New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Current recipient: Lily Gladstone
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country	United States
Presented by	New York Film Critics Circle
First awarded	Greta Garbo Anna Karenina (1935)
Currently held by	Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Website	nyfcc.com

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

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1935	Greta Garbo	Anna Karenina	Anna Karenina
1936	Luise Rainer	The Great Ziegfeld	Anna Held
1937	Greta Garbo	Camille	Marguerite Gautier
1938	Margaret Sullavan	Three Comrades	Patricia "Pat" Hollmann
1939	Vivien Leigh	Gone with the Wind	Scarlett O'Hara

1940s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1940	Katharine Hepburn	The Philadelphia Story	Tracy Lord
1941	Joan Fontaine	Suspicion	Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
1942	Agnes Moorehead	The Magnificent Ambersons	Fanny
1943	Ida Lupino	The Hard Way	Helen Chernen
1944	Tallulah Bankhead	Lifeboat	Constance "Connie" Porter
1945	Ingrid Bergman	The Bells of St. Mary's	Sister Mary Benedict
1945	Ingrid Bergman	Spellbound	Constance Petersen
1946	Celia Johnson	Brief Encounter	Laura Jesson
1947	Deborah Kerr	Black Narcissus	Sister Clodagh
1947	Deborah Kerr	I See a Dark Stranger	Bridie Quilty
1948	Olivia de Havilland	The Snake Pit	Virginia Stuart Cunningham
1949	Olivia de Havilland	The Heiress	Catherine Sloper

1950s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1950	Bette Davis	All About Eve	Margo Channing
1951	Vivien Leigh	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois
1952	Shirley Booth	Come Back, Little Sheba	Lola Delaney
1953	Audrey Hepburn	Roman Holiday	Princess Ann
1954	Grace Kelly	The Country Girl	Georgie Elgin
		Dial M for Murder	Margot Wendice
		Rear Window	Lisa Carol Fremont
1955	Anna Magnani	The Rose Tattoo	Serafina Delle Rose
1956	Ingrid Bergman	Anastasia	Anna Koreff / Grand Duchess Anastasia
1957	Deborah Kerr	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison	Sister Angela
1958	Susan Hayward	I Want to Live!	Barbara Graham
1959	Audrey Hepburn	The Nun's Story	Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal)

1960s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1960	Deborah Kerr	The Sundowners	Ida Carmody
1961	Sophia Loren	Two Women (La Ciociara)	Cesira
1962	No award given (newspaper strike)
1963	Patricia Neal	Hud	Alma Brown
1964	Kim Stanley	Séance on a Wet Afternoon	Myra Savage
1965	Julie Christie	Darling	Diana Scott
1966	Elizabeth Taylor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Martha
1966	Lynn Redgrave	Georgy Girl	Georgy
1967	Edith Evans	The Whisperers	Maggie Ross
1968	Joanne Woodward	Rachel, Rachel	Rachel Cameron
1969	Jane Fonda	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	Gloria Beatty

1970s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1970	Glenda Jackson	Women in Love	Gudrun Brangwen
1971	Jane Fonda	Klute	Bree Daniels
1972	Liv Ullmann	Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)	Maria
1972	Liv Ullmann	The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)	Kristina Nilsson
1973	Joanne Woodward	Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams	Rita Walden
1974	Liv Ullmann	Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap)	Marianne
1975	Isabelle Adjani	The Story of Adele H.	Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry
1976	Liv Ullmann	Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte)	Dr. Jenny Isaksson
1977	Diane Keaton	Annie Hall	Annie Hall
1978	Ingrid Bergman	Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)	Charlotte Andergast
1979	Sally Field	Norma Rae	Norma Rae Webster

1980s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1980	Sissy Spacek	Coal Miner's Daughter	Loretta Lynn
1981	Glenda Jackson	Stevie	Stevie Smith
1982	Meryl Streep	Sophie's Choice	Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
1983	Shirley MacLaine	Terms of Endearment	Aurora Greenway
1984	Peggy Ashcroft	A Passage to India	Mrs. Moore
1985	Norma Aleandro	The Official Story (La historia oficial)	Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez
1986	Sissy Spacek	Crimes of the Heart	Babe Botrelle
1987	Holly Hunter	Broadcast News	Jane Craig
1988	Meryl Streep	A Cry in the Dark	Lindy Chamberlain
1989	Michelle Pfeiffer	The Fabulous Baker Boys	Susie Diamond

1990s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1990	Joanne Woodward	Mr. and Mrs. Bridge	India Bridge
1991	Jodie Foster	The Silence of the Lambs	Clarice Starling
1992	Emma Thompson	Howards End	Margaret Schlegel
1993	Holly Hunter	The Piano	Ada McGrath
1994	Linda Fiorentino	The Last Seduction	Bridget Gregory / Wendy Kroy
1995	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Georgia	Sadie Flood
1996	Emily Watson	Breaking the Waves	Bess McNeill
1997	Julie Christie	Afterglow	Phyllis Mann
1998	Cameron Diaz	There's Something About Mary	Mary Jensen
1999	Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry	Brandon Teena

