Greatest Lead Actress Oscar Performances (1990-2024)

Kathy Bates in Misery (1990)

Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Emma Thompson in Howards End (1992)

Holly Hunter in The Piano (1993)

Jessica Lange in Blue Sky (1994)

Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking (1995)

Frances McDormand in Fargo (1996)

Helen Hunt as Carol

Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry (1999)

Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich (2000)

Halle Berry in Monster's Ball (2001)

Nicole Kidman in The Hours (2002)

Charlize Theron in Monster (2003)

Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line (2005)

Helen Mirren in The Queen (2006)

Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose (2007)

Kate Winslet in The Reader (2008)

Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side (2009)

Natalie Portman in Black Swan (2010)

Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady (2011)

Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (2013)

Julianne Moore in Still Alice (2014)

Brie Larson in Room (2015)

Emma Stone in La La Land (2016)

Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Olivia Colman in The Favourite (2018)

Renée Zellweger in Judy (2019)

Frances McDormand in Nomadland (2020)

Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Emma Stone in Poor Things (2023)

Mikey Madison in Anora (2024)