Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress is an award given out at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The awards are presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA), and was first presented in 1995. There were no official nominees announced until 2001. There are currently six nominees annually, and there have been three ties in this category (2008, 2009, 2018). Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Frances McDormand, Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep, and Hilary Swank are the only actresses who have received this award more than once, with two wins each.

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
The 2023 recipient: Emma Stone
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Location	Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Broadcast Film Critics Association
Currently held by	Emma Stone for Poor Things (2023)
Website	www.criticschoice.com

This is the main Best Actress award for leading performances by an actress. Previously, two other genre-specific categories were presented: Best Actress in a Comedy (from 2012 to 2019); and Best Actress in an Action Movie (from 2012 to 2016).

For the Supporting Actress category, see Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Winners and nominees

Nicole Kidman was the first recipient of this category in 1995

Julianne Moore won twice for Far from Heaven (2002) and Still Alice (2013)

Charlize Theron won for Monster (2013)

Reese Witherspoon won for Walk the Line (2005)

Dame Helen Mirren won for The Queen (2006)

Meryl Streep won twice consecutively for Doubt (2008) and Julie & Julia (2009)

Anne Hathaway won for Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Natalie Portman won twice for Black Swan (2010) and Jackie (2016)

Viola Davis won for The Help (2011)

Jessica Chastain won twice for Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

Cate Blanchett won thrice for Elizabeth (1998) Blue Jasmine (2013) and Tár (2022)

Brie Larson won for Room (2015)

Glenn Close won for The Wife (2018)

Lady Gaga won for A Star is Born (2018

Renée Zellweger won for Judy (2019)

Carey Mulligan won for Promising Young Woman (2020)

Emma Stone for Poor Things (2023)

1990s

Year	Actress	Character	Work
1995	Nicole Kidman	Suzanne Stone-Maretto	To Die For
1996	Frances McDormand	Marge Gunderson	Fargo
1997	Helena Bonham Carter	Kate Croy	The Wings of the Dove
1998	Cate Blanchett	Queen Elizabeth I	Elizabeth
1999	Hilary Swank	Brandon Teena	Boys Don't Cry

2000s

Year	Actress	Character	Work
2000	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich
2001	Sissy Spacek	Ruth Fowler	In the Bedroom
	Nicole Kidman	Satine	Moulin Rouge!
	Renée Zellweger	Bridget Jones	Bridget Jones's Diary
2002	Julianne Moore	Cathy Whitaker	Far from Heaven
	Salma Hayek	Frida Kahlo	Frida
	Nicole Kidman	Virginia Woolf	The Hours
	Diane Lane	Constance "Connie" Sumner	Unfaithful
2003	Charlize Theron	Aileen Wuornos	Monster
	Jennifer Connelly	Kathy Nicolo	House of Sand and Fog
	Diane Keaton	Erica Barry	Something's Gotta Give
	Nicole Kidman	Ada Monroe	Cold Mountain
	Samantha Morton	Sarah Sullivan	In America
	Naomi Watts	Cristina "Cris" Peck	21 Grams
2004	Hilary Swank	Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald	Million Dollar Baby
	Annette Bening	Julia Lambert	Being Julia
	Catalina Sandino Moreno	María Álvarez	Maria Full of Grace
	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake
	Kate Winslet	Clementine Kruczynski	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
	Uma Thurman	Beatrix Kiddo	Kill Bill: Volume 2
2005	Reese Witherspoon	June Carter Cash	Walk the Line
	Joan Allen	Terry Wolfmeyer	The Upside of Anger
	Judi Dench	Laura Henderson	Mrs Henderson Presents
	Felicity Huffman	Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne	Transamerica
	Keira Knightley	Elizabeth Bennet	Pride & Prejudice
	Charlize Theron	Josey Aimes	North Country
2006	Helen Mirren	Queen Elizabeth II	The Queen
	Penélope Cruz	Raimunda	Volver
	Judi Dench	Barbara Covett	Notes on a Scandal
	Meryl Streep	Miranda Priestly	The Devil Wears Prada
	Kate Winslet	Sarah Pierce	Little Children
2007	Julie Christie	Fiona Anderson	Away from Her
	Amy Adams	Princess Giselle	Enchanted
	Cate Blanchett	Queen Elizabeth I	Elizabeth: The Golden Age
	Marion Cotillard	Édith Piaf	La Vie en Rose
	Angelina Jolie	Mariane Pearl	A Mighty Heart
	Elliot Page	Juno MacGuff	Juno
2008	Anne Hathaway (TIE)	Kym Buchman	Rachel Getting Married
	Meryl Streep (TIE)	Sister Aloysius Beauvier	Doubt
	Kate Beckinsale	Rachel Armstrong	Nothing but the Truth
	Cate Blanchett	Daisy Fuller (adult)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
	Angelina Jolie	Christine Collins	Changeling
	Melissa Leo	Ray Eddy	Frozen River
2009 [1]	Sandra Bullock (TIE)	Leigh Anne Tuohy	The Blind Side
	Meryl Streep (TIE)	Julia Child	Julie & Julia
	Emily Blunt	Queen Victoria	The Young Victoria
	Carey Mulligan	Jenny Miller	An Education
	Saoirse Ronan	Susie Salmon	The Lovely Bones
	Gabourey Sidibe	Claireece "Precious" Jones	Precious

