griffith, Working Girl (1 vote)
1989 Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy (19 votes) Jessica Lange, Music Box (9 votes) Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys (6 votes) Pauline Collins, Shirley Valentine (4 vote) Isabelle Adjani, Camille Claudel (2 votes)
1990 Kathy Bates, Misery (16 votes) Anjelica Hustoon, The Grifters (15 votes) Meryl Streep, Postcards from the Edge (9 votes) Joanne Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (4 vote) Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman (3 votes)
1991 Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (19 votes) Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise (15 votes) Geena Davis, Thelma & Louise (9 votes)
1992 Emma Thompson, Howards End (30 votes) Mary McDonnell, Passion Fish (7 votes) Catherine Deneuve, Indochine (1 vote) Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo's Oil (1 vote)
1993 Stockard Channing, Six Degrees of Separation (19 votes) Holly Hunter, The Piano (17 votes) Angela Bassett, What's Love got to do with It? (3 votes) Emma Thompson, The Remains of the Day (2 votes) Debra Winger, Shadowlands (1 vote)
1994 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (20 votes) Jodie Foster, Nell (5 votes) Miranda Richarson, Tom&Viv (4 votes) Susan Sarandon, The Client (4 votes)
1995 Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (20 votes) Meryl Streep, The Bridges of Madison County (14 votes) Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility (4 votes) Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas (2 votes) Sharon Stone, Casino (1 vote)
1996 Frances McDormand, Fargo (14 votes) Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves (14 votes) Kristin Scott-Thomas, The English Patient (11 votes) Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies (4 votes)
1997 Julie Christie, Afterglow (13 votes) Judi Dench, Mrs. Brown (13 votes) Helen Hunt, As Good as it Gets (10 votes) Kate Winslet, Titanic (8 votes) Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove (2 votes)
1998 Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth (18 votes) Meryl Streep, One True Thing (13 votes) Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (7 votes) Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station (5 votes) Emily Watson, Hilary and Jackie (1 vote)
1999 Hilary Swank, Boys don't cry (19 votes) Annette Bening, American Beauty (5 votes) Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair (3 votes) Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart (2 votes) Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds (1 vote)
2000 Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich (24 votes) Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream (11 votes) Laura Linney, You can count on me (6 votes) Juliette Binoche, Chocolat (4 votes) Joan Allen, The Contender (2 votes)
2002 Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven (21 votes) Renée Zellweger, Chicago (12 votes) Nicole Kidman, The Hours (10 votes) Diane Lane, Unfaithful (5 votes) Selma Hayek, Frida (1 vote)
Multiple winners: Katharine Hepburn, 6 times Bette Davis, 4 times Glenda Jackson, 3 times Luise Rainer, 2 times Vivien Leigh, 2 times Deborah Kerr, 2 times Anne Bancroft, 2 times Ingrid Bergman, 2 times Meryl Streep, 2 times Jessica Lange, 2 times Julie Christie, 2 times Sissy Spacek, 2 times
Runner-Ups: Bette Davis, 4 times Jane Fonda, 4 times Joanne Woodward, 3 times Meryl Streep, 3 times Katharine Hepburn, 2 times Marie Dressler, 2 times Janet Gaynor, 2 times Barbara Stanwyck, 2 times Irene Dunne, 2 times Gloria Swanson, 2 times Rosalind Russell, 2 times Liv Ullman, 2 times Geraldine Page, 2 times Julie Andrews, 2 times
Biggest Losers: Norma Shearer, 6 times Jane Fonda, 6 times Irene Dunne, 5 times Ellen Burstyn, 5 times Marsha Mason, 4 times
I used to love Naomi and picks her as my personal winner. But as time goes by, I can't resist Charlize's raw, honest performance in Monster. She gets my vote.
1. Charlize Theron 2. Naomi Watts
3. Diane Keaton
4. Keisha Castle Hughes
5. Samantha Morton [should have gone to Jennifer Connelly or Uma Thurman]
I hope The Office wins as Best Comedy Series for this year's Emmy Awards.
Posts: 13057 | Location: Manila | Registered: August 19, 2006
I would vote for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill2.. Charlize Theron. This performance gets better and better after the last few viewings of the film (As does the film itself).
