My Best Actress Nominees - The 1980s

1980:
Ellen Burstyn (Resurrection)
*Goldie Hawn (Private Benjamin)
Helen Mirren (The Long Good Friday)
Gena Rowlands (Gloria)
Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner’s Daughter)

1981:
Isabelle Adjani (Possession)
*Faye Dunaway (Mommie Dearest)
Marília Pêra (Pixote)
Meryl Streep (The French Lieutenant’s Woman)
Barbara Sukowa (Lola)

1982:
Diane Keaton (Shoot the Moon)
*Jessica Lange (Frances)
Meryl Streep (Sophie’s Choice)
Debra Winger (An Officer and a Gentleman)
Rosel Zech (Veronika Voss)

1983:
Isabelle Adjani (One Deadly...