Best Actress Winners–Cumulative Advantage
Research in Progress (Aug 19, 2025)
1928: Janet Gaynor, Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, Sunrise, 22; 1 more Oscar nom (1937)
1929: Mary Pickford, Coquette, 37
1930: Norma Shearer, Their Own Desire, The Divorcee, 28; 4 more Oscar noms
1931: Marie Dressler, Min and Bill, 63; 1 more Oscar nom
1932: Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet, 32; 1 more Oscar Award, 1970
1933: Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory, 26; 11 more Oscar noms; 3 more Oscar Awards
1934: Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night, 31; 2 more Oscar noms;
1935: Bette Davis, Dangerous, 27; 1 more Oscar; 9 more Oscar noms
1936: Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld, 26; 1 more Oscar
1937: Luise Rainer, The Good Earth. 27
1938: Bette Davis, Jezebel, 30
1939: Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind, 26; 1 more Oscar
1940: Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle, 29
1941: Joan Fontaine, Suspicion. 24; 1 more Oscar nom
1942: Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver, 38; 4 more Oscar noms;
1943: Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette, 24; 4 more Oscar noms;
1944: Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight, 29, 2 more Oscars; 3 more Oscar noms
1945: Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce, 40; 2 more Oscar noms
1946: Olivia De Havilland, To Each His Own, 30; 1 more Oscar; 1 more Oscar nom
1947: Loretta Young, The Farmer’s Daughter, 34; 1 more Oscar nom
1948: Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda, 31; 3 more Oscar noms
1949: Olivia De Havilland, The Heiress, 33
1950: Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday. 29;
1951: Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire, 38
1952: Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba, 54
1953: Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday, 24; 4 more Oscar noms
1954: Grace Kelly, The Country Girl, 25
1955: Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo, 47; 1 more Oscar nom
1956: Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia, 41
1957: Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve, 27; 3 more Oscar noms
1958: Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! 40 (won at 5th nom)
1959: Simone Signoret, Room at the Top, 38; 1 more Oscar nom
1960: Elizabeth Taylor, BUtterfield 8, 28; 1 more Oscar nom
1961: Sophia Loren, Two Women, 27; 1 more Oscar nom
1962: Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker, 31; 4 more Oscar noms
1963: Patricia Neal, Hud, 37; 1 more Oscar nom
1964: Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins, 29; 2 more Oscar noms
1965: Julie Christie, Darling, 24; 3 more Oscar noms
1966: Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 34
1967: Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl, 26; 1 more Oscar nom
(Tie) Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? 59
1968 Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter, 60
1969 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 35;
1 more Oscar; 3 more Oscar noms
1970 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love, 34; 3 more Oscar noms
1971 Jane Fonda, Klute, 34; 5 more Oscar noms
1972 Liza Minnelli, Cabaret, 26;
1 more nom
1973 Glenada Jackson, A Touch of Class, 37
1974: Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t LIve Here Anymore, 42; 3 more Oscar noms
1975: Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 41
1976 Faye Dunaway, Network, 35 (won at 3rd nom)
1977 Diane Keaton, Annie Hall, 31; 3 more Oscar noms
1978 Jane Fonda, Coming Home, 41
1979 Sally Field, Norma Rae, 33; 1 more Oscar; 1 more Oscar nom
1980 Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner’s Daughter, 31; 4 more Oscar nom;
1982 Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice, 33; 1 more Oscar; multiple Oscar noms
1983 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment, 49
1984 Sally Field, Places in the Heart, 38
1985: Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful, 61; won at 8th nomination
1986: Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God, 21
1987: Cher, Moonstruck, 41;
1988: Jodie Foster, The Accused, 26; 1 more Oscar; 1 more Oscar nom
1989: Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy, 80; 1 more Oscar nom
1990: Kathy Bates, Misery, 42; 3 more Oscar noms
1991: Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs, 29
1992: Emma Thompson, Howards End, 33
1993: Holly Hunter, The Piano, 35
1994: Jessica Lange, Blue Sky, 45
1995: Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking, 49
1996: Frances McDormand, Fargo, 39; 2 more Oscars
1997: Helen Hunt, As Good As It gets, 34
1998: Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love; 26
1999: Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry, 25
2000: Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich; 33
2001: Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball; 35
2002: Nicole Kidman, The Hours; 35
2003: Charlize Theron, Monster; 28
2004: Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby, 30
2005: Reese Witherspoon, Ray, 29
2006: Helen Mirren, The Queen, 61
2007: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose, 32
2008: Kate Winslet, The Reader, 33
2009: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side, 45; 1 more nom
2010: Natalie Portman, Black Swan, 25; 1 more nom
2011: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady, 62
2012: Jennifer Lawrence, The Silver Lining Handbook, 22
2013: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine, 44
2014: Julianne Moore, Still Alice? 54
2015: Brie Larson, Room, 26
2016: Emma Stone, La La Land, 29
2017: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, 60; 1 more Oscar
2018: Olivia Colman, The Favourite, 44; 1 more supp. nom
2019: Renee Zellweger, Judy, 50
2020: Frances McDormand, Nomadland; 63 (3rd Oscar)
2021: Jessica Chastain
2022: Michelle Yeoh
2023: Emma Stone
2024: Mikey Madison
