Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

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The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film.

Note:

• "†" indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress.
• "‡" indicates a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Contents 1 Superlatives 2 Winners and nominees 2.1 1990s 2.2 2000s 3 Trivia

[edit] Superlatives

Superlative	Outstanding Leading Female Actor		Outstanding Supporting Female Actor		Overall
Actress with most awards	—		Kate Winslet	2	Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Renée Zellweger	2
Actress with most nominations	Meryl Streep	6	Cate Blanchett	4	Judi Dench, Kate Winslet	7
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Kate Winslet	4	Catherine Keener, Julianne Moore	3	Julianne Moore	5
Film with most nominations	—		Forrest Gump, Being John Malkovich, Almost Famous, Chicago, Babel, Doubt	2	Chicago, Doubt	3
Oldest winner	Julie Christie (Away from Her, 2008)	66	Gloria Stuart (Titanic, 1998)	87	Gloria Stuart (Titanic, 1998)	87
Oldest nominee	Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal, 2007)	72
Youngest winner	Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love, 1999)	26	Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility, 1996)	20	Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility, 1996)	20
Youngest nominee	Evan Rachel Wood (thirteen, 2004)	16	Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam, 2002)	8	Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam, 2002)	8

[edit] Winners and nominees

[edit] 1990s

1994: Jodie Foster – Nell as Nell Kellty ‡

• Jessica Lange – Blue Sky as Carly Marshall †
• Meg Ryan – When a Man Loves a Woman as Alice Green
• Susan Sarandon – The Client as Reggie Love ‡
• Meryl Streep – The River Wild as Gail Hartman

1995: Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking as Helen Prejean †

• Joan Allen – Nixon as Pat Nixon
• Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas as Sera ‡
• Meryl Streep – The Bridges of Madison County as Francesca Johnson ‡
• Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility as Elinor Dashwood ‡

1996: Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson †

• Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley ‡
• Diane Keaton – Marvin's Room as Bessie ‡
• Gena Rowlands – Unhook the Stars as Mildred Hawks
• Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton ‡

1997: Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly †

• Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy ‡
• Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown as Queen Victoria ‡
• Pam Grier – Jackie Brown as Jackie Brown
• Robin Wright Penn – She's So Lovely as Maureen Murphy Quinn
• Kate Winslet – Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater ‡

1998: Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love as Viola De Lesseps †

• Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I ‡
• Jane Horrocks – Little Voice as LV
• Meryl Streep – One True Thing as Kate Gulden ‡
• Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie as Jacqueline du Pré ‡

1999: Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham ‡

• Janet McTeer – Tumbleweeds as Mary Jo Walker ‡
• Julianne Moore – The End of the Affair as Sarah Miles ‡
• Meryl Streep – Music of the Heart as Roberta Guaspari ‡
• Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry as Brandon Teena †

[edit] 2000s

2000: Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich †

• Joan Allen – The Contender as Laine Billings Hanson ‡
• Juliette Binoche – Chocolat as Vianne Rocher ‡
• Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream as Sara Goldfarb ‡
• Laura Linney – You Can Count on Me as Samantha Prescott ‡

2001: Halle Berry – Monster's Ball as Leticia Musgrove †

• Jennifer Connelly – A Beautiful Mind as Alicia Nash
• Judi Dench – Iris as Iris Murdoch ‡
• Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom as Ruth Fowler ‡
• Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget Jones ‡

2002: Renée Zellweger – Chicago as Roxie Hart ‡

• Salma Hayek – Frida as Frida Kahlo ‡
• Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf †
• Diane Lane – Unfaithful as Connie Sumner ‡
• Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven as Cathy Whitaker ‡

2003: Charlize Theron – Monster as Aileen Wuornos †

• Patricia Clarkson – The Station Agent as Olivia Harris
• Diane Keaton – Something's Gotta Give as Erica Barry ‡
• Naomi Watts – 21 Grams as Cristina Peck ‡
• Evan Rachel Wood – thirteen as Tracy Louise Freeland

2004: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby as Maggie Fitzgerald †

• Annette Bening – Being Julia as Julia Lambert ‡
• Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace as María Álvarez ‡
• Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake ‡
• Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczynski ‡

2005: Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter †

• Judi Dench – Mrs. Henderson Presents as Laura Henderson ‡
• Felicity Huffman – Transamerica as Bree ‡
• Charlize Theron – North Country as Josey Aimes ‡
• Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha as Chiyo Sakamoto/Sayuri

2006: Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II †

• Penélope Cruz – Volver as Raimunda ‡
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett ‡
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly ‡
• Kate Winslet – Little Children as Sarah Pierce ‡

2007: Julie Christie – Away From Her as Fiona Anderson ‡

• Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Queen Elizabeth I ‡
• Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose as Edith Piaf †
• Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart as Mariane Pearl
• Ellen Page – Juno as Juno MacGuff ‡

2008: Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier ‡

• Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym ‡
• Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins ‡
• Melissa Leo – Frozen River as Ray Eddy ‡
• Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler

[edit] Trivia

Only on five occasions over the past 15 years did the winner of the SAG Award for Best Leading Actress not win the Academy Award for Best Actress. This happened in:

• 1994: Foster (Nell) lost to Lange (Blue Sky),
• 1999: Bening (American Beauty) lost to Swank (Boys Don't Cry),
• 2002: Zellweger (Chicago) lost to Kidman (The Hours)
• 2007: Christie (Away From Her) lost to Cotillard (La Vie en Rose).
• 2008: Streep (Doubt) lost to Winslet (The Reader)

Only once has the winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress not been nominated for the SAG Award for Best Leading Actress. In 2008, Kate Winslet won the Oscar for her performance in "The Reader." However, she won the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role.

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