National Board of Review Award for Best Actress

Annual film award

National Board of Review Award for Best Actress

Current recipient: Lily Gladstone

Awarded for| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country| United States
Presented by| National Board of Review
First awarded| Joan Crawford
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Currently held by| Lily Gladstone
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Website| nationalboardofreview.org

The National Board of Review Award for Best Actress is one of the annual film awards given (since 1945) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1]

## Winners

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### 1940s

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Year | Winner | Film | Role

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1945 | Joan Crawford | Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce Beragon
1946 | Anna Magnani | Rome, Open City | Pina
1947 | Celia Johnson | This Happy Breed | Ethel Gibbons
1948 | Olivia de Havilland | The Snake Pit | Virginia Stuart Cunningham
1949 | Not awarded

### 1950s

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Year | Winner | Film | Role

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1950 | Gloria Swanson | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond
1951 | Jan Sterling | Ace in the Hole | Lorraine Minosa
1952 | Shirley Booth | Come Back, Little Sheba | Lola Delaney
1953 | Jean Simmons | The Actress | Ruth Gordon Jones
The Robe | Diana
Young Bess | Princess Elizabeth
1954 | Grace Kelly | The Country Girl | Georgie Elgin
Dial M for Murder | Margot Mary Wendice
Rear Window | Lisa Carol Fremont
1955 | Anna Magnani | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose
1956 | Dorothy McGuire | Friendly Persuasion | Eliza Birdwell
1957 | Joanne Woodward | The Three Faces of Eve | Eve White / Eve Black / Jane
1958 | Ingrid Bergman | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | Gladys Aylward
1959 | Simone Signoret | Room at the Top | Alice Aisgill

### 1960s

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Year | Winner | Film | Role

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1960 | Greer Garson | Sunrise at Campobello | Eleanor Roosevelt
1961 | Geraldine Page | Summer and Smoke | Alma Winemiller
1962 | Anne Bancroft | The Miracle Worker | Anne Sullivan
1963 | Patricia Neal | Hud | Alma Brown
1964 | Kim Stanley | Séance on a Wet Afternoon | Myra Savage
1965 | Julie Christie | Darling | Diana Scott
Doctor Zhivago | Lara Antipova
1966 | Elizabeth Taylor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha
1967 | Edith Evans | The Whisperers | Maggie Ross
1968 | Liv Ullmann | Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) | Alma Borg
Shame (Skammen) | Eva Rosenberg
1969 | Geraldine Page | Trilogy | Sook

### 1970s

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Year | Winner | Film | Role

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1970 | Glenda Jackson | Women in Love | Gudrun Brangwen
1971 | Irene Papas | The Trojan Women | Helen of Troy
1972 | Cicely Tyson | Sounder | Rebecca Morgan
1973 | Liv Ullmann | The New Land (Nybyggarna) | Kristina
1974 | Gena Rowlands | A Woman Under the Influence | Mabel Longhetti
1975 | Isabelle Adjani | The Story of Adele H. (L’histoire d'Adèle H.) | Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry
1976 | Liv Ullmann | Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) | Dr. Jenny Isaksson
1977 | Anne Bancroft | The Turning Point | Emma Jacklin
1978 | Ingrid Bergman | Autumn Sonata | Charlotte Andergast
1979 | Sally Field | Norma Rae | Norma Rae Webster

### 1980s

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Year | Winner | Film | Role

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1980 | Sissy Spacek | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn
1981 | Glenda Jackson | Stevie | Stevie Smith
1982 | Meryl Streep | Sophie's Choice | Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
1983 | Shirley MacLaine | Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenway
1984 | Peggy Ashcroft | A Passage to India | Mrs. Moore
1985 | Whoopi Goldberg | The Color Purple | Celie Johnson
1986 | Kathleen Turner | Peggy Sue Got Married | Peggy Sue
1987 | Lillian Gish | The Whales of August | Sarah Webber
Holly Hunter | Broadcast News | Jane Craig
1988 | Jodie Foster | The Accused | Sarah Tobias
1989 | Michelle Pfeiffer | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Susie Diamond

### 1990s

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Year | Winner | Film | Role

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1990 | Mia Farrow | Alice | Alice Smith Tate
1991 | Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon | Thelma & Louise | Thelma Dickinson and Louise Sawyer
1992 | Emma Thompson | Howards End | Margaret Schlegel
1993 | Holly Hunter | The Piano | Ada McGrath
1994 | Miranda Richardson | Tom & Viv | Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot
1995 | Emma Thompson | Sense and Sensibility | Elinor Dashwood
1996 | Frances McDormand | Fargo | Marge Gunderson
1997 | Helena Bonham Carter | The Wings of the Dove | Kate Croy
1998 | Fernanda Montenegro | Central Station (Central do Brasil) | Isadora "Dora" Teixeira
1999 | Janet McTeer | Tumbleweeds | Mary Jo Walker

### 2000s

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Year | Winner | Film | Role

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2000 | Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich | Erin Brockovich
2001 | Halle Berry | Monster's Ball | Leticia Musgrove
2002 | Julianne Moore | Far from Heaven | Cathy Whitaker
2003 | Diane Keaton | Something's Gotta Give | Erica Barry
2004 | Annette Bening | Being Julia | Julia Lambert
2005 | Felicity Huffman | Transamerica | Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne / Stanley Schupak
2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II
2007 | Julie Christie | Away from Her | Fiona Anderson
2008 | Anne Hathaway | Rachel Getting Married | Kym Ryder
2009 | Carey Mulligan | An Education | Jenny Mellor

