Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama category in CineRoll's records: 347 films across 73 years, 74 of them winners.

The most recent winner is TÁR (2023); the earliest on record is The Blue Veil (1952).

The last three winners were TÁR (2023), Being the Ricardos (2022) and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2023

TÁR(2022)
Cate Blanchett
Winner
Blonde(2022)
Ana de Armas
Empire of Light(2022)
Olivia Colman
The Fabelmans(2022)
The Woman King(2022)
Viola Davis

2022

Being the Ricardos(2021)
Nicole Kidman
Winner
House of Gucci(2021)
Lady Gaga
Spencer(2021)
Kristen Stewart
The Eyes of Tammy Faye(2021)
The Lost Daughter(2021)

2021

The United States vs. Billie Holiday(2021)
Winner
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom(2020)
Viola Davis
Nomadland(2021)
Frances McDormand
Pieces of a Woman(2020)
Vanessa Kirby
Promising Young Woman(2020)
Carey Mulligan

2020

Judy(2019)
Renée Zellweger
Winner
Bombshell(2019)
Charlize Theron
Harriet(2019)
Cynthia Erivo
Little Women(2019)
Saoirse Ronan
Marriage Story(2019)
Scarlett Johansson

2019

The Wife(2017)
Winner
A Private War(2018)
Rosamund Pike
A Star Is Born(2018)
Can You Ever Forgive Me?(2018)
Melissa McCarthy
Destroyer(2018)
Nicole Kidman

2018

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Frances McDormand
Winner
All the Money in the World(2017)
Michelle Williams
Molly's Game(2017)
Jessica Chastain
The Post(2017)
Meryl Streep
The Shape of Water(2017)
Sally Hawkins

2017

Elle(2016)
Isabelle Huppert
Winner
Arrival(2016)
Amy Adams
Jackie(2016)
Natalie Portman
Loving(2016)
Ruth Negga
Miss Sloane(2016)
Jessica Chastain

2016

Room(2015)
Brie Larson
Winner
Brooklyn(2015)
Saoirse Ronan
Carol(2015)
Cate Blanchett
Carol(2015)
Rooney Mara
The Danish Girl(2015)
Alicia Vikander

2015

Still Alice(2014)
Julianne Moore
Winner
Cake(2014)
Jennifer Aniston
Gone Girl(2014)
Rosamund Pike
The Theory of Everything(2014)
Felicity Jones
Wild(2014)
Reese Witherspoon

2014

Blue Jasmine(2013)
Cate Blanchett
Winner
Gravity(2013)
Sandra Bullock
Labor Day(2013)
Kate Winslet
Philomena(2013)
Judi Dench
Saving Mr. Banks(2013)
Emma Thompson

2013

Zero Dark Thirty(2012)
Jessica Chastain
Winner
Hitchcock(2012)
Helen Mirren
Rust and Bone(2012)
Marion Cotillard
The Deep Blue Sea(2012)
Rachel Weisz
The Impossible(2012)

2012

The Iron Lady(2011)
Winner
Albert Nobbs(2011)
Glenn Close
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2011)
Rooney Mara
The Help(2011)
Viola Davis
We Need to Talk About Kevin(2011)
Tilda Swinton

2011

Black Swan(2010)
Natalie Portman
Winner
Blue Valentine(2010)
Michelle Williams
Frankie & Alice(2010)
Halle Berry
Rabbit Hole(2010)
Nicole Kidman
Winter's Bone(2010)
Jennifer Lawrence

2010

The Blind Side(2009)
Winner
An Education(2009)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Gabourey Sidibe
The Last Station(2009)
The Young Victoria(2009)

2009

Revolutionary Road(2008)
Kate Winslet
Winner
Changeling(2008)
Angelina Jolie
Doubt(2008)
Meryl Streep
I've Loved You So Long(2008)
Kristin Scott Thomas
Rachel Getting Married(2008)
Anne Hathaway

2008

Away from Her(2007)
Julie Christie
Winner
A Mighty Heart(2007)
Angelina Jolie
Atonement(2007)
Keira Knightley
Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007)
Cate Blanchett
The Brave One(2007)
Jodie Foster

2007

The Queen(2006)
Winner
Little Children(2006)
Kate Winslet
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
Judi Dench
Sherrybaby(2006)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Volver(2006)
Penélope Cruz

2006

Transamerica(2005)
Felicity Huffman
Winner
A History of Violence(2005)
Maria Bello
Memoirs of a Geisha(2005)
Ziyi Zhang
North Country(2005)
Charlize Theron
Proof(2005)
Gwyneth Paltrow

