The following women have won the Best Actress Oscar for playing a part in comedy. The list also includes dramedy and dark comedy.
1934: Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night
1947: Loretta Young, The Farmer’s Daughter
1950: Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
1953: Audrey Hepburn. Roman Holiday
1973: Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class
1977: Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
1983: Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
1987: Cher, Moonstruck
1997: Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets
1998: Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
2018: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
