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Academy Award for Best Actress

Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

FieldValue
nameAcademy Award for Best Actress
imageMikey Madison at the 2024 New York Film Festival 2 (cropped 4).jpg
captionThe [2025](97th-academy-awards) recipient: Mikey Madison
awarded_forBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
presenterAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
countryUnited States
year(for films released during the [1927](1927-in-film)/[1928](1928-in-film) film season)
holder_labelMost recent winner
holderMikey Madison, *Anora* ([2024](97th-academy-awards))
most_awardsKatharine Hepburn (4)
most_nominationsMeryl Streep (17)
website

The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years' Best Actress winners instead.

The Best Actress award has been presented 97 times, to 80 different actresses. The first winner was Janet Gaynor for her roles in 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and the most recent winner is Mikey Madison for her role in Anora (2024). The record for most wins is four, held by Katharine Hepburn; Frances McDormand has won three times, and thirteen other actresses have won the award twice. Meryl Streep has received the most nominations in the category—seventeen—and has won twice. At the 41st Academy Awards in 1969, Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn received the same number of votes and so shared the award, the only time this has occurred.

Nominations process

Nominees are currently determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.

In the first three years of the awards, actors and actresses were nominated as the best individuals in their categories. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award. Despite this, at the 3rd Academy Awards, held in 1930, only one film was cited in each winner's award regardless of how many they were eligible to be considered for during that span. The current system, in which an actress is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the 4th Academy Awards. Starting with the 9th Academy Awards, held in 1937, the category was limited to a maximum five nominations per year.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31. For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.

‡†
**Indicates the winner**
Indicates a posthumous nominee

1920s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[1927](1927-in-film)/[28](1928-in-film)
[(1st)](1st-academy-awards)[1928](1928-in-film)/[29](1929-in-film)
[(2nd)](2nd-academy-awards)
The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges.
** ****Diane*****[7th Heaven](7th-heaven-1927-film)***
**Angela*****Street Angel***
***Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans***
*Sadie Thompson*
** *********Coquette***
*Madame X*
Carrie
†

1930s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[1929](1929-in-film)/[30](1930-in-film)
[(3rd)](3rd-academy-awards)[1930](1930-in-film)/[31](1931-in-film)
[(4th)](4th-academy-awards)[1931](1931-in-film)/[32](1932-in-film)
[(5th)](5th-academy-awards)[1932](1932-in-film)/[33](1933-in-film)
[(6th)](6th-academy-awards)[1934](1934-in-film)
[(7th)](7th-academy-awards)[1935](1935-in-film)
[(8th)](8th-academy-awards)[1936](1936-in-film)
[(9th)](9th-academy-awards)[1937](1937-in-film)
[(10th)](10th-academy-awards)[1938](1938-in-film)
[(11th)](11th-academy-awards)[1939](1939-in-film)
[(12th)](12th-academy-awards)
** ************
*Sarah and Son*
*Anna Christie*
*Romance*
*Their Own Desire*
** *********Min and Bill***
*Morocco*
*Cimarron*
*Holiday*
** **********
*Emma*
** *********Morning Glory***
Apple Annie*Lady for a Day*
*Cavalcade*
** *********It Happened One Night***
(Write-in)*Of Human Bondage*
*One Night of Love*
** *********Dangerous***
*Escape Me Never*
*Private Worlds*
*Alice Adams*
*Becky Sharp*
** **********
*Theodora Goes Wild*
*Valiant Is the Word for Carrie*
*My Man Godfrey*
*Romeo and Juliet*
** ****O-Lan******
*Camille*
*Stella Dallas*
** *********Jezebel***
*White Banners*
*Pygmalion*
*Marie Antoinette*
*Three Comrades*
** *********Gone with the Wind***
*Dark Victory*
*Love Affair*
*Ninotchka*
*Goodbye, Mr. Chips*

