Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best lead actress of the year.

The 2024 recipient: Mikey Madison

Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon have each won this award twice. Cate Blanchett has been awarded three times.

Winners

1990s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1997[1]	Judi Dench	Mrs Brown	Queen Victoria
	Helena Bonham Carter	The Wings of the Dove	Kate Croy
	Kate Winslet	Titanic	Rose DeWitt Bukater
1998[2]	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth	Queen Elizabeth I
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Shakespeare in Love	Viola de Lesseps
	Emily Watson	Hilary and Jackie	Jacqueline du Pré
1999	Reese Witherspoon	Election	Tracy Flick
	Annette Bening	American Beauty	Carolyn Burnham
	Heather Donahue	The Blair Witch Project	Heather Donahue
	Janet McTeer	Tumbleweeds	Mary Jo Walker
	Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry	Brandon Teena

2000s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2000[3]	Ellen Burstyn	Requiem for a Dream	Sara Goldfarb
	Joan Allen	The Contender	Sen. Laine Billings Hanson
	Björk	Dancer in the Dark	Selma Ježková
	Laura Linney	You Can Count on Me	Samantha 'Sammy' Prescott
	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich
2001[4]	Naomi Watts	Mulholland Drive	Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
	Thora Birch	Ghost World	Enid
	Nicole Kidman	The Others	Grace Stewart
	Sissy Spacek	In the Bedroom	Ruth Fowler
	Tilda Swinton	The Deep End	Margaret Hall
2002[5]	Julianne Moore	Far from Heaven	Cathy Whitaker
	Jennifer Aniston	The Good Girl	Justine Last
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Secretary	Lee Holloway
	Isabelle Huppert	The Piano Teacher	Erika Kohut
	Diane Lane	Unfaithful	Connie Sumner
2003[6]	Naomi Watts	21 Grams	Cristina Peck
	Angela Bettis	May	May Dove Canady
	Scarlett Johansson	Lost in Translation	Charlotte
	Charlize Theron	Monster	Aileen Wuornos
	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill: Volume 1	The Bride/Black Mamba
2004[7]	Kate Winslet	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Clementine Kruczynski
	Julie Delpy	Before Sunset	Celine
	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake
	Hilary Swank	Million Dollar Baby	Maggie Fitzgerald
	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Beatrix Kiddo/The Bride/Black Mamba
2005[8]	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line	June Carter Cash
	Joan Allen	The Upside of Anger	Terry Wolfmeyer
	Felicity Huffman	Transamerica	Bree Osbourne
	Keira Knightley	Pride & Prejudice	Elizabeth Bennet
	Naomi Watts	King Kong	Ann Darrow
2006[9]	Helen Mirren	The Queen	Queen Elizabeth II
	Penélope Cruz	Volver	Raimunda
	Judi Dench	Notes on a Scandal	Barbara Covett
	Meryl Streep	The Devil Wears Prada	Miranda Priestly
	Kate Winslet	Little Children	Sarah Pierce
2007[10]	Julie Christie	Away from Her	Fiona Anderson
	Marion Cotillard	La Vie en rose	Édith Piaf
	Angelina Jolie	A Mighty Heart	Mariane Pearl
	Laura Linney	The Savages	Wendy Savage
	Elliot Page[a]	Juno	Juno MacGuff
2008[11]	Michelle Williams	Wendy and Lucy	Wendy Carroll
	Anne Hathaway	Rachel Getting Married	Kym Buchanan
	Sally Hawkins	Happy-Go-Lucky	Poppy Cross
	Meryl Streep	Doubt	Sister Aloysius Beauvier
	Kate Winslet	Revolutionary Road	April Wheeler
2009[12]	Mélanie Laurent	Inglourious Basterds	Shoshanna Dreyfus
	Carey Mulligan	An Education	Jenny Miller
	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious	Claireece "Precious" Jones
	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia	Julia Child
	Tilda Swinton	Julia	Julia

