Thập niên 1950

1951: Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday (cũng đoạt giải Oscar)

• Spring Byington - Louisa
• Betty Hutton - Annie Get Your Gun

1952: June Allyson - Too Young to Kiss

1953: Susan Hayward - With a Song in My Heart

• Katharine Hepburn - Pat and Mike
• Ginger Rogers - Monkey Business

1954: Ethel Merman - Call Me Madam

1955: Judy Garland - A Star Is Born

1956: Jean Simmons - Guys and Dolls

1957: Deborah Kerr - The King and I

• Judy Holliday - The Solid Gold Cadillac
• Machiko Kyō - The Teahouse of the August Moon
• Marilyn Monroe - Bus Stop
• Debbie Reynolds - Bundle of Joy

1958: Kay Kendall - Les Girls & Taina Elg, Les Girls

• Cyd Charisse - Silk Stockings
• Audrey Hepburn - Love in the Afternoon
• Jean Simmons - This Could Be the Night

1959: Rosalind Russell - Auntie Mame

• Ingrid Bergman - Indiscreet
• Leslie Caron - Gigi
• Doris Day - The Tunnel of Love
• Mitzi Gaynor - South Pacific

Thập niên 1960

1960: Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot

• Dorothy Dandridge - Porgy and Bess
• Doris Day - Pillow Talk
• Shirley MacLaine - Ask Any Girl
• Lilli Palmer - But Not for Me

1961: Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment

1962: Rosalind Russell - A Majority of One

• Bette Davis - Pocketful of Miracles
• Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany's

1963: Rosalind Russell - Gypsy

• Jane Fonda - Period of Adjustment

1963: Shirley MacLaine – Irma la Douce

• Ann-Margret – Bye Bye Birdie
• Doris Day – Move Over, Darling
• Audrey Hepburn – Charade
• Hayley Mills – Summer Magic
• Molly Picon – Come Blow Your Horn
• Jill St. John – Come Blow Your Horn
• Joanne Woodward – A New Kind of Love

1964: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins vai Mary Poppins †

• Audrey Hepburn – My Fair Lady
• Sophia Loren – Marriage Italian-Style (Matrimonio all'italiana)
• Melina Mercouri – Topkapi
• Debbie Reynolds – The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1965: Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music

• Jane Fonda – Cat Ballou
• Barbara Harris – A Thousand Clowns
• Rita Tushingham – The Knack...and How to Get It
• Natalie Wood – Inside Daisy Clover

1966: Lynn Redgrave – Georgy Girl

• Jane Fonda – Any Wednesday
• Audrey Hepburn – Two for the Road
• Shirley MacLaine – Gambit
• Vanessa Redgrave – Morgan!

1967: Anne Bancroft – The Graduate

• Julie Andrews – Thoroughly Modern Millie
• Petula Clark – Finian's Rainbow
• Shirley MacLaine – Woman Times Seven
• Vanessa Redgrave – Camelot

1968: Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl

• Julie Andrews – Star!
• Lucille Ball – Yours, Mine and Ours
• Petula Clark – Finian's Rainbow
• Gina Lollobrigida – Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

1969: Patty Duke - Me, Natalie

• Ingrid Bergman - Cactus Flower
• Dyan Cannon - Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
• Kim Darby - Generation
• Mia Farrow - John and Mary
• Shirley MacLaine - Sweet Charity
• Anna Magnani - The Secret of Santa Vittoria
• Barbra Streisand - Hello, Dolly!

Thập niên 1970

1970: Carrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife

• Julie Andrews – Darling Lili
• Sandy Dennis – The Out-of-Towners
• Angela Lansbury – Something for Everyone
• Barbra Streisand – The Owl and the Pussycat

1971: Twiggy – The Boy Friend

• Sandy Duncan – Star Spangled Girl
• Ruth Gordon – Harold and Maude
• Angela Lansbury – Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• Elaine May – A New Leaf

1972: Liza Minnelli – Cabaret †

• Carol Burnett – Pete 'n' Tillie
• Goldie Hawn – Butterflies Are Free
• Juliet Mills – Avanti!
• Maggie Smith – Travels with My Aunt

1973: Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class †

• Yvonne Elliman – Jesus Christ Superstar
• Cloris Leachman – Charley and the Angel
• Tatum O'Neal – Paper Moon
• Liv Ullmann – 40 Carats

