1995 Susan Sarandon - DEAD MAN WALKING
1994 Jessica Lange - BLUE SKY
1993 Holly Hunter - THE PIANO
1992 Emma Thompson - HOWARDS END
1991 Jodie Foster - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1990 Kathy Bates - MISERY
1989 Jessica Tandy - DRIVING MISS DAISY
1988 Jodie Foster - THE ACCUSED
1987 Cher - MOONSTRUCK
1986 Marlee Matlin - CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
1985 Geraldine Page - THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
1984 Sally Field - PLACES IN THE HEART
1983 Shirley MacLaine - TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
1982 Meryl Streep - SOPHIE'S CHOICE
1981 Katharine Hepburn - ON GOLDEN POND
1980 Sissy Spacek - COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
1979 Sally Field - NORMA RAE
1978 Jane Fonda - COMING HOME
1977 Diane Keaton - ANNIE HALL
1976 Faye Dunaway - NETWORK
1975 Louise Fletcher - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1974 Ellen Burstyn - ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
1973 Glenda Jackson - A TOUCH OF CLASS
1972 Liza Minnelli - CABARET
1971 Jane Fonda - KLUTE
1970 Glenda Jackson - WOMEN IN LOVE
1969 Maggie Smith - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
1968 Katharine Hepburn - THE LION IN WINTER Barbra Streisand - FUNNY GIRL
1967 Katharine Hepburn - GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
1966 Elizabeth Taylor - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
1965 Julie Christie - DARLING
1964 Julie Andrews - MARY POPPINS
1963 Patricia Neal - HUD
1962 Anne Bancroft - THE MIRACLE WORKER
1961 Sophia Loren - TWO WOMEN
1960 Elizabeth Taylor - BUTTERFIELD 8
1959 Simone Signoret - ROOM AT THE TOP
1958 Susan Hayward - I WANT TO LIVE!
1957 Joanne Woodward - THE THREE FACES OF EVE
1956 Ingrid Bergman - ANASTASIA
1955 Anna Magnani - THE ROSE TATTOO
1954 Grace Kelly - THE COUNTRY GIRL
1953 Audrey Hepburn - ROMAN HOLIDAY
1952 Shirley Booth - COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
1951 Vivien Leigh - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1950 Judy Holliday - BORN YESTERDAY
1949 Olivia de Havilland - THE HEIRESS
1948 Jane Wyman - JOHNNY BELINDA
1947 Loretta Young - THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER
1946 Olivia de Havilland - TO EACH HIS OWN
1945 Joan Crawford - MILDRED PIERCE
1944 Ingrid Bergman - GASLIGHT
1943 Jennifer Jones - THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
1942 Greer Garson - MRS. MINIVER
1941 Joan Fontaine - SUSPICION
1940 Ginger Rogers - KITTY FOYLE
1939 Vivien Leigh - GONE WITH THE WIND
1938 Bette Davis - JEZEBEL
1937 Luise Rainer - THE GOOD EARTH
1936 Luise Rainer - THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
1935 Bette Davis - DANGEROUS
1934 Claudette Colbert - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1933 Katharine Hepburn - MORNING GLORY
1932 Helen Hayes - THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET
1931 Marie Dressler - MIN AND BILL
1930 Norma Shearer - THE DIVORCEE
1929 Mary Pickford - COQUETTE
1928 Janet Gaynor - 7TH HEAVEN Janet Gaynor - STREET ANGEL Janet Gaynor
- SUNRISE