Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Diane
Mary Kay Place
2018 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
The Favourite
Olivia Colman
2017 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
The Shape of Water
Sally Hawkins
2016 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Elle
Isabelle Huppert
2015 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
45 Years
Charlotte Rampling
2014 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Boyhood
Patricia Arquette
2013 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Adèle Exarchopoulos
2013 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett
2012 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Amour
Emmanuelle Riva
2012 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Silver Linings Playbook
Jennifer Lawrence
2011 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Poetry
Jeong-hie Yun
2010 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Mother
Hye-ja Kim
2009 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Séraphine
Yolande Moreau
2008 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Happy-Go-Lucky
Sally Hawkins
2007 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
La Vie en Rose
Marion Cotillard
2006 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
The Queen
Helen Mirren
2005 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Down to the Bone
Vera Farmiga
2004 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Vera Drake
Imelda Staunton
2003 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
21 Grams
Naomi Watts
2002 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Far from Heaven
Julianne Moore
2001 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
In the Bedroom
Sissy Spacek
2000 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Erin Brockovich
Julia Roberts
1999 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Boys Don’t Cry
Hilary Swank
1998 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Central Station
Fernanda Montenegro
1998 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
High Art
Ally Sheedy
1997 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
The Wings of the Dove
Helena Bonham Carter
1996 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Secrets & Lies
Brenda Blethyn
1995 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Leaving Las Vegas
Elisabeth Shue
1994 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Blue Sky
Jessica Lange
1993 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
The Piano
Holly Hunter
1992 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Howards End
Emma Thompson
1991 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
The Fisher King
Mercedes Ruehl
1990 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
The Grifters
Anjelica Huston
1989 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Andie MacDowell
1989 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Michelle Pfeiffer
1988 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Running on Empty
Christine Lahti
1987 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Anna
Sally Kirkland
1987 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Broadcast News
Holly Hunter
1986 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Vagabond
Sandrine Bonnaire
1985 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Out of Africa
Meryl Streep
1984 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Crimes of Passion
Kathleen Turner
1983 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Terms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine
1982 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Sophie’s Choice
Meryl Streep
1981 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Meryl Streep
1980 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Sissy Spacek
1979 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Norma Rae
Sally Field
1978 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
Coming Home
Jane Fonda
1977 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
3 Women
Shelley Duvall
1976 LAFCA Award – Best Actress
