Research in Progress (March 3, 2026)
Best Actress Winners: 80 (by Year)
Updated, March 2026, includes Jessie Buckley
2028: Janet Gaynor
Mary Pickford
Norma Shearer
Marie Dressler
1932: Helen Hayes
1933:Katharine Hepburn
1934: Claudette Colbert
Bette Davis
Luise Rainer
Luise Rainer
Bette Davis
Vivien Leigh
Ginger Rogers
Joan Fontaine
Greer Garson
Jennifer Jones
Ingrid Bergman
Joan Crawford
Olivia De Havilland
Loretta Young, ND; child actress; parents separated
Jane Wyman
Olivia De Havilland
Judy Holliday
Vivien Leigh
Shirley Booth, No Data
Audrey Hepburn
Grace Kelly
Anna Magnani
Joanne Woodward
Susan Hayward
Simone Signoret
Elizabeth Taylor
Sophia Loren
Anne Bancroft
Patricia Neal
Julie Andrews
Julie Christie
Elizabeth Taylor
Barbra Streisand
Maggie Smith
Glenda Jackson
Jane Fonda
Liza Minnelli
Glenda Jackson
Ellen Burstyn
Louise Fletcher
Faye Dunaway
Diane Keaton
Jane Fonda
Sally Field
Sissy Spacek
Meryl Streep
Shirley MacLaine
Sally Field
1985: Geraldine Page
Marly Matlin
Cher
Jodie Foster
Jessica Tandy
1990: Kathy Bates
Jodie Foster
Emma Thompson
Holly Hunter
1994: Jessica Lange
Susan Sarandon
Frances McDormand
Helen Hunt
Gwyneth Paltrow
Hilary Swank
Julia Roberts
Hallie Berry
2002: Nicole Kidman
2003: Charlize Theron
2004: Hilary Swank
Reese Witherspoon
2006: Helen Mirren
2007: Marion Cottillard
Kate Winslet
Sandra Bullock
Natalie Portman
2011: Meryl Streep
2012: Jennifer Lawrence
2013: Cate Blanchette
2014: Julianne Moore
2015: Brie Larson
2016: Emma Stone
2017: Frances McDormand
2018: Olivia Colman
2019: Renee Zellweger
2020: Frances McDormand
2021: Jessica Chastain
2022: Michelle Yeoh
2023: Emma Stone
2024: Mikey Madison
2025: Jessie Buckley
Best Actress Winners: 80 (alphabet, A to Z)
Conclusion: 14 of the 80 (15 percent) winning women have received 2 or more Best Actress awards
Andrews, Julie
Bancroft, Anne
Bates, Kathy
Bergman, Ingrid, 2
Berry, Hallie
Blanchette, Cate
Booth, Shirley
Buckley, Jessie
Bullock, Sandra
Burstyn, Ellen
Chastain, Jessica
Cher
Christie, Julie
Colbert, Claudette
Colman, Olivia
Cottillard, Marion
Crawford, Joan
Davis, Bette, 2
De Havilland, Olivia 2
Dressler, Marie
Dunaway, Faye
Field, Sally, 2
Fletcher, Louise
Fonda, Jane, 2
Fontaine, Joan
Foster, Jodie, 2
Garson, Greer
Gaynor, Janet
Hayes, Helen
Hayward, Susan
Hepburn, Audrey
Hepburn, Katharine, 4
Holliday, Judy
Hunt, Helen
Hunter, Holly
Jackson, Glenda, 2
Jones, Jennifer
Keaton, Diane
Kelly, Grace
Kidman, Nicole
Lange, Jessica
Larson, Brie
Lawrence, Jennifer
Leigh, Vivien, 2
Loren, Sophia
MacLaine, Shirley
Magnani, Anna
Matlin, Marlee
McDormand Frances, 3
Minnelli, Liza
Mirren, Helen
Moore, Julianne
Neal, Patricia
Page, Geraldine
Paltrow, Gwyneth
Pickford, Mary
Portman, Natalie
Rainer, Luise, 2
Roberts, Julia
Rogers, Ginger
Sarandon, Susan
Shearer, Norma
Signoret, Simone
Smith, Maggie
Spacek, Sissy
Stone, Emma 2
Streep, Meryl, 2
Streisand, Barbra
Swank, Hilary, 2
Tandy, Jessica
Taylor, Elizabeth
Theron, Charlize
Thomas, Emma, 2
Thompson, Emma
Winslet, Kate
Witherspoon, Reese
Woodward, Joanne
Wyman, Jane
Yeoh, Michelle
Young, Loretta
Zellweger, Rene
