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Best Actress Dossier

A performance ledger for leading women: the winning turns, career pivots, star-making races, and ceremony trails that carry the category.

Latest Winner Jessie Buckley
Span 1927/28-2025
Ceremonies 98
Winners 99
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Latest Winner

Jessie Buckley

Most recent winning record: 98th ceremony (2025). Hamnet

Open Winner Jessie Buckley Open Ceremony 98th Academy Awards Open Ledger Best Actress
486Nominations
99Wins
98Ceremonies
1927/28-2025Span

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Best Actress Through the Eras

98 ceremonies, 99 winners, 387 other nominees across the full Academy Awards span. Full nominee trails are loaded for every ceremony.

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2020s

Hamnet poster
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Hamnet

A visual entry point into the 2020s Best Actress run.

2010s

Judy poster
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Judy

A visual entry point into the 2010s Best Actress run.

2000s

The Blind Side poster
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The Blind Side

A visual entry point into the 2000s Best Actress run.

1990s

Boys Don't Cry poster
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Boys Don't Cry

A visual entry point into the 1990s Best Actress run.

1980s

1970s

Norma Rae poster
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Norma Rae

A visual entry point into the 1970s Best Actress run.

1960s

1950s

Room at the Top poster
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Room at the Top

A visual entry point into the 1950s Best Actress run.

1940s

The Heiress poster
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The Heiress

A visual entry point into the 1940s Best Actress run.

1930s

8th Ceremony 1935
Winner

Bette Davis

Dangerous

Joyce Heath

Ceremony Film History Person History
5 other nominees

1920s

The Divorcee poster
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The Divorcee

A visual entry point into the 1920s Best Actress run.

3rd Ceremony 1929/30
Winner

Norma Shearer

The Divorcee

Jerry

Ceremony Film History Person History
5 other nominees
2nd Ceremony 1928/29
Winner

Mary Pickford

Coquette

Norma Besant

Ceremony Film History Person History
5 other nominees

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