SAG Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture
The 2022 recipient: Michelle Yeoh
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	Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
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

Jodie Foster won for her titular performance in Nell (1994).

Susan Sarandon won for portraying Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995).

Frances McDormand won twice for her performances in Fargo (1996) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).

Helen Hunt won for her performance in As Good as It Gets (1997).

Gwyneth Paltrow won for her performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998).

Annette Bening won for her performance in American Beauty (1999).

Julia Roberts won for portraying Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000).

Halle Berry won for her performance in Monster's Ball (2001).

Renée Zellweger won twice for her roles as Roxie Hart and Judy Garland in Chicago (2002) and Judy (2019).

Charlize Theron won for portraying Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003).

Hilary Swank won for her performance in Million Dollar Baby (2004).

Reese Witherspoon won for portraying June Carter Cash in Walk the Line (2005).

Helen Mirren won for portraying Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006).

Julie Christie won for her performance in Away from Her (2007).

Meryl Streep won for her performance in Doubt (2008).

Sandra Bullock won for portraying Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009).

Natalie Portman won for her performance in Black Swan (2010).

Viola Davis won twice for her performances in The Help (2011) and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020).

Jennifer Lawrence won for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook (2012).

Cate Blanchett won for her performance in Blue Jasmine (2013).

Julianne Moore won for her performance in Still Alice (2014).

Brie Larson won for her performance in Room (2015).

Emma Stone won for her performance in La La Land (2016).

Glenn Close won for her performance in The Wife (2019).

Jessica Chastain won for her performance in The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).

Legend:

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1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Superlatives

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))
• Lady Gaga (A Star is Born (2018), 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))
• Viola Davis (The Help (2011), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), The Woman King (2022))
• 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

• 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))

Five nominations

• Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth (1998), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Blue Jasmine (2013), Carol (2015), Tár (2022))

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))