2000's

Mo'Nique, Precious- 82nd Academy Awards- 2009
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona- 81st Academy Awards- 2008
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton- 80th Academy Awards- 2007
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls- 79th Academy Awards- 2006
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener- 78th Academy Awards- 2005
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator- 77th Academy Awards- 2004
Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain- 76th Academy Awards- 2003
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago- 75th Academy Awards- 2002
Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind- 74th Academy Awards- 2001
Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock- 73rd Academy Awards- 2000

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1990's

Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted- 72nd Academy Awards- 1999
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love- 71st Academy Awards- 1998
Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential- 70th Academy Awards- 1997
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient- 69th Academy Awards- 1996
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite- 68th Academy Awards- 1995
Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway- 67th Academy Awards- 1994
Anna Paquin, The Piano- 66th Academy Awards- 1993
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny- 65th Academy Awards- 1992
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King- 64th Academy Awards- 1991
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost- 63rd Academy Awards- 1990

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1980's

Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot- 62nd Academy Awards- 1989
Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist- 61st Academy Awards- 1988
Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck- 60th Academy Awards- 1987
Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters- 59th Academy Awards- 1986
Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor- 58th Academy Awards- 1985
Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India- 57th Academy Awards- 1984
Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously- 56th Academy Awards- 1983
Jessica Lange, Tootsie- 55th Academy Awards- 1982
Maureen Stapleton, Reds- 54th Academy Awards- 1981
Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard- 53rd Academy Awards- 1980

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1970's

Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer- 52nd Academy Awards- 1979
Maggie Smith, California Suite- 51st Academy Awards- 1978
Vanessa Redgrave, Julia- 50th Academy Awards- 1977
Beatrice Straight, Network- 49th Academy Awards- 1976
Lee Grant, Shampoo- 48th Academy Awards- 1975
Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express- 47th Academy Awards-1974
Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon- 46th Academy Awards- 1973
Eileen Heckart, Butterflies Are Free- 45th Academy Awards- 1972
Cloris Leachman, The Last Picture Show- 44th Academy Awards- 1971
Helen Hayes, Airport- 43rd Academy Awards- 1970

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1960's

Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower- 42nd Academy Awards- 1969
Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby- 41st Academy Awards- 1968
Estelle Parsons, Bonnie and Clyde- 40th Academy Awards- 1967
Sandy Dennis, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?- 39th Academy Awards- 1966
Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue- 38th Academy Awards- 1965
Lila Kedrova, Zorba the Greek- 37th Academy Awards- 1964
Margaret Rutherford, The V.I.P.s- 36th Academy Awards- 1963
Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker- 35th Academy Awards- 1962
Rita Moreno, West Side Story- 34th Academy Awards- 1961
Shirley Jones, Elmer Gantry- 33rd Academy Awards- 1960

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1950's

Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank- 32nd Academy Awards- 1959
Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables- 31st Academy Awards- 1958
Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara- 30th Academy Awards- 1957
Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind- 29th Academy Awards- 1956
Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden- 28th Academy Awards- 1955
Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront- 27th Academy Awards- 1954
Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity- 26th Academy Awards- 1953
Gloria Grahame, The Bad and the Beautiful- 25th Academy Awards- 1952
Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire- 24th Academy Awards- 1951
Josephine Hull, Harvey- 23rd Academy Awards- 1950

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1940's

Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men- 22nd Academy Awards- 1949
Claire Trevor, Key Largo- 21st Academy Awards- 1948
Celeste Holm, Gentleman's Agreement- 20th Academy Awards- 1947
Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge- 19th Academy Awards- 1946
Anne Revere, National Velvet- 18th Academy Awards- 1945
Ethel Barrymore, None But the Lonely Heart- 17th Academy Awards- 1944
Katina Paxinou, For Whom the Bell Tolls- 16th Academy Awards- 1943
Teresa Wright, Mrs. Miniver- 15th Academy Awards- 1942
Mary Astor, The Great Lie- 14th Academy Awards- 1941
Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath- 13th Academy Awards- 1940

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1930's

Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind- 12th Academy Awards- 1939
Fay Bainter, Jezebel- 11th Academy Awards- 1938
Alice Brady, In Old Chicago- 10th Academy Awards- 1937
Gale Sondergaard, Anthony Adverse- 9th Academy Awards- 1936*

*The academy started handing out this award for the 1936 show.