Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
SAG Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | SAG-AFTRA |
First awarded | Jodie Foster for Nell (1994) |
Currently held by | Viola Davis for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) |
Website | sagawards.org |
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film.
Winners and nominees[]
Legend:
- indicates the winner.
1990s[]
Year | Nominee | Film | Role(s) |
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1994 | Jodie Foster | Nell | Nell Kellty |
Jessica Lange | Blue Sky | Carly Marshall | |
Meg Ryan | When a Man Loves a Woman | Alice Green | |
Susan Sarandon | The Client | Reggie Love | |
Meryl Streep | The River Wild | Gail Hartman | |
1995 | Susan Sarandon | Dead Man Walking | Sister Helen Prejean |
Joan Allen | Nixon | Pat Nixon | |
Elisabeth Shue | Leaving Las Vegas | Sera | |
Meryl Streep | The Bridges of Madison County | Francesca Johnson | |
Emma Thompson | Sense and Sensibility | Elinor Dashwood | |
1996 | Frances McDormand | Fargo | Marge Gunderson |
Brenda Blethyn | Secrets & Lies | Cynthia Rose Purley | |
Diane Keaton | Marvin's Room | Bessie | |
Gena Rowlands | Unhook the Stars | Mildred Hawks | |
Kristin Scott Thomas | The English Patient | Katharine Clifton | |
1997 | Helen Hunt | As Good as It Gets | Carol Connelly |
Helena Bonham Carter | The Wings of the Dove | Kate Croy | |
Judi Dench | Mrs Brown | Queen Victoria | |
Pam Grier | Jackie Brown | Jackie Brown | |
Kate Winslet | Titanic | Rose DeWitt Bukater | |
Robin Wright | She's So Lovely | Maureen Murphy Quinn | |
1998 | Gwyneth Paltrow | Shakespeare in Love | Viola de Lesseps |
Cate Blanchett | Elizabeth | Queen Elizabeth I | |
Jane Horrocks | Little Voice | LV | |
Meryl Streep | One True Thing | Kate Gulden | |
Emily Watson | Hilary and Jackie | Jacqueline du Pré | |
1999 | Annette Bening | American Beauty | Carolyn Burnham |
Janet McTeer | Tumbleweeds | Mary Jo Walker | |
Julianne Moore | The End of the Affair | Sarah Miles | |
Meryl Streep | Music of the Heart | Roberta Guaspari | |
Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena |
2000s[]
Year | Nominee | Film | Role(s) |
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2000 | Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich | Erin Brockovich |
Joan Allen | The Contender | Laine Hanson | |
Juliette Binoche | Chocolat | Vianne Liberato | |
Ellen Burstyn | Requiem for a Dream | Sara Goldfarb | |
Laura Linney | You Can Count on Me | Sammy Taylor | |
2001 | Halle Berry | Monster's Ball | Leticia Musgrove |
Jennifer Connelly | A Beautiful Mind | Alicia Nash | |
Judi Dench | Iris | Iris Murdoch | |
Sissy Spacek | In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler | |
Renée Zellweger | Bridget Jones's Diary | Bridget Jones | |
2002 | Renée Zellweger | Chicago | Roxie Hart |
Salma Hayek | Frida | Frida Kahlo | |
Nicole Kidman | The Hours | Virginia Woolf | |
Diane Lane | Unfaithful | Connie Sumner | |
Julianne Moore | Far from Heaven | Cathy Whitaker | |
2003 | Charlize Theron | Monster | Aileen Wuornos |
Patricia Clarkson | The Station Agent | Olivia Harris | |
Diane Keaton | Something's Gotta Give | Erica Barry | |
Naomi Watts | 21 Grams | Cristina Gallagher | |
Evan Rachel Wood | Thirteen | Tracy Freeland | |
2004 | Hilary Swank | Million Dollar Baby | Maggie Fitzgerald |
Annette Bening | Being Julia | Julia Lambert | |
Catalina Sandino Moreno | Maria Full of Grace | Maria Álvarez | |
Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake | Vera Drake | |
Kate Winslet | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Clemetine Kruczynski | |
2005 | Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line | June Carter Cash |
Judi Dench | Mrs Henderson Presents | Laura Henderson | |
Felicity Huffman | Transamerica | Bree Hoffman | |
Charlize Theron | North Country | Josey Aimes | |
Ziyi Zhang | Memoirs of a Geisha | Sayuri Takanasja | |
2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II |
Penélope Cruz | Volver | Raimunda | |
Judi Dench | Notes on a Scandal | Barbara Covett | |
Meryl Streep | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly | |
Kate Winslet | Little Children | Sarah Pierce | |
2007 | Julie Christie | Away from Her | Fiona Anderson |
Cate Blanchett | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Queen Elizabeth I | |
Marion Cotillard | La Vie en Rose (La môme) | Édith Piaf | |
Angelina Jolie | A Mighty Heart | Mariane Pearl | |
Elliot Page | Juno | Juno MacGuff | |
