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    Saturn Award for Best Actress

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    Saturn Award for Best Actress
    The 2024 recipient: Demi Moore
    Awarded forBest performance of the year by a female in a leading role in a genre film
    CountryUnited States
    Presented byAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
    First award1974/75
    Currently held byDemi Moore for The Substance (2023/2024)
    Websitewww.saturnawards.org

    The Saturn Award for Best Actress is one of the annual Saturn Awards given by the American professional organization, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards are the oldest film-specialized reward of achievements in science fiction, fantasy, and horror (another award, the Hugo Award is older but includes other genres and media). The Saturn Award included the Best Actress category for the first time in the 1974 film year.

    The Saturn Award for Best Actress is the oldest prize to reward actresses in science fiction, fantasy, and horror films: other awards such as the Academy and Golden Globe Awards, despite supposedly disregarding the genre, gave little recognition to acting quality at the time. In 1996 the Saturns began to reward both film and television acting, and created the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. For the first two years it was awarded there were no nominees announced.

    The actresses with the most nominations are Jamie Lee Curtis, Jodie Foster, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts and Sigourney Weaver, who are all tied with five. Curtis, Foster, Portman, Watts, Sandra Bullock and Demi Moore are the only actresses to have won it twice. Portman and Michelle Yeoh are the only actresses to win both the Saturn Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress for the same film, while Weaver holds the record for most nominations for playing the same character (Ellen Ripley) with four. Foster is the youngest winner in this category, winning her first award in 1977 at age 13.

    Winners and nominees

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    Legend:

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    1970s

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    Year Actress Film Character
    1974/1975 Katharine Ross The Stepford Wives Joanna Eberhart
    1976 Blythe Danner Futureworld Tracy Ballad
    1977 Jodie Foster The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Rynn Jacobs
    Julie Christie Demon Seed Susan Harris
    Joan Collins Empire of the Ants Marilyn Fryser
    Melinda Dillon Close Encounters of the Third Kind Jillian Guiler
    Carrie Fisher Star Wars Princess Leia Organa
    1978 Margot Kidder Superman Lois Lane
    Brooke Adams Invasion of the Body Snatchers Elizabeth Driscoll
    Ann-Margret Magic Peggy Ann Snow
    Geneviève Bujold Coma Dr. Susan Wheeler
    Diana Ross The Wiz Dorothy Gale
    1979 Mary Steenburgen Time After Time Amy Robbins
    Susan Saint James Love at First Bite Cindy Sondheim
    Persis Khambatta Star Trek: The Motion Picture Lt. Ilia
    Margot Kidder The Amityville Horror Kathy Lutz
    Sigourney Weaver Alien Ripley

