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| 2009 | Winner | Reader, The (2008) | Kate Winslet | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Nominated | Changeling (2008) | Angelina Jolie |
| Doubt (2008/I) | Meryl Streep |
| Frozen River (2008) | Melissa Leo |
| Rachel Getting Married (2008) | Anne Hathaway (I) |
| 2008 | Winner | Môme, La (2007) | Marion Cotillard |
| Nominated | Away from Her (2006) | Julie Christie (I) |
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | Cate Blanchett |
| Juno (2007) | Ellen Page |
| Savages, The (2007) | Laura Linney |
| 2007 | Winner | Queen, The (2006) | Helen Mirren |
| Nominated | Devil Wears Prada, The (2006) | Meryl Streep |
| Little Children (2006) | Kate Winslet |
| Notes on a Scandal (2006) | Judi Dench |
| Volver (2006/I) | Penélope Cruz |
| 2006 | Winner | Walk the Line (2005) | Reese Witherspoon |
| Nominated | Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) | Judi Dench |
| North Country (2005) | Charlize Theron |
| Pride & Prejudice (2005) | Keira Knightley |
| Transamerica (2005) | Felicity Huffman |
| 2005 | Winner | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | Hilary Swank |
| Nominated | Being Julia (2004) | Annette Bening |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | Kate Winslet |
| Maria Full of Grace (2004) | Catalina Sandino Moreno |
| Vera Drake (2004) | Imelda Staunton |
| 2004 | Winner | Monster (2003) | Charlize Theron | Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Nominated | 21 Grams (2003) | Naomi Watts |
| In America (2002) | Samantha Morton |
| Something's Gotta Give (2003) | Diane Keaton |
| Whale Rider (2002) | Keisha Castle-Hughes |
| 2003 | Winner | Hours, The (2002) | Nicole Kidman |
| Nominated | Chicago (2002) | Renée Zellweger |
| Far from Heaven (2002) | Julianne Moore (I) |
| Frida (2002) | Salma Hayek |
| Unfaithful (2002) | Diane Lane (I) |
| 2002 | Winner | Monster's Ball (2001) | Halle Berry |
| Nominated | Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) | Renée Zellweger |
| In the Bedroom (2001) | Sissy Spacek |
| Iris (2001/I) | Judi Dench |
| Moulin Rouge! (2001) | Nicole Kidman |
| 2001 | Winner | Erin Brockovich (2000) | Julia Roberts (I) |
| Nominated | Chocolat (2000) | Juliette Binoche |
| Contender, The (2000) | Joan Allen (I) |
| Requiem for a Dream (2000) | Ellen Burstyn |
| You Can Count on Me (2000) | Laura Linney |
| 2000 | Winner | Boys Don't Cry (1999) | Hilary Swank |
| Nominated | American Beauty (1999) | Annette Bening |
| End of the Affair, The (1999) | Julianne Moore (I) |
| Music of the Heart (1999) | Meryl Streep |
| Tumbleweeds (1999) | Janet McTeer |
| 1999 | Winner | Shakespeare in Love (1998) | Gwyneth Paltrow |
| Nominated | Central do Brasil (1998) | Fernanda Montenegro |
| Elizabeth (1998) | Cate Blanchett |
| Hilary and Jackie (1998) | Emily Watson (I) |
| One True Thing (1998) | Meryl Streep |
| 1998 | Winner | As Good as It Gets (1997) | Helen Hunt (I) |
| Nominated | Afterglow (1997) | Julie Christie (I) |
| Mrs Brown (1997) | Judi Dench |
| Titanic (1997) | Kate Winslet |
| Wings of the Dove, The (1997) | Helena Bonham Carter |
| 1997 | Winner | Fargo (1996) | Frances McDormand |
| Nominated | Breaking the Waves (1996) | Emily Watson (I) |
| English Patient, The (1996) | Kristin Scott Thomas |
| Marvin's Room (1996) | Diane Keaton |
| Secrets & Lies (1996) | Brenda Blethyn |
| 1996 | Winner | Dead Man Walking (1995) | Susan Sarandon |