1974: Raquel Welch – The Three Musketeers

• Lucille Ball – Mame
• Diahann Carroll – Claudine
• Helen Hayes – Herbie Rides Again
• Cloris Leachman – Young Frankenstein

1975: Ann-Margret – Tommy

• Julie Christie – Shampoo
• Goldie Hawn – Shampoo
• Liza Minnelli – Lucky Lady
• Barbara Streisand – Funny Lady

1976: Barbra Streisand – A Star Is Born

• Jodie Foster – Freaky Friday
• Barbara Harris – Family Plot
• Barbara Harris – Freaky Friday
• Goldie Hawn – The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
• Rita Moreno – The Ritz

1977: Diane Keaton – Annie Hall † và Marsha Mason – The Goodbye Girl

• Sally Field – Smokey and the Bandit
• Liza Minnelli – New York, New York
• Lily Tomlin – The Late Show

1978: Ellen Burstyn – Same Time, Next Year và Maggie Smith – California Suite †

• Jacqueline Bisset – Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
• Goldie Hawn – Foul Play
• Olivia Newton-John – Grease

1979: Bette Midler – The Rose

• Julie Andrews – 10
• Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over
• Shirley MacLaine – Being There
• Marsha Mason – Chapter Two

Thập niên 1980

1980: Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter †

• Irene Cara – Fame
• Goldie Hawn – Private Benjamin
• Bette Midler – Divine Madness!
• Dolly Parton – Nine to Five

1981: Bernadette Peters – Pennies from Heaven

• Blair Brown – Continental Divide
• Carol Burnett – The Four Seasons
• Jill Clayburgh – First Monday in October
• Liza Minnelli – Arthur

1982: Julie Andrews – Victor/Victoria

• Carol Burnett – Annie
• Sally Field – Kiss Me Good-Bye
• Goldie Hawn – Best Friends
• Dolly Parton – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Aileen Quinn – Annie

1983: Julie Walters – Educating Rita

• Anne Bancroft – To Be or Not to Be
• Jennifer Beals – Flashdance
• Linda Ronstadt – The Pirates of Penzance
• Barbra Streisand – Yentl

1984: Kathleen Turner – Romancing the Stone

• Anne Bancroft – Garbo Talks
• Mia Farrow – Broadway Danny Rose
• Shelley Long – Irreconcilable Differences
• Lily Tomlin – All of Me

1985: Kathleen Turner – Prizzi's Honor

• Rosanna Arquette – Desperately Seeking Susan
• Glenn Close – Maxie
• Mia Farrow – The Purple Rose of Cairo
• Sally Field – Murphy's Romance

1986: Sissy Spacek – Crimes of the Heart

• Julie Andrews – That's Life!
• Melanie Griffith – Something Wild
• Bette Midler – Down and Out in Beverly Hills
• Kathleen Turner – Peggy Sue Got Married

1987: Cher – Moonstruck †

• Jennifer Grey – Dirty Dancing
• Holly Hunter – Broadcast News
• Diane Keaton – Baby Boom
• Bette Midler – Outrageous Fortune

1988: Melanie Griffith – Working Girl

• Jamie Lee Curtis – A Fish Called Wanda
• Amy Irving – Crossing Delancey
• Michelle Pfeiffer – Married to the Mob
• Susan Sarandon – Bull Durham

1989: Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy †

• Pauline Collins – Shirley Valentine
• Meg Ryan – When Harry Met Sally...
• Meryl Streep – She-Devil
• Kathleen Turner – The War of the Roses

Thập niên 1990

1990: Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman

• Mia Farrow – Alice
• Andie MacDowell – Green Card
• Demi Moore – Ghost
• Meryl Streep – Postcards from the Edge

1991: Bette Midler – For the Boys

• Ellen Barkin – Switch
• Kathy Bates – Fried Green Tomatoes
• Anjelica Huston – The Addams Family
• Michelle Pfeiffer – Frankie and Johnny

1992: Miranda Richardson – Enchanted April

• Geena Davis – A League of Their Own
• Whoopi Goldberg – Sister Act
• Shirley MacLaine – Used People
• Meryl Streep – Death Becomes Her

1993: Angela Bassett – What's Love Got to Do with It

• Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation
• Anjelica Huston – Addams Family Values
• Diane Keaton – Manhattan Murder Mystery
• Meg Ryan – Sleepless in Seattle