2010s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2010[13]	Natalie Portman	Black Swan	Nina Sayers
	Annette Bening	The Kids Are All Right	Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood
	Nicole Kidman	Rabbit Hole	Becca Corbett
	Kim Hye-ja	Mother	Mother
	Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone	Ree Dolly
2011[14]	Tilda Swinton	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Eva Khatchadourian
	Kirsten Dunst	Melancholia	Justine
	Elizabeth Olsen	Martha Marcy May Marlene	Martha
	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	Margaret Thatcher
	Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn	Marilyn Monroe
2012[15]	Jessica Chastain	Zero Dark Thirty	Maya
	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	Tiffany Maxwell
	Emmanuelle Riva	Amour	Anne Laurent
	Quvenzhané Wallis	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Hushpuppy
	Rachel Weisz	The Deep Blue Sea	Hester Collyer
2013[16]	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
	Amy Adams	American Hustle	Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly
	Julie Delpy	Before Midnight	Céline Wallace
	Adèle Exarchopoulos	Blue Is the Warmest Colour	Adèle
	Brie Larson	Short Term 12	Grace
2014[17]	Rosamund Pike	Gone Girl	Amy Elliott-Dunne
	Marion Cotillard	Two Days, One Night	Sandra Bya
	Essie Davis	The Babadook	Amelia
	Anne Dorval	Mommy	Diane Després
	Julianne Moore	Still Alice	Dr. Alice Howland
2015[18]	Cate Blanchett	Carol	Carol Aird
	Brie Larson	Room	Joy "Ma" Newsome
	Charlotte Rampling	45 Years	Kate Mercer
	Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn	Eilis Lacey
	Charlize Theron	Mad Max: Fury Road	Imperator Furiosa
2016[19]	Natalie Portman	Jackie	Jackie Kennedy
	Amy Adams	Arrival	Dr. Louise Banks
	Isabelle Huppert	Elle	Michèle Leblanc
	Ruth Negga	Loving	Mildred Loving
	Emma Stone	La La Land	Mia Dolan
2017[20]	Sally Hawkins	The Shape of Water	Elisa Esposito
	Frances McDormand	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Mildred Hayes
	Cynthia Nixon	A Quiet Passion	Emily Dickinson
	Margot Robbie	I, Tonya	Tonya Harding
	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
2018[21]	Toni Collette	Hereditary	Annie Graham
	Yalitza Aparicio	Roma	Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez
	Olivia Colman	The Favourite	Anne, Queen of Great Britain
	Regina Hall	Support the Girls	Lisa Conroy
	Lady Gaga	A Star is Born	Ally Maine
2019[22]	Lupita Nyong'o	Us	Adelaide Wilson / Red
	Awkwafina	The Farewell	Billi Wang
	Scarlett Johansson	Marriage Story	Nicole Barber
	Florence Pugh	Midsommar	Dani Ardor
	Renée Zellweger	Judy	Judy Garland

2020s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2020[23]	Frances McDormand	Nomadland	Fern
	Jessie Buckley	I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Young Woman
	Viola Davis	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Ma Rainey
	Sidney Flanigan	Never Rarely Sometimes Always	Autumn Callahan
	Carey Mulligan	Promising Young Woman	Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
2021[24]	Olivia Colman	The Lost Daughter	Leda Caruso
	Alana Haim	Licorice Pizza	Alana Kane
	Renate Reinsve	The Worst Person in the World	Julie
	Agathe Rousselle	Titane	Alexia/Adrien
	Kristen Stewart	Spencer	Diana, Princess of Wales
2022[25]	Michelle Yeoh	Everything Everywhere All At Once	Evelyn Quan Wang
	Cate Blanchett	Tár	Lydia Tár
	Viola Davis	The Woman King	General Nanisca
	Danielle Deadwyler	Till	Mamie Till-Mobley
	Mia Goth	Pearl	Pearl
2023[26]	Lily Gladstone	Killers of the Flower Moon	Mollie Kyle
	Sandra Hüller	Anatomy of a Fall	Sandra Voyter
	Greta Lee	Past Lives	Nora Moon
	Margot Robbie	Barbie	Barbie
	Emma Stone	Poor Things	Bella Baxter
2024[27]	Mikey Madison	Anora	Anora "Ani" Mikheeva
	Cynthia Erivo	Wicked	Elphaba Thropp
	Marianne Jean-Baptiste	Hard Truths	Pansey Deacon
	Demi Moore	The Substance	Elisabeth Sparkle
	Fernanda Torres	I'm Still Here	Eunice Paiva

Notes

1. Credited as Ellen Page