| Nominated | Bridges of Madison County, The (1995) | Meryl Streep |
| Casino (1995) | Sharon Stone (I) |
| Leaving Las Vegas (1995) | Elisabeth Shue |
| Sense and Sensibility (1995) | Emma Thompson (I) |
| 1995 | Winner | Blue Sky (1994) | Jessica Lange |
| Nominated | Client, The (1994) | Susan Sarandon |
| Little Women (1994) | Winona Ryder |
| Nell (1994) | Jodie Foster |
| Tom & Viv (1994) | Miranda Richardson (I) |
| 1994 | Winner | Piano, The (1993) | Holly Hunter |
| Nominated | Remains of the Day, The (1993) | Emma Thompson (I) |
| Shadowlands (1993) | Debra Winger |
| Six Degrees of Separation (1993) | Stockard Channing |
| What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) | Angela Bassett |
| 1993 | Winner | Howards End (1992) | Emma Thompson (I) |
| Nominated | Indochine (1992) | Catherine Deneuve |
| Lorenzo's Oil (1992) | Susan Sarandon |
| Love Field (1992) | Michelle Pfeiffer |
| Passion Fish (1992) | Mary McDonnell (I) |
| 1992 | Winner | Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) | Jodie Foster |
| Nominated | For the Boys (1991) | Bette Midler |
| Rambling Rose (1991) | Laura Dern |
| Thelma & Louise (1991) | Geena Davis |
| Susan Sarandon |
| 1991 | Winner | Misery (1990) | Kathy Bates (I) |
| Nominated | Grifters, The (1990) | Anjelica Huston |
| Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) | Joanne Woodward (I) |
| Postcards from the Edge (1990) | Meryl Streep |
| Pretty Woman (1990) | Julia Roberts (I) |
| 1990 | Winner | Driving Miss Daisy (1989) | Jessica Tandy |
| Nominated | Camille Claudel (1988) | Isabelle Adjani |
| Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989) | Michelle Pfeiffer |
| Music Box (1989) | Jessica Lange |
| Shirley Valentine (1989) | Pauline Collins |
| 1989 | Winner | Accused, The (1988) | Jodie Foster |
| Nominated | Dangerous Liaisons (1988) | Glenn Close |
| Evil Angels (1988) | Meryl Streep |
| Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988) | Sigourney Weaver |
| Working Girl (1988) | Melanie Griffith |
| 1988 | Winner | Moonstruck (1987) | Cher (I) |
| Nominated | Anna (1987) | Sally Kirkland (I) |
| Broadcast News (1987) | Holly Hunter |
| Fatal Attraction (1987) | Glenn Close |
| Ironweed (1987) | Meryl Streep |
| 1987 | Winner | Children of a Lesser God (1986) | Marlee Matlin |
| Nominated | Aliens (1986) | Sigourney Weaver |
| Crimes of the Heart (1986) | Sissy Spacek |
| Morning After, The (1986) | Jane Fonda |
| Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) | Kathleen Turner (I) |
| 1986 | Winner | Trip to Bountiful, The (1985) | Geraldine Page |
| Nominated | Agnes of God (1985) | Anne Bancroft (I) |
| Color Purple, The (1985) | Whoopi Goldberg |
| Out of Africa (1985) | Meryl Streep |
| Sweet Dreams (1985) | Jessica Lange |
| 1985 | Winner | Places in the Heart (1984) | Sally Field |
| Nominated | Bostonians, The (1984) | Vanessa Redgrave |
| Country (1984) | Jessica Lange |
| Passage to India, A (1984) | Judy Davis (I) |
| River, The (1984) | Sissy Spacek |
| 1984 | Winner | Terms of Endearment (1983) | Shirley MacLaine |
| Nominated | Educating Rita (1983) | Julie Walters (I) |
| Silkwood (1983) | Meryl Streep |
| Terms of Endearment (1983) | Debra Winger |
| Testament (1983) | Jane Alexander (I) |
| 1983 | Winner | Sophie's Choice (1982) | Meryl Streep |
| Nominated | Frances (1982) | Jessica Lange |
| Missing (1982) | Sissy Spacek |
