| Year |
Winnner |
| 1951 |
Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday |
| 1952 |
June Allyson, Too Young to Kiss |
| 1953 |
Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart |
| 1954 |
Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam |
| 1955 |
Judy Garland, A Star Is Born |
| 1956 |
Jean Simmons, Guys and Dolls |
| 1957 |
Deborah Kerr, The King and I |
| 1958 |
Kay Kendall, Les Girls |
| 1959 |
Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame |
| 1960 |
Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot |
| 1961 |
Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment |
| 1962 |
Rosalind Russell, A Majority of One |
| 1963 |
Rosalind Russell, Gypsy |
| 1964 |
Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce |
| 1965 |
Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins |
| 1966 |
Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music |
| 1967 |
Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl |
| 1968 |
Anne Bancroft, The Graduate |
| 1969 |
Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl |
| 1970 |
Patty Duke, Me, Natalie |
| 1971 |
Carrie Snodgress, Diary of a Mad Housewife |
| 1972 |
Twiggy, The Boy Friend |
| 1973 |
Liza Minnelli, Cabaret |
| 1974 |
Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class |
| 1975 |
Raquel Welch, The Three Musketeers |
| 1976 |
Ann-Margret, Tommy |
| 1977 |
Barbra Streisand, A Star Is Born |
| 1978 |
Diane Keaton, Annie Hall; Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl |
| 1979 |
Ellen Burstyn, Same Time, Next Year; Maggie Smith, California Suite |
| 1980 |
Bette Midler, The Rose |
| 1981 |
Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter |
| 1982 |
Bernadette Peters, Pennies from Heaven |
| 1983 |
Julie Andrews, Victor/Victoria |
| 1984 |
Julie Walters, Educating Rita |
| 1985 |
Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone |
| 1986 |
Kathleen Turner, Prizzi's Honor |
| 1987 |
Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart |
| 1988 |
Cher, Moonstruck |
| 1989 |
Melanie Griffith, Working Girl |
| 1990 |
Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1991 |
Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman |
| 1992 |
Bette Midler, For the Boys |
| 1993 |
Miranda Richardson, Enchanted April |
| 1994 |
Angela Bassett, What's Love Go To Do With It |
| 1995 |
Jamie Lee Curtis, True Lies |
| 1996 |
Nicole Kidman, To Die For |
| 1997 |
Madonna, Evita |
| 1998 |
Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets |
| 1999 |
Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare In Love |
| 2000 |
Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds |
| 2001 |
Renée Zellweger, Nurse Betty |
| 2002 |
Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! |
| 2003 |
Renée Zellweger, Chicago |
| 2004 |
Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give |
| 2005 |
Annette Bening, Being Julia |
| 2006 |
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line |
| 2007 |
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada |
| 2008 |
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose (La Môme) |
| 2009 |
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky |
