Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

2005 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerTransamericaFelicity HuffmanA preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.Amazon2005 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesIn Her ShoesToni ColletteAmazonMemoirs of a GeishaZiyi ZhangAmazonNine LivesRobin WrightAmazonNorth CountryCharlize TheronAmazonThe Prize Winner of Defiance, OhioJulianne MooreAmazon

2006 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe QueenHelen MirrenAfter the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.Amazon2006 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesLittle ChildrenKate WinsletAmazonNotes on a ScandalJudi DenchAmazonSherrybabyMaggie GyllenhaalAmazonThe Notorious Bettie PageGretchen MolAmazonVolverPenélope CruzAmazon

2007 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 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.Amazon2007 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesA Mighty HeartAngelina JolieAmazonAtonementKeira KnightleyAmazonAway from HerJulie ChristieAmazonStephanie DaleyTilda SwintonAmazonThe SavagesLaura LinneyAmazon

2008 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerChangelingAngelina JolieGrief-stricken mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.Amazon2008 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesDoubtMeryl StreepAmazonFrozen RiverMelissa LeoAmazonI've Loved You So LongKristin Scott ThomasAmazonRachel Getting MarriedAnne HathawayAmazonThe ReaderKate WinsletAmazon

2009 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe Stoning of Soraya M.Shohreh AghdashlooA desperate woman asks for a meeting with a journalist to disclose the cruel and inhumane punishment of her niece.Amazon2009 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAn EducationCarey MulliganAmazonBright StarAbbie CornishAmazonBroken EmbracesPenélope CruzAmazonThe MaidCatalina SaavedraAmazonThe Young VictoriaEmily BluntAmazon

2018 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe WifeGlenn CloseA wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.Amazon2018 The Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesA Private WarRosamund PikeAmazonCan You Ever Forgive Me?Melissa McCarthyAmazonDestroyerNicole KidmanAmazonRomaYalitza AparicioAmazonWidowsViola DavisAmazon