It was exciting to see Charlize Theron reach this level in her craft after all of the thankless girlfriend/wife roles that she had prior to this. Devastating performance, and if you watch the Nick Broomfield doc on Aileen Wuornos, you'll see just how much she nailed this role and even underplayed the crazy at times. In another year, I'd pick Naomi Watts instead. Loved her in "21 Grams." Diane Keaton carried "Something's Gotta Give" very well, and her chemistry with Jack Nicholson was through the roof. I remember being pleased at the time that someone her age could land a role like this and show what a comedy goddess she is still. Samantha Morton's nod was a surprise. I love that she was remembered for this role. Paddy Considine matched her from start to finish. He should have been nominated that year too. I'll always remember the hysteria over Keisha Castle-Hughes here during those days. Nomination day was insane, and the Academy making history like that was thrilling. But compared to the rest of the lineup, she's fifth for me.
Comedy Series: 30 ROCK Drama Series: MAD MEN Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 ROCK Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Toni Collette, UNITED STATES OF TARA Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, BREAKING BAD Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Glenn Close, DAMAGES Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Ellen Burstyn, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Posts: 24725 | Location: North Carolina, USA | Registered: April 11, 2005
Kind of a boring, uninteresting year. I really, really like Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give" but I won't vote against Charlize Theron's monstorous performance in "Monster."
I like this line-up. Maybe not the most towering performances of all time, but all are good at what they're doing in their films. Keaton excels at comedy, Hughes gives a natural thoroughly alive performance, Morton is grounded and evokes compassion (though I wonder if she was really a lead, I felt like the girls in her film had more screentime), Watts shows what it is like to be shattered in ways that reverberate with the audience, and Theron is scary, crazy, and understandable.
If she hadn't won the year before I could have seen Kidman in this line-up, likely for "Cold Mountain", though I would have liked to see her here for Dogville, which was such an interesting experiment that she helped to pull off. Kidman may not be the best actress, but she is willing to take risk and work at her craft.
Theron wins here, but I would have been fine with a Watts win.
This message has been edited. Last edited by: G.Penn,
The nominees aren't fantastic, but this year has one of the strongest slates of contenders from this decade
My personal ballot: 1. Oksana Akinshina - Lilya 4-Ever 2. Angela Bettis - May 3. Charlize Theron - Monster 4. Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Vol. 1 5. Carolina Lizarazo - The First Night
"Notorious was nice, but it’s not in the color purple range" "Angels and Demons may get nominated for cinematography the imagery was profound" "District Nine will definitely win for best foreign film it made money and everyone loved it" ~ 8movies
Posts: 2714 | Location: nz | Registered: January 12, 2009
1) Naomi Watts- more natural than Charlize Theron so she gets my vote 2) Charlize Theron
3) Keisha Castle Hughes
4) Diane Keaton
5) Samantha Morton- Just do not get this nomination at all.
Scarlett Johanssen would have been my top choice as best actress for 2003 in "Lost in Translation". Also, would have preferred Evan Rachel Wood ("Thirteen") or Jennifer Connelly ("House of Sand and Fog") made the line-up over Keaton or Morton.
Posts: 27158 | Location: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: February 02, 2003
Another one of those rare years where the other four women just didn't need to bother showing up in light of a performance that can legitimately be called one of the greatest of all time.
Charlize Theron in "Monster." Every single scene cements the validity for an Oscar win.
Last is Diane Keaton. She can be a very good actress and it was nice for a comedic performance to be recognized but this one just didn't do much for me.
Fourth is Keisha Castle-Hughes. I was happy for her at the time for breaking the age bracket record and the fact that the Academy correctly placed her, but in the end, she wasn't amazing, but still good.
Third is Samantha Morton. She could be considered Supporting but she was placed correctly IMO. It has been a VERY long time since I have seen "In America" but I remember her being pretty good in it.
Second is Naomi Watts. She should have an Oscar for "Mulholland Dr.", simply put and this performance was worthy of an Oscar as well, but....
Charlize Theron takes the cake in a classic performance that will be remembered for years to come.
Snubs would have to be Scarlett Johannsen for any of her films (preferrably "Lost in Translation); Evan Rachel Wood, "Thirteen"; Uma Thurman, "Kill Bill Vol.1"; and Jennifer Connelly, "House of Sand and Fog".
I would leave Theron and Watts and then place in Johannsen, Wood, and Connelly for the final three slots.
So, my vote is for CHARLIZE THERON.
Posts: 1293 | Location: WV | Registered: October 23, 2005
