EVERY Oscar Best Actress Winner EVER | 1927-2023

Highlights and clips of every single movie to ever win Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Academy Awards, from Janet Gaynor (1st), to Michelle Yeoh (95th). EVERY Oscar Best Picture Winner: EVERY Oscar Best Director Winner: EVERY Oscar Best Actress Winner: EVERY Oscar Best Actor Winner: EVERY Oscar Best Supporting Actress Winner: EVERY Oscar Best Supporting Actor Winner: EVERY Oscar Best Animated Feature Winner: 1927-28 - Janet Gaynor (Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise) 1928-29 - Mary Pickford (Coquette) 1929-30 - Norma Shearer (The Divorcee) 1930-31 - Marie Dressler (Min and Bill) 1931-32 - Helen Hayes (The Sin of Madelon Claudet) 1932-33 - Katharine Hepburn (Morning Glory) 1934 - Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night) 1935 - Bette Davis (Dangerous) 1936 - Luise Rainer (The Great Ziegfeld) 1937 - Luise Rainer (The Good Earth) 1938 - Bette Davis (Jezebel) 1939 - Vivien Leigh (Gone With the Wind) 1940 - Ginger Rogers (Kitty Foyle) 1941 - Joan Fontaine (Suspicion) 1942 - Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver) 1943 - Jennifer Jones (The Song of Bernadette) 1944 - Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight) 1945 - Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce) 1946 - Olivia de Havilland (To Each His Own) 1947 - Loretta Young (The Farmer’s Daughter) 1948 - Jane Wyman (Johnny Belinda) 1949 - Olivia de Havilland (The Heiress) 1950 - Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday) 1951 - Vivien Leigh (A Streetcar Named Desire) 1952 - Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba) 1953 - Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday) 1954 - Grace Kelly (The Country Girl) 1955 - Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo) 1956 - Ingrid Bergman (Anastasia) 1957 - Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve) 1958 - Susan Hayward (I Want to Live!) 1959 - Simone Signoret (Room at the Top) 1960 - Elizabeth Taylor (Butterfield 8) 1961 - Sophia Loren (Two Women) 1962 - Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker) 1963 - Patricia Neal (Hud) 1964 - Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) 1965 - Julie Christie (Darling) 1966 - Elizabeth Taylor (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) 1967 - Katharine Hepburn (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner) 1968 - Katharine Hepburn; Barbra Streisand (The Lion in Winter; Funny irl) 1969 - Maggie Smith (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) 1970 - Glenda Jackson (Women in Love) 1971 - Jane Fonda (Klute) 1972 - Liza Minnelli (Cabaret) 1973 - Glenda Jackson (A Touch of Class) 1974 - Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore) 1975 - Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest) 1976 - Faye Dunaway (Network) 1977 - Diane Keaton (Annie Hall) 1978 - Jane Fonda (Coming Home) 1979 - Sally Field (Norma Rae) 1980 - Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner’s Daughter) 1981 - Katharine Hepburn (On Golden Pond) 1982 - Meryl Streep (Sophie’s Choice) 1983 - Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) 1984 - Sally Field (Places in the Heart) 1985 - Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful) 1986 - Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God) 1987 - Cher (Moonstruck) 1988 - Jodie Foster (The Accused) 1989 - Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) 1990 - Kathy Bates (Misery) 1991 - Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs) 1992 - Emma Thompson (Howards End) 1993 - Holly Hunter (The Piano) 1994 - Jessica Lange (Blue Sky) 1995 - Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) 1996 - Frances McDormand (Fargo) 1997 - Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets) 1998 - Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) 1999 - Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry) 2000 - Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) 2001 - Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball) 2002 - Nicole Kidman (The Hours) 2003 - Charlize Theron (Monster) 2004 - Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) 2005 - Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) 2006 - Helen Mirren (The Queen) 2007 - Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) 2008 - Kate Winslet (The Reader) 2009 - Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) 2010 - Natalie Portman (Black Swan) 2011 - Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) 2012 - Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) 2013 - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) 2014 - Julianne Moore (Still Alice) 2015 - Brie Larson (Room) 2016 - Emma Stone (La La Land) 2017 - Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri) 2018 - Olivia Colman (The Favourite) 2019 - Renée Zellweger (Judy) 2020 - Frances McDormand (Nomadland) 2021 - Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) 2022 - Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) Subscribe for more videos about the awards race, Oscars, and other film-related content every week! LETTERBOXD Profile: Oscars List: #film #oscars #oscars