Actress — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Actress category in CineRoll's records: 237 films across 48 years, 52 of them winners.

The most recent winner is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976); the earliest on record is Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1929).

The last three winners were One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1975) and A Touch of Class (1974).

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

1976

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
Louise Fletcher
Winner
Hedda(1975)
Glenda Jackson
Hester Street(1975)
Carol Kane
The Story of Adèle H.(1975)
Isabelle Adjani
Tommy(1975)
Ann-Margret

1975

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(1974)
Ellen Burstyn
Winner
A Woman Under the Influence(1974)
Gena Rowlands
Chinatown(1974)
Faye Dunaway
Claudine(1974)
Diahann Carroll
Lenny(1974)
Valerie Perrine

1974

A Touch of Class(1973)
Glenda Jackson
Winner
Cinderella Liberty(1973)
Marsha Mason
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams(1973)
Joanne Woodward
The Exorcist(1973)
Ellen Burstyn
The Way We Were(1973)
Barbra Streisand

1973

Cabaret(1972)
Liza Minnelli
Winner
Lady Sings the Blues(1972)
Diana Ross
Sounder(1972)
Cicely Tyson
The Emigrants(1971)
Liv Ullmann
Travels with My Aunt(1972)
Maggie Smith

1972

Klute(1971)
Jane Fonda
Winner
Mary, Queen of Scots(1971)
Vanessa Redgrave
McCabe & Mrs. Miller(1971)
Julie Christie
Nicholas and Alexandra(1971)
Janet Suzman
Sunday Bloody Sunday(1971)
Glenda Jackson

1971

Women in Love(1969)
Glenda Jackson
Winner
Diary of a Mad Housewife(1970)
Carrie Snodgress
Love Story(1970)
Ali MacGraw
Ryan's Daughter(1970)
Sarah Miles
The Great White Hope(1970)
Jane Alexander

1970

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

1969

Funny Girl(1968)
Barbra Streisand
Winner
The Lion in Winter(1968)
Katharine Hepburn
Winner
Isadora(1968)
Vanessa Redgrave
Rachel, Rachel(1968)
Joanne Woodward
The Subject Was Roses(1968)
Patricia Neal

1968

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

1967

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Elizabeth Taylor
Winner
A Man and a Woman(1966)
Anouk Aimee
Georgy Girl(1966)
Lynn Redgrave
Morgan!(1966)
Vanessa Redgrave
The Shop on Main Street(1965)
Ida Kaminska

1966

Darling(1965)
Julie Christie
Winner
A Patch of Blue(1965)
Elizabeth Hartman
Ship of Fools(1965)
Simone Signoret
The Collector(1965)
Samantha Eggar
The Sound of Music(1965)
Julie Andrews

1965

Mary Poppins(1964)
Julie Andrews
Winner
Marriage Italian Style(1964)
Sophia Loren
Seance on a Wet Afternoon(1964)
Kim Stanley
The Pumpkin Eater(1964)
Anne Bancroft
The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)
Debbie Reynolds

1964

Hud(1963)
Patricia Neal
Winner
Irma la Douce(1963)
Shirley MacLaine
Love with the Proper Stranger(1963)
Natalie Wood
The L-Shaped Room(1962)
Leslie Caron
This Sporting Life(1963)
Rachel Roberts

1963

The Miracle Worker(1962)
Anne Bancroft
Winner
Days of Wine and Roses(1962)
Lee Remick
Long Day's Journey Into Night(1962)
Katharine Hepburn
Sweet Bird of Youth(1962)
Geraldine Page
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962)
Bette Davis

1962

Two Women(1960)
Sophia Loren
Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961)
Audrey Hepburn
Splendor in the Grass(1961)
Natalie Wood
Summer and Smoke(1961)
Geraldine Page
The Hustler(1961)
Piper Laurie

1961

BUtterfield 8(1960)
Elizabeth Taylor
Winner
Never on Sunday(1960)
Melina Mercouri
Sunrise at Campobello(1960)
Greer Garson
The Apartment(1960)
Shirley MacLaine
The Sundowners(1960)
Deborah Kerr

1960

Room at the Top(1958)
Simone Signoret
Winner
Pillow Talk(1959)
Doris Day
Suddenly, Last Summer(1959)
Katharine Hepburn
Suddenly, Last Summer(1959)
Elizabeth Taylor
The Nun's Story(1959)
Audrey Hepburn

