Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in an Action Movie
Location	Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Broadcast Film Critics Association
Final award	Rebecca Ferguson for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Website	www.criticschoice.com

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie is a discontinued category presented by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. It was awarded from 2012 to 2016 and later revived in 2020 as part of the inaugural Critics' Choice Super Awards.

Superlatives

Multiple nominees

Nominations	Recipient
4	Jennifer Lawrence
3	Emily Blunt
2	Scarlett Johansson, Joey King, Sandra Bullock, Rebecca Ferguson

List of winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Actress	Character	Film	Distributor	Ref.
2012	Jennifer Lawrence	Katniss Everdeen	The Hunger Games	Lionsgate	[1]
	Emily Blunt	Sara	Looper	TriStar Pictures
	Gina Carano	Mallory Kane	Haywire	Relativity Media
	Judi Dench	M	Skyfall	Sony Pictures Releasing
	Anne Hathaway	Selina Kyle / Catwoman	The Dark Knight Rises	Warner Bros. Pictures
2013	Sandra Bullock	Dr. Ryan Stone	Gravity	Warner Bros. Pictures	[2]
	Jennifer Lawrence	Katniss Everdeen	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Lionsgate Films
	Evangeline Lilly	Tauriel	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Pepper Potts	Iron Man 3	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2014	Emily Blunt	Rita Vrataski	Edge of Tomorrow	Warner Bros. Pictures	[3]
	Scarlett Johansson	Lucy	Lucy	Universal Pictures
	Jennifer Lawrence	Katniss Everdeen	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Lionsgate Films
	Zoe Saldana	Gamora	Guardians of the Galaxy	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Shailene Woodley	Beatrice "Tris" Prior	Divergent	Lionsgate
2015	Charlize Theron	Imperator Furiosa	Mad Max: Fury Road	Warner Bros. Pictures	[4]
	Emily Blunt	Kate Macer	Sicario	Lionsgate
	Rebecca Ferguson	Ilsa Faust	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	Paramount Pictures
	Bryce Dallas Howard	Claire Dearing	Jurassic World	Universal Pictures
	Jennifer Lawrence	Katniss Everdeen	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	Lionsgate Films
2016	Margot Robbie	Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn	Suicide Squad	Warner Bros.	[5]
	Gal Gadot	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Warner Bros.
	Scarlett Johansson	Natasha Romanova / Black Widow	Captain America: Civil War	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Tilda Swinton	The Ancient One	Doctor Strange

2020s

Year	Actress	Character	Film	Distributor	Ref.
2020	Betty Gilpin	Crystal Creasy	The Hunt	Universal Pictures	[6]
	Yifei Liu	Mulan	Mulan	Disney+
	Blake Lively	Stephanie Patrick	The Rhythm Section	Paramount Pictures
	Iliza Shlesinger	Cissy Davis	Spenser Confidential	Netflix
	Hilary Swank	Athena Stone	The Hunt	Universal Pictures
2021	Jodie Comer	Marguerite de Carrouges	The Last Duel	20th Century Studios	[7]
	Ana de Armas	Paloma	No Time to Die	MGM
	Karen Gillan	Sam	Gunpowder Milkshake	Netflix
	Regina King	Trudy Smith	The Harder They Fall
	Lashana Lynch	Nomi	No Time to Die	MGM
	Maggie Q	Anna Dutton	The Protégé	Lionsgate
2022	Viola Davis	General Nanisca	The Woman King	TriStar Pictures	[8]
	Sandra Bullock	Loretta Sage	The Lost City	Paramount Pictures
	Jennifer Connelly	Penelope "Penny" Benjamin	Top Gun: Maverick
	Joey King	The Prince	Bullet Train	Sony Pictures
		The Princess	The Princess	20th Century Studios
2023	Rebecca Ferguson	Ilsa Faust	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning	Paramount Pictures	[9]
	Hayley Atwell	Grace	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning	Paramount Pictures
	Priya Kansara	Ria Khan	Polite Society	Universal Pictures
	Pom Klementieff	Paris	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning	Paramount Pictures
	Rina Sawayama	Shimazu Akira	John Wick: Chapter 4	Lionsgate

References

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