The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in film-making.
Winners 1930s YearWinnerRoleFilm1935 Greta Garbo Anna Karenina Anna Karenina 1936 Luise Rainer Anna Held The Great Ziegfeld 1937 Greta Garbo Marguerite Gautier Camille 1938 Margaret Sullavan Patricia "Pat" Hollmann Three Comrades 1939 Vivien Leigh Scarlett O'Hara Gone with the Wind
1940s YearWinnerRoleFilm1940 Katharine Hepburn Tracy Lord The Philadelphia Story 1941 Joan Fontaine Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth Suspicion 1942 Agnes Moorehead Fanny The Magnificent Ambersons 1943 Ida Lupino Helen Chernen The Hard Way 1944 Tallulah Bankhead Constance "Connie" Porter Lifeboat 1945 Ingrid Bergman Sister Mary Benedict The Bells of St. Mary's Constance PetersenSpellbound 1946 Celia Johnson Laura Jesson Brief Encounter 1947Deborah Kerr Sister Clodagh Black Narcissus Bridie QuiltyI See a Dark Stranger 1948 Olivia de Havilland Virginia Stuart Cunningham The Snake Pit 1949 Catherine Sloper The Heiress
1950s YearWinnerRoleFilm1950Bette Davis Margo Channing All About Eve 1951 Vivien Leigh Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire 1952 Shirley Booth Lola Delaney Come Back, Little Sheba 1953 Audrey Hepburn Princess Ann Roman Holiday 1954Grace Kelly Georgie Elgin The Country Girl Margot WendiceDial M for Murder Lisa Carol FremontRear Window 1955Anna Magnani Serafina Delle Rose The Rose Tattoo 1956 Ingrid Bergman Anna Koreff / Grand Duchess Anastasia Anastasia 1957 Deborah Kerr Sister Angela Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison 1958Susan Hayward Barbara Graham I Want to Live! 1959 Audrey Hepburn Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal) The Nun's Story
1960s YearWinnerRoleFilm1960 Deborah Kerr Ida Carmody The Sundowners 1961 Sophia Loren Cesira Two Women 1962 No award given (newspaper strike)1963 Patricia Neal Alma Brown Hud 1964 Kim Stanley Myra Savage Séance on a Wet Afternoon 1965 Julie Christie Diana Scott Darling 1966 Elizabeth Taylor Martha Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Lynn Redgrave Georgy Georgy Girl 1967 Edith Evans Maggie Ross The Whisperers 1968 Joanne Woodward Rachel Cameron Rachel, Rachel 1969 Jane Fonda Gloria Beatty They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1970s YearWinnerRoleFilm1970 Glenda Jackson Gudrun Brangwen Women in Love 1971 Jane Fonda Bree Daniels Klute 1972 Liv Ullmann Maria Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) Kristina Nilsson The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) 1973 Joanne Woodward Rita Walden Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams 1974 Liv Ullmann Marianne Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) 1975 Isabelle Adjani Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry The Story of Adele H. 1976 Liv Ullmann Dr. Jenny Isaksson Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) 1977 Diane Keaton Annie Hall Annie Hall 1978 Ingrid Bergman Charlotte Andergast Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) 1979 Sally Field Norma Rae Webster Norma Rae
1980s YearWinnerRoleFilm1980 Sissy Spacek Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter1981 Glenda Jackson Stevie Smith Stevie1982 Meryl Streep Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski Sophie's Choice 1983 Shirley MacLaine Aurora Greenway Terms of Endearment1984 Peggy Ashcroft Mrs. Moore A Passage to India1985 Norma Aleandro Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez The Official Story (La historia oficial)1986 Sissy Spacek Babe Botrelle Crimes of the Heart1987 Holly Hunter Jane Craig Broadcast News1988 Meryl Streep Lindy Chamberlain A Cry in the Dark1989 Michelle Pfeiffer Susie Diamond The Fabulous Baker Boys
1990s YearWinnerRoleFilm1990 Joanne Woodward India Bridge Mr. & Mrs. Bridge1991 Jodie Foster Clarice Starling The Silence of the Lambs1992 Emma Thompson Margaret Schlegel Howards End1993 Holly Hunter Ada McGrath The Piano1994 Linda Fiorentino Bridget Gregory / Wendy Kroy The Last Seduction1995 Jennifer Jason Leigh Sadie FloodGeorgia1996 Emily Watson Bess McNeill Breaking the Waves1997 Julie Christie Phyllis Mann Afterglow1998 Cameron Diaz Mary Jensen There's Something About Mary1999 Hilary Swank Brandon Teena Boys Don't Cry
2000s YearWinnerRoleFilm2000 Laura Linney Samantha "Sammy" Prescott You Can Count on Me2001 Sissy Spacek Ruth Fowler In the Bedroom2002 Diane Lane Constance "Connie" Sumner Unfaithful2003 Hope Davis Joyce Brabner American Splendor Dana HurstThe Secret Lives of Dentists2004 Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera Drake2005 Reese Witherspoon June Carter Cash Walk the Line2006 Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth II The Queen 2007 Julie Christie Fiona Anderson Away from Her2008 Sally Hawkins Pauline "Poppy" Cross Happy-Go-Lucky 2009 Meryl Streep Julia Child Julie & Julia
2010s Year Winner Role Film 2010 Annette Bening Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood The Kids Are All Right 2011 Meryl Streep Margaret Thatcher The Iron Lady 2012 Rachel Weisz Hester Collyer The Deep Blue Sea 2013 Cate Blanchett Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis Blue Jasmine 2012 Marion CotillardEwa Cybulska The Immigrant Sandra Two Days, One Night 2015 Saoirse Ronan Eilis Lacey Brooklyn 2016 Isabelle Huppert Michèle Leblanc Elle 2017 Saoirse Ronan Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson2017 New York Film Critics Circle winners: Full list|EW.com Lady Bird 2018 Regina Hall Lisa Conroy2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|IndieWire Support the Girls 2019 Lupita Nyong'o Adelaide Wilson / Red2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Full List|Deadline Us
2020s Year Winner Role Film 2020 Sidney Flanigan Autumn CallahanCHADWICK BOSEMAN WINS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AT THE 2020 NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS < < Rotten Tomatoes Never Rarely Sometimes Always 2021 Lady Gaga Patrizia ReggianiNew York Film Critics Circle: 2021 Winners List — Deadline House of Gucci 2022 Cate Blanchett Lydia Tár Tár 2023 Lily Gladstone Mollie Kyle Killers of the Flower Moon 2024 Marianne Jean-Baptiste Pansy Deacon Hard Truths 2025 Rose Byrne Linda If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Multiple awards
4 wins Meryl Streep (1982, 1988, 2009, 2011)
3 wins Ingrid Bergman (1945, 1956, 1978) Julie Christie (1965, 1997, 2007) Deborah Kerr (1947, 1957, 1960) Sissy Spacek (1980, 1986, 2001) Liv Ullmann (1972, 1974, 1976) Joanne Woodward (1968, 1973, 1990)
2 wins Cate Blanchett (2013, 2022) Olivia de Havilland (1948, 1949) Jane Fonda (1969, 1971) Greta Garbo (1935, 1937) Audrey Hepburn (1953, 1959) Holly Hunter (1987, 1993) Glenda Jackson (1970, 1981) Vivien Leigh (1939, 1951) Saoirse Ronan (2015, 2017)
See also Academy Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
References
External links nyfcc.com