Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress | |
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![]() The 2024 recipient: Mikey Madison | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Houston Film Critics Society |
First awarded | Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
Currently held by | Mikey Madison Anora (2024) |
Website | houstonfilmcritics |
The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the Houston Film Critics Society.
2000s
Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role |
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2007 | Julie Christie ‡ | Away from Her | Fiona Anderson |
Amy Adams | Enchanted | Giselle | |
Marion Cotillard † | La Vie en rose | Édith Piaf | |
Angelina Jolie | A Mighty Heart | Mariane Pearl | |
Laura Linney ‡ | The Savages | Wendy Savage | |
Elliot Page ‡ | Juno | Juno MacGuff | |
2008 | Anne Hathaway ‡ | Rachel Getting Married | Kym Buchman |
Cate Blanchett | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Daisy Fuller | |
Angelina Jolie ‡ | Changeling | Christine Collins | |
Melissa Leo ‡ | Frozen River | Ray Eddy | |
Meryl Streep ‡ | Doubt | Sister Aloysius Beauvier | |
Kate Winslet | Revolutionary Road | April Wheeler | |
2009 | Carey Mulligan ‡ | An Education | Jenny Mellor |
Sandra Bullock † | The Blind Side | Leigh Anne Tuohy | |
Abbie Cornish | Bright Star | Fanny Brawne | |
Saoirse Ronan | The Lovely Bones | Susie Salmon | |
Gabourey Sidibe ‡ | Precious | Claireece "Precious" Jones | |
Meryl Streep ‡ | Julie and Julia | Julia Child |
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