 | 2007 | Marion Cotillard LA MÔME (LA VIE EN ROSE) | 
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| 2006 | Helen Mirren THE QUEEN | 
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| 2005 | Reese Witherspoon WALK THE LINE | 
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| 2004 | Hilary Swank MILLION DOLLAR BABY | 
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| 2003 | Charlize Theron MONSTER | 
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| 2002 | Nicole Kidman THE HOURS | 
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| 2001 | Halle Berry MONSTER'S BALL | 
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| 2000 | Julia Roberts ERIN BROCKOVICH | 
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| 1999 | Hilary Swank BOYS DON'T CRY | 
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| 1998 | Gwyneth Paltrow SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE | 
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| 1997 | Helen Hunt AS GOOD AS IT GETS | 
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| 1996 | Frances McDormand FARGO | 
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| 1995 | Susan Sarandon DEAD MAN WALKING | 
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| 1994 | Jessica Lange BLUE SKY | 
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| 1993 | Holly Hunter THE PIANO | 
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| 1992 | Emma Thompson HOWARDS END | 
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| 1991 | Jodie Foster THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS | 
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| 1990 | Kathy Bates MISERY | 
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| 1989 | Jessica Tandy DRIVING MISS DAISY | 
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| 1988 | Jodie Foster THE ACCUSED | 
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| 1987 | Cher MOONSTRUCK | 
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| 1986 | Marlee Matlin CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD | 
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| 1985 | Geraldine Page THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL | 
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| 1984 | Sally Field PLACES IN THE HEART | 
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| 1983 | Shirley MacLaine TERMS OF ENDEARMENT | 
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| 1982 | Meryl Streep SOPHIE'S CHOICE | 
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| 1981 | Katharine Hepburn ON GOLDEN POND | 
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| 1980 | Sissy Spacek COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER | 
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| 1979 | Sally Field NORMA RAE | 
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| 1978 | Jane Fonda COMING HOME | 
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| 1977 | Diane Keaton ANNIE HALL | 
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| 1976 | Faye Dunaway NETWORK | 
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| 1975 | Louise Fletcher ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST | 
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| 1974 | Ellen Burstyn ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE | 
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| 1973 | Glenda Jackson A TOUCH OF CLASS | 
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| 1972 | Liza Minnelli CABARET | 
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| 1971 | Jane Fonda KLUTE | 
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| 1970 | Glenda Jackson WOMEN IN LOVE | 
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| 1969 | Dame Maggie Smith THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE | 
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| 1968 | Katharine Hepburn THE LION IN WINTER and | 
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| Barbra Streisand FUNNY GIRL | 
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| 1967 | Katharine Hepburn GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER | 
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| 1966 | Elizabeth Taylor WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? | 
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| 1965 | Julie Christie DARLING | 
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| 1964 | Julie Andrews MARY POPPINS | 
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| 1963 | Patricia Neal HUD | 
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| 1962 | Anne Bancroft THE MIRACLE WORKER | 
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| 1961 | Sophia Loren TWO WOMEN | 
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| 1960 | Elizabeth Taylor BUTTERFIELD 8 | 
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| 1959 | Simone Signoret ROOM AT THE TOP | 
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| 1958 | Susan Hayward I WANT TO LIVE! | 
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| 1957 | Joanne Woodward THE THREE FACES OF EVE | 
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| 1956 | Ingrid Bergman ANASTASIA | 
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| 1955 | Anna Magnani THE ROSE TATTOO | 
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| 1954 | Grace Kelly THE COUNTRY GIRL | 
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| 1953 | Audrey Hepburn ROMAN HOLIDAY | 
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| 1952 | Shirley Booth COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA | 
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| 1951 | Vivien Leigh A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | 
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| 1950 | Judy Holliday BORN YESTERDAY | 
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| 1949 | Olivia De Havilland THE HEIRESS | 
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| 1948 | Jane Wyman JOHNNY BELINDA | 
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| 1947 | Loretta Young THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER | 
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| 1946 | Olivia De Havilland TO EACH HIS OWN | 
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| 1945 | Joan Crawford MILDRED PIERCE | 
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| 1944 | Ingrid Bergman GASLIGHT | 
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| 1943 | Jennifer Jones THE SONG OF BERNADETTE | 
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| 1942 | Greer Garson MRS. MINIVER | 
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| 1941 | Joan Fontaine SUSPICION | 
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| 1940 | Ginger Rogers KITTY FOYLE | 
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| 1939 | Vivien Leigh GONE WITH THE WIND | 
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| 1938 | Bette Davis JEZEBEL | 
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| 1937 | Luise Rainer THE GOOD EARTH | 
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| 1936 | Luise Rainer THE GREAT ZIEGFELD | 
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| 1935 | Bette Davis DANGEROUS | 
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| 1934 | Claudette Colbert IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT | 
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| 1932 - 1933 | Katharine Hepburn MORNING GLORY | 
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| 1931 - 1932 | Helen Hayes THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET | 
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| 1930 - 1931 | Marie Dressler MIN AND BILL | 
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| 1929 - 1930 | Norma Shearer THE DIVORCÉE | 
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| 1928 - 1929 | Mary Pickford COQUETTE | 
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| 1927 - 1928 | Janet Gaynor SEVENTH HEAVEN, STREET ANGEL & SUNRISE | 
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