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 | |
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![]() The 2021 recipient: Jessica Chastain | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | Broadcast Film Critics Association |
Currently held by | Jessica Chastain for The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) |
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
1990s
Year | Actress | Character | Film |
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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
2010s
2020s
Year | Actress | Character | Film |
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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 | 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 | Diana Spencer | Spencer |
Multiple nominees
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Multiple winners
- 2 awards
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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