EVERY Oscar Best Actress Winner EVER | 1927-2023 

Addressing some inaccuracies in the video, thanks to everyone who found them! 1961: Audrey Hepburn, Piper Laurie, Geraldine Page, Natalie Wood 1962: Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Geraldine Page, Lee Remick 1981: Diane Keaton, Marsha Mason, Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep 1995: Elisabeth Shue, Sharon Stone, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson

How many times Meryl Streep is nominated, unbelievable.

I admit I used to believe Vivien Leigh was overacting in Gone with the Wind until I read the book and realized Scarlett as a character is inherently a melodrama queen, and needed to be played as such. I now have enormous respect for Leigh’s performance, especially the powerful “I’ll never be hungry again” scene.

Kathy Bates was magnificent in Misery!! Well deserved Oscar

Olivia Colman infusing comedy into her tragic Queen Anne never ceases to amaze me. It’s such an exquisitely tuned balance. She does it in one sentence in this clip.

Wish Ellen Burstyn got the award for Requiem for a dream. She was outstanding.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s win for “Shakespeare in Love” is a joke

from 1938 to 1946 Bette Davis and Greer Garson held the reigns, both being nominated 5 consecutive times with that span of years

Holly Hunter was simply amazing in “the piano”

Shirley MacLaine’s hospital meltdown will always be at the top for me. Brilliant scene

Shirley MacLaine indeed deserves her Oscar for that timelessly powerful scene in Terms Of Endearment.

movies,,,kept me sane for years and years,,i turn 82 this year and i still love the movies,,thank you,;)

Ellen burstyn should've won for The Exorcist and Requiem for a dream ❤

I think when Julie Andrews won in 1964, she thanked the people who didn’t cast her in My Fair Lady which gave her the opportunity to be in Mary Poppins

I love Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins. I didn’t even know that the Disney movie won various awards

For me best performance by an actress. 1. Charlize Theron - Monster 2. Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice 3. Kathy Bates - Misery 4. Natalie Portman - Black Swan 5. Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf 6. Vivienne Leigh - Gone With A Wind 7. Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine 8. Jodie Foster - A silence of a lamb 9. Frances McDormand - Fargo 10. Katherine Hepburn - The Lion in Winte

I just love Renee Zellweger's performance as Judy Garland. She actually channels her, which goes beyond performance. I thought Judy Davis in 'Me and My Shadows' was the last word (and she was superb) but this was something else, purely because Renee was so un-Zellweger-like in the movie.

Gweneth Paltrow over Cate Blanchett was the worst win 🙏

When it comes to great actresses, I was surprised that Olivia Colman voiced a phone, a villain in The Mitchell’s vs The Machines. Strange at first but she nailed it

No womder Vivian Leigh is regarded as one of the top actresses of all time, shes simply magnetic on screen especially in streetcar

OMG! The incredible Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara ❤😍

My mother is 70 years old this year, she often watches this movie again, and those times I see her cry. A very good movie.

I was pleasantly surprised to see Song of Bernadette on here one my cousin was in this movie..my late grandfather's second cousin was Linda Darnell.. she played the vision of Mary in the field I believe. She passed away before I was born but I heard about her from my grandpa 😊..

Michelle Yeoh is really making history with her extraordinary performance❤❤

The problem I have with Diane Keaton is she plays the same character with every movie she makes.

Nunca vou perdoar a Fernanda Montenegro ter perdido esse Oscar de 1998😠😓

Frances McDormand is a league of her own! Four f*cking Oscars!!! Three as an actress, one as a producer.

Some rare and wonderful clips there as well as memorable performances. Thank you very much.

Thank you for this wonderful compilation. Makes me want to see many of the performances I missed.

Love the clips for each performance. Great job!

Great collection here. Thank you!

The 50s and 60s best actress winners is a lot better list then best picture and generally more forward looking.

Sometimes losing is just a luck of the draw ... like Bette Davis in Whatever to Baby Jane losing to Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker. But other times, it is just doesn't make sense .... like Barbra Streisand (The Way We Were) losing to Glenda Jackson in A Touch of Class, and Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction) losing to Cher in Moonstruck.

No one has been robbed as much as Cate Blanchett, three Oscars to be exact

Todos os filmes que eu vi cuja atriz venceu o Oscar são maneiros, logo tenho de ver os restantes.

