Oscars Academy Awards ------------------------------------ The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring achievements in the film industry. The awards, first presented in 1929, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1953 and is now seen live in more than 200 countries. BEST ACTRESS Awards (1929-2014) ------------------------------------ 2014 Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (2013) 2013 Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook (2012) 2012 Meryl Streep The Iron Lady (2011) 2011 Natalie Portman Black Swan (2010) 2010 Sandra Bullock The Blind Side (2009) 2009 Kate Winslet The Reader (2008) 2008 Marion Cotillard La Vie En Rose (2007) 2007 Helen Mirren The Queen (2006) 2006 Reese Witherspoon Walk The Line (2005) 2005 Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby (2004) 2004 Charlize Theron Monster (2003) 2003 Nicole Kidman The Hours (2002) 2002 Halle Berry Monster's Ball (2001) 2001 Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich (2000) 2000 Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry (1999) 1999 Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare In Love (1998) 1998 Helen Hunt As Good As It Gets (1997) 1997 Frances McDormand Fargo (1996) 1996 Susan Sarandon Dead Man Walking (1995) 1995 Jessica Lange Blue Sky (1994) 1994 Holly Hunter Piano, The (1993) 1993 Emma Thompson Howards End (1992) 1992 Jodie Foster Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 1991 Kathy Bates Misery (1990) 1990 Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy (1989) 1989 Jodie Foster Accused, The (1988) 1988 Cher Moonstruck (1987) 1987 Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God (1986) 1986 Geraldine Page Trip to Bountiful, The (1985) 1985 Sally Field Places in the Heart (1984) 1984 Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment (1983) 1983 Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice (1982) 1982 Katharine Hepburn On Golden Pond (1981) 1981 Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) 1980 Sally Field Norma Rae (1979) 1979 Jane Fonda Coming Home (1978) 1978 Diane Keaton Annie Hall (1977) 1977 Faye Dunaway Network (1976) 1976 Louise Fletcher One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 1975 Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 1974 Glenda Jackson Touch of Class, A (1973) 1973 Liza Minnelli Cabaret (1972) 1972 Jane Fonda Klute (1971) 1971 Glenda Jackson Women in Love (1970) 1970 Maggie Smith Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The (1969) 1969 Barbra Streisand Katharine Hepburn Funny Girl (1968) Lion In Winter (1968) 1968 Katharine Hepburn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) 1967 Elizabeth Taylor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 1966 Julie Christie Darling (1965) 1965 Julie Andrews Mary Poppins (1964) 1964 Patricia Neal Hud (1963) 1963 Anne Bancroft Miracle Worker, The (1962) 1962 Sophia Loren Ciociara, La (1961) 1961 Elizabeth Taylor Butterfield 8 (1960) 1960 Simone Signoret Room at the Top (1959) 1959 Susan Hayward I Want to Live! (1958) 1958 Joanne Woodward Three Faces of Eve, The (1957) 1957 Ingrid Bergman Anastasia (1956) 1956 Anna Magnani Rose Tattoo, The (1955) 1955 Grace Kelly Country Girl, The (1954) 1954 Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday (1953) 1953 Shirley Booth Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) 1952 Vivien Leigh Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 1951 Judy Holliday Born Yesterday (1950) 1950 Olivia De Havilland Heiress, The (1949) 1949 Jane Wyman Johnny Belinda (1948) 1948 Loretta Young Farmer's Daughter, The (1947) 1947 Olivia De Havilland To Each His Own (1946) 1946 Joan Crawford Mildred Pierce (1945) 1945 Ingrid Bergman Gaslight (1944) 1944 Jennifer Jones Song of Bernadette, The (1943) 1943 Greer Garson Mrs. Miniver (1942) 1942 Joan Fontaine Suspicion (1941) 1941 Ginger Rogers Kitty Foyle (1940) 1940 Vivien Leigh Gone with the Wind (1939) 1939 Bette Davis Jezebel (1938) 1938 Luise Rainer Good Earth, The (1937) 1937 Luise Rainer Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) 1936 Bette Davis Dangerous (1935) 1935 Claudette Colbert It Happened One Night (1934) 1934 Katharine Hepburn Morning Glory (1933) 1933 Helen Hayes Sin of Madelon Claudet, The (1932) 1932 Marie Dressler Min and Bill (1931) 1931 Norma Shearer Divorcee, The (1930) 1930 Mary Pickford Coquette (1929) 1929 Janet Gaynor Seventh Heaven (1928)