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Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsFree Scan →Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →Jessie Buckley is the latest Best Actress Oscar winner, taking the 2026 award for Hamnet. Across 98 presentations, 81 different actresses have won the prize. Katharine Hepburn holds the record with four victories, and the only tie came in 1969, when Hepburn and Barbra Streisand received the same number of votes.
Below is the complete list, organized by ceremony year. The Academy currently calls the category Actress in a Leading Role, but Best Actress remains the standard historical shorthand.
The table uses the Academy’s ceremony-year convention: 1980, for example, means the ceremony held in 1980, at which Sally Field won for Norma Rae. The winning film generally premiered during the preceding film year, although the earliest eligibility rules were different.
Every Best Actress Oscar winner, 1929–2026
| Ceremony year | Winner | Winning film |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Janet Gaynor | 7th Heaven; Street Angel; Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans |
| 1930 | Mary Pickford | Coquette |
| 1931 | Norma Shearer | The Divorcee |
| 1932 | Marie Dressler | Min and Bill |
| 1933 | Helen Hayes | The Sin of Madelon Claudet |
| 1934 | Katharine Hepburn | Morning Glory |
| 1935 | Claudette Colbert | It Happened One Night |
| 1936 | Bette Davis | Dangerous |
| 1937 | Luise Rainer | The Great Ziegfeld |
| 1938 | Luise Rainer | The Good Earth |
| 1939 | Bette Davis | Jezebel |
| 1940 | Vivien Leigh | Gone with the Wind |
| 1941 | Ginger Rogers | Kitty Foyle |
| 1942 | Joan Fontaine | Suspicion |
| 1943 | Greer Garson | Mrs. Miniver |
| 1944 | Jennifer Jones | The Song of Bernadette |
| 1945 | Ingrid Bergman | Gaslight |
| 1946 | Joan Crawford | Mildred Pierce |
| 1947 | Olivia de Havilland | To Each His Own |
| 1948 | Loretta Young | The Farmer’s Daughter |
| 1949 | Jane Wyman | Johnny Belinda |
| 1950 | Olivia de Havilland | The Heiress |
| 1951 | Judy Holliday | Born Yesterday |
| 1952 | Vivien Leigh | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1953 | Shirley Booth | Come Back, Little Sheba |
| 1954 | Audrey Hepburn | Roman Holiday |
| 1955 | Grace Kelly | The Country Girl |
| 1956 | Anna Magnani | The Rose Tattoo |
| 1957 | Ingrid Bergman | Anastasia |
| 1958 | Joanne Woodward | The Three Faces of Eve |
| 1959 | Susan Hayward | I Want to Live! |
| 1960 | Simone Signoret | Room at the Top |
| 1961 | Elizabeth Taylor | BUtterfield 8 |
| 1962 | Sophia Loren | Two Women |
| 1963 | Anne Bancroft | The Miracle Worker |
| 1964 | Patricia Neal | Hud |
| 1965 | Julie Andrews | Mary Poppins |
| 1966 | Julie Christie | Darling |
| 1967 | Elizabeth Taylor | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| 1968 | Katharine Hepburn | Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner |
| 1969 | Katharine Hepburn; Barbra Streisand | The Lion in Winter; Funny Girl — tie |
| 1970 | Maggie Smith | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| 1971 | Glenda Jackson | Women in Love |
| 1972 | Jane Fonda | Klute |
| 1973 | Liza Minnelli | Cabaret |
| 1974 | Glenda Jackson | A Touch of Class |
| 1975 | Ellen Burstyn | Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore |
| 1976 | Louise Fletcher | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest |
| 1977 | Faye Dunaway | Network |
| 1978 | Diane Keaton | Annie Hall |
| 1979 | Jane Fonda | Coming Home |
| 1980 | Sally Field | Norma Rae |
| 1981 | Sissy Spacek | Coal Miner’s Daughter |
| 1982 | Katharine Hepburn | On Golden Pond |
| 1983 | Shirley MacLaine | Terms of Endearment |
| 1984 | Sally Field | Places in the Heart |
| 1985 | Geraldine Page | The Trip to Bountiful |
| 1986 | Marlee Matlin | Children of a Lesser God |
| 1987 | Cher | Moonstruck |
| 1988 | Jodie Foster | The Accused |
| 1989 | Jessica Tandy | Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1990 | Kathy Bates | Misery |
| 1991 | Jodie Foster | The Silence of the Lambs |
| 1992 | Emma Thompson | Howards End |
| 1993 | Holly Hunter | The Piano |
| 1994 | Jessica Lange | Blue Sky |
| 1995 | Susan Sarandon | Dead Man Walking |
| 1996 | Frances McDormand | Fargo |
| 1997 | Helen Hunt | As Good as It Gets |
| 1998 | Gwyneth Paltrow | Shakespeare in Love |
| 1999 | Hilary Swank | Boys Don’t Cry |
| 2000 | Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich |
| 2001 | Halle Berry | Monster’s Ball |
| 2002 | Nicole Kidman | The Hours |
| 2003 | Charlize Theron | Monster |
| 2004 | Hilary Swank | Million Dollar Baby |
| 2005 | Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line |
| 2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen |
| 2007 | Marion Cotillard | La Vie en Rose |
| 2008 | Kate Winslet | The Reader |
| 2009 | Sandra Bullock | The Blind Side |
| 2010 | Natalie Portman | Black Swan |
| 2011 | Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady |
| 2012 | Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook |
