| Year |
Winnner |
| 1944 |
Katina Paxinou, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| 1945 |
Agnes Moorehead, Mrs. Parkington |
| 1946 |
Angela Lansbury, The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| 1947 |
Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge |
| 1948 |
Celeste Holm, Gentleman's Agreement |
| 1949 |
Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama |
| 1950 |
Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men |
| 1951 |
Josephine Hull, Harvey |
| 1952 |
Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1953 |
Katy Jurado, High Noon |
| 1954 |
Grace Kelly, Mogambo |
| 1955 |
Jan Sterling, The High and the Mighty |
| 1956 |
Marisa Pavan, The Rose Tattoo |
| 1957 |
Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed |
| 1958 |
Elsa Lanchester, Witness For the Prosecution |
| 1959 |
Hermione Gingold, Gigi |
| 1960 |
Susan Kohner, Imitation of Life |
| 1961 |
Janet Leigh, Psycho |
| 1962 |
Rita Moreno, West Side Story |
| 1963 |
Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate |
| 1964 |
Margaret Rutherford, The VIPs |
| 1965 |
Agnes Moorehead, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
| 1966 |
Ruth Gordon, Inside Daisy Clover |
| 1967 |
Jocelyne LaGarde, Hawaii |
| 1968 |
Carol Channing, Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| 1969 |
Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby |
| 1970 |
Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower |
| 1971 |
Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces (Tie) Maureen Stapleton, Airport |
| 1972 |
Ann-Margret, Carnal Knowledge |
| 1973 |
Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure |
| 1974 |
Linda Blair, The Exorcist |
| 1975 |
Karen Black, The Great Gatsby |
| 1976 |
Brenda Vaccaro, Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough |
| 1977 |
Katharine Ross, Voyage of the Damned |
| 1978 |
Vanessa Redgrave, Julia |
| 1979 |
Dyan Cannon, Heaven Can Wait |
| 1980 |
Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 1981 |
Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard |
| 1982 |
Joan Hackett, Only When I Laugh |
| 1983 |
Jessica Lange, Tootsie |
| 1984 |
Cher, Silkwood |
| 1985 |
Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage To India |
| 1986 |
Meg Tilly, Agnes of God |
| 1987 |
Maggie Smith, A Room With a View |
| 1988 |
Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck |
| 1989 |
Sigourney Weaver, Working Girl |
| 1990 |
Julia Roberts, Steel Magnolias |
| 1991 |
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost |
| 1992 |
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King |
| 1993 |
Joan Plowright, Enchanted April |
| 1994 |
Winona Ryder, The Age of Innocence |
| 1995 |
Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway |
| 1996 |
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite |
| 1997 |
Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces |
| 1998 |
Kim Basinger, L. A. Confidential |
| 1999 |
Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters |
| 2000 |
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted |
| 2001 |
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous |
| 2002 |
Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind |
| 2003 |
Meryl Streep, Adaptation |
| 2004 |
Renée Zellweger, Cold Mountain |
| 2005 |
Natalie Portman, Closer |
| 2006 |
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener |
| 2007 |
Eddie Murphy , Dreamgirls |
