Best Actress

1953 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerRoman HolidayAudrey HepburnA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.Amazon1953 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress NomineesMogamboAva GardnerAmazon

1954 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerThe Country GirlGrace KellyA director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, who he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.Amazon1954 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress NomineesA Star Is BornJudy GarlandAmazonOn the WaterfrontEva Marie SaintAmazonSabrinaAudrey HepburnAmazonThe Glenn Miller StoryJune AllysonAmazon

2009 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerJulie & JuliaMeryl StreepJulia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.Amazon2009 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress NomineesAn EducationCarey MulliganAmazonJuliaTilda SwintonAmazon

1999 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerBoys Don't CryHilary SwankA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.Amazon1999 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress NomineesHoly SmokeKate WinsletAmazonThe End of the AffairJulianne MooreAmazonTumbleweedsJanet McTeerAmazon

2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerYou Can Count on MeLaura LinneyA single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely seen younger brother returns to town.Amazon2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress NomineesDancer in the DarkBjörkAmazonThe House of MirthGillian AndersonAmazon

2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerIn the BedroomSissy SpacekA New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.Amazon2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress NomineesMulholland DriveNaomi WattsAmazonThe Deep EndTilda SwintonAmazon

2002 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerUnfaithfulDiane LaneA New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.Amazon2002 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress NomineesFar from HeavenJulianne MooreAmazonThe Piano TeacherIsabelle HuppertAmazon

2003 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerAmerican SplendorHope DavisAn original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.Amazon2003 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress Nominees21 GramsNaomi WattsAmazonMonsterCharlize TheronAmazon

2004 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerVera DrakeImelda StauntonAbortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.Amazon2004 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress NomineesBeing JuliaAnnette BeningAmazonEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindKate WinsletAmazon

2005 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress 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.Amazon2005 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress Nominees2046Ziyi ZhangAmazonKings & QueenEmmanuelle DevosAmazonMrs Henderson PresentsJudi DenchAmazonThe New WorldQ'orianka KilcherAmazon