And the winner is… PALOMA DIAMOND

My choice for Best Actress Oscar: 1928-29: Maria Falconetti (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (not nominated), instead of Mary Pickford (Coquette) 1929-30: Louise Brooks (Pandora's Box) (not nominated), instead of Norma Shearer (The Divorcee) 1930-31: Marlene Dietrich (The Blue Angel) (not nominated), instead of Marie Dressler (Min and Bill) 1931-32: Marlene Dietrich (Shanghai Express) (not nominated) and/or Greta Garbo (Grand Hotel) (not nominated), instead of Helen Hayes (The Sin of Madelon Claudet) 1932-33: Greta Garbo (Queen Christina), instead of Katharine Hepburn (Morning Glory) 1935: Ginger Rogers (Top Hat) (not nominated), instead of Bette Davis (Dangerous) 1936: Carole Lombard (My Man Godfrey), instead of Luise Rainer (The Great Ziegfeld) 1937: Barbara Stanwyck (Stella Dallas) and/or Greta Garbo (Camille) and/or Irene Dunne (The Awful Truth), instead of Luise Rainer (The Good Earth) 1940: Katharine Hepburn (The Philadelphia Story) and/or Rosalind Russell (His Girl Friday) (not nominated) and/or Margaret Sullavan (The Shop Around the Corner) (not nominated), instead of Ginger Rogers (Kitty Foyle) 1942: Bette Davis (Now, Voyager) and/or Teresa Wright (The Pride of the Yankees) and/or Katharine Hepburn (Woman of the Year), instead of Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver) 1943: Jean Arthur (The More the Merrier) and/or Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca) (not nominated), instead of Jennifer Jones (The Song of Bernadette) 1944: Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity), instead of Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight) 1946: Ingrid Bergman (Notorious) (not nominated) and/or Donna Reed (It's a Wonderful Life) (not nominated), instead of Olivia de Havilland (To Each His Own) 1947: Deborah Kerr (Black Narcissus) (not nominated), instead of Loretta Young (The Farmer's Daughter) 1950: Bette Davis (All About Eve) and/or Anne Baxter (All About Eve) and/or Gloria Swanson (Sunset Blvd.), instead of Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday) 1952: Joan Crawford (Sudden Fear) and/or Debbie Reynolds (Singin' in the Rain) (not nominated), instead of Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba) 1954: Judy Garland (A Star Is Born) and/or Audrey Hepburn (Sabrina) and/or Grace Kelly (Dial M for Murder) (not nominated), instead of Grace Kelly (The Country Girl) 1955: Katharine Hepburn (Summertime) and/or Shelley Winters (The Night of the Hunter) (not nominated) and/or Marilyn Monroe (The Seven Year Itch) (not nominated), instead of Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo) 1956: Deborah Kerr (The King and I) and/or Carroll Baker (Baby Doll) and/or Elizabeth Taylor (Giant) (not nominated), instead of Ingrid Bergman (Anastasia) 1957: Deborah Kerr (Heaven Knows), instead of Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve) 1958: Elizabeth Taylor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) and/or Rosalind Russell (Auntie Mame), instead of Susan Hayward (I Want to Live!) 1959: Audrey Hepburn (The Nun's Story) and/or Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot) (not nominated), instead of Simone Signoret (Room at the Top) 1960: Shirley MacLaine (The Apartment), instead of Elizabeth Taylor (BUtterfield 😎 1961: Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast at Tiffany's) and/or Piper Laurie (The Hustler) and/or Natalie Wood (Splendor in the Grass; West Side Story (not nominated)), instead of Sophia Loren (Two Women) 1962: Bette Davis (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) and/or Joan Crawford (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) (not nominated), instead of Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker) 1963: Natalie Wood (Love with the Proper Stranger) and/or Audrey Hepburn (Charade) (not nominated) and/or Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra) (not nominated), instead of Patricia Neal (Hud) 1965: Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music), instead of Julie Christie (Darling) 1967: Faye Dunaway (Bonnie and Clyde) and/or Anne Bancroft (The Graduate), instead of Katharine Hepburn (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) 1970: Sarah Miles (Ryan's Daughter), instead of Glenda Jackson (Women in Love) 1972: Barbra Streisand (What's Up Doc?) (not nominated), instead of Liza Minnelli (Cabaret) 1973: Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) and/or Barbra Streisand (The Way We Were), instead of Glenda Jackson (A Touch of Class) 1974: Faye Dunaway (Chinatown) and/or Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence), instead of Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore) 1985: Whoopi Goldberg (The Color Purple), instead of Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful) 1986: Sigourney Weaver (Aliens), instead of Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God) 1987: Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction) and/or Holly Hunter (Broadcast News), instead of Cher (Moonstruck) 1988: Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons), instead of Jodie Foster (The Accused) 1989: Meg Ryan (When Harry Met Sally) (not nominated), instead of Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) 1994: Winona Ryder (Little Women), instead of Jessica Lange (Blue Sky) 1997: Kate Winslet (Titanic) and/or Judi Dench (Mrs Brown) and/or Helena Bonham Carter (The Wings of the Dove), instead of Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets) 1998: Fernanda Montenegro (Central Station) and/or Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth), instead of Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) 1999: Annette Bening (American Beauty), instead of Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry) 2000: Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream), instead of Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) 2001: Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom) and/or Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!; The Others (not nominated)) and/or Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr.) (not nominated), instead of Halle Berry (Monster's Ball) 2005: Felicity Huffman (Transamerica) and/or Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice), instead of Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) 2009: Carey Mulligan (An Education) and/or Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia), instead of Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) 2011: Viola Davis (The Help) and/or Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and/or Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) (not nominated), instead of Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) 2019: Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story) and/or Saoirse Ronan (Little Women), instead of Renée Zellweger (Judy) 2020: Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), instead of Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

