AACTA International Award for Best Actress

Best International Actress
AACTA Award
Best International Actress; AACTA Award
	Current recipient: Carey Mulligan
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First awarded	2012
Currently held by	Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman (2020)
Website	http://www.aacta.org

The AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress is an award that is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for a performance by a female actor in a film made outside Australia. It was first handed out by the Academy after its establishment in 2011 by the Australian Film Institute (AFI).^[1] The winners and nominees for 2011 were determined by a jury.^[2]^[3] The award was presented at the inaugural AACTA International Awards in Los Angeles, on 27 January 2012.^[1]

Winners and nominees[]

In the following table, the winner is listed first, marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are listed below the winner, and not highlighted or in boldface.^[3]

2010s[]

Year	Actress	Film	Role
2011 (1st)
	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	Margaret Thatcher
	Glenn Close	Albert Nobbs	Albert Nobbs
	Kirsten Dunst	Melancholia	Justine
	Tilda Swinton	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Eva Khatchadourian
	Mia Wasikowska	Jane Eyre	Jane Eyre
	Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn	Marilyn Monroe
2012 (2nd)
	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	Tiffany Maxwell
	Jessica Chastain	Zero Dark Thirty	Maya
	Marion Cotillard	Rust and Bone	Stephanie
	Nicole Kidman	The Paperboy	Charlotte Bless
	Emmanuelle Riva	Amour	Anne Laurent
	Naomi Watts	The Impossible	Maria Bennett
2013 (3rd)
	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
	Amy Adams	American Hustle	Sydney Prosser
	Sandra Bullock	Gravity	Dr. Ryan Stone
	Judi Dench	Philomena	Philomena Lee
	Meryl Streep	August: Osage County	Violet Weston
2014 (4th)
	Julianne Moore	Still Alice	Alice Howland
	Essie Davis	The Babadook	Amelia
	Felicity Jones	The Theory of Everything	Jane Wilde Hawking
	Rosamund Pike	Gone Girl	Amy Elliott-Dunne
	Reese Witherspoon	Wild	Cheryl Strayed
2015 (5th)
	Cate Blanchett	Carol	Carol Aird
	Emily Blunt	Sicario	Kate Macer
	Brie Larson	Room	Joy "Ma" Newsome
	Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn	Eilis Lacey
	Charlize Theron	Mad Max: Fury Road	Imperator Furiosa
2016 (6th)
	Emma Stone	La La Land	Mia Dolan
	Amy Adams	Arrival	Dr. Louise Banks
	Isabelle Huppert	Elle	Michèle Leblanc
	Ruth Negga	Loving	Mildred Loving
	Natalie Portman	Jackie	Jackie Kennedy
2017 (7th)
	Margot Robbie	I, Tonya	Tonya Harding
	Judi Dench	Victoria & Abdul	Queen Victoria
	Sally Hawkins	The Shape of Water	Elisa Esposito
	Frances McDormand	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Mildred Hayes
	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
2018 (8th)
	Olivia Colman	The Favourite	Queen Anne
	Glenn Close	The Wife	Joan Castleman
	Toni Collette	Hereditary	Annie Graham
	Lady Gaga	A Star Is Born	Ally Maine
	Nicole Kidman	Destroyer	Erin Bell
2019 (9th)
	Saoirse Ronan	Little Women	Josephine "Jo" March
	Awkwafina	The Farewell	Billi Wang
	Scarlett Johansson	Marriage Story	Nicole Barber
	Charlize Theron	Bombshell	Megyn Kelly
	Renée Zellweger	Judy	Judy Garland

2020s[]

Year	Actress	Film	Role
2020 (10th)
	Carey Mulligan	Promising Young Woman	Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
	Viola Davis	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Ma Rainey
	Vanessa Kirby	Pieces of a Woman	Martha Weiss
	Frances McDormand	Nomadland	Fern
	Eliza Scanlen	Babyteeth	Milla Finlay
2021 (10th)
	Kristen Stewart	Spencer	Diana, Princess of Wales
	Penélope Cruz	Parallel Mothers	Janis Martinez
	Lady Gaga	House of Gucci	Patrizia Reggiani
	Jennifer Hudson	Respect	Aretha Franklin
	Nicole Kidman	Being the Ricardos	Lucille Ball

Multiple nominees[]

3 Nominees

Saoirse Ronan

2 Nominees

Frances McDormand
Glenn Close
Nicole Kidman
Cate Blanchett
Amy Adams
Judi Dench
Charlize Theron
Meryl Streep
Lady Gaga

References[]

^ ^a ^b "AACTA - The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 9 January 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Maddox, Gary (1 December 2011). "And the winner is ... the AFI". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Staff (15 January 2012). "AACTA International Award Nominees" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 17 January 2012.^{[dead link]}

External links[]

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website

[academyoverview-1] "AACTA - The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 9 January 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Maddox, Gary (1 December 2011). "And the winner is ... the AFI". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[nominees-3] Staff (15 January 2012). "AACTA International Award Nominees" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 17 January 2012.^{[dead link]}

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