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The 2023 recipient: Lily Gladstone

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress is one of the annual awards given by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Actress Film Role
2002 Julianne Moore Far from Heaven Cathy Whitaker
2003 Naomi Watts 21 Grams Cristina Peck
Cate Blanchett Veronica Guerin Veronica Guerin
Keisha Castle-Hughes Whale Rider Paikea Apirana
Diane Keaton Something's Gotta Give Erica Barry
Evan Rachel Wood Thirteen Tracy Louise Freeland
2004 Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera Drake
2005 Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line June Carter Cash
Joan Allen The Upside of Anger Terry Wolfmeyer
Felicity Huffman Transamerica Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne
Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet
Charlize Theron North Country Josey Aimes
2006 Helen Mirren The Queen Elizabeth II
2007 Julie Christie Away from Her Fiona Anderson
2008 Meryl Streep Doubt Sister Aloysius Beauvier
2009 Carey Mulligan An Education Jenny Mellor
Sandra Bullock The Blind Side Leigh Anne Tuohy
Maya Rudolph Away We Go Verona De Tessant
Gabourey Sidibe Precious Claireece "Precious" Jones
Meryl Streep Julie & Julia Julia Child

2010s

Year Actress Film Role
2010 Jennifer Lawrence Winter's Bone Ree Dolly
Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood
Anne Hathaway Love & Other Drugs Maggie Murdock
Nicole Kidman Rabbit Hole Becca Corbett
Natalie Portman Black Swan Nina Sayers
2011 Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn Marilyn Monroe
Viola Davis The Help Aibileen Clark
Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha
Meryl Streep The Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher
Tilda Swinton We Need to Talk About Kevin Eva Khatchadourian
2012 Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty Maya
Marion Cotillard Rust and Bone Stéphanie
Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook Tiffany Maxwell
Helen Mirren Hitchcock Alma Reville
Emmanuelle Riva Amour Anne Laurent
2013 Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
Sandra Bullock Gravity Dr. Ryan Stone
Brie Larson Short Term 12 Grace Howard
Judi Dench Philomena Philomena Lee
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks P. L. Travers
2014 Julianne Moore Still Alice Dr. Alice Howland
Scarlett Johansson Under the Skin The Female
Felicity Jones The Theory of Everything Jane Hawking
Rosamund Pike Gone Girl Amy Elliott-Dunne
Reese Witherspoon Wild Cheryl Strayed
2015 Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn Eilis Lacey
Cate Blanchett Carol Carol Aird
Brie Larson Room Joy "Ma" Newsome
Sarah Silverman I Smile Back Laney Brooks
Charlize Theron Mad Max: Fury Road Imperator Furiosa
2016 Natalie Portman Jackie Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Amy Adams Arrival Dr. Louise Banks
Annette Bening 20th Century Women Dorothea Fields
Ruth Negga Loving Mildred Loving
Emma Stone La La Land Mia Dolan
2017 Frances McDormand Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mildred Hayes
Sally Hawkins The Shape of Water Elisa Esposito
Brie Larson The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls
Margot Robbie I, Tonya Tonya Harding
Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
2018 Lady Gaga A Star Is Born Ally Maine
Glenn Close The Wife Joan Castleman
Toni Collette Hereditary Annie Graham
Olivia Colman The Favourite Queen Anne
Melissa McCarthy Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lee Israel
2019 Lupita Nyong'o Us Adelaide Wilson / Red
Awkwafina The Farewell Billi Wang
Scarlett Johansson Marriage Story Nicole Barber
Saoirse Ronan Little Women Josephine "Jo" March
Renée Zellweger Judy Judy Garland

2020s

Year Actress Film Role
2020 Frances McDormand Nomadland Fern
Vanessa Kirby Pieces of a Woman Martha Weiss
Viola Davis Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ma Rainey
Elisabeth Moss The Invisible Man Cecilia Kass
Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
2021 Kristen Stewart Spencer Princess Diana
Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter Leda Caruso
Lady Gaga House of Gucci Patrizia Reggiani
Nicole Kidman Being the Ricardos Lucille Ball
Tessa Thompson Passing Irene Redfield
2022 Cate Blanchett Tár Lydia Tár
Viola Davis The Woman King General Nanisca
Danielle Deadwyler Till Mamie Till
Michelle Williams The Fabelmans Mitzi Fabelman
Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Quan Wang
2023 Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon Mollie Kyle
Aunjanue Ellis Origin Isabel Wilkerson
Greta Lee Past Lives Nora Moon
Margot Robbie Barbie Barbie
Emma Stone Poor Things Bella Baxter
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