| Officer and a Gentleman, An (1982) | Debra Winger |
| Victor Victoria (1982) | Julie Andrews (I) |
| 1982 | Winner | On Golden Pond (1981) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Nominated | Atlantic City (1980) | Susan Sarandon |
| French Lieutenant's Woman, The (1981) | Meryl Streep |
| Only When I Laugh (1981) | Marsha Mason |
| Reds (1981) | Diane Keaton |
| 1981 | Winner | Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) | Sissy Spacek |
| Nominated | Gloria (1980) | Gena Rowlands |
| Ordinary People (1980) | Mary Tyler Moore |
| Private Benjamin (1980) | Goldie Hawn |
| Resurrection (1980) | Ellen Burstyn |
| 1980 | Winner | Norma Rae (1979) | Sally Field |
| Nominated | Chapter Two (1979) | Marsha Mason |
| China Syndrome, The (1979) | Jane Fonda |
| Rose, The (1979) | Bette Midler |
| Starting Over (1979) | Jill Clayburgh |
| 1979 | Winner | Coming Home (1978) | Jane Fonda |
| Nominated | Höstsonaten (1978) | Ingrid Bergman (I) |
| Interiors (1978) | Geraldine Page |
| Same Time, Next Year (1978) | Ellen Burstyn |
| Unmarried Woman, An (1978) | Jill Clayburgh |
| 1978 | Winner | Annie Hall (1977) | Diane Keaton |
| Nominated | Goodbye Girl, The (1977) | Marsha Mason |
| Julia (1977) | Jane Fonda |
| Turning Point, The (1977) | Anne Bancroft (I) |
| Shirley MacLaine |
| 1977 | Winner | Network (1976) | Faye Dunaway |
| Nominated | Ansikte mot ansikte (1976) | Liv Ullmann |
| Carrie (1976) | Sissy Spacek |
| Cousin, cousine (1975) | Marie-Christine Barrault |
| Rocky (1976) | Talia Shire |
| 1976 | Winner | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | Louise Fletcher |
| Nominated | Hedda (1975) | Glenda Jackson |
| Hester Street (1975) | Carol Kane (I) |
| Histoire d'Adèle H., L' (1975) | Isabelle Adjani |
| Tommy (1975) | Ann-Margret |
| 1975 | Winner | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) | Ellen Burstyn |
| Nominated | Chinatown (1974) | Faye Dunaway |
| Claudine (1974) | Diahann Carroll |
| Lenny (1974) | Valerie Perrine |
| Woman Under the Influence, A (1974) | Gena Rowlands |
| 1974 | Winner | Touch of Class, A (1973) | Glenda Jackson |
| Nominated | Cinderella Liberty (1973) | Marsha Mason |
| Exorcist, The (1973) | Ellen Burstyn |
| Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973) | Joanne Woodward (I) |
| Way We Were, The (1973) | Barbra Streisand |
| 1973 | Winner | Cabaret (1972) | Liza Minnelli |
| Nominated | Lady Sings the Blues (1972) | Diana Ross (I) |
| Sounder (1972) | Cicely Tyson |
| Travels with My Aunt (1972) | Maggie Smith (I) |
| Utvandrarna (1971) | Liv Ullmann |
| 1972 | Winner | Klute (1971) | Jane Fonda |
| Nominated | Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) | Vanessa Redgrave |
| McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) | Julie Christie (I) |
| Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) | Janet Suzman |
| Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) | Glenda Jackson |
| 1971 | Winner | Women in Love (1969) |
| Nominated | Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) | Carrie Snodgress |
| Great White Hope, The (1970) | Jane Alexander (I) |
| Love Story (1970) | Ali MacGraw |
| Ryan's Daughter (1970) | Sarah Miles (I) |
| 1970 | Winner | Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The (1969) | Maggie Smith (I) |
| Nominated | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) | Geneviève Bujold |
| Happy Ending, The (1969) | Jean Simmons (I) |
