| ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE | ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE |
| 1997 * Helen Hunt - AS GOOD AS IT GETS | 1997 * Kim Basinger - L.A. CONFIDENTIAL |
| 1996 * Frances McDormand - FARGO | 1996 * Juliette Binoche - THE ENGLISH PATIENT |
| 1995 * Susan Sarandon - DEAD MAN WALKING | 1995 * Mira Sorvino - MIGHTY APHRODITE |
| 1994 * Jessica Lange - BLUE SKY | 1994 * Dianne Wiest - BULLETS OVER BROADWAY |
| 1993 * Holly Hunter - THE PIANO | 1993 * Anna Paquin - THE PIANO |
| 1992 * Emma Thompson - HOWARDS END | 1992 * Marisa Tomei - MY COUSIN VINNY |
| 1991 * Jodie Foster - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS | 1991 * Mercedes Ruehl - THE FISHER KING |
| 1990 * Kathy Bates - MISERY | 1990 * Whoopi Goldberg - GHOST |
| 1989 * Jessica Tandy - DRIVING MISS DAISY | 1989 * Brenda Fricker - MY LEFT FOOT |
| 1988 * Jodie Foster - THE ACCUSED | 1988 * Geena Davis - THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST |
| 1987 * Cher - MOONSTRUCK | 1987 * Olympia Dukakis - MOONSTRUCK |
| 1986 * Marlee Matlin - CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD | 1986 * Dianne Wiest - HANNAH AND HER SISTERS |
| 1985 * Geraldine Page - THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL | 1985 * Anjelica Huston - PRIZZI'S HONOR |
| 1984 * Sally Field - PLACES IN THE HEART | 1984 * Peggy Ashcroft - A PASSAGE TO INDIA |
| 1983 * Shirley MacLaine - TERMS OF ENDEARMENT | 1983 * Linda Hunt - THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY |
| 1982 * Meryl Streep - SOPHIE'S CHOICE | 1982 * Jessica Lange - TOOTSIE |
| 1981 * Katharine Hepburn - ON GOLDEN POND | 1981 * Maureen Stapleton - REDS |
| 1980 * Sissy Spacek - COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER | 1980 * Mary Steenburgen - MELVIN AND HOWARD |
| 1979 * Sally Field - NORMA RAE | 1979 * Meryl Streep - KRAMER VS. KRAMER |
| 1978 * Jane Fonda - COMING HOME | 1978 * Maggie Smith - CALIFORNIA SUITE |
| 1977 * Diane Keaton - ANNIE HALL | 1977 * Vanessa Redgrave - JULIA |
| 1976 * Faye Dunaway - NETWORK | 1976 * Beatrice Straight - NETWORK |
| 1975 * Louise Fletcher - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST | 1975 * Lee Grant - SHAMPOO |
| 1974 * Ellen Burstyn - ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE | 1974 * Ingrid Bergman - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS |
| 1973 * Glenda Jackson - A TOUCH OF CLASS | 1973 * Tatum O'Neal - PAPER MOON |
| 1972 * Liza Minnelli - CABARET | 1972 * Eileen Heckart - BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE |
| 1971 * Jane Fonda - KLUTE | 1971 * Cloris Leachman - THE LAST PICTURE SHOW |
| 1970 * Glenda Jackson - WOMEN IN LOVE | 1970 * Helen Hayes - AIRPORT |
| 1969 * Maggie Smith - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE | 1969 * Goldie Hawn - CACTUS FLOWER |
| 1968 * Katharine Hepburn - THE LION IN WINTER | 1968 * Ruth Gordon - ROSEMARY'S BABY |
| 1968 * Barbra Streisand - FUNNY GIRL | *****BEST ACTRESS TIE FOR 1968*** |
| 1967 * Katharine Hepburn - GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER | 1967 * Estelle Parsons - BONNIE AND CLYDE |
| 1966 * Elizabeth Taylor - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? | 1966 * Sandy Dennis - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? |