2010s

Year	Actress	Character	Work
2010 [2]	Natalie Portman	Nina Sayers	Black Swan
	Annette Bening	Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood	The Kids Are All Right
	Nicole Kidman	Becca Corbett	Rabbit Hole
	Jennifer Lawrence	Ree Dolly	Winter's Bone
	Noomi Rapace	Lisbeth Salander	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
	Michelle Williams	Cynthia "Cindy" Heller	Blue Valentine
2011 [3][4]	Viola Davis	Aibileen Clark	The Help
	Elizabeth Olsen	Martha	Martha Marcy May Marlene
	Meryl Streep	Margaret Thatcher	The Iron Lady
	Tilda Swinton	Eva Khatchadourian	We Need to Talk About Kevin
	Charlize Theron	Mavis Gary	Young Adult
	Michelle Williams	Marilyn Monroe	My Week with Marilyn
2012 [5]	Jessica Chastain	Maya Harris	Zero Dark Thirty
	Marion Cotillard	Stéphanie	Rust and Bone
	Jennifer Lawrence	Tiffany Maxwell	Silver Linings Playbook
	Emmanuelle Riva	Anne Laurent	Amour
	Quvenzhané Wallis	Hushpuppy	Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Naomi Watts	Maria Bennett	The Impossible
2013 [6][7]	Cate Blanchett	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis	Blue Jasmine
	Sandra Bullock	Dr. Ryan Stone	Gravity
	Judi Dench	Philomena Lee	Philomena
	Brie Larson	Grace Howard	Short Term 12
	Meryl Streep	Violet Weston	August: Osage County
	Emma Thompson	P. L. Travers	Saving Mr. Banks
2014 [8]	Julianne Moore	Dr. Alice Howland	Still Alice
	Jennifer Aniston	Claire Bennett	Cake
	Marion Cotillard	Sandra Bya	Two Days, One Night
	Felicity Jones	Jane Wilde Hawking	The Theory of Everything
	Rosamund Pike	Amy Elliott-Dunne	Gone Girl
	Reese Witherspoon	Cheryl Strayed	Wild
2015 [9][10]	Brie Larson	Joy "Ma" Newsome	Room
	Cate Blanchett	Carol Aird	Carol
	Jennifer Lawrence	Joy Mangano	Joy
	Charlotte Rampling	Kate Mercer	45 Years
	Saoirse Ronan	Eilis Lacey	Brooklyn
	Charlize Theron	Imperator Furiosa	Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 [11]	Natalie Portman	Jackie Kennedy	Jackie
	Amy Adams	Dr. Louise Banks	Arrival
	Annette Bening	Dorothea Fields	20th Century Women
	Isabelle Huppert	Michèle Leblanc	Elle
	Ruth Negga	Mildred Loving	Loving
	Emma Stone	Mia Dolan	La La Land
2017 [12][13]	Frances McDormand	Mildred Hayes	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
	Jessica Chastain	Molly Bloom	Molly's Game
	Sally Hawkins	Elisa Esposito	The Shape of Water
	Margot Robbie	Tonya Harding	I, Tonya
	Saoirse Ronan	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson	Lady Bird
	Meryl Streep	Katharine Graham	The Post
2018 [14][15]	Glenn Close (TIE)	Joan Castleman	The Wife
	Lady Gaga (TIE)	Ally Maine	A Star Is Born
	Yalitza Aparicio	Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez	Roma
	Emily Blunt	Mary Poppins	Mary Poppins Returns
	Toni Collette	Annie Graham	Hereditary
	Olivia Colman	Queen Anne	The Favourite
	Melissa McCarthy	Lee Israel	Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2019 [16]	Renée Zellweger	Judy Garland	Judy
	Awkwafina	Billi Wang	The Farewell
	Cynthia Erivo	Harriet Tubman	Harriet
	Scarlett Johansson	Nicole Barber	Marriage Story
	Lupita Nyong'o	Adelaide Wilson / Red	Us
	Saoirse Ronan	Josephine "Jo" March	Little Women
	Charlize Theron	Megyn Kelly	Bombshell

