1981 Academy Award for Best Actress Nominees By Reference

List of the nominees/people nominated for the award, honor or distinction of Academy Award for Best Actress in the year 1981; incl. the award winner. Alphabetical, sortable by column.

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Order Name Award Year(s) Nominated For

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Diane Keaton

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Film, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture, Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress, Razzie Award for Worst Actress, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Movie, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture More

1995, 1979, 1978, 1994, 1997, 1983, 2003, 1977, 1985, 2007, 1982, 2004, 2005, 1981, 1988, 1996 More

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight , Manhattan, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Marvin's Room, Shoot the Moon, Something's Gotta Give, Annie Hall, Mrs. Soffel, Because I Said So, Reds, The Family Stone, Baby Boom More
2

Jane Fonda

Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Film, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie, Razzie Award for Worst Actress, Academy Award for Actress in a Supporting Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress, Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress More

1969, 1979, 1963, 1982, 1972, 1971, 1980, 1998, 1978, 1985, 1966, 1986, 1994, 1967, 1977, 1970, 1989, 1984, 1981, 1962 More

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Coming Home, Period of Adjustment, On Golden Pond, Klute, The China Syndrome, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Julia, The Dollmaker, Cat Ballou, The Morning After, Any Wednesday, Captains and the Kings, Old Gringo, Barefoot in the Park, War and Remembrance More
3

Katharine Hepburn

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress, Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Film, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Movie More

1979, 1986, 1957, 1955, 1982, 1951, 1959, 1952, 1993, 1968, 1974, 1933, 1981, 1963, 1967, 1953, 1995, 1940, 1942, 1962, 1956, 1935, 1975, 1960, 1969 More

The Corn is Green, Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry , The Rainmaker, Summertime, On Golden Pond, The African Queen, Suddenly, Last Summer, Pat and Mike, The Man Upstairs, The Lion in Winter, The Glass Menagerie , Morning Glory, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, One Christmas, The Philadelphia Story, Woman of the Year, Alice Adams, Love Among the Ruins More
4

Marsha Mason

Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series More

1979, 1973, 1980, 1978, 1981, 1974, 1997, 1977

Chapter Two, Cinderella Liberty, Promises in the Dark, The Goodbye Girl, Only When I Laugh, Frasier More
5

Meryl Streep

Gotham Independent Film Award fro Best Ensemble Performance, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Film, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture, Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Film, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Movie, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical, Academy Award for Actress in a Supporting Role, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, MTV Movie Award for Best Villain More

2006, 2007, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1996, 2008, 2004, 1997, 2010, 1987, 1981, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2009, 1999, 2000, 1985, 1983, 1989, 1993, 1984, 1982, 2002, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1988, 1991 More

A Prairie Home Companion, The Devil Wears Prada, Holocaust, The Deer Hunter, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Bridges of Madison County, Doubt, The Manchurian Candidate, Marvin's Room, Julie & Julia, Ironweed, The French Lieutenant's Woman, ...First Do No Harm, Angels in America, The Hours, The Manchurian Candidate, One True Thing, Music of the Heart, Out of Africa, Sophie's Choice, A Cry in the Dark, Death Becomes Her, Adaptation, Silkwood, Mamma Mia!, Postcards from the Edge, The River Wild, Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack, Manhattan, It's Complicated, She-Devil More
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Susan Sarandon

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series, Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Film, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie More

1992, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2002, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2009, 1989, 1981, 2003, 2001, 1993, 2010, 2011 More

Thelma & Louise, Dead Man Walking, Stepmom, Emotional Arithmetic, Malcolm in the Middle, White Palace, The Client, Bernard and Doris, Bull Durham, Atlantic City, Igby Goes Down, Friends, Lorenzo's Oil, You Don't Know Jack More

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