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Academy Award for Best Actress
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The Academy Award for Best Actress is awarded for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a movie. The award is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is currently held by[update] Meryl Streep for her role in The Iron Lady.
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Winners
Winners are listed first in colored row, followed by the other nominees.
1920s
Year | Actress | Film | Character |
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1927/28 1st Academy Awards | |||
Janet Gaynor | Seventh Heaven / Street Angel / Sunrise | Diane / Angela / The Wife - Indre | |
Louise Dresser | A Ship Comes In | Mrs. Pleznik | |
Gloria Swanson | Sadie Thompson | Sadie Thompson | |
1928/29 2nd Academy Awards | |||
Mary Pickford | Coquette | Norma Besant | |
Ruth Chatterton | Madame X | Jacqueline Floriot | |
Betty Compson | The Barker | Carrie | |
Jeanne Eagels (posthumous nomination) | The Letter | Leslie Crosbie | |
Corinne Griffith | The Divine Lady | Emma, Lady Hamilton | |
Bessie Love | The Broadway Melody | Hank Mahoney |
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Year | Actress | Film | Character |
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2010 83rd Academy Awards | |||
Natalie Portman | Black Swan | Nina Sayers | |
Annette Bening | The Kids Are All Right | Nicole "Nic" Allgood | |
Nicole Kidman | Rabbit Hole | Becca Corbett | |
Jennifer Lawrence | Winter's Bone | Ree Dolly | |
Michelle Williams | Blue Valentine | Cindy Heller | |
2011 84th Academy Awards | |||
Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher | |
Glenn Close | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | |
Viola Davis | The Help | Aibileen Clark | |
Rooney Mara | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Lisbeth Salander | |
Michelle Williams | My Week with Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe | |
2012 85th Academy Awards | |||
Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell | |
Jessica Chastain | Zero Dark Thirty | Maya | |
Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | Anne Laurent | |
Quvenzhané Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Hushpuppy | |
Naomi Watts | The Impossible | Maria Bennett |