2020s

Year	Actress	Character	Work
2020 [17][18]	Carey Mulligan	Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas	Promising Young Woman
	Viola Davis	Ma Rainey	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Andra Day	Billie Holiday	The United States vs. Billie Holiday
	Sidney Flanigan	Autumn Callahan	Never Rarely Sometimes Always
	Vanessa Kirby	Martha Weiss	Pieces of a Woman
	Frances McDormand	Fern	Nomadland
	Zendaya	Marie Jones	Malcolm & Marie
2021 [19]	Jessica Chastain	Tammy Faye Bakker	The Eyes of Tammy Faye
	Olivia Colman	Leda Caruso	The Lost Daughter
	Lady Gaga	Patrizia Reggiani	House of Gucci
	Alana Haim	Alana Kane	Licorice Pizza
	Nicole Kidman	Lucille Ball	Being the Ricardos
	Kristen Stewart	Princess Diana	Spencer
2022 [20]	Cate Blanchett	Lydia Tár	Tár
	Viola Davis	General Nanisca	The Woman King
	Danielle Deadwyler	Mamie Till	Till
	Margot Robbie	Nellie LaRoy	Babylon
	Michelle Williams	Mitzi Fabelman	The Fabelmans
	Michelle Yeoh	Evelyn Wang	Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023	Emma Stone	Bella Baxter	Poor Things
	Lily Gladstone	Mollie Kyle	Killers of the Flower Moon
	Sandra Hüller	Sandra Voyter	Anatomy of a Fall
	Greta Lee	Nora Moon	Past Lives
	Carey Mulligan	Felicia Montealegre Bernstein	Maestro
	Margot Robbie	Barbie	Barbie

Multiple nominees

2 nominations

• Amy Adams
• Emily Blunt
• Sandra Bullock
• Olivia Colman
• Angelina Jolie
• Lady Gaga
• Brie Larson
• Julianne Moore
• Natalie Portman
• Emma Stone
• Hilary Swank
• Naomi Watts
• Kate Winslet
• Reese Witherspoon
• Renée Zellweger

3 nominations Annette Bening Jessica Chastain Marion Cotillard Viola Davis Judi Dench Jennifer Lawrence Frances McDormand Carey Mulligan Margot Robbie Michelle Williams 4 nominations Saoirse Ronan 5 nominations Charlize Theron 6 nominations Cate Blanchett Nicole Kidman Meryl Streep

Multiple winners

3 wins

• Cate Blanchett

2 wins

• Jessica Chastain
• Frances McDormand
• Julianne Moore
• Natalie Portman
• Meryl Streep (consecutive)
• Hilary Swank

See also

• Academy Award for Best Actress
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
• BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

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External links

• Critics' Choice Movie Awards (official site)