1940s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[1940](1940-in-film)
[(13th)](13th-academy-awards)[1941](1941-in-film)
[(14th)](14th-academy-awards)[1942](1942-in-film)
[(15th)](15th-academy-awards)[1943](1943-in-film)
[(16th)](16th-academy-awards)[1944](1944-in-film)
[(17th)](17th-academy-awards)[1945](1945-in-film)
[(18th)](18th-academy-awards)[1946](1946-in-film)
[(19th)](19th-academy-awards)[1947](1947-in-film)
[(20th)](20th-academy-awards)[1948](1948-in-film)
[(21st)](21st-academy-awards)[1949](1949-in-film)
[(22nd)](22nd-academy-awards)
** *********Kitty Foyle***
*Rebecca*
*Our Town*
** *********Suspicion***
*Hold Back the Dawn*
*Blossoms in the Dust*
*Ball of Fire*
** *********Mrs. Miniver***
*Now, Voyager*
*Woman of the Year*
*My Sister Eileen*
** **********
María*For Whom the Bell Tolls*
*Madame Curie*
** ****Paula Alquist Anton*****Gaslight***
*Since You Went Away*
*Mr. Skeffington*
*Mrs. Parkington*
*Double Indemnity*
** *********Mildred Pierce***
Singleton / Victoria Morland*Love Letters*
*Leave Her to Heaven*
** *********To Each His Own***
*Brief Encounter*
*Duel in the Sun*
*Sister Kenny*
** **********
*Possessed*
*Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman*
*Gentleman's Agreement*
*Mourning Becomes Electra*
** *********Johnny Belinda***
Joan of Arc*Joan of Arc*
*I Remember Mama*
*Sorry, Wrong Number*
** **********
*Pinky*
*My Foolish Heart*
*Edward, My Son*
Margaret*Come to the Stable*

1950s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[1950](1950-in-film)
[(23rd)](23rd-academy-awards)[1951](1951-in-film)
[(24th)](24th-academy-awards)[1952](1952-in-film)
[(25th)](25th-academy-awards)[1953](1953-in-film)
[(26th)](26th-academy-awards)[1954](1954-in-film)
[(27th)](27th-academy-awards)[1955](1955-in-film)
[(28th)](28th-academy-awards)[1956](1956-in-film)
[(29th)](29th-academy-awards)[1957](1957-in-film)
[(30th)](30th-academy-awards)[1958](1958-in-film)
[(31st)](31st-academy-awards)[1959](1959-in-film)
[(32nd)](32nd-academy-awards)
** *********Born Yesterday***
*All About Eve*
*Caged*
*Sunset Boulevard*
** **********
*Detective Story*
** *********Come Back, Little Sheba***
*Sudden Fear*
**
*With a Song in My Heart*
** *********Roman Holiday***
*Lili*
*Mogambo*
*From Here to Eternity*
** **********
*Carmen Jones*
*Sabrina*
*Magnificent Obsession*
** **********
*I'll Cry Tomorrow*
*Summertime*
*Love is a Many-Splendored Thing*
*Interrupted Melody*
***********Anastasia***
Baby Doll Meighan*Baby Doll*
** **********
Angela*Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison*
Gioia*Wild Is the Wind*
*Raintree County*
*Peyton Place*
** *********I Want to Live!***
*Separate Tables*
*Some Came Running*
*Auntie Mame*
*Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*
** *********Room at the Top***
*Pillow Talk*
*Suddenly, Last Summer*

