New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
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Current recipient: Rose Byrne
Awarded forBest 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 Rose Byrne
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
Website nyfcc.com

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.

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Winners

1930s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
1935 Greta Garbo Anna Karenina Anna Karenina
1936 Luise Rainer Anna Held The Great Ziegfeld
1937 Greta Garbo Marguerite Gautier Camille
1938 Margaret Sullavan Patricia "Pat" Hollmann Three Comrades
1939 Vivien Leigh Scarlett O'Hara Gone with the Wind

1940s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
1940 Katharine Hepburn Tracy Lord The Philadelphia Story
1941 Joan Fontaine Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth Suspicion
1942 Agnes Moorehead Fanny The Magnificent Ambersons
1943 Ida Lupino Helen Chernen The Hard Way
1944 Tallulah Bankhead Constance "Connie" Porter Lifeboat
1945 Ingrid Bergman Sister Mary Benedict The Bells of St. Mary's
Constance Petersen Spellbound
1946 Celia Johnson Laura Jesson Brief Encounter
1947 Deborah Kerr Sister Clodagh Black Narcissus
Bridie Quilty I See a Dark Stranger
1948 Olivia de Havilland Virginia Stuart Cunningham The Snake Pit
1949 Catherine Sloper The Heiress

1950s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
1950 Bette Davis Margo Channing All About Eve
1951 Vivien Leigh Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 Shirley Booth Lola Delaney Come Back, Little Sheba
1953 Audrey Hepburn Princess Ann Roman Holiday
1954 Grace Kelly Georgie Elgin The Country Girl
Margot Wendice Dial M for Murder
Lisa Carol Fremont Rear Window
1955 Anna Magnani Serafina Delle Rose The Rose Tattoo
1956 Ingrid Bergman Anna Koreff / Grand Duchess Anastasia Anastasia
1957 Deborah Kerr Sister Angela Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1958 Susan Hayward Barbara Graham I Want to Live!
1959 Audrey Hepburn Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal) The Nun's Story

1960s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
1960 Deborah Kerr Ida Carmody The Sundowners
1961 Sophia Loren Cesira Two Women
1962No award given (newspaper strike)
1963 Patricia Neal Alma Brown Hud
1964 Kim Stanley Myra Savage Séance on a Wet Afternoon
1965 Julie Christie Diana Scott Darling
1966 Elizabeth Taylor Martha Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Lynn Redgrave Georgy Georgy Girl
1967 Edith Evans Maggie Ross The Whisperers
1968 Joanne Woodward Rachel Cameron Rachel, Rachel
1969 Jane Fonda Gloria Beatty They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1970s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
1970 Glenda Jackson Gudrun Brangwen Women in Love
1971 Jane Fonda Bree Daniels Klute
1972 Liv Ullmann Maria Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
Kristina Nilsson The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
1973 Joanne Woodward Rita Walden Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1974 Liv Ullmann Marianne Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap)
1975 Isabelle Adjani Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry The Story of Adele H.
1976 Liv Ullmann Dr. Jenny Isaksson Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte)
1977 Diane Keaton Annie Hall Annie Hall
1978 Ingrid Bergman Charlotte Andergast Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)
1979 Sally Field Norma Rae Webster Norma Rae

1980s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
1980 Sissy Spacek Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter
1981 Glenda Jackson Stevie Smith Stevie
1982 Meryl Streep Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski Sophie's Choice
1983 Shirley MacLaine Aurora Greenway Terms of Endearment
1984 Peggy Ashcroft Mrs. Moore A Passage to India
1985 Norma Aleandro Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez The Official Story (La historia oficial)
1986 Sissy Spacek Babe Botrelle Crimes of the Heart
1987 Holly Hunter Jane Craig Broadcast News
1988 Meryl Streep Lindy Chamberlain A Cry in the Dark
1989 Michelle Pfeiffer Susie Diamond The Fabulous Baker Boys

1990s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
1990 Joanne Woodward India Bridge Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1991 Jodie Foster Clarice Starling The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Emma Thompson Margaret Schlegel Howards End
1993 Holly Hunter Ada McGrath The Piano
1994 Linda Fiorentino Bridget Gregory / Wendy Kroy The Last Seduction
1995 Jennifer Jason Leigh Sadie Flood Georgia
1996 Emily Watson Bess McNeill Breaking the Waves
1997 Julie Christie Phyllis Mann Afterglow
1998 Cameron Diaz Mary Jensen There's Something About Mary
1999 Hilary Swank Brandon Teena Boys Don't Cry

2000s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
2000 Laura Linney Samantha "Sammy" Prescott You Can Count on Me
2001 Sissy Spacek Ruth Fowler In the Bedroom
2002 Diane Lane Constance "Connie" Sumner Unfaithful
2003 Hope Davis Joyce Brabner American Splendor
Dana Hurst The Secret Lives of Dentists
2004 Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera Drake
2005 Reese Witherspoon June Carter Cash Walk the Line
2006 Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth II The Queen
2007 Julie Christie Fiona Anderson Away from Her
2008 Sally Hawkins Pauline "Poppy" Cross Happy-Go-Lucky
2009 Meryl Streep Julia Child Julie & Julia

2010s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
2010 Annette Bening Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood The Kids Are All Right
2011 Meryl Streep Margaret Thatcher The Iron Lady
2012 Rachel Weisz Hester Collyer The Deep Blue Sea
2013 Cate Blanchett Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis Blue Jasmine
2014 Marion Cotillard Sandra Bya Two Days, One Night
2015 Saoirse Ronan Eilis Lacey Brooklyn
2016 Isabelle Huppert Michèle Leblanc Elle
2017 Saoirse Ronan Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson [1] Lady Bird
2018 Regina Hall Lisa Conroy [2] Support the Girls
2019 Lupita Nyong'o Adelaide Wilson / Red [3] Us

2020s

YearWinnerRoleFilm
2020 Sidney Flanigan Autumn Callahan [4] Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2021 Lady Gaga Patrizia Reggiani [5] House of Gucci
2022 Cate Blanchett Lydia Tár Tár
2023 Lily Gladstone Mollie Kyle [6] Killers of the Flower Moon
2024 Marianne Jean-Baptiste Pansy Deacon Hard Truths
2025 Rose Byrne Linda If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Multiple awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2017 New York Film Critics Circle winners: Full list|EW.com
  2. ↑ 2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|IndieWire
  3. ↑ 2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Full List|Deadline
  4. ↑ CHADWICK BOSEMAN WINS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AT THE 2020 NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS < < Rotten Tomatoes
  5. ↑ New York Film Critics Circle: 2021 Winners List — Deadline
  6. ↑ "New York Film Critics Awards: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Wins Best Film, Christopher Nolan Takes Director (Full List)". Variety . 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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