2005

Million Dollar Baby(2004)
Hilary Swank
Winner
A Love Song for Bobby Long(2004)
Scarlett Johansson
Birth(2004)
Nicole Kidman
Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)
Uma Thurman
Vera Drake(2004)
Imelda Staunton

2004

Monster(2003)
Charlize Theron
Winner
Cold Mountain(2003)
Nicole Kidman
Girl with a Pearl Earring(2003)
Scarlett Johansson
Kill Bill: Vol. 1(2003)
Uma Thurman
Thirteen(2003)
Evan Rachel Wood
Veronica Guerin(2003)
Cate Blanchett

2003

The Hours(2002)
Nicole Kidman
Winner
Far from Heaven(2002)
Julianne Moore
Frida(2002)
Salma Hayek
The Hours(2002)
Meryl Streep
Unfaithful(2002)
Diane Lane

2002

In the Bedroom(2001)
Sissy Spacek
Winner
Iris(2001)
Judi Dench
Monster's Ball(2001)
Halle Berry
The Deep End(2001)
Tilda Swinton
The Others(2001)
Nicole Kidman

2001

Erin Brockovich(2000)
Julia Roberts
Winner
Requiem for a Dream(2000)
Ellen Burstyn
The Contender(2000)
Joan Allen
You Can Count on Me(2000)
Laura Linney

2000

Boys Don't Cry(1999)
Hilary Swank
Winner
A Map of the World(1999)
Sigourney Weaver
American Beauty(1999)
Annette Bening
Music of the Heart(1999)
Meryl Streep
The End of the Affair(1999)
Julianne Moore

1999

Elizabeth(1998)
Cate Blanchett
Winner
Central Station(1998)
Fernanda Montenegro
Hilary and Jackie(1998)
Emily Watson
One True Thing(1998)
Meryl Streep
Stepmom(1998)
Susan Sarandon

1998

Mrs Brown(1997)
Judi Dench
Winner
A Thousand Acres(1997)
Jessica Lange
Contact(1997)
Jodie Foster
The Wings of the Dove(1997)
Helena Bonham Carter
Titanic(1997)
Kate Winslet

1997

Secrets & Lies(1996)
Brenda Blethyn
Winner
Breaking the Waves(1996)
Emily Watson
Marvin's Room(1996)
Meryl Streep
The English Patient(1996)
Kristin Scott Thomas
The People vs. Larry Flynt(1996)
Courtney Love

1996

Casino(1995)
Sharon Stone
Winner
Dead Man Walking(1995)
Susan Sarandon
Leaving Las Vegas(1995)
Elisabeth Shue
Sense and Sensibility(1995)
Emma Thompson
The Bridges of Madison County(1995)
Meryl Streep

1995

Blue Sky(1994)
Jessica Lange
Winner
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle(1994)
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Nell(1994)
Jodie Foster
The River Wild(1994)
Meryl Streep
Tom & Viv(1994)
Miranda Richardson

1994

The Piano(1993)
Holly Hunter
Winner
A Dangerous Woman(1993)
Debra Winger
The Age of Innocence(1993)
Michelle Pfeiffer
The Remains of the Day(1993)
Emma Thompson
Three Colours: Blue (Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu))(1993)
Juliette Binoche

1993

Howards End(1992)
Emma Thompson
Winner
Basic Instinct(1992)
Sharon Stone
Lorenzo's Oil(1992)
Susan Sarandon
Love Field(1992)
Michelle Pfeiffer
Passion Fish(1992)
Mary McDonnell

1992

The Silence of the Lambs(1991)
Jodie Foster
Winner
Bugsy(1991)
Annette Bening
Rambling Rose(1991)
Laura Dern
Thelma & Louise(1991)
Geena Davis
Thelma & Louise(1991)
Susan Sarandon

1991

Misery(1990)
Kathy Bates
Winner
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge(1990)
Joanne Woodward
The Grifters(1990)
Anjelica Huston
The Russia House(1990)
Michelle Pfeiffer
White Palace(1990)
Susan Sarandon

1990

The Fabulous Baker Boys(1989)
Michelle Pfeiffer
Winner
Music Box(1989)
Jessica Lange
sex, lies, and videotape(1989)
Andie MacDowell
Steel Magnolias(1989)
Sally Field
The Rose Garden(1989)
Liv Ullmann

1989

Gorillas in the Mist(1988)
Sigourney Weaver
Winner
Madame Sousatzka(1988)
Shirley MacLaine
Winner
The Accused(1988)
Jodie Foster
Winner
Evil Angels(1988)
Meryl Streep
Running on Empty(1988)
Christine Lahti

1988

Anna(1987)
Sally Kirkland
Winner
Barfly(1987)
Faye Dunaway
Fatal Attraction(1987)
Glenn Close
Gaby: A True Story(1987)
Rachel Levin
Nuts(1987)
Barbra Streisand