1960s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[1960](1960-in-film)
[(33rd)](33rd-academy-awards)[1961](1961-in-film)
[(34th)](34th-academy-awards)[1962](1962-in-film)
[(35th)](35th-academy-awards)[1963](1963-in-film)
[(36th)](36th-academy-awards)[1964](1964-in-film)
[(37th)](37th-academy-awards)[1965](1965-in-film)
[(38th)](38th-academy-awards)[1966](1966-in-film)
[(39th)](39th-academy-awards)[1967](1967-in-film)
[(40th)](40th-academy-awards)[1968](1968-in-film)
[(41st)](41st-academy-awards)[1969](1969-in-film)
[(42nd)](42nd-academy-awards)
** *********BUtterfield 8***
*Sunrise at Campobello*
Ilya*Never on Sunday*
** ****Cesira*****Two Women***
*Breakfast at Tiffany's*
*Summer and Smoke*
*Splendor in the Grass*
** **********
*What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?*
*Long Day's Journey into Night*
*Sweet Bird of Youth*
*Days of Wine and Roses*
** *********Hud***
*Irma la Douce*
*This Sporting Life*
*Love with the Proper Stranger*
** *********Mary Poppins***
*Marriage Italian Style*
*Séance on a Wet Afternoon*
** *********Darling***
*Ship of Fools*
** ****Martha*****Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?***
*Georgy Girl*
*Morgan!*
** *********Guess Who's Coming to Dinner***
*Bonnie and Clyde*
*Wait Until Dark*
** (TIE) ****Eleanor of Aquitaine******
** (TIE) *********Funny Girl***
*Isadora*
*Rachel, Rachel*
** **********
*Anne of the Thousand Days*
*They Shoot Horses, Don't They?*

1970s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[1970](1970-in-film)
[(43rd)](43rd-academy-awards)[1971](1971-in-film)
[(44th)](44th-academy-awards)[1972](1972-in-film)
[(45th)](45th-academy-awards)[1973](1973-in-film)
[(46th)](46th-academy-awards)[1974](1974-in-film)
[(47th)](47th-academy-awards)[1975](1975-in-film)
[(48th)](48th-academy-awards)[1976](1976-in-film)
[(49th)](49th-academy-awards)[1977](1977-in-film)
[(50th)](50th-academy-awards)[1978](1978-in-film)
[(51st)](51st-academy-awards)[1979](1979-in-film)
[(52nd)](52nd-academy-awards)
** *********Women in Love***
*Love Story*
*Ryan's Daughter*
*Diary of a Mad Housewife*
** *********Klute***
*McCabe & Mrs. Miller*
*Sunday Bloody Sunday*
Mary, Queen of Scots*Mary, Queen of Scots*
*Nicholas and Alexandra*
** *********Cabaret***
*Lady Sings the Blues*
*Travels with My Aunt*
*Sounder*
** **********
*Cinderella Liberty*
*Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams*
** *********Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore***
*Claudine*
*Chinatown*
*Lenny*
** *********One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest***
Ann-Margret*Tommy*
*Hedda*
Gitl*Hester Street*
** *********Network***
Marthe*Cousin Cousine*
*Rocky*
*Carrie*
*Face to Face*
** *********Annie Hall***
*Julia*
** *********Coming Home***
*Autumn Sonata*
Doris*Same Time, Next Year*
Eve*Interiors*
** *********Norma Rae***
*Starting Over*
*Chapter Two*

1980s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[1980](1980-in-film)
[(53rd)](53rd-academy-awards)[1981](1981-in-film)
[(54th)](54th-academy-awards)[1982](1982-in-film)
[(55th)](55th-academy-awards)[1983](1983-in-film)
[(56th)](56th-academy-awards)[1984](1984-in-film)
[(57th)](57th-academy-awards)[1985](1985-in-film)
[(58th)](58th-academy-awards)[1986](1986-in-film)
[(59th)](59th-academy-awards)[1987](1987-in-film)
[(60th)](60th-academy-awards)[1988](1988-in-film)
[(61st)](61st-academy-awards)[1989](1989-in-film)
[(62nd)](62nd-academy-awards)
** *********Coal Miner's Daughter***
*Resurrection*
*Private Benjamin*
*Ordinary People*
*Gloria*
** *********On Golden Pond***
*Reds*
*Only When I Laugh*
*Atlantic City*
and Anna
** *********Sophie's Choice***
*Victor/Victoria*
*Frances*
*Missing*
** *********Terms of Endearment***
*Testament*
*Silkwood*
*Educating Rita*
*Terms of Endearment*
** *********Places in the Heart***
*Country*
** **********
*Agnes of God*
*Sweet Dreams*
*Out of Africa*
** *********Children of a Lesser God***
*Crimes of the Heart*
*Peggy Sue Got Married*
*Aliens*
**Cher *********Moonstruck***
*Fatal Attraction*
*Broadcast News*
Anna*Anna*
*Ironweed*
** **********
*Dangerous Liaisons*
*Working Girl*
*Gorillas in the Mist*
** *********Driving Miss Daisy***
*Camille Claudel*
*Shirley Valentine*
*Music Box*