### 2010s

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Year | Winner | Film | Role

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2010 | Lesley Manville | Another Year | Mary Smith
2011 | Tilda Swinton | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian
2012 | Jessica Chastain | Zero Dark Thirty | Maya
2013 | Emma Thompson | Saving Mr. Banks | Pamela "P. L." Travers
2014 | Julianne Moore | Still Alice | Dr. Alice Howland
2015 | Brie Larson | Room | Joy "Ma" Newsome
2016 | Amy Adams | Arrival | Dr. Louise Banks
2017 | Meryl Streep | The Post | Katharine Graham
2018 | Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born[2] | Ally Maine
2019 | Renée Zellweger | Judy[3] | Judy Garland

### 2020s

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Year | Winner | Film | Role

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2020 | Carey Mulligan | Promising Young Woman[4] | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
2021 | Rachel Zegler | West Side Story[5] | María Vasquez
2022 | Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All At Once[6] | Evelyn Quan Wang
2023 | Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon[7] | Mollie Kyle

## Multiple awards

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3 wins

* Emma Thompson (1992, 1995, 2013)
* Liv Ullmann (1968, 1973, 1976)

2 wins

* Anne Bancroft (1962, 1977)
* Ingrid Bergman (1958, 1978)
* Julie Christie (1965, 2007)
* Jodie Foster (1988, 1991)
* Holly Hunter (1987, 1993)
* Glenda Jackson (1970, 1981)
* Anna Magnani (1946, 1955)
* Julianne Moore (2002, 2014)
* Carey Mulligan (2009, 2020)
* Geraldine Page (1961, 1969)
* Meryl Streep (1982, 2017)

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## See also

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* New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
* National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

## References

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1. ^ "Best Actress Archives – National Board of Review". National Board of Review. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
2. ^ National Board of Review Names 'Green Book' Best Film of 2018 - Variety
3. ^ National Board of Review 2019 Winners|IndieWire
4. ^ 2021 National Board of Review Winners and Analysis - Variety
5. ^ National Board of Review Winners 2021:|IndieWire
6. ^ Top Gun: Maverick Named Best Movie of 2022 by National Board of Review - The Hollywood Reporter
7. ^ National Board of Review Names ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Best Film of 2023 - The Hollywood Reporter

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1945–1975|

* Joan Crawford (1945)
* Anna Magnani (1946)
* Celia Johnson (1947)
* Olivia de Havilland (1948)
* Gloria Swanson (1950)
* Jan Sterling (1951)
* Shirley Booth (1952)
* Jean Simmons (1953)
* Grace Kelly (1954)
* Anna Magnani (1955)
* Dorothy McGuire (1956)
* Joanne Woodward (1957)
* Ingrid Bergman (1958)
* Simone Signoret (1959)
* Greer Garson (1960)
* Geraldine Page (1961)
* Anne Bancroft (1962)
* Patricia Neal (1963)
* Kim Stanley (1964)
* Julie Christie (1965)
* Elizabeth Taylor (1966)
* Edith Evans (1967)
* Liv Ullmann (1968)
* Geraldine Page (1969)
* Glenda Jackson (1970)
* Irene Papas (1971)
* Cicely Tyson (1972)
* Liv Ullmann (1973)
* Gena Rowlands (1974)
* Isabelle Adjani (1975)

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* Liv Ullmann (1976)
* Anne Bancroft (1977)
* Ingrid Bergman (1978)
* Sally Field (1979)
* Sissy Spacek (1980)
* Glenda Jackson (1981)
* Meryl Streep (1982)
* Shirley MacLaine (1983)
* Peggy Ashcroft (1984)
* Whoopi Goldberg (1985)
* Kathleen Turner (1986)
* Lillian Gish / Holly Hunter (1987)
* Jodie Foster (1988)
* Michelle Pfeiffer (1989)
* Mia Farrow (1990)
* Geena Davis / Susan Sarandon (1991)
* Emma Thompson (1992)
* Holly Hunter (1993)
* Miranda Richardson (1994)
* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Frances McDormand (1996)
* Helena Bonham Carter (1997)
* Fernanda Montenegro (1998)
* Janet McTeer (1999)
* Julia Roberts (2000)

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* Halle Berry (2001)
* Julianne Moore (2002)
* Diane Keaton (2003)
* Annette Bening (2004)
* Felicity Huffman (2005)
* Helen Mirren (2006)
* Julie Christie (2007)
* Anne Hathaway (2008)
* Carey Mulligan (2009)
* Lesley Manville (2010)
* Tilda Swinton (2011)
* Jessica Chastain (2012)
* Emma Thompson (2013)
* Julianne Moore (2014)
* Brie Larson (2015)
* Amy Adams (2016)
* Meryl Streep (2017)
* Lady Gaga (2018)
* Renée Zellweger (2019)
* Carey Mulligan (2020)
* Rachel Zegler (2021)
* Michelle Yeoh (2022)
* Lily Gladstone (2023)

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