Watched it all twice and will watch again. Please leave it up!

Julia Roberts vencendo Ellen Burstyn foi uma piada.

Don't know if this was mentioned before but each time Jack Nicholson won his Oscar so did the leading actress in the film

Ingrid Bergman, Greer Garson, Patricia Neal and Maggie Smith...my favorites. I think Annette Benning should have won both times she was nominated, instead of Hilary Swank.

Sorry it’s kind of a long list of favorites . There is a range of characters I like the performances for different reasons. I am going in chronological order because which I like best changes often. Claudette Colbert- It Happened One Night Ingrid Bergman- Gaslight Judy Holliday- Born Yesterday Vivien Leigh- A Streetcar Named Desire Joanne Woodward- The Three Faces of Eve Simone Signoret - Room At The Top Sophia Loren - Two Women Anne Bancroft- The Miracle Worker Patricia Neal - Hud Julie Andrews- Mary Poppins Elizabeth Taylor - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Barbra Streisand- Funny Girl Maggie Smith- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jane Fonda - Klute Liza Minnelli- Cabaret Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Sally Field- Norma Rae Meryl Streep- Sophie’s Choice Marlee Matlin - Children of A Lesser God Cher- Moonstruck Kathy Bates. - Misery Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs Jessica Lange -Blue Sky Frances McDormand - Fargo Hilary Swank - Boys Don’t Cry Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich Halle Berry- Monster’s Ball Charlize Theron - Monster Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose Julianne Moore Still Alice Brie Larson - Room Olivia Colman - The Favorite Renee Zellweger- Judy Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye Michelle Yeoh- Everything Everywhere All at Once

This is boffo! I love the list of other nominees in the corner. Thanks x 100,000!

I really had no idea Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar and Best Actress being the one she won is amazing!

So many great actresses up against each other they all deserve it

My most memorable is Mo'nique in Precious. From a crass vulgar (and funny!) Comedian to one of the most terrifying and heartbreaking performances of all time you will never forget and winning the oscar was so well deserved!!

22:36 Olivia Colmans performance was funny and amazing

thank you All were winners for excellence towards there craft

Kate Winslet deserved it long time ago. The Reader is not even her best performance, though is outstanding.

Still my top wins were (not in particular order) 1. Marion Cotillard 2. Charlize Theron 3. Nicole Kidman 4. Cate Blanchett

#6, Marion Davies was a write-in for PEG O' MY HEART and #7 Myrna Loy was a write-in for THE THIN MAN ..... Members reacted against having only 3 nominees.

Belíssimos em divinas cenas.

Muy buen trabajo 👍❤🇨🇱

The song of Bernadette reduced me to tears the first time I watched it

Thank you!!!

Cool idea for a video 👍

l like olivia de havilland

Enjoyed that!

