Astra Film Award for Best Actress

Astra Film Award for Best Actress
The 2024 recipient: Cynthia Erivo
Awarded for	Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Motion Picture
Country	United States
Presented by	Hollywood Creative Alliance
First award	Sally Hawkins The Shape of Water (2017)
Currently held by	Cynthia Erivo Wicked (2024)
Website	hollywoodcreative.org

The Astra Film Award for Best Actress is one of the annual awards given out by the Hollywood Creative Alliance. In 2025, the category separated into Best Actress - Drama and Best Actress - Comedy or Musical.

Winners

• † = Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress
• ‡ = Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress

2010s

Best Actress

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
2017 [1]	Sally Hawkins ‡	The Shape of Water	Elisa Esposito
	Jessica Chastain	Molly's Game	Molly Bloom
	Frances McDormand †	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Mildred Hayes
	Margot Robbie ‡	I, Tonya	Tonya Harding
	Saoirse Ronan ‡	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
2018 [2]	Toni Collette	Hereditary	Annie Graham
	Olivia Colman †	The Favourite	Queen Anne
	Lady Gaga ‡	A Star is Born	Ally Campana
	Nicole Kidman	Destroyer	Erin Bell
	Charlize Theron	Tully	Marlo Moreau
2019 [3]	Lupita Nyong'o	Us	Adelaide Wilson / Red
	Awkwafina	The Farewell	Billi Wang
	Scarlett Johansson ‡	Marriage Story	Nicole Barber
	Charlize Theron ‡	Bombshell	Megyn Kelly
	Renée Zellweger †	Judy	Judy Garland

2020s

Best Actress

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
2020 [4]	Carey Mulligan ‡	Promising Young Woman	Casandra Thomas
	Viola Davis ‡	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Ma Rainey
	Vanessa Kirby ‡	Pieces of a Woman	Martha Weiss
	Frances McDormand †	Nomadland	Fern
	Elizabeth Moss	The Invisible Man	Cecilia Kass
	Zendaya	Malcolm & Marie	Marie Jones
2021 [5]	Kristen Stewart ‡	Spencer	Diana Spencer
	Jessica Chastain †	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	Tammy Faye Bakker
	Lady Gaga	House of Gucci	Patrizia Reggiani
	Emilia Jones	CODA	Ruby Rossi
	Nicole Kidman ‡	Being the Ricardos	Lucille Ball
2022 [6]	Michelle Yeoh †	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Evelyn Quan Wang
	Cate Blanchett ‡	Tár	Lydia Tár
	Viola Davis	The Woman King	General Nanisca
	Danielle Deadwyler	Till	Mamie Till-Mobley
	Michelle Williams ‡	The Fabelmans	Mitzi Fabelman
2023 [7]	Lily Gladstone ‡ (TIE)	Killers of the Flower Moon	Mollie Burkhart
	Margot Robbie (TIE)	Barbie	Barbie
	Fantasia Barrino	The Color Purple	Celie Harris-Johnson
	Greta Lee	Past Lives	Nora Moon
	Carey Mulligan ‡	Maestro	Felicia Montealegre
	Emma Stone †	Poor Things	Bella Baxter
2024 [8]	Cynthia Erivo ‡	Wicked	Elphaba Thropp
	Karla Sofía Gascón ‡	Emilia Pérez	Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte
	Angelina Jolie	Maria	Maria Callas
	Mikey Madison †	Anora	Anora "Ani" Mikheeva
	Demi Moore ‡	The Substance	Elisabeth Sparkle
	Naomi Scott	Smile 2	Skye Riley

Best Actress - Drama

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
2025 [9]	Jessie Buckley	Hamnet	Agnes Shakespeare
	Julia Garner	Weapons	Justine Gandy
	Jennifer Lawrence	Die My Love	Grace
	Renate Reinsve	Sentimental Value	Nora Borg
	Sydney Sweeney	Christy	Christy Martin
	Tessa Thompson	Hedda	Hedda Gabler

Best Actress - Comedy or Musical

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
2025 [9]	Rose Byrne	If I Had Legs I'd Kick You	Linda
	Cynthia Erivo	Wicked: For Good	Elphaba Thropp
	Chase Infiniti	One Battle After Another	Willa Ferguson
	Amanda Seyfried	The Testament of Ann Lee	Ann Lee
	Emma Stone	Bugonia	Michelle Fuller
	Eva Victor	Sorry, Baby	Agnes

References

1. "2017".
2. "2018".
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