San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

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San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Mike Leigh at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
The 2024 recipient: Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country United States
Presented by San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
First awarded Isabelle Huppert
The Piano Teacher (2002)
Currently held by Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hard Truths (2024)
Website sfbafcc.com

The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is an award given by the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle to honor an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

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Winners

2000s

YearWinnerFilmRole
2002 Isabelle Huppert The Piano Teacher (La pianiste) Erika Kohut
2003 Charlize Theron Monster Aileen Wuornos
2004 Julie Delpy Before Sunset Céline
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

2010s

YearWinnerFilmRole
2010 Michelle Williams Blue Valentine Cindy Heller
2011 Tilda Swinton We Need to Talk About Kevin Eva Khatchadourian
2012 Emmanuelle Riva Amour Anne Laurent
2013 Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
2014 Julianne Moore Still Alice Dr. Alice Howland
2015 Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn Eilis Lacey
2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Michèle Leblanc
2017 Margot Robbie I, Tonya Tonya Harding
2018 Melissa McCarthy Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lee Israel
2019 Lupita Nyong'o Us Adelaide Wilson / Red

2020s

YearWinnerFilmRole
2020 Frances McDormand Nomadland Fern
2021 Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter Leda
2022 Cate Blanchett Tár Lydia Tár
2023 Emma Stone Poor Things Bella Baxter
2024 Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hard Truths Pansey

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