Academy Awards

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

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

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

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

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

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

2009 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe ReaderKate WinsletPost-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.Amazon2009 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesChangelingAngelina JolieAmazonDoubtMeryl StreepAmazonFrozen RiverMelissa LeoAmazonRachel Getting MarriedAnne HathawayAmazon

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

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