Janet Gaynor (1928) • Mary Pickford (1929) • Norma Shearer (1930) • Marie Dressler (1931) • Helen Hayes (1932) • Katharine Hepburn (1933) • Claudette Colbert (1934) • Bette Davis (1935) • Luise Rainer (1936) • Luise Rainer (1937) • Bette Davis (1938) • Vivien Leigh (1939) • Ginger Rogers (1940)
Joan Fontaine (1941) • Greer Garson (1942) • Jennifer Jones (1943) • Ingrid Bergman (1944) • Joan Crawford (1945) • Olivia de Havilland (1946) • Loretta Young (1947) • Jane Wyman (1948) • Olivia de Havilland (1949) • Judy Holliday (1950) • Vivien Leigh (1951) • Shirley Booth (1952) • Audrey Hepburn (1953) • Grace Kelly (1954) • Anna Magnani (1955) • Ingrid Bergman (1956) • Joanne Woodward (1957) • Susan Hayward (1958) • Simone Signoret (1959) • Elizabeth Taylor (1960)
Sophia Loren (1961) • Anne Bancroft (1962) • Patricia Neal (1963) • Julie Andrews (1964) • Julie Christie (1965) • Elizabeth Taylor (1966) • Katharine Hepburn (1967) • Katharine Hepburn / Barbra Streisand (1968) • Maggie Smith (1969) • Glenda Jackson (1970) • Jane Fonda (1971) • Liza Minnelli (1972) • Glenda Jackson (1973) • Ellen Burstyn (1974) • Louise Fletcher (1975) • Faye Dunaway (1976) • Diane Keaton (1977) • Jane Fonda (1978) • Sally Field (1979) • Sissy Spacek (1980)
Katharine Hepburn (1981) • Meryl Streep (1982) • Shirley MacLaine (1983) • Sally Field (1984) • Geraldine Page (1985) • Marlee Matlin (1986) • Cher (1987) • Jodie Foster (1988) • Jessica Tandy (1989) • Kathy Bates (1990) • Jodie Foster (1991) • Emma Thompson (1992) • Holly Hunter (1993) • Jessica Lange (1994) • Susan Sarandon (1995) • Frances McDormand (1996) • Helen Hunt (1997) • Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) • Hilary Swank (1999) • Julia Roberts (2000)
Halle Berry (2001) • Nicole Kidman (2002) • Charlize Theron (2003) • Hilary Swank (2004) • Reese Witherspoon (2005) • Helen Mirren (2006) • Marion Cotillard (2007) • Kate Winslet (2008) • Sandra Bullock (2009) • Natalie Portman (2010) • Meryl Streep (2011) • Jennifer Lawrence (2012) • Cate Blanchett (2013) • Julianne Moore (2014) • Brie Larson (2015) • Emma Stone (2016) • Frances McDormand (2017) • Olivia Colman (2018) • Renée Zellweger (2019) • Frances McDormand (2020) • Jessica Chastain (2021) • Michelle Yeoh (2022)