1959

I Want to Live!(1958)
Susan Hayward
Winner
Auntie Mame(1958)
Rosalind Russell
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1958)
Elizabeth Taylor
Separate Tables(1958)
Deborah Kerr
Some Came Running(1958)
Shirley MacLaine

1958

The Three Faces of Eve(1957)
Joanne Woodward
Winner
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison(1957)
Deborah Kerr
Peyton Place(1957)
Lana Turner
Raintree County(1957)
Elizabeth Taylor
Wild Is the Wind(1957)
Anna Magnani

1957

Anastasia(1956)
Ingrid Bergman
Winner
Baby Doll(1956)
Carroll Baker
The Bad Seed(1956)
Nancy Kelly
The King and I(1956)
Deborah Kerr
The Rainmaker(1956)
Katharine Hepburn

1956

The Rose Tattoo(1955)
Anna Magnani
Winner
I'll Cry Tomorrow(1955)
Susan Hayward
Interrupted Melody(1955)
Eleanor Parker
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing(1955)
Jennifer Jones
Summertime(1955)
Katharine Hepburn

1955

The Country Girl(1954)
Grace Kelly
Winner
A Star Is Born(1954)
Judy Garland
Carmen Jones(1954)
Dorothy Dandridge
Magnificent Obsession(1954)
Jane Wyman
Sabrina(1954)
Audrey Hepburn

1954

Roman Holiday(1953)
Audrey Hepburn
Winner
From Here to Eternity(1953)
Deborah Kerr
Lili(1953)
Leslie Caron
Mogambo(1953)
Ava Gardner
The Moon Is Blue(1953)
Maggie McNamara

1953

Come Back, Little Sheba(1952)
Shirley Booth
Winner
Sudden Fear(1952)
Joan Crawford
The Member of the Wedding(1952)
Julie Harris
The Star(1952)
Bette Davis
With a Song in My Heart(1952)
Susan Hayward

1952

A Streetcar Named Desire(1951)
Vivien Leigh
Winner
A Place in the Sun(1951)
Shelley Winters
Detective Story(1951)
Eleanor Parker
The African Queen(1951)
Katharine Hepburn
The Blue Veil(1951)
Jane Wyman

1951

Born Yesterday(1950)
Judy Holliday
Winner
All About Eve(1950)
Anne Baxter
All About Eve(1950)
Bette Davis
Caged(1950)
Eleanor Parker
Sunset Boulevard(1950)
Gloria Swanson

1950

The Heiress(1949)
Olivia de Havilland
Winner
Come to the Stable(1949)
Loretta Young
Edward, My Son(1949)
Deborah Kerr
My Foolish Heart(1949)
Susan Hayward
Pinky(1949)
Jeanne Crain

1949

Johnny Belinda(1948)
Jane Wyman
Winner
I Remember Mama(1948)
Irene Dunne
Joan of Arc(1948)
Ingrid Bergman
Sorry, Wrong Number(1948)
Barbara Stanwyck
The Snake Pit(1948)
Olivia de Havilland

1948

The Farmer's Daughter(1947)
Loretta Young
Winner
Gentleman's Agreement(1947)
Dorothy McGuire
Mourning Becomes Electra(1947)
Rosalind Russell
Possessed(1947)
Joan Crawford
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman(1947)
Susan Hayward

1947

To Each His Own(1946)
Olivia de Havilland
Winner
Brief Encounter(1945)
Celia Johnson
Duel in the Sun(1946)
Jennifer Jones
Sister Kenny(1946)
Rosalind Russell
The Yearling(1946)
Jane Wyman

1946

Mildred Pierce(1945)
Joan Crawford
Winner
Leave Her to Heaven(1945)
Gene Tierney
Love Letters(1945)
Jennifer Jones
The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)
Ingrid Bergman
The Valley of Decision(1945)
Greer Garson

1945

Gaslight(1944)
Ingrid Bergman
Winner
Double Indemnity(1944)
Barbara Stanwyck
Mr. Skeffington(1944)
Bette Davis
Mrs. Parkington(1944)
Greer Garson
Since You Went Away(1944)
Claudette Colbert

