Best Actress Oscars

Best Actress Oscars

Established

1929

First Winner

Janet Gaynor

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Best Actress Oscars

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Annual award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and given to the actress who delivers an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. All Oscar awards celebrate the prior year in film as Frances McDormand won in 2018 for her work in 2017's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Trivia

The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor Oscar Winner. Katharine Hepburn won 4 times while Meryl Streep has 21 total Oscar nominations (including supporting actress) and 2 wins in this category.

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Best Actress Oscars Winners

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence, 33

2012

1

Emma Stone

Emma Stone, 35

2016

2

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts, 56

2000

3

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman, 42

2010

4

Cher

Cher, 77

1987

5

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon, 47

2005

6

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet, 48

2008

7

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)

1953

8

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock, 59

2009

9

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep, 74

1982, 2011

10

Halle Berry

Halle Berry, 57

2001

11

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews, 88

1964

12

Brie Larson

Brie Larson, 34

2015

13

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith, 88

1969

14

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman, 56

2002

15

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow, 51

1998

16

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett, 54

2013

17

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)

1960, 1966

18

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand, 81

1968 (tie)

19

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson, 64

1992

20

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron, 48

2003

21

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain, 46

2021

22

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore, 63

2014

23

Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman, 49

2018

24

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda, 86

1971

25

Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly (1929-1982)

1954

26

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster, 61

1988, 1991

27

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger, 54

2019

28

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates, 75

1990

29

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange, 74

1994

30

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli, 77

1972

31

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren, 78

2006

32

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren, 89

1961

33

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon, 77

1995

34

Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank, 49

1999, 2004

35

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh, 61

2022

36

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton, 77

1977

37

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek, 74

1980

38

Bette Davis

Bette Davis (1908-1989)

1935, 1938

39

Sally Field

Sally Field, 77

1979, 1984

40

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford (1904-1977)

1945

41

Marlee Matlin

Marlee Matlin, 58

1986

42

Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt, 60

1997

43

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)

1946, 1949

44

Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)

1939, 1951

45

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)

1932/33, 1967, 1968 (tie), 1981

46

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)

1944, 1956

47

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine, 89

1983

48

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