1987

Children of a Lesser God(1986)
Marlee Matlin
Winner
'night, Mother(1986)
Anne Bancroft
Aliens(1986)
Sigourney Weaver
Duet for One(1986)
Julie Andrews
Extremities(1986)
Farrah Fawcett

1986

The Color Purple(1985)
Whoopi Goldberg
Winner
Agnes of God(1985)
Anne Bancroft
Mask(1985)
Cher
Out of Africa(1985)
Meryl Streep
The Trip to Bountiful(1985)
Geraldine Page

1985

Places in the Heart(1984)
Sally Field
Winner
Country(1984)
Jessica Lange
Mrs. Soffel(1984)
Diane Keaton
The Bostonians(1984)
Vanessa Redgrave
The River(1984)
Sissy Spacek

1984

Terms of Endearment(1983)
Shirley MacLaine
Winner
Heart Like a Wheel(1983)
Bonnie Bedelia
Silkwood(1983)
Meryl Streep
Terms of Endearment(1983)
Debra Winger
Testament(1983)
Jane Alexander

1983

Sophie's Choice(1982)
Meryl Streep
Winner
An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
Debra Winger
Frances(1982)
Jessica Lange
Missing(1982)
Sissy Spacek
Shoot the Moon(1982)
Diane Keaton

1982

The French Lieutenant's Woman(1981)
Meryl Streep
Winner
Absence of Malice(1981)
Sally Field
On Golden Pond(1981)
Katharine Hepburn
Raggedy Man(1981)
Sissy Spacek
Reds(1981)
Diane Keaton

1981

Ordinary People(1980)
Mary Tyler Moore
Winner
Gloria(1980)
Gena Rowlands
Resurrection(1980)
Ellen Burstyn
Tess(1979)
Nastassja Kinski
Touched by Love(1980)
Deborah Raffin

1980

Norma Rae(1979)
Sally Field
Winner
Luna(1979)
Jill Clayburgh
Promises in the Dark(1979)
Marsha Mason
The China Syndrome(1979)
Yanks(1979)
Lisa Eichhorn

1979

Coming Home(1978)
Jane Fonda
Winner
An Unmarried Woman(1978)
Autumn Sonata(1978)
Ingrid Bergman
Interiors(1978)
Geraldine Page
Stevie(1978)
Glenda Jackson

1978

Julia(1977)
Jane Fonda
Winner
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden(1977)
Kathleen Quinlan
Looking for Mr. Goodbar(1977)
Diane Keaton
Opening Night(1977)
Gena Rowlands
The Turning Point(1977)

1977

Network(1976)
Faye Dunaway
Winner
Face to Face(1976)
Liv Ullmann
Rocky(1976)
Talia Shire
The Incredible Sarah(1976)
Glenda Jackson
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea(1976)
Sarah Miles

1976

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
Louise Fletcher
Winner
Hedda(1975)
Glenda Jackson
The Day of the Locust(1975)
Karen Black
The Other Side of the Mountain(1975)
Marilyn Hassett
Three Days of the Condor(1975)
Faye Dunaway

1975

A Woman Under the Influence(1974)
Gena Rowlands
Winner
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(1974)
Ellen Burstyn
Chinatown(1974)
Faye Dunaway
Lenny(1974)
Valerie Perrine
Scenes from a Marriage(1974)
Liv Ullmann

1974

Cinderella Liberty(1973)
Marsha Mason
Winner
Ash Wednesday(1973)
Elizabeth Taylor
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams(1973)
Joanne Woodward
The Exorcist(1973)
The Way We Were(1973)

1973

The Emigrants(1971)
Winner
Lady Sings the Blues(1972)
Diana Ross
One Is a Lonely Number(1972)
Trish Van Devere
Play It as It Lays(1972)
Tuesday Weld
Sounder(1972)
Cicely Tyson
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds(1972)
Joanne Woodward

1972

Klute(1971)
Jane Fonda
Winner
Mary, Queen of Scots(1971)
Glenda Jackson
Mary, Queen of Scots(1971)
Vanessa Redgrave
Play Misty for Me(1971)
Jessica Walter
Such Good Friends(1971)
Dyan Cannon

1971

Love Story(1970)
Ali MacGraw
Winner
Promise at Dawn(1970)
Melina Mercouri
Puzzle of a Downfall Child(1970)
Faye Dunaway
Ryan's Daughter(1970)
Sarah Miles
Women in Love(1969)
Glenda Jackson

1970

Anne of the Thousand Days(1969)
Geneviève Bujold
Winner
The Happy Ending(1969)
Jean Simmons
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie(1969)
Maggie Smith
The Sterile Cuckoo(1969)
Liza Minnelli
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?(1969)
Jane Fonda