1990s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[1990](1990-in-film)
[(63rd)](63rd-academy-awards)[1991](1991-in-film)
[(64th)](64th-academy-awards)[1992](1992-in-film)
[(65th)](65th-academy-awards)[1993](1993-in-film)
[(66th)](66th-academy-awards)[1994](1994-in-film)
[(67th)](67th-academy-awards)[1995](1995-in-film)
[(68th)](68th-academy-awards)[1996](1996-in-film)
[(69th)](69th-academy-awards)[1997](1997-in-film)
[(70th)](70th-academy-awards)[1998](1998-in-film)
[(71st)](71st-academy-awards)[1999](1999-in-film)
[(72nd)](72nd-academy-awards)
** *********Misery***
*Pretty Woman*
*Postcards from the Edge*
*Mr. & Mrs. Bridge*
** **********
*Thelma & Louise*
Rose*Rambling Rose*
*For the Boys*
*Thelma & Louise*
** *********Howards End***
Indochine
*Passion Fish*
*Love Field*
*Lorenzo's Oil*
** **********
*What's Love Got to Do with It*
*Six Degrees of Separation*
*Shadowlands*
** *********Blue Sky***
*Nell*
*Tom & Viv*
*Little Women*
** *********Dead Man Walking***
Sera*Leaving Las Vegas*
*Casino*
*Sense and Sensibility*
** *********Fargo***
*Secrets & Lies*
*Marvin's Room*
*Breaking the Waves*
** *********As Good as It Gets***
*Afterglow*
*Mrs Brown*
*Titanic*
** ****Viola de Lesseps*****Shakespeare in Love***
*Elizabeth*
*Central Station*
*One True Thing*
*Hilary and Jackie*
** *********Boys Don't Cry***
*American Beauty*
*Tumbleweeds*
*Music of the Heart*

2000s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[2000](2000-in-film)
[(73rd)](73rd-academy-awards)[2001](2001-in-film)
[(74th)](74th-academy-awards)[2002](2002-in-film)
[(75th)](75th-academy-awards)[2003](2003-in-film)
[(76th)](76th-academy-awards)[2004](2004-in-film)
[(77th)](77th-academy-awards)[2005](2005-in-film)
[(78th)](78th-academy-awards)[2006](2006-in-film)
[(79th)](79th-academy-awards)[2007](2007-in-film)
[(80th)](80th-academy-awards)[2008](2008-in-film)
[(81st)](81st-academy-awards)[2009](2009-in-film)
[(82nd)](82nd-academy-awards)
***********Erin Brockovich***
*Chocolat*
*Requiem for a Dream*
*You Can Count on Me*
** *********Monster's Ball***
*Iris*
Satine*Moulin Rouge!*
*In the Bedroom*
*Bridget Jones's Diary*
** **********
*Frida*
*Unfaithful*
*Far from Heaven*
*Chicago*
** *********Monster***
*Whale Rider*
*Something's Gotta Give*
*In America*
*[21 Grams](21-grams)*
** *********Million Dollar Baby***
*Being Julia*
*Maria Full of Grace*
*Vera Drake*
*Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*
** *********Walk the Line***
*Mrs Henderson Presents*
*Transamerica*
*Pride & Prejudice*
*North Country*
** **********
Raimunda*Volver*
*Notes on a Scandal*
*Little Children*
** *********La Vie en Rose***
*Elizabeth: The Golden Age*
*Away from Her*
*Juno*
** **********
*Rachel Getting Married*
*Changeling*
*Frozen River*
*Doubt*
** **********
*Precious*
*Julie & Julia*

