Actress in a Leading Role

2004 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerMonsterCharlize TheronBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.Amazon2004 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role Nominees21 GramsNaomi WattsAmazonIn AmericaSamantha MortonAmazonSomething's Gotta GiveDiane KeatonAmazonWhale RiderKeisha Castle-HughesAmazon

2003 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe HoursNicole KidmanThe story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.Amazon2003 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesChicagoRenée ZellwegerAmazonFar from HeavenJulianne MooreAmazonFridaSalma HayekAmazonUnfaithfulDiane LaneAmazon

2002 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerMonster's BallHalle BerryAfter a family tragedy, a racist prison guard re-examines his attitudes while falling in love with the African-American wife of the last prisoner he executed.Amazon2002 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesBridget Jones's DiaryRenée ZellwegerAmazonIn the BedroomSissy SpacekAmazonIrisJudi DenchAmazonMoulin Rouge!Nicole KidmanAmazon

2001 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerErin BrockovichJulia RobertsAn unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.Amazon2001 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesChocolatJuliette BinocheAmazonRequiem for a DreamEllen BurstynAmazonThe ContenderJoan AllenAmazonYou Can Count on MeLaura LinneyAmazon

2000 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerBoys Don't CryHilary SwankA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.Amazon2000 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAmerican BeautyAnnette BeningAmazonMusic of the HeartMeryl StreepAmazonThe End of the AffairJulianne MooreAmazonTumbleweedsJanet McTeerAmazon

1999 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerShakespeare in LoveGwyneth PaltrowThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.Amazon1999 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesCentral StationFernanda MontenegroAmazonElizabethCate BlanchettAmazonHilary and JackieEmily WatsonAmazonOne True ThingMeryl StreepAmazon

1940 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerGone with the WindVivien LeighA manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Amazon1940 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesDark VictoryBette DavisAmazonGoodbye, Mr. ChipsGreer GarsonAmazonLove AffairIrene DunneAmazonNinotchkaGreta GarboAmazon

1951 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerBorn YesterdayJudy HollidayA tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette, with unexpected results.Amazon1951 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAll About EveAnne BaxterAmazonAll About EveBette DavisAmazonCagedEleanor ParkerAmazonSunset BoulevardGloria SwansonAmazon

1950 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe HeiressOlivia de HavillandA young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.Amazon1950 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesCome to the StableLoretta YoungAmazonEdward, My SonDeborah KerrAmazonMy Foolish HeartSusan HaywardAmazonPinkyJeanne CrainAmazon

1949 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerJohnny BelindaJane WymanIn post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf/mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.Amazon1949 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesI Remember MamaIrene DunneAmazonJoan of ArcIngrid BergmanAmazonSorry, Wrong NumberBarbara StanwyckAmazonThe Snake PitOlivia de HavillandAmazon