(67 Items) Complete list of Academy Award for Best Actress winners since its inception. Photos are included for almost every Academy Award for Best Actress winner. Winners of the Academy Award for Best Actress in every year are listed here alphabetically, but you can sort this Academy Award for Best Actress list by any column. This list contains items like Charlize Theron, Diane Keaton, and Susan Sarandon.(67 Items)You may copy this fact-based list to build your own just like it, re-rank it to fit your views, then publish it to share it on Facebook, Twitter or any other social networks you use on a regular basis.
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Anna Magnani Nastro d'Argento Best Supporting Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress, David di Donatello for Best Actress
Honored For: Wild Is the Wind, Rome, Open City, Nella città l'inferno, The Rose Tattoo
Anna Maria Magnani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈanna maɲˈɲaːni]; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four ...more
Anne Bancroft Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Cannes Best Actress Award, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
Honored For: Deep in My Heart, The Turning Point, Two for the Seesaw, 84 Charing Cross Road, The Pumpkin Eater, + more
Anna Maria Louisa Italiano (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005), known professionally as Anne Bancroft, was an American actress, director, screenwriter, and singer associated with the method ...more
Audrey Hepburn Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film
Honored For: Roman Holiday, Charade, Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn, My Fair Lady, Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales, + more
Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's ...more
Barbra Streisand Golden Globe Award for Best Film - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Honored For: Funny Girl, Guilty (feat. Barry Gibb), The Way We Were, My Name Is Barbra, Tell Him, + more
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of ...more
Bette Davis Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Cannes Best Actress Award, Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year
Honored For: Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter, Dangerous, Shoah, All About Eve, Jezebel
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. With a career spanning 60 years, she is regarded as one of ...more
Charlize Theron Silver Bear for Best Actress, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture
Honored For: Snow White and the Huntsman, Monster, Aeon Flux
Charlize Theron ( shar-LEEZ THERR-ən; Afrikaans: [ʃarˈlis trɔn]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an ...more
Cher Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Film, Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety
Honored For: Mask, The Sonny & Cher Show, Silkwood, The Farewell Tour, You Haven't Seen the Last of Me Yet, + more
Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television host. Commonly referred to by the media as the Goddess of Pop, she has been described as embodying ...more
Claudette Colbert Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role
Honored For: The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, It Happened One Night
Claudette Colbert ( kohl-BAIR; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was an American stage and film actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway ...more
Diane Keaton New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Diane Keaton (née Hall; born January 5, 1946) is an American actress, director, producer, photographer, real estate developer, author, and singer. She has received various accolades, ...more
Elizabeth Taylor Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Golden Globe Special Achievement Award, AFI Life Achievement Award
Honored For: Zee and Co., Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, BUtterfield 8, Suddenly, Last Summer, + more
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s, ...more
Ellen Burstyn Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Honored For: The Last Picture Show, Same Time, Next Year, Requiem for a Dream, The Stone Angel, + more
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress best known for her roles in films of the 1970s, such as The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist, and Alice Doesn't ...more
Emma Thompson BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Original Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress
Honored For: Ellen, Trainspotting, Tutti Frutti, Howards End, Fortunes of War, + more
Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is an English actress, screenwriter, activist, author, and comedian. One of the UK's most acclaimed actresses, she often portrays enigmatic and matronly ...more
Faye Dunaway Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series
Honored For: The Temp, Hurry Sundown, Gia, The Practice, Columbo, + more
Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress. She has won an Academy Award, three Golden Globes, a BAFTA, and an Emmy, and was the first recipient of a Leopard Club Award ...more
Frances McDormand London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
Honored For: Fargo, Almost Famous, Wonder Boys, Good People, Friends with Money
Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith, June 23, 1957) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and ...more
Geraldine Page Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
Honored For: A Christmas Memory, Trilogy, The Thanksgiving Visitor, Sweet Bird of Youth, Summer and Smoke, + more
Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987) was an American actress. She earned acclaim for her work on Broadway as well as in major Hollywood films and television productions, ...more
Ginger Rogers Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, Kennedy Center Honor
Honored For: Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman
Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She is known for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940), but is best ...more
Glenda Jackson New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, David di Donatello Special Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series
Honored For: Hedda, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stevie, A Touch of Class, The Snow Goose, + more
Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is an English actress and former Labour Party politician. A professional actress from the late 1950s onwards, Jackson spent four years as a member of the ...more
Grace Kelly Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Film, Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film
Honored For: Mogambo, The Country Girl, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window
Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American film actress who became Princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. After embarking on an ...more
Greer Garson Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film, National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
Honored For: Mrs. Miniver, Sunrise at Campobello
Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was a British-American actress popular during the Second World War, being listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's ...more
Gwyneth Paltrow Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Honored For: Sliding Doors, Glee, Shakespeare in Love, Emma
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow () (born September 27, 1972) is an American actress, singer, author, and businesswoman. She has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two ...more
Halle Berry Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama film Monster's Ball ...more
Helen Hayes Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award For Best Actress, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
Honored For: Happy Birthday, Airport, Time Remembered, The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Joan of Lorraine, + more
Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of ...more
Helen Hunt Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama, Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Honored For: The Sessions, As Good as It Gets, Cast Away, Mad About You
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She rose to fame portraying Jamie Buchman in the sitcom Mad About You (1992–1999), for which she won ...more
Helen Mirren Volpi Cup for Best Actress, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress, Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film
Honored For: The Madness of King George, The Queen, Elizabeth I, Prime Suspect - Series 5, The Passion of Ayn Rand, + more
Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, (born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and is one of the few performers who have achieved the ...more
Hilary Swank Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture
Honored For: Million Dollar Baby, Boys Don't Cry
Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Swank made her ...more