2000s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2000	Laura Linney	You Can Count on Me	Samantha "Sammy" Prescott
2001	Sissy Spacek	In the Bedroom	Ruth Fowler
2002	Diane Lane	Unfaithful	Constance "Connie" Sumner
2003	Hope Davis	American Splendor	Joyce Brabner
2003	Hope Davis	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Dana Hurst
2004	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake
2005	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line	June Carter Cash
2006	Helen Mirren	The Queen	Queen Elizabeth II
2007	Julie Christie	Away from Her	Fiona Anderson
2008	Sally Hawkins	Happy-Go-Lucky	Pauline "Poppy" Cross
2009	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia	Julia Child

2010s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2010	Annette Bening	The Kids Are All Right	Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood
2011	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	Margaret Thatcher
2012	Rachel Weisz	The Deep Blue Sea	Hester Collyer
2013	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
2014	Marion Cotillard	Two Days, One Night	Sandra Bya
2015	Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn	Eilis Lacey
2016	Isabelle Huppert	Elle	Michèle Leblanc
2017	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson^[1]
2018	Regina Hall	Support the Girls	Lisa Conroy^[2]
2019	Lupita Nyong'o	Us	Adelaide Wilson / Red^[3]

2020s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2020	Sidney Flanigan	Never Rarely Sometimes Always	Autumn Callahan^[4]
2021	Lady Gaga	House of Gucci	Patrizia Reggiani^[5]
2022	Cate Blanchett	Tár	Lydia Tár
2023	Lily Gladstone	Killers of the Flower Moon	Mollie Kyle^[6]

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)

References

External links

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
1935–1950	Greta Garbo (1935) Luise Rainer (1936) Greta Garbo (1937) Margaret Sullavan (1938) Vivien Leigh (1939) Katharine Hepburn (1940) Joan Fontaine (1941) Agnes Moorehead (1942) Ida Lupino (1943) Tallulah Bankhead (1944) Ingrid Bergman (1945) Celia Johnson (1946) Deborah Kerr (1947) Olivia de Havilland (1948) Olivia de Havilland (1949) Bette Davis (1950)
1951–1975	Vivien Leigh (1951) Shirley Booth (1952) Audrey Hepburn (1953) Grace Kelly (1954) Anna Magnani (1955) Ingrid Bergman (1956) Deborah Kerr (1957) Susan Hayward (1958) Audrey Hepburn (1959) Deborah Kerr (1960) Sophia Loren (1961) No Award (1962) Patricia Neal (1963) Kim Stanley (1964) Julie Christie (1965) Lynn Redgrave / Elizabeth Taylor (1966) Edith Evans (1967) Joanne Woodward (1968) Jane Fonda (1969) Glenda Jackson (1970) Jane Fonda (1971) Liv Ullmann (1972) Joanne Woodward (1973) Liv Ullmann (1974) Isabelle Adjani (1975)
1976–2000	Liv Ullmann (1976) Diane Keaton (1977) Ingrid Bergman (1978) Sally Field (1979) Sissy Spacek (1980) Glenda Jackson (1981) Meryl Streep (1982) Shirley MacLaine (1983) Peggy Ashcroft (1984) Norma Aleandro (1985) Sissy Spacek (1986) Holly Hunter (1987) Meryl Streep (1988) Michelle Pfeiffer (1989) Joanne Woodward (1990) Jodie Foster (1991) Emma Thompson (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Linda Fiorentino (1994) Jennifer Jason Leigh (1995) Emily Watson (1996) Julie Christie (1997) Cameron Diaz (1998) Hilary Swank (1999) Laura Linney (2000)
2001–present	Sissy Spacek (2001) Diane Lane (2002) Hope Davis (2003) Imelda Staunton (2004) Reese Witherspoon (2005) Helen Mirren (2006) Julie Christie (2007) Sally Hawkins (2008) Meryl Streep (2009) Annette Bening (2010) Meryl Streep (2011) Rachel Weisz (2012) Cate Blanchett (2013) Marion Cotillard (2014) Saoirse Ronan (2015) Isabelle Huppert (2016) Saoirse Ronan (2017) Regina Hall (2018) Lupita Nyong'o (2019) Sidney Flanigan (2020) Lady Gaga (2021) Cate Blanchett (2022) Lily Gladstone (2023)

New York Film Critics Circle

New York Film Critics Circle
Current awards	Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Screenplay Best Cinematographer Best Animated Film Best Foreign Language Film Best Non-Fiction Film Best First Film
Retired awards	Best Documentary (1980–1997) Best New Director (1989–1992, 1994–1996)
Ceremonies	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023