Research in Progress, includes Madison (March 9, 2025)
Best Actress: Number of Nominations (Lead)
Of the 81 best actress winners:
11 were nominated once (Madison included, still young)
20 were nominated 2 times
11 were nominated 3 times
14 were nominated 4 times
7 were nominated 5 times
7 were nominated 6 times
5 were nominated 7 times
2 were nominated 8 times
3 were nominated more than 10 times
Remarkably, about half (38 out of 81) have been nominated four or more times.
One Nomination: 11 actresses
Mary Pickford
Ginger Rogers
Shirley Booth
Judy Holliday (died young)
Louise Fletcher
Marlee Matlin (deaf)
Gwyneth Paltrow
Hallie Berry
Brie Larson
Michelle Yeoh
Mikey Madison
2 Nominations: 22 actresses
Janet Gaynor
Marie Dressler
Helen Haynes
Luise Rainer
Vivien Leigh
Loretta Young
Grace Kelly
Anna Magnani
Simone Signoret
Sophia Loren
Patricia Neal
Barbra Streisand
Liza Minnelli
Cher
Jessica Tandy
Helen Hunt
Hilary Swank
Charlize Theron
Reese Witherspoon
Marion Cottillard
Sandra Bullock
Jesse Buckley (supp. nom in 2021)
3 Nominations: 11 actresses
Claudette Colbert
Joan Fontaine
Joan Crawford
Julie Andrews
Faye Dunaway
Sally Field
Natalie Portman
Olivia Colman
Jessica Chastain
4 Nominations: 14 actresses
Jane Wyman
Joanne Woodward
Julie Christie
Glenda Jackson
Diane Keaton
Kathy Bates
Emma Thompson
Holly Hunter
Julia Roberts
Helen Mirren
Jennifer Lawrence
Rene Zellweger
5 Nominations: 11 actresses
Norma Shearer
Shirley Jones
Olivia de Havilland
Audrey Hepburn
Susan Hayward
Elizabeth Taylor
Anne Bancroft
Shirley MacLaine
Susan Sarandon
Julianne Moore
Nicole Kidman
6 Nominations: 7 actresses
Ellen Burstyn
Sissy Spacek
Jessica Lange
Maggie Amith
Frances McDormand
Jodie Foster
Emma Stone
7 Nominations: 4 actresses
Greer Garson
Ingrid Bergman
Jane Fonda
Kate Winslet
8 Nomination: 2 actress
Geraldine Page
Cate Blanchett
10 or More Nominations: 3 actresses
Bette Davis (10)
Katharine Hepburn (12)
Meryl Streep (21)
