1937
Gale Sondergaard - Avorio nero (Anthony Adverse)

1938
Alice Brady - L'incendio di Chicago (In Old Chicago)

1939
Fay Bainter - Figlia del vento (Jezebel)

1940
Hattie McDaniel - Via col vento (Gone with the Wind)

1941
Jane Darwell - Furore (The Grapes of Wrath)

1942
Mary Astor - La grande menzogna (The Great Lie)

1943
Teresa Wright - La signora Miniver (Mrs. Miniver)

1944
Katina Paxinou - Per chi suona la campana (For Whom the Bell Tolls)

1945
Ethel Barrymore - Il ribelle (None but the Lonely Heart)

1946
Anne Revere - Gran Premio (National Velvet)

1947
Anne Baxter - Il filo del rasoio (The Razor's Edge)

1948
Celeste Holm - Barriera invisibile (Gentleman's Agreement)

1949
Claire Trevor - L'isola di corallo (Key Largo)

1950
Mercedes McCambridge - Tutti gli uomini del re (All the King's Men)

1951
Josephine Hull - Harvey (Harvey)

1952
Kim Hunter - Un tram che si chiama Desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire)

1953
Gloria Grahame - Il bruto e la bella (The Bad and the Beautiful)

1954
Donna Reed - Da qui all'eternità (From Here to Eternity)

1955
Eva Marie Saint - Fronte del porto (On the Waterfront)

1956
Jo Van Fleet - La valle dell'Eden (East of Eden)

1957
Dorothy Malone - Come le foglie al vento (Written on the Wind)

1958
Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara (Sayonara)

1959
Wendy Hiller - Tavole separate (Separate Tables)

1960
Shelley Winters - Il diario di Anna Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank)

1961
Shirley Jones - Il figlio di Giuda (Elmer Gantry)

1962
Rita Moreno - West Side Story (West Side Story)

1963
Patty Duke - Anna dei miracoli (The Miracle Worker)

1964
Margaret Rutherford - International Hotel (The V.I.P.s)

1965
Lila Kedrova - Zorba il greco (Alexis Zorbas)

1966
Shelley Winters - Incontro al Central Park (A Patch of Blue)

1967
Sandy Dennis - Chi ha paura di Virginia Woolf? (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

1968
Estelle Parsons - Gangster Story (Bonnie and Clyde)

1969
Ruth Gordon - Rosemary's Baby (Rosemary's Baby)

1970
Goldie Hawn - Fiore di cactus (Cactus Flower)

1971
Helen Hayes - Airport (Airport)

1972
Cloris Leachman - L'ultimo spettacolo (The Last Picture Show)

1973
Eileen Heckart - Le farfalle sono libere (Butterflies Are Free)

1974
Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon - Luna di carta (Paper Moon)

1975
Ingrid Bergman - Assassinio sull'Orient Express (Murder on the Orient Express)

1976
Lee Grant - Shampoo (Shampoo)

1977
Beatrice Straight - Quinto potere (Network)

1978
Vanessa Redgrave - Giulia (Julia)

1979
Maggie Smith - California Suite (California Suite)

1980
Meryl Streep - Kramer contro Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)

1981
Mary Steenburgen - Una volta ho incontrato un miliardario (Melvin and Howard)

1982
Maureen Stapleton - Reds (Reds)

1983
Jessica Lange - Tootsie (Tootsie)

1984
Linda Hunt - Un anno vissuto pericolosamente (The Year of Living Dangerously)

1985
Peggy Ashcroft - Passaggio in India (A Passage to India)

1986
Anjelica Huston - L'onore dei Prizzi (Prizzi's Honor)

1987
Dianne Wiest - Hannah e le sue sorelle (Hannah and Her Sisters)

1988
Olympia Dukakis - Stregata dalla luna

1989
Geena Davis - Turista per caso

1990
Brenda Fricker - Il mio piede sinistro

1991
Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost - Fantasma

1992
Mercedes Ruehl - La leggenda del re pescatore

1993
Marisa Tomei - Mio cugino Vincenzo (My Cousin Vinny)

1994
Anna Paquin - Lezioni di piano (The Piano)

1995
Dianne Wiest - Pallottole su Broadway (Bullets Over Broadway)

1996
Mira Sorvino - La dea dell'amore (Mighty Aphrodite)

1997
Juliette Binoche - Il paziente inglese (The English Patient)

1998
Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential (L.A. Confidential)

1999
Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love (Shakespeare in Love)

2000
Angelina Jolie - Ragazze interrotte (Girl, Interrupted)

2001
Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock (Pollock)

2002
Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind (A Beautiful Mind)

2003
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago (Chicago)

2004
Renee Zellweger - Ritorno a Cold Mountain (Cold Mountain)

2005
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator (The Aviator)

2006
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener - La cospirazione (The Constant Gardener)

2007
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls (Dreamgirls)

2008
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton (Michel Clayton)

2009
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

2010
Mo'Nique - Precious (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)