2010s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[2010](2010-in-film)
[(83rd)](83rd-academy-awards)[2011](2011-in-film)
[(84th)](84th-academy-awards)[2012](2012-in-film)
[(85th)](85th-academy-awards)[2013](2013-in-film)
[(86th)](86th-academy-awards)[2014](2014-in-film)
[(87th)](87th-academy-awards)[2015](2015-in-film)
[(88th)](88th-academy-awards)[2016](2016-in-film)
[(89th)](89th-academy-awards)[2017](2017-in-film)
[(90th)](90th-academy-awards)[2018](2018-in-film)
[(91st)](91st-academy-awards)[2019](2019-in-film)
[(92nd)](92nd-academy-awards)
** *********Black Swan***
*Rabbit Hole*
*Winter's Bone*
*Blue Valentine*
** **********
*Albert Nobbs*
*My Week with Marilyn*
** *********Silver Linings Playbook***
*Zero Dark Thirty*
*Amour*
Hushpuppy*Beasts of the Southern Wild*
** *********Blue Jasmine***
*American Hustle*
*Gravity*
*Philomena*
*August: Osage County*
** *********Still Alice***
*Two Days, One Night*
*Gone Girl*
*Wild*
** *********Room***
*Carol*
*Joy*
*[45 Years](45-years)*
*Brooklyn*
** *********La La Land***
*Elle*
*Loving*
*Jackie*
*Florence Foster Jenkins*
** *********Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri***
*I, Tonya*
*Lady Bird*
** **********
*Roma*
*Can You Ever Forgive Me?*
** *********Judy***
*Harriet*
*Marriage Story*
*Little Women*
*Bombshell*

2020s

YearActressRole(s)FilmRef.[2020/21](2020-in-film)
[(93rd)](93rd-academy-awards)[2021](2021-in-film)
[(94th)](94th-academy-awards)[2022](2022-in-film)
[(95th)](95th-academy-awards)[2023](2023-in-film)
[(96th)](96th-academy-awards)[2024](2024-in-film)
[(97th)](97th-academy-awards)[2025](2025-in-film)
[(98th)](98th-academy-awards)
** ****Fern*****Nomadland***
*Ma Rainey's Black Bottom*
*Pieces of a Woman*
*Promising Young Woman*
** **********
*Parallel Mothers*
*Being the Ricardos*
*Spencer*
** *********Everything Everywhere All at Once***
*Tár*
*Blonde*
*To Leslie*
** *********Poor Things***
*Nyad*
*Killers of the Flower Moon*
*Anatomy of a Fall*
*Maestro*
** *********Anora***
*Wicked*
*Emilia Pérez*
*I'm Still Here*
*Hamnet*
*If I Had Legs I'd Kick You*
*Song Sung Blue*
*Sentimental Value*
*Bugonia*

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals won two or more Academy Awards for Best Actress:

WinsActressNominationsYears won
4Katharine Hepburn121933, 1967, 1968, 1981
3Frances McDormand31996, 2017, 2020
2Meryl Streep171982, 2011
Bette Davis111935, 1938
Ingrid Bergman61944, 1956
Jane Fonda1971, 1978
Elizabeth Taylor51960, 1966
Olivia de Havilland41946, 1949
Glenda Jackson1970, 1973
Jodie Foster31988, 1991
Emma Stone2016, 2023
Sally Field21979, 1984
Vivien Leigh1939, 1951
Luise Rainer1936, 1937
Hilary Swank1999, 2004

Main article: List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories#Most nominations by category (actress)

The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:

