Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

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Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
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The 2023 recipient: Lily Gladstone
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress
Country United States
Presented by Florida Film Critics Circle
First awarded Frances McDormand
Fargo (1996)
Currently held by Lily Gladstone
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Website floridafilmcritics.com

The Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is an award given by the Florida Film Critics Circle to honor the finest female lead acting achievements in film-making.

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Winners

1990s

YearWinnerFilmRole
1996 Frances McDormand * Fargo Marge Gunderson
1997 Helen Hunt * As Good as It Gets Carol Connelly
1998 Gwyneth Paltrow * Shakespeare in Love Viola de Lesseps
Sliding Doors Helen Quilley
1999 Hilary Swank * Boys Don't Cry Brandon Teena

2000s

YearNomineeFilmRole
2000 Ellen Burstyn Requiem for a Dream Sara Goldfarb
2001 Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom Ruth Fowler
2002 Julianne Moore Far from Heaven Cathy Whitaker
2003 Naomi Watts 21 Grams Cristina Peck
2004 Hilary Swank * Million Dollar Baby Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald
2005 Reese Witherspoon * Walk the Line June Carter Cash
2006 Helen Mirren * The Queen Queen Elizabeth II
2007 Elliot Page Juno Juno MacGuff
2008 Melissa Leo Frozen River Ray Eddy
2009 Gabourey Sidibe Precious Claireece "Precious" Jones

2010s

YearNomineeFilmRole
2010 Natalie Portman * Black Swan Nina Sayers
2011 Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn Marilyn Monroe
2012 Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty Maya
2013 Cate Blanchett * Blue Jasmine Jeannette "Jasmine" Francis
2014 Rosamund Pike Gone Girl Amy Elliott Dunne
2015 Brie Larson * Room Joy "Ma" Newsome
2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Michèle Leblanc
2017 Margot Robbie I, Tonya Tonya Harding
2018 Melissa McCarthy Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lee Israel
2019 Scarlett Johansson Marriage Story Nicole Barber

2020s

YearNomineeFilmRole
2020 Frances McDormand * Nomadland Fern
2021 Alana Haim Licorice Pizza Alana Kane
2022 Cate Blanchett TÁR Lydia Tár
2023 Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon Mollie Kyle

Superlatives

Cate Blanchett, Frances McDormand and Hilary Swank are the only three actresses who had won this award multiple times.

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