| 1965 * Julie Christie - DARLING | 1965 * Shelley Winters - A PATCH OF BLUE |
| 1964 * Julie Andrews - MARY POPPINS | 1964 * Lila Kedrova - ZORBA THE GREEK |
| 1963 * Patricia Neal - HUD | 1963 * Margaret Rutherford - THE V.I.P.S |
| 1962 * Anne Bancroft - THE MIRACLE WORKER | 1962 * Patty Duke - THE MIRACLE WORKER |
| 1961 * Sophia Loren - TWO WOMEN | 1961 * Rita Moreno - WEST SIDE STORY |
| 1960 * Elizabeth Taylor - BUTTERFIELD 8 | 1960 * Shirley Jones - ELMER GANTRY |
| 1959 * Simone Signoret - ROOM AT THE TOP | 1959 * Shelley Winters - THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK |
| 1958 * Susan Hayward - I WANT TO LIVE! | 1958 * Wendy Hiller - SEPARATE TABLES |
| 1957 * Joanne Woodward - THE THREE FACES OF EVE | 1957 * Miyoshi Umeki - SAYONARA |
| 1956 * Ingrid Bergman - ANASTASIA (1956) | 1956 * Dorothy Malone - WRITTEN ON THE WIND |
| 1955 * Anna Magnani - THE ROSE TATTOO | 1955 * Jo Van Fleet - EAST OF EDEN |
| 1954 * Grace Kelly - THE COUNTRY GIRL | 1954 * Eva Marie Saint - ON THE WATERFRONT |
| 1953 * Audrey Hepburn - ROMAN HOLIDAY | 1953 * Donna Reed - FROM HERE TO ETERNITY |
| 1952 * Shirley Booth - COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA | 1952 * Gloria Grahame - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL |
| 1951 * Vivien Leigh - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | 1951 * Kim Hunter - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE |
| 1950 * Judy Holliday - BORN YESTERDAY | 1950 * Josephine Hull - HARVEY |
| 1949 * Olivia de Havilland - THE HEIRESS | 1949 * Mercedes McCambridge - ALL THE KING'S MEN |
| 1948 * Jane Wyman - JOHNNY BELINDA | 1948 * Claire Trevor - KEY LARGO |
| 1947 * Loretta Young - THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER | 1947 * Celeste Holm - GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT |
| 1946 * Olivia de Havilland - TO EACH HIS OWN | 1946 * Anne Baxter - THE RAZOR'S EDGE |
| 1945 * Joan Crawford - MILDRED PIERCE | 1945 * Anne Revere - NATIONAL VELVET |
| 1944 * Ingrid Bergman - GASLIGHT | 1944 * Ethel Barrymore - NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART |
| 1943 * Jennifer Jones - THE SONG OF BERNADETTE | 1943 * Katina Paxinou - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS |
| 1942 * Greer Garson - MRS. MINIVER | 1942 * Teresa Wright - MRS. MINIVER |
| 1941 * Joan Fontaine - SUSPICION | 1941 * Mary Astor - THE GREAT LIE |
| 1940 * Ginger Rogers - KITTY FOYLE | 1940 * Jane Darwell - THE GRAPES OF WRATH |
| 1939 * Vivien Leigh - GONE WITH THE WIND | 1939 * Hattie McDaniel - GONE WITH THE WIND |
| 1938 * Bette Davis - JEZEBEL | 1938 * Fay Bainter - JEZEBEL |
| 1937 * Luise Rainer - THE GOOD EARTH | 1937 * Alice Brady - IN OLD CHICAGO |
| 1936 * Luise Rainer - THE GREAT ZIEGFELD | 1936 * Gale Sondergaard - ANTHONY ADVERSE |
| 1935 * Bette Davis - DANGEROUS | |
| 1934 * Claudette Colbert - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT | |
| 1932/1933 Katharine Hepburn - MORNING GLORY | |
| 1931/1932 Helen Hayes - THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET | |
| 1930/1931 Marie Dressler - MIN AND BILL | |
| 1929/1930 Norma Shearer - THE DIVORCEE | |
| 1928/1929 Mary Pickford - COQUETTE | |
| 1927/1928 Janet Gaynor - 7TH HEAVEN, STREET ANGEL and SUNRISE |