2008 | Meryl Streep | Doubt | Sister Aloysius Beauvier |
Anne Hathaway | Rachel Getting Married | Kym Ryder | |
Angelina Jolie | Changeling | Christine Collins | |
Melissa Leo | Frozen River | Ray Eddy | |
Kate Winslet | Revolutionary Road | April Wheeler | |
2009 | Sandra Bullock | The Blind Side | Leigh Anne Tuohy |
Helen Mirren | The Last Station | Sophia Tolstaya | |
Carey Mulligan | An Education | Jenny Mellor | |
Gabourey Sidibe | Precious | Precious Jones | |
Meryl Streep | Julie & Julia | Julia Child |
2010s[]
Year | Nominee | Film | Role(s) |
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2010 | Natalie Portman | Black Swan | Nina Sayers |
Annette Bening | The Kids Are All Right | Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood | |
Nicole Kidman | Rabbit Hole | Becca Corbett | |
Jennifer Lawrence | Winter's Bone | Ree Dolly | |
Hilary Swank | Conviction | Betty Anne Waters | |
2011 | Viola Davis | The Help | Aibileen Clark |
Glenn Close | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | |
Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher | |
Tilda Swinton | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian | |
Michelle Williams | My Week with Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe | |
2012 | Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell |
Jessica Chastain | Zero Dark Thirty | Maya Harris | |
Marion Cotillard | Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os) | Stéphanie | |
Helen Mirren | Hitchcock | Alma Reville | |
Naomi Watts | The Impossible | Maria Bennett | |
2013 | Cate Blanchett | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis |
Sandra Bullock | Gravity | Dr. Ryan Stone | |
Judi Dench | Philomena | Philomena Lee | |
Meryl Streep | August: Osage County | Violet Weston | |
Emma Thompson | Saving Mr. Banks | P. L. Travers | |
2014 | Julianne Moore | Still Alice | Dr. Alice Howland |
Jennifer Aniston | Cake | Claire Bennett | |
Felicity Jones | The Theory of Everything | Jane Wilde Hawking | |
Rosamund Pike | Gone Girl | Amy Elliott-Dunne | |
Reese Witherspoon | Wild | Cheryl Strayed | |
2015 | Brie Larson | Room | Joy "Ma" Newsome |
Cate Blanchett | Carol | Carol Aird | |
Helen Mirren | Woman in Gold | Maria Altmann | |
Saoirse Ronan | Brooklyn | Eilis Lacey | |
Sarah Silverman | I Smile Back | Elaine "Laney" Brooks | |
2016 | Emma Stone | La La Land | Mia Dolan |
Amy Adams | Arrival | Dr. Louise Banks | |
Emily Blunt | The Girl on the Train | Rachel Watson | |
Natalie Portman | Jackie | Jackie Kennedy | |
Meryl Streep | Florence Foster Jenkins | Florence Foster Jenkins | |
2017 | Frances McDormand | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Mildred Hayes |
Judi Dench | Victoria & Abdul | Queen Victoria | |
Sally Hawkins | The Shape of Water | Elisa Esposito | |
Margot Robbie | I, Tonya | Tonya Harding | |
Saoirse Ronan | Lady Bird | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson | |
2018 | Glenn Close | The Wife | Joan Castleman |
Emily Blunt | Mary Poppins Returns | Mary Poppins | |
Olivia Colman | The Favourite | Queen Anne | |
Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born | Ally Maine | |
Melissa McCarthy | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Lee Israel | |
2019 | Renée Zellweger | Judy | Judy Garland |
Cynthia Erivo | Harriet | Harriet Tubman | |
Scarlett Johansson | Marriage Story | Nicole Barber | |
Lupita Nyong'o | Us | Adelaide Wilson / Red | |
Charlize Theron | Bombshell | Megyn Kelly |
2020s[]
Year | Nominee | Film | Role(s) |
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2020 | Viola Davis | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey |
Amy Adams | Hillbilly Elegy | Beverly "Bev" Vance | |
Vanessa Kirby | Pieces of a Woman | Martha Weiss | |
Frances McDormand | Nomadland | Fern | |
Carey Mulligan | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas | |
2021 | |||
Jessica Chastain | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Tammy Faye Bakker | |
Olivia Colman | The Lost Daughter | Leda Caruso | |
Jennifer Hudson | Respect | Aretha Franklin | |
Lady Gaga | House of Gucci | Patrizia Reggiani | |
Nicole Kidman | Being the Ricardos | Lucille Ball |
Superlatives[]
Superlative | Leading Actress | Supporting Actress | Overall | |||
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Actress with most awards | Viola Davis, Frances McDormand, Renée Zellweger | 2 | Kate Winslet | 2 | Viola Davis, Renée Zellweger | 3 |
