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| Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
 The 2024 recipient: Léa Seydoux | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Florida Film Critics Circle |
| First awarded | Frances McDormand Fargo (1996) |
| Currently held by | Léa Seydoux The Beast (2024) |
| Website | floridafilmcritics |
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.
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Nominee | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Nominee | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Nominee | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2024 | Léa Seydoux | The Beast | Gabrielle |
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