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Academy Award for Best Actress - Nominees

The Academy Award for Best Actress, introduced at the awards debut in 1929, is presented annually for the best achievement in acting by a leading actress in a film from the previous year.

The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner. From 1929–31, actresses were nominated for their work in all qualifying films released during the eligibility period—as many as three films. From 1932 on, actresses have been nominated for a specific performance in a single film.

Sorted chronologically by awards year. Winners in BOLD. Acceptance speech linked in Notes (where available).

UPDATED: May 2026

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WINNERS LIST | SITE MAP

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AWARD RECORDS:
Most Awards: Katharine Hepburn (4)
Most Nominations: Meryl Streep (17)
Most Nominations Without a Win: Deborah Kerr (6)

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CATEGORY NAME HISTORY:
1929–1976: Academy Award for Best Actress
1977–Present: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

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  • 7th Heaven

    1

  • Sadie Thompson

    2

  • A Ship Comes In

    3

  • Street Angel

    4

  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    5

  • The Broadway Melody

    6

  • The Barker

    7

  • Coquette

    8

  • The Divine Lady

    9

  • The Letter

    10

  • Madame X

    11

  • The Divorcee

    12

  • Anna Christie

    13

  • The Devil's Holiday

    14

  • Romance

    15

  • Sarah and Son

    16

  • Their Own Desire

    17

  • The Trespasser

    18

  • Cimarron

    19

  • A Free Soul

    20

  • Holiday

    21

  • Min and Bill

    22

  • Morocco

    23

  • Emma

    24

  • The Guardsman

    25

  • The Sin of Madelon Claudet

    26

  • Cavalcade

    27

  • Lady for a Day

    28

  • Morning Glory

    29

  • It Happened One Night

    30

  • The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    31

  • One Night of Love

    32

  • Of Human Bondage

    33

  • Alice Adams

    34

  • Becky Sharp

    35

  • Dangerous

    36

  • The Dark Angel

    37

  • Escape Me Never

    38

  • Private Worlds

    39

  • The Great Ziegfeld

    40

  • Romeo and Juliet

    41

  • My Man Godfrey

    42

  • Theodora Goes Wild

    43

  • Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

    44

  • The Awful Truth

    45

  • The Good Earth

    46

  • A Star Is Born

    47

  • Camille

    48

  • Stella Dallas

    49

  • Jezebel

    50

  • Pygmalion

    51

  • Marie Antoinette

    52

  • Three Comrades

    53

  • White Banners

    54

  • Gone with the Wind

    55

  • Dark Victory

    56

  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    57

  • Love Affair

    58

  • Ninotchka

    59

  • Rebecca

    60

  • Kitty Foyle

    61

  • The Letter

    62

  • Our Town

    63

  • The Philadelphia Story

    64

  • Blossoms in the Dust

    65

  • Hold Back the Dawn

    66

  • The Little Foxes

    67

  • Suspicion

    68

  • Ball of Fire

    69

  • Mrs. Miniver

    70

  • The Pride of the Yankees

    71

  • My Sister Eileen

    72

  • Now, Voyager

    73

  • Woman of the Year

    74

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    75

  • Madame Curie

    76

  • The More the Merrier

    77

  • The Song of Bernadette

    78

  • The Constant Nymph

    79

  • Double Indemnity

    80

  • Gaslight

    81

  • Since You Went Away

    82

  • Mr. Skeffington

    83

  • Mrs. Parkington

    84

  • The Bells of St. Mary's

    85

  • Mildred Pierce

    86

  • Leave Her to Heaven

    87

  • Love Letters

    88

  • The Valley of Decision

    89

  • The Yearling

    90

  • Brief Encounter

    91

  • Duel in the Sun

    92

  • Sister Kenny

    93

  • To Each His Own

    94

  • Gentleman's Agreement

    95

  • The Farmer's Daughter

    96

  • Mourning Becomes Electra

    97

  • Possessed

    98

  • Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

    99

  • Johnny Belinda

    100