National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Year Best Actress Film
1966 Sylvie The Shameless Old Lady (Madame Bertini)
1967 Bibi Anderson Persona (Alma, the Nurse)
1968 Liv Ullmann Shame (Eva Rosenberg)
1969 Vanessa Redgrave Isadora (Isadora Duncan)
1970 Glenda Jackson Women in Love (Gudrun Brangwen)
1971 Jane Fonda Klue (Brie Daniels)
1972 Cicley Tyson Sounder (Rebecca Morgan)
1973 Liv Ullmann The New Land
1974 Liv Ullmann Scenes from a Marriage (Marianne)
1975 Isabelle Adjani The Story of Adele H. (Adele Hugo/Lewry)
1976 Sissy Spacek Carrie (Carrie White)
1977 Diane Keaton Annie Hall (Annie Hall)
1978 Ingrid Bergman Autumn Sonata (Charlotte Andergast)
1979 Sally Field Norma Rae (Norma Rae Webster)
1980 Sissy Spacek Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn)
1981 Marilia Pera Pixote (Sueli)
1982 Meryl Streep Sophie’s Choice (Sophie Zawistowski)
1983 Debra Winger Terms of Endearment (Emma Greenway Horton)
1984 Vanessa Redgrave The Bostonians (Olive Chancellor)
1985 Vanessa Redgrave Wetherby (Jean Travers)
1986 Chloe Webb Sid and Nancy (Nancy Spungen)
1987 Emily Lloyd Wish You Were Here (Lynda Mansell)
1988 Judy Davis High Tide (Lillie)
1989 Michelle Pfeiffer The Fabulous Baker Boys (Susie Diamond)
1990 Anjelica Huston The Grifters (Lilly Dillon) and The Witches
(Eva Ernst/Grand High Witch)
1991 Alison Steadman Life Is Sweet (Wendy)
1992 Emma Thompson Howards End (Margaret “Meg” Schlegel)
1993 Holly Hunter The Piano (Ada McGrath)
1994 Jennifer Jason Leigh Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Dorothy Parker)
1995 Elizabeth Shue Leaving Las Vegas (Sera)
1996 Emily Watson Breaking the Waves (Bess McNeill)
1997 Julie Christie Afterglow (Phyllis Mann)
1998 Ally Sheedy High Art (Lucy Berliner)
1999 Reese Witherspoon Election (Tracy Flick)
2000 Laura Linney You Can Count on Me (Samantha “Sammy” Prescott)
2001 Naomi Watts Mulholland Drive (Betty Elmes/Diane Selwyn)
2002 Diane Lane Unfaithful (Connie Sumner)
2003 Charlize Theron Monster (Aileen Wuornos)
2004 Tie Imelda Staunton Vera Drake (Vera Drake)
Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby (Maggie Fitzgerald)
2005 Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line (June Carter Cash)
2006 Helen Mirren The Queen (Queen Elizabeth II)
2007 Julie Christie Away from Her (Fiona Anderson)
2008 Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky (Pauline “Poppy” Cross)
2009 Yolanda Moreau Seraphine (Seraphine Louis)
2010 Giovanna Mezzogiorno Vincere (Ida Dalser)
2011 Kirsten Dunst Melancholia (Justine)
2012 Emmanuelle Riva Amour (Anne Laurent)
2013 Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis)
2014 Marion Cotillard Immigrant (Ewa Cybulska), Two Days, One Night (Sandra Bya)
2015: Charlotte Rampling 45 Years
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