Actress in a Leading Role

1988 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerMoonstruckCherLoretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.Amazon1988 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAnnaSally KirklandAmazonBroadcast NewsHolly HunterAmazonFatal AttractionGlenn CloseAmazonIronweedMeryl StreepAmazon

1987 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerChildren of a Lesser GodMarlee MatlinA new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.Amazon1987 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAliensSigourney WeaverAmazonCrimes of the HeartSissy SpacekAmazonPeggy Sue Got MarriedKathleen TurnerAmazonThe Morning AfterJane FondaAmazon

1998 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerAs Good as It GetsHelen HuntA single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.Amazon1998 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAfterglowJulie ChristieAmazonMrs BrownJudi DenchAmazonThe Wings of the DoveHelena Bonham CarterAmazonTitanicKate WinsletAmazon

1985 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerPlaces in the HeartSally FieldIn central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesA Passage to IndiaJudy DavisAmazonCountryJessica LangeAmazonThe BostoniansVanessa RedgraveAmazonThe RiverSissy SpacekAmazon

1984 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerTerms of EndearmentShirley MacLaineFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.Amazon1984 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesEducating RitaJulie WaltersAmazonSilkwoodMeryl StreepAmazonTerms of EndearmentDebra WingerAmazonTestamentJane AlexanderAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerSophie's ChoiceMeryl StreepSophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAn Officer and a GentlemanDebra WingerAmazonFrancesJessica LangeAmazonMissingSissy SpacekAmazonVictor VictoriaJulie AndrewsAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerOn Golden PondKatharine HepburnNorman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAtlantic CitySusan SarandonAmazonOnly When I LaughMarsha MasonAmazonRedsDiane KeatonAmazonThe French Lieutenant's WomanMeryl StreepAmazon

1981 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerCoal Miner's DaughterSissy SpacekBiographical story of the legendary country singer's rise from humble, poverty-stricken beginnings in Kentucky to worldwide superstardom and how she changed the sound and style of country music forever.Amazon1981 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesGloriaGena RowlandsAmazonOrdinary PeopleMary Tyler MooreAmazonPrivate BenjaminGoldie HawnAmazonResurrectionEllen BurstynAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerNorma RaeSally FieldA young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesChapter TwoMarsha MasonAmazonStarting OverJill ClayburghAmazonThe China SyndromeJane FondaAmazonThe RoseBette MidlerAmazon

1979 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerComing HomeJane FondaA woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.Amazon1979 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAn Unmarried WomanJill ClayburghAmazonAutumn SonataIngrid BergmanAmazonInteriorsGeraldine PageAmazonSame Time, Next YearEllen BurstynAmazon