Best Actress winners: 1927/28 to 1999*
1999 (72nd) Hilary Swank - BOYS DON'T CRY
1998 (71th) Gwyneth Paltrow - SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
1997 (70th) Helen Hunt - AS GOOD AS IT GETS
1996 (69th) Frances McDormand - FARGO
1995 (68th) Susan Sarandon - DEAD MAN WALKING
1994 (67th) Jessica Lange - BLUE SKY
1993 (66th) Holly Hunter - THE PIANO
1992 (65th) Emma Thompson - HOWARDS END
1991 (64th) Jodie Foster - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1990 (63rd) Kathy Bates - MISERY
1989 (62nd) Jessica Tandy - DRIVING MISS DAISY
1988 (61st) Jodie Foster - THE ACCUSED
1987 (60th) Cher - MOONSTRUCK
1986 (59th) Marlee Matlin - CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
1985 (58th) Geraldine Page - THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
1984 (57th) Sally Field - PLACES IN THE HEART
1983 (56th) Shirley MacLaine - TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
1982 (55th) Meryl Streep - SOPHIE'S CHOICE
1981 (54th) Katharine Hepburn - ON GOLDEN POND
1980 (53rd) Sissy Spacek - COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
1979 (52nd) Sally Field - NORMA RAE
1978 (51st) Jane Fonda - COMING HOME
1977 (50th) Diane Keaton - ANNIE HALL
1976 (49th) Faye Dunaway - NETWORK
1975 (48th) Louise Fletcher - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1974 (47th) Ellen Burstyn - ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
1973 (46th) Glenda Jackson - A TOUCH OF CLASS
1972 (45th) Liza Minnelli - CABARET
1971 (44th) Jane Fonda - KLUTE
1970 (43rd) Glenda Jackson - WOMEN IN LOVE
1969 (42nd) Maggie Smith - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
1968 (41st) Katharine Hepburn - THE LION IN WINTER
Barbra Streisand - FUNNY GIRL
1967 (40th) Katharine Hepburn - GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
1966 (39th) Elizabeth Taylor - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
1965 (38th) Julie Christie - DARLING
1964 (37th) Julie Andrews - MARY POPPINS
1963 (36th) Patricia Neal - HUD
1962 (35th) Anne Bancroft - THE MIRACLE WORKER
1961 (34th) Sophia Loren - TWO WOMEN
1960 (33rd) Elizabeth Taylor - BUTTERFIELD 8
1959 (32nd) Simone Signoret - ROOM AT THE TOP
1958 (31st) Susan Hayward - I WANT TO LIVE!
1957 (30th) Joanne Woodward - THE THREE FACES OF EVE
1956 (29th) Ingrid Bergman - ANASTASIA (1956)
1955 (28th) Anna Magnani - THE ROSE TATTOO
1954 (27th) Grace Kelly - THE COUNTRY GIRL
1953 (26th) Audrey Hepburn - ROMAN HOLIDAY
1952 (25th) Shirley Booth - COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
1951 (24th) Vivien Leigh - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1950 (23rd) Judy Holliday - BORN YESTERDAY
1949 (22nd) Olivia de Havilland - THE HEIRESS
1948 (21st) Jane Wyman - JOHNNY BELINDA
1947 (20th) Loretta Young - THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER
1946 (19th) Olivia de Havilland - TO EACH HIS OWN
1945 (18th) Joan Crawford - MILDRED PIERCE
1944 (17th) Ingrid Bergman - GASLIGHT
1943 (16th) Jennifer Jones - THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
1942 (15th) Greer Garson - MRS. MINIVER
1941 (14th) Joan Fontaine - SUSPICION
1940 (13th) Ginger Rogers - KITTY FOYLE
1939 (12th) Vivien Leigh - GONE WITH THE WIND
1938 (11th) Bette Davis - JEZEBEL
1937 (10th) Luise Rainer - THE GOOD EARTH
1936 (9th) Luise Rainer - THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
1935 (8th) Bette Davis - DANGEROUS
1934 (7th) Claudette Colbert - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1932/33 (6th) Katharine Hepburn - MORNING GLORY
1931/32 (5th) Helen Hayes - THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET
1930/31 (4th) Marie Dressler - MIN AND BILL
1929/30 (3rd) Norma Shearer - THE DIVORCEE
1928/29 (2nd) Mary Pickford - COQUETTE
1927/28 (1st) Janet Gaynor - 7TH HEAVEN
Janet Gaynor - STREET ANGEL
Janet Gaynor - SUNRISE
Information on Academy Award winners as listed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.