1910-19: Asta Nielsen (Engelein)
1920-29: Lillian Gish (The Wind)
1930-39: Ruan Lingyu (The Goddess)
1940-49: Hannelore Schroth (Under the Bridges)
1950-59: Kinuyo Tanaka (The Life of Oharu)
1960-69: Harriet Andersson (Through a Glass Darkly) / Madhabi Mukherjee (Charulata)
1970-79: Smita Patil (Bhumika: The Role)
1980-89: Nora Aunor (Himala)
1990-99: Leonor Silveira (Abraham´s Valley)
2000-09: Moon So-ri (Oasis)
2010-12: Francisca Gavilán (Violeta Went to Heaven)
1910: Musidora, Les Vampires
1920: Lilian Gish, The Wind
1930: Nora Gregor, Rules of the Game
1940: Joan Fontaine, Letter from an Unkown Woman
1950: Bette Davis, All About Eve
1960: Bibi Anderson, Persona
1970: Catherine Deneuve, Tristana
1980: Isabelle Huppert, Story of Women
1990: Irene Jacob, Double Life of Veronique
2000: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
1910s – Mabel Normand, Tillie’s Punctured Romance
1920s – Maria Falconetti , The Passion of Joan of Arc
1930s – Dita Parlo, L’Atalante
1940s – Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath
1950s – Shirley Booth, Come Back Little Sheba
1960s – Kim Stanley, Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1970s – Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
1980s – Meiko Harada, Ran
1990s – Frances McDormand, Fargo, and, Emma Thompson, Howards End (TIE)
2000s – Julie Christie, Away From Her
2010s – (so far) Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
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1920s:
Olga Baclanova — The Docks of New York
Nadia Sibirskaïa — Ménilmontant
Marie Prevost — The Racket
1930s:
Marlene Dietrich — The Blue Angel
Lingyu Ruan — The Goddess
Judy Garland — The Wizard of Oz
1940s:
Bette Davis — Now, Voyager
Joan Crawford — Mildred Pierce
Moira Shearer — The Red Shoes
1950s:
Giulietta Masina — La strada
Setsuko Hara — Tokyo Story
María Félix — Tizoc
Vera Clouzot — Diabolique
Celeste Holm — All About Eve
1960s:
Dusa Pockaj — Dancing in the Rain
Mia Farrow — Rosemary’s Baby
Nonna Mordyukova — The Commissar
Anne Bancroft — The Miracle Worker
Glenda Jackson — Women in Love
1970s:
Ana Torrent — Cría cuervos
Faye Dunaway — Chinatown
Liv Ullman — Autumn Sonata
Jirina Bohdalová — The Ear
María Rojo — Mary My Dearest
1980s:
Holly Hunter — Broadcast News
Norma Aleandro — The Official Story
Maggie Smith — The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
JoBeth Williams — Poltergeist
Evelyne Bioux — Edith et Marcel
1990s:
Victoria Abril — Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down!
Cecilia Roth — All About My Mother
Laura Morante — La mirada del otro
Meryl Streep — The River Wild
Annette Bening — In Dreams
2000s:
Emma Thompson — Wit
Isabelle Huppert — The Piano Teacher
Naomi Watts — 21 Grams
Graciela Borges — La ciénaga
Carice van Houten — Black Book
2010s:
Charlotte Gainsbourg — Melancholia
Vera Farmiga — Higher Ground
Magaly Solier — Amador
30s – Carole Lombard, MY MAN GODFREY
Katherine Hepburn, CHRISTOPHER STRONG
Greta Garbo, ANNA CHRISTIE
Marlene Dietrich, THE SCARLETT EMPRESS
Judy Garland, THE WIZARD OF OZ
40s- Barbara Stanwyck, DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Anna Magnani, OPEN CITY
Myrna Loy, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Bette Davis, NOW VOYAGER
Ingrid Bergman, GASLIGHT
50s- Vivien Leigh, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Carroll Baker, BABY DOLL
Deborah Kerr, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Shirley Booth, COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA
Marilyn Monroe, BUS STOP
60s- Patricia Neal, HUD
Mia Farrow, ROSEMARY’S BABY
Erica Gavin, VIXEN
Liza Minnelli, THE STERILE CUCKOO
Jeanne Moreau, THE BRIDE WORE BLACK
70s- Jane Fonda, KLUTE
Catherine Deneuve, TRISTANA
Shelley Duvall, 3 WOMEN
Faye Dunaway, NETWORK
Ellen Burstyn, ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
80s- Meryl Streep, SOPHIE’S CHOICE
Mary Tyler Moore, ORDINARY PEOPLE
Jodie Foster, THE ACCUSED
Geraldine Page, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
Diane Keaton, SHOOT THE MOON
90s- Ellen Barkin, THIS BOYS LIFE
Lena Stolze, THE NASTY GIRL
Joanne Woodward, MR & MRS BRIDGE
Emma Thompson, HOWARD’S END
Kristin Scott Thomas, THE ENGLISH PATIENT
00s- Julie Christie, AWAY FROM HERE
Uma Thurman, KILL BILL v1 & v2
Kate Winslet, LITTLE CHILDREN
Diane Lane, UNFAITHFUL
Judi Dench, NOTES ON A SCANDAL
10s- too early
1910s – mary pickford in DADDY-LONG-LEGS
1920s – maria falconetti in THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
1930s – claudette colbert in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1940s – margaret sullavan in THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
1950s – eleonora rossi drago in LE AMICHE
1960s – nina pens rode in GERTRUD
1970s – hanna shygulla in EFFI BRIEST
1980s – kati outinen in THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL
1990s – jane horrocks in LIFE IS SWEET
2000s – audrey tautou in AMELIE
2010s – lesley manville in ANOTHER YEAR
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10’s – Lillian Gish in “Broken Blossoms”
20’s – Maria Falconetti in “The Passion of Joan of Arc”
30’s – Greta Garbo in “Camille”
40’s – Rosalind Russell in “His Girl Friday”
50’s – Bette Davis in “All About Eve”
60’s – Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
70’s – Liv Ullmann in “Scenes from a Marriage”
80’s – Gena Rowlands in “Love Streams”
90’s – Holly Hunter in “The Piano”
00’s – Isabelle Huppert in “The Piano Teacher”
10’s – Jeong-hie Yun in “Poetry”