    1980s

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    Year Actress Film Character
    1980 Angie Dickinson Dressed to Kill Kate Miller
    Ellen Burstyn Resurrection Edna
    Jamie Lee Curtis Terror Train Alana Maxwell
    Louanne Oh, God! Book II Tracy Richards
    Jane Seymour Somewhere in Time Elise McKenna
    1981 Karen Allen Raiders of the Lost Ark Marion Ravenwood
    Jenny Agutter An American Werewolf in London Nurse Alex Price
    Margot Kidder Superman II Lois Lane
    Angela Lansbury The Mirror Crack'd Miss Jane Marple
    Lily Tomlin The Incredible Shrinking Woman Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley
    1982 Sandahl Bergman Conan the Barbarian Valeria
    Susan George The House Where Evil Dwells Laura Fletcher
    Nastassja Kinski Cat People Irena Gallier
    JoBeth Williams Poltergeist Diane Freeling
    Mary Woronov Eating Raoul Mary Bland
    1983 Louise Fletcher Brainstorm Dr. Lillian Reynolds
    Bess Armstrong High Road to China Eve "Evie" Tozer
    Bobbie Bresee Mausoleum Susan Walker Farrell
    Carrie Fisher Return of the Jedi Princess Leia Organa
    Ally Sheedy WarGames Jennifer Mack
    1984 Daryl Hannah Splash Madison
    Karen Allen Starman Jenny Hayden
    Nancy Allen The Philadelphia Experiment Allison Hayes
    Linda Hamilton The Terminator Sarah Connor
    Helen Slater Supergirl Supergirl / Kara Zor-El / Linda Lee
    1985 Coral Browne Dreamchild Alice Hargreaves
    Glenn Close Maxie Jan / Maxie
    Mia Farrow The Purple Rose of Cairo Cecilia
    Michelle Pfeiffer Ladyhawke Isabeau d'Anjou
    Jessica Tandy Cocoon Alma Finley
    1986 Sigourney Weaver Aliens Ellen Ripley
    Barbara Crampton From Beyond Dr. Katherine McMichaels
    Geena Davis The Fly Veronica Quaife
    Elisabeth Shue Link Jane Chase
    Kathleen Turner Peggy Sue Got Married Peggy Sue Bodell
    1987 Jessica Tandy *batteries not included Faye Riley
    Nancy Allen RoboCop Officer Anne Lewis
    Melinda Dillon Harry and the Hendersons Nancy Henderson
    Lorraine Gary Jaws: The Revenge Ellen Brody
    Susan Sarandon The Witches of Eastwick Jane Spofford
    Robin Wright The Princess Bride Buttercup
    1988 Catherine Hicks Child's Play Karen Barclay
    Kim Basinger My Stepmother Is an Alien Celeste Martin
    Amanda Donohoe The Lair of the White Worm Lady Sylvia Marsh
    Joanna Pacuła The Kiss Felice Dunbar
    Cassandra Peterson Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
    Jessica Tandy Cocoon: The Return Alma Finley
    1989/1990 Demi Moore Ghost Molly Jensen
    Julie Carmen Fright Night Part 2 Regine Dandrige
    Blanca Guerra Santa Sangre Concha
    Anjelica Huston The Witches Miss Eva Ernst / Grand High Witch
    Nicole Kidman Dead Calm Rae Ingram
    Madonna Dick Tracy Breathless Mahoney
    Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio The Abyss Dr. Lindsey Brigman
    Ally Sheedy Fear Cayce Bridges
    Jenny Wright I, Madman Virginia