NominationsActress
17Meryl Streep
12Katharine Hepburn
11Bette Davis
7Greer Garson
6Ingrid Bergman
Jane Fonda
Deborah Kerr
Sissy Spacek
5Anne Bancroft
Cate Blanchett
Ellen Burstyn
Judi Dench
Irene Dunne
Susan Hayward
Audrey Hepburn
Jessica Lange
Shirley MacLaine
Susan Sarandon
Norma Shearer
Elizabeth Taylor
4Annette Bening
Julie Christie
Glenn Close
Olivia de Havilland
Glenda Jackson
Jennifer Jones
Diane Keaton
Nicole Kidman
Marsha Mason
Geraldine Page
Vanessa Redgrave
Rosalind Russell
Barbara Stanwyck
Kate Winslet
Joanne Woodward
Jane Wyman
3Julie Andrews
Claudette Colbert
Joan Crawford
Faye Dunaway
Joan Fontaine
Jodie Foster
Greta Garbo
Jennifer Lawrence
Frances McDormand
Julianne Moore
Carey Mulligan
Eleanor Parker
Saoirse Ronan
Emma Stone
Gloria Swanson
Charlize Theron
Emma Thompson
Michelle Williams
Debra Winger
Renée Zellweger

Age superlatives

Main article: List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actress in a Leading Role

RecordActorFilmYearAgeRef.
Oldest WinnerJessica Tandy*Driving Miss Daisy*[1990](62nd-academy-awards)80title=Oldest/Youngest Acting Nominees and Winnerspublisher=AMPASurl=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/helpMain.jsp?helpContentURL=statistics/indexStats.htmlurl-status=deadaccess-date=December 28, 2014archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301005626/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/helpMain.jsp?helpContentURL=statistics%2FindexStats.htmlarchive-date=March 1, 2009}}
Oldest NomineeEmmanuelle Riva*Amour*[2013](85th-academy-awards)85
Youngest WinnerMarlee Matlin*Children of a Lesser God *[1987](59th-academy-awards)21
Youngest NomineeQuvenzhané Wallis*Beasts of the Southern Wild*[2013](85th-academy-awards)9

Films with multiple Leading Actress nominations

Winners are in bold.

  • All About Eve (1950) – Anne Baxter and Bette Davis
  • Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) – Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor
  • The Turning Point (1977) – Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine
  • Terms of Endearment (1983) – Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger
  • Thelma & Louise (1991) – Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon

Multiple character nominations

The following were nominated for their portrayals of the same fictional or non-fictional character in separate films (including variations of the original).

  • Billie Holiday from Lady Sings the Blues (Diana Ross, 1972) and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Andra Day, 2021)
  • Josephine "Jo" March from Little Women (Winona Ryder, 1994) and Little Women (Saoirse Ronan, 2019)
  • Leslie Crosbie from The Letter (Jeanne Eagels, 1929) and The Letter (Bette Davis, 1940)
  • Marilyn Monroe from My Week with Marilyn (Michelle Williams, 2011) and Blonde (Ana de Armas, 2022)
  • Queen Elizabeth I from Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett, 1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Cate Blanchett, 2007)
  • Vicki Lester () from A Star Is Born (Janet Gaynor, 1937) and A Star Is Born (Judy Garland, 1954)
    • Ally Maine () from A Star Is Born (Lady Gaga, 2018)

Notes

: A: Rules at the time of the first three ceremonies allowed for a performer to receive a single nomination which could honor their work in more than one film. Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer were both nominated for two different roles in the same category. Current Academy rules forbid this from happening. No official reason was ever given as to why Shearer won the award for only one of the two films she was listed for. : B: Bette Davis's performance in Of Human Bondage was not nominated for an Oscar. Several influential people at the time campaigned to have her name included on the list, so for that year (and the following year also) the Academy relaxed its rules and allowed a write-in vote. Technically this meant that any performance was eligible to win the award, whether or not the person was an official nominee. While the Academy does not officially recognize this as a nomination for Davis, it has included her in the list of nominees for the 1935 ceremony on its official website. : C: Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand received the same number of votes, resulting in both actresses receiving the award, according to Academy rules. : D: Elliot Page was nominated as Ellen Page, before his gender transition in 2020.

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