Academy Award for Best Actress
award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy Award for Best Actress is awarded for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a movie. The award is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
| Academy Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
 The 2022 recipient: Michelle Yeoh | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First awarded | 1929 (for performance in films released during the 1927/1928 film season) |
| Most recent winner | Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
| Most awards | Katharine Hepburn (4) |
| Most nominations | Meryl Streep (17) |
| Website | oscars |
Winners
changeWinners are listed first in colored row, followed by the other nominees.
1920s
change| Year | Actress | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927/28 1st Academy Awards | |||
| Janet Gaynor | Seventh Heaven / Street Angel / Sunrise | Diane / Angela / The Wife - Indre | |
| Louise Dresser | A Ship Comes In | Mrs. Pleznik | |
| Gloria Swanson | Sadie Thompson | Sadie Thompson | |
| 1928/29 2nd Academy Awards | |||
| Mary Pickford | Coquette | Norma Besant | |
| Ruth Chatterton | Madame X | Jacqueline Floriot | |
| Betty Compson | The Barker | Carrie | |
| Jeanne Eagels (posthumous nomination) | The Letter | Leslie Crosbie | |
| Corinne Griffith | The Divine Lady | Emma, Lady Hamilton | |
| Bessie Love | The Broadway Melody | Hank Mahoney |
1930s
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change| Year | Actress | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 83rd Academy Awards | |||
| Natalie Portman | Black Swan | Nina Sayers | |
| Annette Bening | The Kids Are All Right | Nicole "Nic" Allgood | |
| Nicole Kidman | Rabbit Hole | Becca Corbett | |
| Jennifer Lawrence | Winter's Bone | Ree Dolly | |
| Michelle Williams | Blue Valentine | Cindy Heller | |
| 2011 84th Academy Awards | |||
| Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher | |
| Glenn Close | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | |
| Viola Davis | The Help | Aibileen Clark | |
| Rooney Mara | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Lisbeth Salander | |
| Michelle Williams | My Week with Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe | |
| 2012 85th Academy Awards | |||
| Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell | |
| Jessica Chastain | Zero Dark Thirty | Maya | |
| Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | Anne Laurent | |
| Quvenzhané Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Hushpuppy | |
| Naomi Watts | The Impossible | Maria Bennett |
