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Film award presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama is a
Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture", but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the
Best Actress – Comedy or Musical .
The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama ". As of 2013, the wording is "Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama".
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
Ingrid Bergman won three times for
Gaslight (1944),
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), and
Anastasia (1956).
Olivia de Havilland won for
The Heiress (1949).
Audrey Hepburn won for
Roman Holiday (1953).
Grace Kelly won for
The Country Girl (1954).
Joanne Woodward won twice for
The Three Faces of Eve (1957) and
Rachel, Rachel (1968).
Elizabeth Taylor won once from four nominations for her role in
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959).
Greer Garson won for
Sunrise at Campobello (1960).
Geraldine Page won twice for
Summer and Smoke (1961) and
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962).
Anne Bancroft won for
The Pumpkin Eater (1964).
Liv Ullmann won for
The Emigrants (1972).
Gena Rowlands won for
A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
Jane Fonda won three times from five nominations for her roles in
Klute (1971),
Julia (1977), and
Coming Home (1978).
Sally Field won twice for
Norma Rae (1979) and
Places in the Heart (1984).
Meryl Streep has received 14 nominations for this category, winning three times for her roles in
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981),
Sophie's Choice (1982), and
The Iron Lady (2011).
Shirley MacLaine won twice for
Terms of Endearment (1983) and
Madame Sousatzka (1988).
Whoopi Goldberg won for
The Color Purple (1985).
Jodie Foster won twice for
The Accused (1988) and
The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Michelle Pfeiffer won for
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).
Kathy Bates won for
Misery (1990).
Emma Thompson won for
Howards End (1992).
Holly Hunter won for
The Piano (1993).
Jessica Lange won for
Blue Sky (1994).
Sharon Stone won for
Casino (1995).
Judi Dench won for her portrayal of
Queen Victoria in
Mrs Brown (1997).
Cate Blanchett won three times for
Elizabeth (1998),
Blue Jasmine (2013), and
Tár (2022).
Hilary Swank won twice for
Boys Don't Cry (1999) and
Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Julia Roberts won for her portrayal of
Erin Brockovich in
Erin Brockovich (2000).
Sissy Spacek won for
In the Bedroom (2001).
Nicole Kidman won twice for
The Hours (2002) and
Being the Ricardos (2021).
Charlize Theron won for her portrayal of
Aileen Wuornos in
Monster (2003).
Helen Mirren won for her portrayal of
Queen Elizabeth II in
The Queen (2006).
Kate Winslet won for
Revolutionary Road (2008).
Natalie Portman won for
Black Swan (2010).
Jessica Chastain won for
Zero Dark Thirty (2012).
Julianne Moore won for
Still Alice (2014).
Brie Larson won for
Room (2015).
Isabelle Huppert won for
Elle (2016).
Glenn Close won for
The Wife (2017).
Lily Gladstone won for her portrayal of
Mollie Kyle in
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
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1970s
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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
Firsts
Anna Magnani received two nominations and won once; she was also the first non-English native speaking actress and first Italian woman to win the award.
See also
Notes and references
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Ceremonies Miscellaneous
1943–1975 1976–2000 2001–present