| Sterile Cuckoo, The (1969) | Liza Minnelli |
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) | Jane Fonda |
| 1969 | Winner | Funny Girl (1968) | Barbra Streisand |
| Lion in Winter, The (1968) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Nominated | Isadora (1968) | Vanessa Redgrave |
| Rachel, Rachel (1968) | Joanne Woodward (I) |
| Subject Was Roses, The (1968) | Patricia Neal |
| 1968 | Winner | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Nominated | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) | Faye Dunaway |
| Graduate, The (1967) | Anne Bancroft (I) |
| Wait Until Dark (1967) | Audrey Hepburn |
| Whisperers, The (1967) | Edith Evans (I) |
| 1967 | Winner | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | Elizabeth Taylor (I) |
| Nominated | Georgy Girl (1966) | Lynn Redgrave |
| Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) | Vanessa Redgrave |
| Obchod na korze (1965) | Ida Kaminska |
| Un homme et une femme (1966) | Anouk Aimée |
| 1966 | Winner | Darling (1965) | Julie Christie (I) |
| Nominated | Collector, The (1965) | Samantha Eggar |
| Patch of Blue, A (1965) | Elizabeth Hartman (I) |
| Ship of Fools (1965) | Simone Signoret |
| Sound of Music, The (1965) | Julie Andrews (I) |
| 1965 | Winner | Mary Poppins (1964) |
| Nominated | Matrimonio all'italiana (1964) | Sophia Loren |
| Pumpkin Eater, The (1964) | Anne Bancroft (I) |
| Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) | Kim Stanley (I) |
| Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) | Debbie Reynolds (I) |
| 1964 | Winner | Hud (1963) | Patricia Neal |
| Nominated | Irma la Douce (1963) | Shirley MacLaine |
| L-Shaped Room, The (1962) | Leslie Caron |
| Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) | Natalie Wood (I) |
| This Sporting Life (1963) | Rachel Roberts (I) |
| 1963 | Winner | Miracle Worker, The (1962) | Anne Bancroft (I) |
| Nominated | Days of Wine and Roses (1962) | Lee Remick |
| Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) | Geraldine Page |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) | Bette Davis |
| 1962 | Winner | Ciociara, La (1960) | Sophia Loren |
| Nominated | Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) | Audrey Hepburn |
| Hustler, The (1961) | Piper Laurie |
| Splendor in the Grass (1961) | Natalie Wood (I) |
| Summer and Smoke (1961) | Geraldine Page |
| 1961 | Winner | BUtterfield 8 (1960) | Elizabeth Taylor (I) |
| Nominated | Apartment, The (1960) | Shirley MacLaine |
| Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) | Melina Mercouri |
| Sundowners, The (1960) | Deborah Kerr |
| Sunrise at Campobello (1960) | Greer Garson |
| 1960 | Winner | Room at the Top (1959) | Simone Signoret |
| Nominated | Nun's Story, The (1959) | Audrey Hepburn |
| Pillow Talk (1959) | Doris Day (I) |
| Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Elizabeth Taylor (I) |
| 1959 | Winner | I Want to Live! (1958) | Susan Hayward (I) |
| Nominated | Auntie Mame (1958) | Rosalind Russell |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) | Elizabeth Taylor (I) |
| Separate Tables (1958) | Deborah Kerr |
| Some Came Running (1958) | Shirley MacLaine |
| 1958 | Winner | Three Faces of Eve, The (1957) | Joanne Woodward (I) |
| Nominated | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) | Deborah Kerr |
| Peyton Place (1957) | Lana Turner |
| Raintree County (1957) | Elizabeth Taylor (I) |
| Wild Is the Wind (1957) | Anna Magnani |