| 2013 | Cate Blanchett | Blue Jasmine |
| 2014 | Julianne Moore | Still Alice |
| 2015 | Brie Larson | Room |
| 2016 | Emma Stone | La La Land |
| 2017 | Frances McDormand | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
| 2018 | Olivia Colman | The Favourite |
| 2019 | Renée Zellweger | Judy |
| 2020 | Frances McDormand | Nomadland |
| 2021 | Jessica Chastain | The Eyes of Tammy Faye |
| 2022 | Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 2023 | Emma Stone | Poor Things |
| 2024 | Emma Stone | Poor Things |
| 2025 | Mikey Madison | Anora |
| 2026 | Jessie Buckley | Hamnet |
Important correction to the sequence: the ceremony-year record places Sally Field’s Norma Rae win in 1980, followed by Sissy Spacek in 1981, Katharine Hepburn in 1982, Shirley MacLaine in 1983, and Sally Field again in 1984. The film-year and ceremony-year labels are often mixed in Oscar lists, which is why this stretch is especially easy to misread.
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In historical writing, Best Actress is the familiar name for the award. The Academy’s current official category label is Actress in a Leading Role.
For readers who prefer a print companion, an Oscar history reference book can add ceremony history, nominees, and production context to this winner list. Check the edition, seller, price, and availability before buying; this is an independent reading suggestion, not an Academy endorsement.
Records and repeat winners
Katharine Hepburn holds the record
Katharine Hepburn has the category record with four wins. They came for Morning Glory in 1934, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner in 1968, The Lion in Winter in 1969, and On Golden Pond in 1982. Her 1969 victory was shared with Barbra Streisand, making Hepburn both the record-holder and one half of the category’s only tie.
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Frances McDormand has three wins
Frances McDormand is the only other actress with three Best Actress victories: Fargo in 1996, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in 2017, and Nomadland in 2020.
Thirteen actresses have won twice
The two-time winners are Bette Davis, Luise Rainer, Vivien Leigh, Ingrid Bergman, Olivia de Havilland, Elizabeth Taylor, Glenda Jackson, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Jodie Foster, Jessica Lange, Hilary Swank, and Emma Stone.
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Luise Rainer was the first actress to win consecutively, taking the award in 1937 for The Great Ziegfeld and again in 1938 for The Good Earth. Emma Stone is the most recent two-time winner, following her victories for La La Land and Poor Things.
Milestones in the category
- First winner: Janet Gaynor received the inaugural award in 1929. Her award uniquely cited three films.
- Only tie: Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand received the same number of votes in 1969. Hepburn won for The Lion in Winter; Streisand won for Funny Girl.
- First consecutive winner: Luise Rainer won in 1937 and 1938.
- First deaf winner: Marlee Matlin won for Children of a Lesser God in 1987. At age 21, she was also the category’s youngest winner at the time of her victory.
- Oldest winner: Jessica Tandy won at age 80 for Driving Miss Daisy in 1989.
- First Black winner: Halle Berry won for Monster’s Ball in 2001.
- First Southeast Asian winner: Michelle Yeoh won for Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2022.
The latest winner
Jessie Buckley is the latest Best Actress winner. She won for Hamnet at the 98th Academy Awards, presented on March 15, 2026. That victory brings the official record covered here to 98 award presentations and 81 different winning actresses.
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How to use this list when choosing a film
The winning title is the best starting point for exploring the category, but the year should not be treated as a guaranteed release date. Older films may have premiered, qualified, or received their awards under special scheduling rules, and international films can have different release dates in different territories. For a viewing project, search by the film title as well as the ceremony year, then verify the edition and availability in your country. Streaming and physical-media availability changes frequently and is not listed here as a permanent fact.
The Academy Awards Database is the primary record for the winners and nominees and is reported as complete through the 98th Academy Awards. Individual Academy ceremony records also corroborate key entries including Gaynor’s inaugural award, Audrey Hepburn’s 1954 win, Emma Stone’s 2024 win, Mikey Madison’s 2025 win, and Jessie Buckley’s 2026 win.
The Bottom Line
There have been 98 Best Actress Oscar presentations through 2026, won by 81 actresses. Katharine Hepburn leads with four victories, while Jessie Buckley is the latest winner for Hamnet.
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