Actress with most nominations | Meryl Streep | 10 | Cate Blanchett | 5 | Meryl Streep | 11 |
Actress with most nominations without ever winning | Judi Dench | 6 | Amy Adams | 4 | Amy Adams | 6 |
Film with most nominations | — | Almost Famous, Babel, Being John Malkovich, Bombshell, Chicago, Doubt, The Favourite, The Fighter, Forrest Gump, The Help, Up in the Air | 2 | Bombshell, Chicago, Doubt, The Favourite,The Help | 3 | |
Oldest winner | Glenn Close (The Wife, 2019) |
71 | Gloria Stuart (Titanic, 1998) |
87 | Gloria Stuart (Titanic, 1998) |
87 |
Oldest nominee | Judi Dench (Victoria & Abdul, 2018) |
83 | ||||
Youngest winner | Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook, 2013) |
22 | Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility, 1996) |
20 | Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility, 1996) |
20 |
Youngest nominee | Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen, 2004) |
16 | Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam, 2002) |
7 | Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam, 2002) |
7 |
Multiple winners[]
- 2 wins
- Viola Davis (The Help (2011), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020))
- Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017))
- Renée Zellweger (Chicago (2002), Judy (2019))
Multiple nominees[]
Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.
- Two nominations
- Amy Adams (Arrival (2016), Hillbilly Elegy (2020))
- Joan Allen (Nixon (1995), The Contender (2000))
- Emily Blunt (The Girl On The Train (2016), Mary Poppins Returns (2018))
- Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side (2009), Gravity (2013))
- Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021))
- Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs (2011), The Wife (2018))
- Olivia Colman (The Favourite (2018), The Lost Daughter (2021))
- Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose (2007), Rust and Bone (2012))
- Viola Davis (The Help (2011), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020))
- Lady Gaga (A Star is Born (2019), House of Gucci (2021))
- Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart (2007), Changeling (2008))
- Diane Keaton (Marvin's Room (1996), Something's Gotta Give (2003))
- Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone (2010), Silver Linings Playbook (2012))
- Carey Mulligan (An Education (2009), Promising Young Woman (2020))
- Natalie Portman (Black Swan (2010), Jackie (2016))
- Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn (2015), Lady Bird (2017))
- Susan Sarandon (The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1995))
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility (1995), Saving Mr. Banks (2013))
- Naomi Watts (21 Grams (2003), The Impossible (2012))
- Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line (2005), Wild (2014))
- Three nominations
- Annette Bening (American Beauty (1999), Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010))
- Nicole Kidman (The Hours (2002), Rabbit Hole (2010), Being the Ricardos (2021))
- Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Nomadland (2020))
- Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), Still Alice (2014))
- Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry (1999), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Conviction (2010))
- Charlize Theron (Monster (2003), North Country (2005), Bombshell (2019))
- Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Chicago (2002), Judy (2019))
- Four nominations
- Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth (1998), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Blue Jasmine (2013), Carol (2015))
- Helen Mirren (The Queen (2006), The Last Station (2009), Hitchcock (2012), Woman in Gold (2015))
- Kate Winslet (Titanic (1997), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008))
- Six nominations
- Judi Dench (Mrs Brown (1997), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Philomena (2013), Victoria & Abdul (2017))
- Ten nominations
- Meryl Streep (The River Wild (1994), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), One True Thing (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Doubt (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), The Iron Lady (2011), August: Osage County (2013), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016))
See also[]
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
External links[]
Categories:
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild Award winners
- Film awards for lead actress