| New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
| Current recipient: Marianne Jean-Baptiste | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | New York Film Critics Circle |
| First award | Greta Garbo Anna Karenina (1935) |
| Currently held by | Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hard Truths (2024) |
| Website | nyfcc |
The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in film-making.
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Greta Garbo | Anna Karenina | Anna Karenina |
| 1936 | Luise Rainer | The Great Ziegfeld | Anna Held |
| 1937 | Greta Garbo | Camille | Marguerite Gautier |
| 1938 | Margaret Sullavan | Three Comrades | Patricia "Pat" Hollmann |
| 1939 | Vivien Leigh | Gone with the Wind | Scarlett O'Hara |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Katharine Hepburn | The Philadelphia Story | Tracy Lord |
| 1941 | Joan Fontaine | Suspicion | Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth |
| 1942 | Agnes Moorehead | The Magnificent Ambersons | Fanny |
| 1943 | Ida Lupino | The Hard Way | Helen Chernen |
| 1944 | Tallulah Bankhead | Lifeboat | Constance "Connie" Porter |
| 1945 | Ingrid Bergman | The Bells of St. Mary's | Sister Mary Benedict |
| Spellbound | Constance Petersen | ||
| 1946 | Celia Johnson | Brief Encounter | Laura Jesson |
| 1947 | Deborah Kerr | Black Narcissus | Sister Clodagh |
| I See a Dark Stranger | Bridie Quilty | ||
| 1948 | Olivia de Havilland | The Snake Pit | Virginia Stuart Cunningham |
| 1949 | The Heiress | Catherine Sloper |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Bette Davis | All About Eve | Margo Channing |
| 1951 | Vivien Leigh | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois |
| 1952 | Shirley Booth | Come Back, Little Sheba | Lola Delaney |
| 1953 | Audrey Hepburn | Roman Holiday | Princess Ann |
| 1954 | Grace Kelly | The Country Girl | Georgie Elgin |
| Dial M for Murder | Margot Wendice | ||
| Rear Window | Lisa Carol Fremont | ||
| 1955 | Anna Magnani | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose |
| 1956 | Ingrid Bergman | Anastasia | Anna Koreff / Grand Duchess Anastasia |
| 1957 | Deborah Kerr | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | Sister Angela |
| 1958 | Susan Hayward | I Want to Live! | Barbara Graham |
| 1959 | Audrey Hepburn | The Nun's Story | Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal) |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Deborah Kerr | The Sundowners | Ida Carmody |
| 1961 | Sophia Loren | Two Women | Cesira |
| 1962 | No award given (newspaper strike) | ||
| 1963 | Patricia Neal | Hud | Alma Brown |
| 1964 | Kim Stanley | Séance on a Wet Afternoon | Myra Savage |
| 1965 | Julie Christie | Darling | Diana Scott |
| 1966 | Elizabeth Taylor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha |
| Lynn Redgrave | Georgy Girl | Georgy | |
| 1967 | Edith Evans | The Whisperers | Maggie Ross |
| 1968 | Joanne Woodward | Rachel, Rachel | Rachel Cameron |
| 1969 | Jane Fonda | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Gloria Beatty |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Glenda Jackson | Women in Love | Gudrun Brangwen |
| 1971 | Jane Fonda | Klute | Bree Daniels |
| 1972 | Liv Ullmann | Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) | Maria |
| The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) | Kristina Nilsson | ||
| 1973 | Joanne Woodward | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Rita Walden |
| 1974 | Liv Ullmann | Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) | Marianne |
| 1975 | Isabelle Adjani | The Story of Adele H. | Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry |
| 1976 | Liv Ullmann | Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) | Dr. Jenny Isaksson |
| 1977 | Diane Keaton | Annie Hall | Annie Hall |
| 1978 | Ingrid Bergman | Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) | Charlotte Andergast |
| 1979 | Sally Field | Norma Rae | Norma Rae Webster |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Sissy Spacek | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn |
| 1981 | Glenda Jackson | Stevie | Stevie Smith |
| 1982 | Meryl Streep | Sophie's Choice | Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski |
| 1983 | Shirley MacLaine | Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenway |
| 1984 | Peggy Ashcroft | A Passage to India | Mrs. Moore |
| 1985 | Norma Aleandro | The Official Story (La historia oficial) | Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez |
| 1986 | Sissy Spacek | Crimes of the Heart | Babe Botrelle |
| 1987 | Holly Hunter | Broadcast News | Jane Craig |
| 1988 | Meryl Streep | A Cry in the Dark | Lindy Chamberlain |
| 1989 | Michelle Pfeiffer | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Susie Diamond |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Joanne Woodward | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | India Bridge |
| 1991 | Jodie Foster | The Silence of the Lambs | Clarice Starling |
| 1992 | Emma Thompson | Howards End | Margaret Schlegel |
| 1993 | Holly Hunter | The Piano | Ada McGrath |
| 1994 | Linda Fiorentino | The Last Seduction | Bridget Gregory / Wendy Kroy |
| 1995 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Georgia | Sadie Flood |
| 1996 | Emily Watson | Breaking the Waves | Bess McNeill |
| 1997 | Julie Christie | Afterglow | Phyllis Mann |
| 1998 | Cameron Diaz | There's Something About Mary | Mary Jensen |
| 1999 | Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Laura Linney | You Can Count on Me | Samantha "Sammy" Prescott |
| 2001 | Sissy Spacek | In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler |
| 2002 | Diane Lane | Unfaithful | Constance "Connie" Sumner |
| 2003 | Hope Davis | American Splendor | Joyce Brabner |
| The Secret Lives of Dentists | Dana Hurst | ||
| 2004 | Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake | Vera Drake |
| 2005 | Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line | June Carter Cash |
| 2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2007 | Julie Christie | Away from Her | Fiona Anderson |
| 2008 | Sally Hawkins | Happy-Go-Lucky | Pauline "Poppy" Cross |
| 2009 | Meryl Streep | Julie & Julia | Julia Child |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Annette Bening | The Kids Are All Right | Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood |
| 2011 | Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher |
| 2012 | Rachel Weisz | The Deep Blue Sea | Hester Collyer |
| 2013 | Cate Blanchett | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis |
| 2014 | Marion Cotillard | Two Days, One Night | Sandra Bya |
| 2015 | Saoirse Ronan | Brooklyn | Eilis Lacey |
| 2016 | Isabelle Huppert | Elle | Michèle Leblanc |
| 2017 | Saoirse Ronan | Lady Bird | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson [1] |
| 2018 | Regina Hall | Support the Girls | Lisa Conroy [2] |
| 2019 | Lupita Nyong'o | Us | Adelaide Wilson / Red [3] |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sidney Flanigan | Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Autumn Callahan [4] |
| 2021 | Lady Gaga | House of Gucci | Patrizia Reggiani [5] |
| 2022 | Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár |
| 2023 | Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon | Mollie Kyle [6] |
| 2024 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Hard Truths | Pansy Deacon |
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