1994: Jamie Lee Curtis – True Lies

• Geena Davis – Speechless
• Andie MacDowell – Four Weddings and a Funeral
• Shirley MacLaine – Guarding Tess
• Emma Thompson – Junior

1995: Nicole Kidman – To Die For

• Annette Bening – The American President
• Sandra Bullock – While You Were Sleeping
• Toni Collette – Muriel's Wedding
• Vanessa Redgrave – A Month by the Lake

1996: Madonna – Evita vai Eva Perón

• Glenn Close – 101 Dalmatians vai Cruella de Vil
• Frances McDormand – Fargo vai Marge Gunderson †
• Debbie Reynolds – Mother vai Beatrice Henderson
• Barbra Streisand – The Mirror Has Two Faces vai Rose Morgan

1997: Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets vai Carol Connelly †

• Joey Lauren Adams – Chasing Amy vai Alyssa Jones
• Pam Grier – Jackie Brown vai Jackie Brown
• Jennifer Lopez – Selena vai Selena
• Julia Roberts – My Best Friend's Wedding vai Julianne Potters

1998: Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love vai Viola de Lesseps †

• Cameron Diaz – There's Something About Mary vai Mary Jensen
• Jane Horrocks – Little Voice vai Laura
• Christina Ricci – The Opposite of Sex vai Deedee Truitt
• Meg Ryan – You've Got Mail vai Kathleen Kelly

1999: Janet McTeer – Tumbleweeds vai Mary Jo Walker

• Julianne Moore – An Ideal Husband vai Mrs. Laura Cheveley
• Julia Roberts – Notting Hill vai Anna Scott
• Sharon Stone – The Muse vai Sarah Little
• Reese Witherspoon – Election vai Tracy Flick

Thập niên 2000

2000: Renée Zellweger – Nurse Betty vai Betty Sizemore

• Juliette Binoche – Chocolat vai Vianne Rocher
• Brenda Blethyn – Saving Grace vai Grace Trevethyn
• Sandra Bullock – Miss Congeniality vai Gracie Hart
• Tracey Ullman – Small Time Crooks vai Frenchy

2001: Nicole Kidman – Moulin Rouge! vai Satine

• Thora Birch – Ghost World vai Enid
• Cate Blanchett – Bandits vai Kate Wheeler
• Reese Witherspoon – Legally Blonde vai Elle Woods
• Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones's Diary vai Bridget Jones

2002: Renée Zellweger – Chicago vai Roxie Hart

• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Secretary vai Lee Holloway
• Goldie Hawn – The Banger Sisters vai Suzette
• Nia Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding vai Toula Portokalos
• Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago vai Velma Kelly

2003: Diane Keaton – Something's Gotta Give vai Erica Jane Barry

• Jamie Lee Curtis – Freaky Friday vai Tess Coleman
• Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation vai Charlotte
• Diane Lane – Under the Tuscan Sun vai Frances
• Helen Mirren – Calendar Girls vai Chris Harper

2004: Annette Bening – Being Julia vai Julia Lambert

• Ashley Judd – De-Lovely vai Linda Porter
• Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera vai Christine Daaé
• Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind vai Clementine Kruczynski
• Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason vai Bridget Jones

2005: Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line vai June Carter †

• Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents vai Laura Henderson
• Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice vai Elizabeth Bennet
• Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale vai Joan Berkman
• Sarah Jessica Parker – The Family Stone vai Meredith Morton

2006: Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada vai Miranda Priestly

• Annette Bening – Running with Scissors vai Deirdre Burroughs
• Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine vai Sheryl Hoover
• Beyoncé Knowles – Dreamgirls vai Deena Jones
• Renée Zellweger – Miss Potter vai Beatrix Potter

2007: Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose (La Môme) vai Édith Piaf †

• Amy Adams – Enchanted vai Giselle
• Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray vai Tracy Turnblad
• Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street vai Mrs. Lovett
• Ellen Page – Juno vai Juno MacGuff

2008: Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky vai Pauline "Poppy" Cross

• Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona vai Vicky
• Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading vai Linda Litzke
• Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia! vai Donna Sheridan
• Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey vai Kate Walker

2009: Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia vai Julia Child

• Sandra Bullock - The Proposal vai Margaret Tate
• Marion Cotillard - Nine vai Luisa Contini
• Julia Roberts - Duplicity vai Claire Stenwick
• Meryl Streep - It's Complicated vai Jane