    1990s

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    Year Actress Film Character
    1991 Linda Hamilton Terminator 2: Judgment Day Sarah Connor
    Kathy Bates Misery Annie Wilkes
    Jodie Foster The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling
    Julia Roberts Sleeping with the Enemy Laura Burney
    Winona Ryder Edward Scissorhands Kim Boggs
    Meryl Streep Defending Your Life Julia
    1992 Virginia Madsen Candyman Helen Lyle
    Rebecca De Mornay The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Peyton Flanders / Mrs. Mott
    Sheryl Lee Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Laura Palmer
    Winona Ryder Bram Stoker's Dracula Mina Harker / Elisabeta
    Sharon Stone Basic Instinct Catherine Tramell
    Meryl Streep Death Becomes Her Madeline Ashton
    Sigourney Weaver Alien 3 Ellen Ripley
    1993 Andie MacDowell Groundhog Day Rita
    Patricia Arquette True Romance Alabama Whitman
    Laura Dern Jurassic Park Dr. Ellie Sattler
    Michelle Forbes Kalifornia Carrie Laughlin
    Anjelica Huston Addams Family Values Morticia Addams
    Bette Midler Hocus Pocus Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson
    Ally Sheedy Man's Best Friend Lori Tanner
    1994 Sandra Bullock Speed Annie Porter
    Jamie Lee Curtis True Lies Helen Tasker
    Mädchen Amick Dream Lover Lena Mathers
    Helena Bonham Carter Frankenstein Elizabeth Frankenstein
    Penelope Ann Miller The Shadow Margo Lane
    Michelle Pfeiffer Wolf Laura Alden
    1995 Angela Bassett Strange Days Lornette "Mace" Mason
    Kathy Bates Dolores Claiborne Dolores Claiborne
    Nicole Kidman To Die For Suzanne Stone-Maretto
    Sharon Stone The Quick and the Dead The Lady
    Madeleine Stowe 12 Monkeys Kathryn Railly
    Marina Zudina Mute Witness Billy
    1996 Neve Campbell Scream Sidney Prescott
    Geena Davis The Long Kiss Goodnight Samantha Caine / Charlene Elizabeth "Charly" Baltimore
    Gina Gershon Bound Corky
    Helen Hunt Twister Dr. Jo Harding
    Frances McDormand Fargo Marge Gunderson
    Penelope Ann Miller The Relic Dr. Margo Green
    1997 Jodie Foster Contact Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Ann Arroway
    Neve Campbell Scream 2 Sidney Prescott
    Pam Grier Jackie Brown Jackie Brown
    Jennifer Lopez Anaconda Terri Flores
    Mira Sorvino Mimic Dr. Susan Tyler
    Sigourney Weaver Alien: Resurrection Ellen Ripley
    1998 Drew Barrymore Ever After Danielle de Barbarac / Countess Nicole de Lancret
    Gillian Anderson The X-Files Dana Scully
    Jamie Lee Curtis Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
    Meg Ryan City of Angels Maggie Rice
    Jennifer Tilly Bride of Chucky Tiffany
    Catherine Zeta-Jones The Mask of Zorro Elena De La Vega
    1999 Christina Ricci Sleepy Hollow Katrina Van Tassel
    Heather Graham Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Felicity Shagwell
    Catherine Keener Being John Malkovich Maxine Lund
    Carrie-Anne Moss The Matrix Trinity
    Sigourney Weaver Galaxy Quest Gwen DeMarco / Lt. Tawny Madison
    Rachel Weisz The Mummy Evelyn "Evie" Carnahan O'Connell

    2000s

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    Year Actress Film Character
    2000 Téa Leoni The Family Man Kate Reynolds / Kate Campbell
    Cate Blanchett The Gift Annabelle "Annie" Wilson
    Ellen Burstyn Requiem for a Dream Sara Goldfarb
    Jennifer Lopez The Cell Dr. Catherine Deane
    Michelle Pfeiffer What Lies Beneath Claire Spencer
    Michelle Yeoh Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yu Shu Lien
    2001 Nicole Kidman The Others Grace Stewart
    Kate Beckinsale Serendipity Sara Thomas
    Angelina Jolie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Lara Croft
    Julianne Moore Hannibal Clarice Starling
    Frances O'Connor A.I. Artificial Intelligence Monica Swinton
    Naomi Watts Mulholland Drive Betty Elms
    2002 Naomi Watts The Ring Rachel Keller
    Kirsten Dunst Spider-Man Mary Jane Watson
    Jodie Foster Panic Room Meg Altman
    Milla Jovovich Resident Evil Alice
    Natascha McElhone Solaris Rheya
    Natalie Portman Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Senator Padmé Amidala
    2003 Uma Thurman Kill Bill: Volume 1 The Bride
    Kate Beckinsale Underworld Selene
    Jessica Biel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Erin Hardesty
    Cate Blanchett The Missing Magdalena "Maggie" Gilkeson
    Jennifer Connelly Hulk Betty Ross
    Jamie Lee Curtis Freaky Friday Tess Coleman / Anna Coleman
    2004 Blanchard Ryan Open Water Susan Watkins
    Nicole Kidman Birth Anna
    Julianne Moore The Forgotten Telly Paretta
    Uma Thurman Kill Bill: Volume 2 The Bride / Beatrix Kiddo
    Kate Winslet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Clementine Kruczynski
    Zhang Ziyi House of Flying Daggers Mei
    2005 Naomi Watts King Kong Ann Darrow
    Jodie Foster Flightplan Kyle Pratt
    Laura Linney The Exorcism of Emily Rose Erin Christine Bruner
    Rachel McAdams Red Eye Lisa Reisert
    Natalie Portman Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Padmé Amidala
    Tilda Swinton The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Jadis, the White Witch
    2006 Natalie Portman V for Vendetta Evey Hammond
    Kate Bosworth Superman Returns Lois Lane
    Judi Dench Notes on a Scandal Barbara Covett
    Maggie Gyllenhaal Stranger than Fiction Ana Pascal
    Shauna Macdonald The Descent Sarah Carter
    Renée Zellweger Miss Potter Beatrix Potter
    2007 Amy Adams Enchanted Princess Giselle
    Helena Bonham Carter Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett
    Ashley Judd Bug Agnes White
    Belén Rueda The Orphanage Laura
    Carice van Houten Black Book Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
    Naomi Watts Eastern Promises Anna Khitrova
    2008 Angelina Jolie Changeling Christine Collins
    Cate Blanchett The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Daisy Fuller
    Maggie Gyllenhaal The Dark Knight Rachel Dawes
    Julianne Moore Blindness Doctor's Wife
    Emily Mortimer Transsiberian Jessie
    Gwyneth Paltrow Iron Man Virginia "Pepper" Potts
    2009 Zoe Saldana Avatar Neytiri
    Catherine Keener Where the Wild Things Are Connie
    Mélanie Laurent Inglourious Basterds Shoshanna Dreyfus / Emmanuelle Mimieux
    Alison Lohman Drag Me to Hell Christine Brown
    Natalie Portman Brothers Grace Cahill
    Charlize Theron The Burning Plain Sylvia