1969

Rachel, Rachel(1968)
Joanne Woodward
Winner
Isadora(1968)
Vanessa Redgrave
Rosemary's Baby(1968)
Mia Farrow
The Killing of Sister George(1968)
Beryl Reid
The Lion in Winter(1968)
Katharine Hepburn

1968

The Whisperers(1967)
Edith Evans
Winner
Bonnie and Clyde(1967)
Faye Dunaway
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner(1967)
Katharine Hepburn
The Fox(1967)
Anne Heywood
Wait Until Dark(1967)
Audrey Hepburn

1967

A Man and a Woman(1966)
Anouk Aimée
Winner
Born Free(1966)
Virginia McKenna
The Shop on Main Street(1965)
Ida Kaminska
This Property Is Condemned(1966)
Natalie Wood
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Elizabeth Taylor

1966

The Collector(1965)
Samantha Eggar
Winner
A Patch of Blue(1965)
Elizabeth Hartman
Darling(1965)
Julie Christie
Othello(1965)
Maggie Smith
Ship of Fools(1965)
Simone Signoret

1965

The Pumpkin Eater(1964)
Anne Bancroft
Winner
Circus World(1964)
Rita Hayworth
Dear Heart(1964)
Geraldine Page
Lilith(1964)
Jean Seberg
The Night of the Iguana(1964)
Ava Gardner

1964

The L-Shaped Room(1962)
Leslie Caron
Winner
Love with the Proper Stranger(1963)
Natalie Wood
The Cardinal(1963)
Romy Schneider
The Caretakers(1963)
Polly Bergen
The Conjugal Bed(1963)
Marina Vlady
The Paper Man(1963)
Alida Valli
This Sporting Life(1963)
Rachel Roberts
Toys in the Attic(1963)
Geraldine Page

1963

Sweet Bird of Youth(1962)
Geraldine Page
Winner
Days of Wine and Roses(1962)
Lee Remick
Freud: The Secret Passion(1962)
Susannah York
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man(1962)
Susan Strasberg
Lolita(1962)
Shelley Winters
Long Day's Journey Into Night(1962)
Katharine Hepburn
Phaedra(1962)
Melina Mercouri
The Chapman Report(1962)
Glynis Johns
The Miracle Worker(1962)
Anne Bancroft
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962)
Bette Davis

1962

Summer and Smoke(1961)
Geraldine Page
Winner
A Raisin in the Sun(1961)
Claudia McNeil
Fanny(1961)
Leslie Caron
Splendor in the Grass(1961)
Natalie Wood
The Children's Hour(1961)
Shirley MacLaine

1961

Sunrise at Campobello(1960)
Greer Garson
Winner
BUtterfield 8(1960)
Elizabeth Taylor
Elmer Gantry(1960)
Jean Simmons
Midnight Lace(1960)
Doris Day
The World of Suzie Wong(1960)
Nancy Kwan

1960

Suddenly, Last Summer(1959)
Elizabeth Taylor
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder(1959)
Lee Remick
Room at the Top(1958)
Simone Signoret
Suddenly, Last Summer(1959)
Katharine Hepburn
The Nun's Story(1959)
Audrey Hepburn

1959

I Want to Live!(1958)
Susan Hayward
Winner
Home Before Dark(1958)
Jean Simmons
Separate Tables(1958)
Deborah Kerr
Some Came Running(1958)
Shirley MacLaine
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness(1958)
Ingrid Bergman

1958

The Three Faces of Eve(1957)
Joanne Woodward
Winner
A Hatful of Rain(1957)
Eva Marie Saint
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison(1957)
Deborah Kerr
Wild Is the Wind(1957)
Anna Magnani
Witness for the Prosecution(1957)
Marlene Dietrich

1957

Anastasia(1956)
Ingrid Bergman
Winner
Anastasia(1956)
Helen Hayes
Baby Doll(1956)
Carroll Baker
The Rainmaker(1956)
Katharine Hepburn
War and Peace(1956)
Audrey Hepburn

1956

The Rose Tattoo(1955)
Anna Magnani
Winner

1955

The Country Girl(1954)
Grace Kelly
Winner

1954

Roman Holiday(1953)
Audrey Hepburn
Winner

1953

Come Back, Little Sheba(1952)
Shirley Booth
Winner
My Cousin Rachel(1952)
Olivia de Havilland
Sudden Fear(1952)
Joan Crawford

1952

The Blue Veil(1951)
Jane Wyman
Winner
A Place in the Sun(1951)
Shelley Winters
A Streetcar Named Desire(1951)
Vivien Leigh

1951

All About Eve(1950)

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