Winners of New Yor. Film Critics Circle (NYFCC), 1935-Present
My Oscar Book:
1930s
Year Winner Role Film
1935 Greta Garbo Anna Karenina Anna Karenina
1936 Luise Rainer Anna Held The Great Ziegfeld
1937 Greta Garbo Marguerite Gautier Camille
1938 Margaret Sullavan Patricia “Pat” Hollmann Three Comrades
1939 Vivien Leigh Scarlett O’Hara Gone with the Wind
1940s
1940 Katharine Hepburn Tracy Lord, The Philadelphia Story
1941 Joan Fontaine Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth, Suspicion
1942 Agnes Moorehead Fanny, The Magnificent Ambersons
1943 Ida Lupino Helen Chernen, The Hard Way
1944 Tallulah Bankhead Constance “Connie” Porter, Lifeboat
‘1945; 2 roles
Ingrid Bergman Sister Mary Benedict The Bells of St. Mary’s; Constance Petersen, Spellbound
1946 Celia Johnson Laura Jesson, Brief Encounter
1947: 2 roles
Deborah Kerr Sister Clodagh, Black Narcissus; Bridie Quilty, I See a Dark Stranger
1948 Olivia de Havilland Virginia Stuart Cunningham, The Snake Pit
1949 Olivia de Havilland, Catherine Sloper, The Heiress
1950s
1950 Bette Davis Margo Channing, All About Eve
1951 Vivien Leigh Blanche DuBois, A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 Shirley Booth Lola Delaney, Come Back, Little Sheba
1953 Audrey Hepburn Princess Ann, Roman Holiday
1954 Grace Kelly: 3 roles
Georgie Elgin, The Country Girl; Margot Wendice, Dial M for Murder, Lisa Carol Fremont, Rear Window
1955 Anna Magnani Serafina Delle Rose The Rose Tattoo
1956 Ingrid Bergman Anna Koreff / Grand Duchess Anastasia, Anastasia
1957 Deborah Kerr Sister Angela Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1958 Susan Hayward Barbara Graham I Want to Live!
1959 Audrey Hepburn Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal), The Nun’s Story
1960s
1960 Deborah Kerr Ida Carmody The Sundowners
1961 Sophia Loren Cesira Two Women (foreign)
1962 No award given (newspaper strike)
1963 Patricia Neal Alma Brown Hud
1964 Kim Stanley Myra Savage Séance on a Wet Afternoon
1965 Julie Christie Diana Scott, Darling
1966: Tie Elizabeth Taylor, Martha, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Lynn Redgrave Georgy Georgy Girl
1967 Edith Evans Maggie Ross, The Whisperers
1968 Joanne Woodward, Rachel Cameron, Rachel, Rachel
1969 Jane Fonda Gloria Beatty, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
1970s
1970 Glenda Jackson Gudrun Brangwen Women in Love
1971 Jane Fonda Bree Daniels Klute
1972: 2 roles
Liv Ullmann Maria Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop); Kristina Nilsson, The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
1973 Joanne Woodward Rita Walden Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1974 Liv Ullmann Marianne Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap)
1975 Isabelle Adjani Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry The Story of Adele H.
1976 Liv Ullmann Dr. Jenny Isaksson Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte)
1977 Diane Keaton Annie Hall, Annie Hall
1978 Ingrid Bergman Charlotte Andergast, Autumn Sonata (foreign)
1979 Sally Field Norma Rae Webster Norma Rae
1980s
1980 Sissy Spacek Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981 Glenda Jackson Stevie Smith Stevie
1982 Meryl Streep Zofia “Sophie” Zawistowski, Sophie’s Choice
1983 Shirley MacLaine Aurora Greenway Terms of Endearment
1984 Peggy Ashcroft Mrs. Moore A Passage to India
1985 Norma Aleandro Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez The Official Story
1986 Sissy Spacek Babe Botrelle, Crimes of the Heart
1987 Holly Hunter Jane Craig Broadcast News
1988 Meryl Streep Lindy Chamberlain, A Cry in the Dark
1989 Michelle Pfeiffer Susie Diamond, The Fabulous Baker Boys
1990s
1990 Joanne Woodward India Bridge Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1991 Jodie Foster Clarice Starling The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Emma Thompson Margaret Schlegel Howards End
1993 Holly Hunter Ada McGrath The Piano
1994 Linda Fiorentino Bridget Gregory / Wendy Kroy The Last Seduction
1995 Jennifer Jason Leigh Sadie Flood Georgia
1996 Emily Watson Bess McNeill Breaking the Waves
1997 Julie Christie, Phyllis Mann, Afterglow
1998 Cameron Diaz Mary Jensen, There’s Something About Mary
1999 Hilary Swank, Brandon Teena, Boys Don’t Cry
2000s
2000 Laura Linney Samantha “Sammy” Prescott, You Can Count on Me
2001 Sissy Spacek Ruth Fowler, In the Bedroom
2002 Diane Lane Constance “Connie” Sumner Unfaithful
2003 Hope Davis Joyce Brabner American Splendor; Dana Hurst, The Secret Lives of Dentists
2004 Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera Drake
2005 Reese Witherspoon June Carter Cash Walk the Line
2006 Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth II The Queen
2007 Julie Christie Fiona Anderson Away from Her
2008 Sally Hawkins Pauline “Poppy” Cross Happy-Go-Lucky
2009 Meryl Streep Julia Child Julie & Julia
2010s
2010 Annette Bening Dr. Nicole “Nic” Allgood The Kids Are All Right
2011 Meryl Streep Margaret Thatcher The Iron Lady
2012 Rachel Weisz Hester Collyer, The Deep Blue Sea
2013 Cate Blanchett Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis, Blue Jasmine
2014 Marion Cotillard Sandra Bya Two Days, One Night
2015 Saoirse Ronan Eilis Lacey Brooklyn
2016 Isabelle Huppert Michèle Leblanc Elle
2017 Saoirse Ronan Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson[1] Lady Bird
2018 Regina Hall Lisa Conroy, Support the Girls
2019 Lupita Nyong’o, Adelaide Wilson / Red Us
2020s
2020 Sidney Flanigan, Autumn Callahan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2021 Lady Gaga, Patrizia Reggiani, House of Gucci
2022 Cate Blanchett Lydia, Tár Tár
2023 Lily Gladstone, Mollie Kyle, Killers of the Flower Moon
2024 Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Pansy Deacon, Hard Truths
2025 Rose Byrne, Linda, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Multiple awards
4 wins
Meryl Streep (1982, 1988, 2009, 2011)
3 wins
Ingrid Bergman (1945, 1956, 1978)
Julie Christie (1965, 1997, 2007)
Deborah Kerr (1947, 1957, 1960)
Sissy Spacek (1980, 1986, 2001)
Liv Ullmann (1972, 1974, 1976)
Joanne Woodward (1968, 1973, 1990)
2 wins
Cate Blanchett (2013, 2022)
Olivia de Havilland (1948, 1949)
Jane Fonda (1969, 1971)
Greta Garbo (1935, 1937)
Audrey Hepburn (1953, 1959)
Holly Hunter (1987, 1993)
Glenda Jackson (1970, 1981)
Vivien Leigh (1939, 1951)
Saoirse Ronan (2015, 2017)