1944

The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Jennifer Jones
Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Ingrid Bergman
Madame Curie(1943)
Greer Garson
The Constant Nymph(1943)
Joan Fontaine
The More the Merrier(1943)
Jean Arthur

1943

Mrs. Miniver(1942)
Greer Garson
Winner
My Sister Eileen(1942)
Rosalind Russell
Now, Voyager(1942)
Bette Davis
The Pride of the Yankees(1942)
Teresa Wright
Woman of the Year(1942)
Katharine Hepburn

1942

Suspicion(1941)
Joan Fontaine
Winner
Ball of Fire(1941)
Barbara Stanwyck
Blossoms in the Dust(1941)
Greer Garson
Hold Back the Dawn(1941)
Olivia de Havilland
The Little Foxes(1941)
Bette Davis

1941

Kitty Foyle(1940)
Ginger Rogers
Winner
Our Town(1940)
Martha Scott
Rebecca(1940)
Joan Fontaine
The Letter(1940)
Bette Davis
The Philadelphia Story(1940)
Katharine Hepburn

1940

Gone with the Wind(1939)
Vivien Leigh
Winner
Dark Victory(1939)
Bette Davis
Goodbye, Mr. Chips(1939)
Greer Garson
Love Affair(1939)
Irene Dunne
Ninotchka(1939)
Greta Garbo

1939

Jezebel(1938)
Bette Davis
Winner
Marie Antoinette(1938)
Norma Shearer
Pygmalion(1938)
Wendy Hiller
Three Comrades(1938)
Margaret Sullavan
White Banners(1938)
Fay Bainter

1938

The Good Earth(1937)
Luise Rainer
Winner
A Star Is Born(1937)
Janet Gaynor
Camille(1936)
Greta Garbo
Stella Dallas(1937)
Barbara Stanwyck
The Awful Truth(1937)
Irene Dunne

1937

The Great Ziegfeld(1936)
Luise Rainer
Winner
My Man Godfrey(1936)
Carole Lombard
Romeo and Juliet(1936)
Norma Shearer
Theodora Goes Wild(1936)
Irene Dunne
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie(1936)
Gladys George

1936

Dangerous(1935)
Bette Davis
Winner
Alice Adams(1935)
Katharine Hepburn
Becky Sharp(1935)
Miriam Hopkins
Escape Me Never(1935)
Elisabeth Bergner
Private Worlds(1935)
Claudette Colbert
The Dark Angel(1935)
Merle Oberon

1935

It Happened One Night(1934)
Claudette Colbert
Winner
Of Human Bondage(1934)
Bette Davis
One Night of Love(1934)
Grace Moore
The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1934)
Norma Shearer

1934

Morning Glory(1933)
Katharine Hepburn
Winner
Cavalcade(1933)
Diana Wynyard
Lady for a Day(1933)
May Robson

1933

The Sin of Madelon Claudet(1931)
Helen Hayes
Winner
Emma(1932)
Marie Dressler
The Guardsman(1931)
Lynn Fontanne

1932

Min and Bill(1930)
Marie Dressler
Winner
A Free Soul(1931)
Norma Shearer
Cimarron(1931)
Irene Dunne
Holiday(1930)
Morocco(1930)
Marlene Dietrich

1931

The Divorcee(1930)
Norma Shearer
Winner
Anna Christie(1930)
Greta Garbo
Romance(1930)
Greta Garbo
Sarah and Son(1930)
Ruth Chatterton
The Devil's Holiday(1930)
Nancy Carroll
The Trespasser(1929)
Gloria Swanson
Their Own Desire(1929)
Norma Shearer

1930

Coquette(1929)
Mary Pickford
Winner
Madame X(1929)
Ruth Chatterton
The Barker(1928)
Betty Compson
The Broadway Melody(1929)
Bessie Love
The Divine Lady(1928)
Corinne Griffith
The Letter(1929)
Jeanne Eagels

1929

7th Heaven(1927)
Janet Gaynor
Winner
Street Angel(1928)
Janet Gaynor
Winner
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans(1927)
Janet Gaynor
Winner
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans(1927)
Sunrise
Winner
A Ship Comes In(1928)
Louise Dresser
Sadie Thompson(1928)
Gloria Swanson

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