Actress in a Leading Role

2014 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerBlue JasmineCate BlanchettA New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks a million, but isn't bringing money, peace, or love...Amazon2014 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAmerican HustleAmy AdamsAmazonAugust: Osage CountyMeryl StreepAmazonGravitySandra BullockAmazonPhilomenaJudi DenchAmazon

2013 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerSilver Linings PlaybookJennifer LawrenceAfter a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.Amazon2013 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAmourEmmanuelle RivaAmazonBeasts of the Southern WildQuvenzhané WallisAmazonThe ImpossibleNaomi WattsAmazonZero Dark ThirtyJessica ChastainAmazon

2012 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe Iron LadyMeryl StreepAn elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.Amazon2012 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAlbert NobbsGlenn CloseAmazonMy Week with MarilynMichelle WilliamsAmazonThe Girl with the Dragon TattooRooney MaraAmazonThe HelpViola DavisAmazon

2011 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerBlack SwanNatalie PortmanA committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".Amazon2011 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesBlue ValentineMichelle WilliamsAmazonRabbit HoleNicole KidmanAmazonThe Kids Are All RightAnnette BeningAmazonWinter's BoneJennifer LawrenceAmazon

1975 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreEllen BurstynA recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.Amazon1975 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesA Woman Under the InfluenceGena RowlandsAmazonChinatownFaye DunawayAmazonClaudineDiahann CarrollAmazonLennyValerie PerrineAmazon

2008 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerLa Vie en RoseMarion CotillardBiopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.Amazon2008 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAway from HerJulie ChristieAmazonElizabeth: The Golden AgeCate BlanchettAmazonJunoEllen PageAmazonThe SavagesLaura LinneyAmazon

2007 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe QueenHelen MirrenAfter the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.Amazon2007 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesLittle ChildrenKate WinsletAmazonNotes on a ScandalJudi DenchAmazonThe Devil Wears PradaMeryl StreepAmazonVolverPenélope CruzAmazon

2006 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerWalk the LineReese WitherspoonA chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.Amazon2006 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesMrs Henderson PresentsJudi DenchAmazonNorth CountryCharlize TheronAmazonPride & PrejudiceKeira KnightleyAmazonTransamericaFelicity HuffmanAmazon

2005 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerMillion Dollar BabyHilary SwankA determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.Amazon2005 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesBeing JuliaAnnette BeningAmazonEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindKate WinsletAmazonMaria Full of GraceCatalina Sandino MorenoAmazonVera DrakeImelda StauntonAmazon