    2010s

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    Year Actress Film Character
    2010 Natalie Portman Black Swan Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
    Cécile de France Hereafter Marie Lelay
    Angelina Jolie Salt Evelyn Salt / Natasha Chenkova
    Carey Mulligan Never Let Me Go Kathy H.
    Elliot Page Inception Ariadne
    Noomi Rapace The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Lisbeth Salander
    2011 Kirsten Dunst Melancholia Justine
    Jessica Chastain Take Shelter Samantha LaForche
    Keira Knightley A Dangerous Method Sabina Spielrein
    Rooney Mara The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Lisbeth Salander
    Brit Marling Another Earth Rhoda Williams
    Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha
    2012 Jennifer Lawrence The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen
    Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty Maya
    Ann Dowd Compliance Sandra
    Zoe Kazan Ruby Sparks Ruby Sparks
    Helen Mirren Hitchcock Alma Reville
    Naomi Watts The Impossible Maria Bennett
    2013 Sandra Bullock Gravity Dr. Ryan Stone
    Halle Berry The Call Jordan Turner
    Martina Gedeck The Wall Die Frau (The Woman)
    Jennifer Lawrence The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Katniss Everdeen
    Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks P. L. Travers
    Mia Wasikowska Stoker India Stoker
    2014 Rosamund Pike Gone Girl Amy Elliott-Dunne
    Emily Blunt Edge of Tomorrow Sergeant Rita Rose Vrataski
    Essie Davis The Babadook Amelia
    Anne Hathaway Interstellar Amelia Brand
    Angelina Jolie Maleficent Maleficent
    Jennifer Lawrence The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Katniss Everdeen
    2015 Charlize Theron Mad Max: Fury Road Imperator Furiosa
    Emily Blunt Sicario Kate Macer
    Jessica Chastain The Martian Melissa Lewis
    Blake Lively The Age of Adaline Adaline
    Daisy Ridley Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rey
    Mia Wasikowska Crimson Peak Edith Cushing
    2016 Mary Elizabeth Winstead 10 Cloverfield Lane Michelle
    Amy Adams Arrival Dr. Louise Banks
    Emily Blunt The Girl on the Train Rachel Watson
    Taraji P. Henson Hidden Figures Katherine Goble Johnson
    Felicity Jones Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Jyn Erso
    Jennifer Lawrence Passengers Aurora Lane
    Narges Rashidi Under the Shadow Shideh
    2017 Gal Gadot Wonder Woman Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
    Sally Hawkins The Shape of Water Elisa Esposito
    Frances McDormand Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mildred Hayes
    Lupita Nyong'o Black Panther Nakia
    Rosamund Pike Hostiles Rosalie Quaid
    Daisy Ridley Star Wars: The Last Jedi Rey
    Emma Watson Beauty and the Beast Belle
    2018/2019 Jamie Lee Curtis Halloween Laurie Strode
    Emily Blunt Mary Poppins Returns Mary Poppins
    Toni Collette Hereditary Annie Graham
    Nicole Kidman Destroyer Erin Bell
    Brie Larson Captain Marvel Carol Danvers / Vers / Captain Marvel
    Lupita Nyong'o Us Adelaide Wilson / Red
    Octavia Spencer Ma Sue Ann "Ma" Ellington
    2019/2020 Elisabeth Moss The Invisible Man Cecilia "Cee" Kass
    Rebecca Ferguson Doctor Sleep Rose the Hat
    Natalie Portman Lucy in the Sky Lucy Cola
    Daisy Ridley Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Rey
    Margot Robbie Birds of Prey Harley Quinn
    Charlize Theron The Old Guard Andy
    Liu Yifei Mulan Mulan