| 1957 | Winner | Anastasia (1956) | Ingrid Bergman (I) |
| Nominated | Baby Doll (1956) | Carroll Baker |
| Bad Seed, The (1956) | Nancy Kelly (I) |
| King and I, The (1956) | Deborah Kerr |
| Rainmaker, The (1956) | Katharine Hepburn |
| 1956 | Winner | Rose Tattoo, The (1955) | Anna Magnani |
| Nominated | I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) | Susan Hayward (I) |
| Interrupted Melody (1955) | Eleanor Parker (I) |
| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) | Jennifer Jones (I) |
| Summertime (1955) | Katharine Hepburn |
| 1955 | Winner | Country Girl, The (1954) | Grace Kelly (I) |
| Nominated | Carmen Jones (1954) | Dorothy Dandridge |
| Magnificent Obsession (1954) | Jane Wyman |
| Sabrina (1954) | Audrey Hepburn |
| Star Is Born, A (1954) | Judy Garland (I) |
| 1954 | Winner | Roman Holiday (1953) | Audrey Hepburn |
| Nominated | From Here to Eternity (1953) | Deborah Kerr |
| Lili (1953) | Leslie Caron |
| Mogambo (1953) | Ava Gardner |
| Moon Is Blue, The (1953) | Maggie McNamara |
| 1953 | Winner | Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) | Shirley Booth |
| Nominated | Member of the Wedding, The (1952) | Julie Harris (I) |
| Star, The (1952) | Bette Davis |
| Sudden Fear (1952) | Joan Crawford (I) |
| With a Song in My Heart (1952) | Susan Hayward (I) |
| 1952 | Winner | Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) | Vivien Leigh |
| Nominated | African Queen, The (1951) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Blue Veil, The (1951) | Jane Wyman |
| Detective Story (1951) | Eleanor Parker (I) |
| Place in the Sun, A (1951) | Shelley Winters |
| 1951 | Winner | Born Yesterday (1950) | Judy Holliday |
| Nominated | All About Eve (1950) | Anne Baxter |
| Bette Davis |
| Caged (1950) | Eleanor Parker (I) |
| Sunset Blvd. (1950) | Gloria Swanson |
| 1950 | Winner | Heiress, The (1949) | Olivia de Havilland |
| Nominated | Come to the Stable (1949) | Loretta Young |
| Edward, My Son (1949) | Deborah Kerr |
| My Foolish Heart (1949) | Susan Hayward (I) |
| Pinky (1949) | Jeanne Crain |
| 1949 | Winner | Johnny Belinda (1948) | Jane Wyman |
| Nominated | I Remember Mama (1948) | Irene Dunne |
| Joan of Arc (1948) | Ingrid Bergman (I) |
| Snake Pit, The (1948) | Olivia de Havilland |
| Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) | Barbara Stanwyck |
| 1948 | Winner | Farmer's Daughter, The (1947) | Loretta Young |
| Nominated | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) | Dorothy McGuire (I) |
| Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) | Rosalind Russell |
| Possessed (1947) | Joan Crawford (I) |
| Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) | Susan Hayward (I) |
| 1947 | Winner | To Each His Own (1946) | Olivia de Havilland |
| Nominated | Brief Encounter (1945) | Celia Johnson (I) |
| Duel in the Sun (1946) | Jennifer Jones (I) |
| Sister Kenny (1946) | Rosalind Russell |
| Yearling, The (1946) | Jane Wyman |
| 1946 | Winner | Mildred Pierce (1945) | Joan Crawford (I) |
| Nominated | Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) | Ingrid Bergman (I) |
| Leave Her to Heaven (1945) | Gene Tierney |
| Love Letters (1945) | Jennifer Jones (I) |
| Valley of Decision, The (1945) | Greer Garson |
| 1945 | Winner | Gaslight (1944) | Ingrid Bergman (I) |
| Nominated | Double Indemnity (1944) | Barbara Stanwyck |
| Mr. Skeffington (1944) | Bette Davis |
| Mrs. Parkington (1944) | Greer Garson |
