Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie

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Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in an Action Movie
Location Los Angeles, California
Presented by Broadcast Film Critics Association
Currently held by Betty Gilpin for The Hunt (2020)
Website www.criticschoice.com

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie is a retired award that was handed out to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards from 2012 to 2016. The category was revived in 2020 at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards.

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List of winners and nominees

2010s

YearActressCharacterFilmDistributor
2012 Jennifer Lawrence Katniss Everdeen The Hunger Games Lionsgate
Emily Blunt Sara Looper TriStar Pictures
Gina Carano Mallory Kane Haywire Relativity Media
Judi Dench M Skyfall Sony Pictures Releasing
Anne Hathaway Selina Kyle / Catwoman The Dark Knight Rises Warner Bros. Pictures
2013 Sandra Bullock Dr. Ryan Stone Gravity Warner Bros. Pictures
Jennifer Lawrence Katniss Everdeen The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Lionsgate Films
Evangeline Lilly Tauriel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Warner Bros. Pictures
Gwyneth Paltrow Pepper Potts Iron Man 3 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2014 Emily Blunt Rita Vrataski Edge of Tomorrow Warner Bros. Pictures
Scarlett Johansson Lucy Lucy Universal Pictures
Jennifer Lawrence Katniss Everdeen The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Lionsgate Films
Zoe Saldana Gamora Guardians of the Galaxy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Shailene Woodley Beatrice "Tris" Prior Divergent Lionsgate
2015 Charlize Theron Imperator Furiosa Mad Max: Fury Road Warner Bros. Pictures
Emily Blunt Kate Macer Sicario Lionsgate
Rebecca Ferguson Ilsa Faust Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Paramount
Bryce Dallas Howard Claire Dearing Jurassic World Universal
Jennifer Lawrence Katniss Everdeen The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Lionsgate Films
2016 Margot Robbie Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn Suicide Squad Warner Bros
Gal Gadot Diana Prince / Wonder Woman Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Warner Bros
Scarlett Johansson Natasha Romanova / Black Widow Captain America: Civil War Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Tilda Swinton The Ancient One Doctor Strange

2020s

YearActressCharacterFilmDistributor
2020 Betty Gilpin Crystal Creasy The Hunt Universal
Yifei Liu Mulan Mulan Disney+
Blake Lively Stephanie Patrick The Rhythm Section Paramount
Iliza Shlesinger Cissy Davis Spenser Confidential Netflix
Hilary Swank Athena StoneThe HuntUniversal

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