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2019 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Judy
Renée Zellweger
2018 National Board of Review – Best Actress
A Star Is Born
Lady Gaga
2017 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Post
Meryl Streep
2016 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Arrival
Amy Adams
2015 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Room
Brie Larson
2014 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Still Alice
Julianne Moore
2013 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Saving Mr. Banks
Emma Thompson
2012 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Zero Dark Thirty
Jessica Chastain
2011 National Board of Review – Best Actress
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Tilda Swinton
2010 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Another Year
Lesley Manville
2009 National Board of Review – Best Actress
An Education
Carey Mulligan
2008 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway
2007 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Away from Her
Julie Christie
2006 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Queen
Helen Mirren
2005 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Transamerica
Felicity Huffman
2004 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Being Julia
Annette Bening
2003 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Something’s Gotta Give
Diane Keaton
2002 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Far from Heaven
Julianne Moore
2001 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Monster’s Ball
Halle Berry
2000 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Erin Brockovich
Julia Roberts
1999 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Tumbleweeds
Janet McTeer
1998 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Central Station
Fernanda Montenegro
1997 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Wings of the Dove
Helena Bonham Carter
1996 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Fargo
Frances McDormand
1995 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
1994 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Tom & Viv
Miranda Richardson
1993 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Piano
Holly Hunter
1992 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Howards End
Emma Thompson
1991 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Thelma & Louise
Susan Sarandon
1990 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Alice
Mia Farrow
1989 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Michelle Pfeiffer
1988 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Accused
Jodie Foster
1987 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Broadcast News
Holly Hunter
1987 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Whales of August
Lillian Gish
1986 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Peggy Sue Got Married
Kathleen Turner
1985 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Color Purple
Whoopi Goldberg
1984 National Board of Review – Best Actress
A Passage to India
Peggy Ashcroft
1983 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Terms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine
1982 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Sophie’s Choice
Meryl Streep
1981 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Stevie
Glenda Jackson
1980 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Sissy Spacek
1979 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Norma Rae
Sally Field
1978 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Autumn Sonata
Ingrid Bergman
1977 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Turning Point
Anne Bancroft
1976 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Face to Face
Liv Ullmann
1975 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Story of Adele H
Isabelle Adjani
1974 National Board of Review – Best Actress
A Woman Under the Influence
Gena Rowlands
1973 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The New Land
Liv Ullmann
1972 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Sounder
Cicely Tyson
1971 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Women in Love
Glenda Jackson
1970 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Trilogy
Geraldine Page
1969 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Hour of the Wolf
Liv Ullmann
1968 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Whisperers
Edith Evans
1967 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor
1966 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Darling
Julie Christie
1964 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Kim Stanley
1963 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Hud
Patricia Neal
1962 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Miracle Worker
Anne Bancroft
1961 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Summer and Smoke
Geraldine Page
1960 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Sunrise at Campobello
Greer Garson
1959 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Room at the Top
Simone Signoret
1958 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Ingrid Bergman
1957 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Three Faces of Eve
Joanne Woodward
1956 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Friendly Persuasion
Dorothy McGuire
1955 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Rose Tattoo
Anna Magnani
1954 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Country Girl
Grace Kelly
1953 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Young Bess
Jean Simmons
1952 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Come Back, Little Sheba
Shirley Booth
1951 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Ace in the Hole
Jan Sterling
1950 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Sunset Blvd.
Gloria Swanson
1948 National Board of Review – Best Actress
The Snake Pit
Olivia de Havilland
1947 National Board of Review – Best Actress
This Happy Breed
Celia Johnson
1946 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Rome, Open City
Anna Magnani
1945 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Mildred Pierce
Joan Crawford
1944 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Meet Me in St. Louis
Margaret O’Brien
1943 National Board of Review – Best Actress
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Katina Paxinou
1942 National Board of Review – Best Actress
49th Parallel
Glynis Johns
1941 National Board of Review – Best Actress
High Sierra
Ida Lupino
1940 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Gone with the Wind
Vivien Leigh
1939 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Dark Victory
Bette Davis
1938 National Board of Review – Best Actress
Three Comrades
Margaret Sullavan
1937 National Board of Review – Best Actress