    2020s

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    Year Actress Film Character
    2021/2022 Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Quan Wang
    Cate Blanchett Nightmare Alley Dr. Lilith Ritter
    Emily Blunt A Quiet Place Part II Evelyn Abbott
    Zoë Kravitz The Batman Selina Kyle / Catwoman
    Keke Palmer Nope Emerald "Em" Haywood
    Emma Stone Cruella Estella / Cruella
    Zendaya Spider-Man: No Way Home MJ
    2022/2023 Margot Robbie Barbie Barbie
    Viola Davis The Woman King General Nanisca
    Mia Goth Pearl Pearl
    Amber Midthunder Prey Naru
    Zoe Saldaña Avatar: The Way of Water Neytiri
    Anya Taylor-Joy The Menu Margot Mills / Erin
    2023/2024 Demi Moore The Substance Elisabeth Sparkle
    Willa Fitzgerald Strange Darling The Lady
    Lupita Nyong'o A Quiet Place: Day One Samira
    Winona Ryder Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Lydia Deetz
    Naomi Scott Smile 2 Skye Riley
    June Squibb Thelma Thelma Post
    Anya Taylor-Joy Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Furiosa

    Multiple nominations

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    6 nominations
    • Natalie Portman
    5 nominations
    • Emily Blunt
    • Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Jodie Foster
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Naomi Watts
    • Sigourney Weaver
    4 nominations
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Jennifer Lawrence
    3 nominations
    • Jessica Chastain
    • Margot Kidder
    • Julianne Moore
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Daisy Ridley
    • Ally Sheedy
    • Jessica Tandy
    • Charlize Theron
    • Lupita Nyong'o
    • Winona Ryder
    2 nominations
    • Amy Adams
    • Karen Allen
    • Nancy Allen
    • Kathy Bates
    • Kate Beckinsale
    • Helena Bonham Carter
    • Sandra Bullock
    • Ellen Burstyn
    • Neve Campbell
    • Geena Davis
    • Melinda Dillon
    • Kirsten Dunst
    • Carrie Fisher
    • Linda Hamilton
    • Anjelica Huston
    • Catherine Keener
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Frances McDormand
    • Penelope Ann Miller
    • Demi Moore
    • Rosamund Pike
    • Margot Robbie
    • Zoe Saldaña
    • Sharon Stone
    • Meryl Streep
    • Anya Taylor-Joy
    • Uma Thurman
    • Mia Wasikowska
    • Michelle Yeoh

    Multiple wins

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    2 wins
    • Sandra Bullock
    • Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Jodie Foster
    • Demi Moore
    • Natalie Portman
    • Naomi Watts

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