Thank You

These are very well done. A suggestion? Maybe break some new ground and do BEST SCREENPLAY since writers are so often overlooked.

the 61 and 62 nominees are messed up- what you have for 61 is actually 62 and 62's list is from the 50s- you also had those 4 on the men's video nominated in 1995.

Why are the other nominees blurred in some places, i.e. 1961

Oscar eu não te perdoo por não dar a estatueta pra DIVA Fernanda Montenegro em 1999

Best wins..Page, Bancroft, Bette Davis #2, Christie, Hilary Swank #1, both Viv, Liz #2, Booth, both Sally Field, Neal Worse.. Helen Hunt, Paltrow, Witherspoon, Bullock, Zellweger, Glenda #2, Holliday

Michelle Yeoh my queen

98 true winner was Fernanda Montenegro

I absolutely love The Song of Bernadette. Come Back Little Sheba was so sad . Joanne Woodward was brilliant in the Three Faces of Eve, Butterfield 8 was very sad. I can understand the frustration Patty Duke had, I was born 80% deaf, I rely on my hearing aids and lip reading.

Sophia Loren was amazing in Two Women

7th Heaven, one of my moms favorites, mine too

joan fontaine should have won the oscar in 1940 for rebecca, i think they just gave her the oscar in 1941 as a makeup for not giving it to her, for her better performance the year before

I love Greer Garsons voice

Can anyone tell me why the nominees are sometimes blurred?

how Louise Raine won the two oscars is beyond me

My Top 3: Portman, BS; Cottiard, LVER; Taylor, WAOVW in no particular order!

Liza what a Preformace baci x

Kathy Bates is the best! ❤️❤️❤️

I miss Judy Garland - 1939 ( The Wizard of Oz)

Vivien will always be the greatest actress and most beautiful woman in my opinion

Norma Shearer, Norma Shearer, Norma Shearer, etc. At least she won one. Glenn Close, anyone?

10:31 Our favorite Head Gryffindor House And Transfiguration Professor won this award back in 1969.

I recently watched Judy and Renee absolutely kills it as Judy Garland, honestly one of the best performances I’ve ever seen, so powerful

Amo todas

Audrey Hepbum You are more wonderful than anyone else for me. She is everything that beauty is all about pure, kind, I love you very much.

Not one comment about Janet Gaynor, the first actress to win and win for 3 great performances, Sunrise, Seventh Heaven, and Street Angel. Is it because they were Silent movies made in the 1920s? How soon this generation forgets great actresses from the past. Yet if you mention Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, even Rudolph Valentino, actors who have been dead for decades, most of today's generation know who they were.

If vivien held on a few more years she probably would have won more

I see the dignity they have given to art, they completely deserve it

In 2005, Kim Basinger should have been nominated for the role of "Marion" in The Door in the Floor.

Maravilhosa história

Why were some fellow nominees blanked out? Happened with about half a dozen segments. Anybody know?

Now this was worth watching. Thank you.

Best wins each decade: 20s: Janet Gaynor - Sunrise 30s: Bette Davis - Jezebel 40s: Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress 50s: Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire 60s: Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 70s: Liza Minelli - Cabaret 80s: Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (also my vote for the greatest acting ever put on the silver screen) 90s: Emma Thompson - Howards End 00s: Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose 10s: Olivia Colman - The Favourite 20s so far: Emma Stone - Poor Things Worst wins each decade: 20s: Mary Pickford - Coquette 30s: Luise Rainer - The Good Earth 40s: Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle 50s: Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! 60s: Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8 70s: Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Glass 80s: Geraldine Page - A Trip to Bountiful 90s: Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love 00s: Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side 10s: Julianne Moore - Still Alice 20s so far: Frances McDormand - No Mad Land

Elizabeth Taylor was stunning

" open your eyes....how dare you!!" This the best scene of all time

No one talks about how legendary Cher was already by the time she won her oscar! She cemented herself as a STAR-something that we cant find much nowadays.

Meryl Street FTW. Nominated sooooo many times.

Olivia just crashed me with her performance, adore her 😍

I remember how good Sandra Bullock was in The Blind Side

How did Jean Simmons not even get nominated for Elmer Gantry (1960)?

Joan Crawford Audrey Hepburn Kate Winslet Natalie Portman ❤❤❤❤

gone wtth the wind the best