| Since You Went Away (1944) | Claudette Colbert |
| 1944 | Winner | Song of Bernadette, The (1943) | Jennifer Jones (I) |
| Nominated | Constant Nymph, The (1943) | Joan Fontaine |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) | Ingrid Bergman (I) |
| Madame Curie (1943) | Greer Garson |
| More the Merrier, The (1943) | Jean Arthur (I) |
| 1943 | Winner | Mrs. Miniver (1942) | Greer Garson |
| Nominated | My Sister Eileen (1942) | Rosalind Russell |
| Now, Voyager (1942) | Bette Davis |
| Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) | Teresa Wright (I) |
| Woman of the Year (1942) | Katharine Hepburn |
| 1942 | Winner | Suspicion (1941) | Joan Fontaine |
| Nominated | Ball of Fire (1941) | Barbara Stanwyck |
| Blossoms in the Dust (1941) | Greer Garson |
| Hold Back the Dawn (1941) | Olivia de Havilland |
| Little Foxes, The (1941) | Bette Davis |
| 1941 | Winner | Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) | Ginger Rogers |
| Nominated | Letter, The (1940) | Bette Davis |
| Our Town (1940) | Martha Scott |
| Philadelphia Story, The (1940) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Rebecca (1940) | Joan Fontaine |
| 1940 | Winner | Gone with the Wind (1939) | Vivien Leigh |
| Nominated | Dark Victory (1939) | Bette Davis |
| Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) | Greer Garson |
| Love Affair (1939) | Irene Dunne |
| Ninotchka (1939) | Greta Garbo |
| 1939 | Winner | Jezebel (1938) | Bette Davis |
| Nominated | Marie Antoinette (1938) | Norma Shearer |
| Pygmalion (1938) | Wendy Hiller |
| Three Comrades (1938) | Margaret Sullavan |
| White Banners (1938) | Fay Bainter |
| 1938 | Winner | Good Earth, The (1937) | Luise Rainer |
| Nominated | Awful Truth, The (1937) | Irene Dunne |
| Camille (1936) | Greta Garbo |
| Star Is Born, A (1937) | Janet Gaynor (I) |
| Stella Dallas (1937) | Barbara Stanwyck |
| 1937 | Winner | Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) | Luise Rainer |
| Nominated | My Man Godfrey (1936) | Carole Lombard (I) |
| Romeo and Juliet (1936) | Norma Shearer |
| Theodora Goes Wild (1936) | Irene Dunne |
| Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936) | Gladys George |
| 1936 | Winner | Dangerous (1935) | Bette Davis |
| Nominated | Alice Adams (1935) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Becky Sharp (1935) | Miriam Hopkins |
| Dark Angel, The (1935) | Merle Oberon |
| Escape Me Never (1935) | Elisabeth Bergner |
| Private Worlds (1935) | Claudette Colbert |
| 1935 | Winner | It Happened One Night (1934) |
| Nominated | Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934) | Norma Shearer |
| Of Human Bondage (1934) | Bette Davis |
| One Night of Love (1934) | Grace Moore (I) |
| 1934 | Winner | Morning Glory (1933) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Nominated | Cavalcade (1933) | Diana Wynyard |
| Lady for a Day (1933) | May Robson |
| 1932 | Winner | Sin of Madelon Claudet, The (1931) | Helen Hayes (I) |
| Nominated | Emma (1932) | Marie Dressler |
| Guardsman, The (1931) | Lynn Fontanne |
| 1931 | Winner | Min and Bill (1930) | Marie Dressler |
| Nominated | Cimarron (1931) | Irene Dunne |
| Free Soul, A (1931) | Norma Shearer |
| Holiday (1930) | Ann Harding |
| Morocco (1930) | Marlene Dietrich |
| 1929 | Winner | 7th Heaven (1927) | Janet Gaynor (I) |
| Nominated | Sadie Thompson (1928) | Gloria Swanson |
| Ship Comes In, A (1928) | Louise Dresser |
