Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Appearance
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama |
Location | United States |
Presented by | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Currently held by | Cate Blanchett for Tár (2022) |
Website | http://www.goldenglobes.com/ |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture", but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress – Comedy or Musical.
The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama". As of 2013, the wording is "Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama".
Winners and nominees
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1940s
Year | Actress | Character | Film |
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1943 | Jennifer Jones | Bernadette Soubirous | The Song of Bernadette |
1944 | Ingrid Bergman | Paula Alquist Anton | Gaslight |
1945 | Ingrid Bergman | Sister Mary Benedict | The Bells of St. Mary's |
1946 | Rosalind Russell | Sister Elizabeth Kenny | Sister Kenny |
1947 | Rosalind Russell | Lavinia Mannon | Mourning Becomes Electra |
1948 | Jane Wyman | Belinda MacDonald | Johnny Belinda |
1949 | Olivia de Havilland | Catherine Sloper | The Heiress |
Deborah Kerr | Evelyn Boult | Edward, My Son |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Actress | Character | Film |
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2020 | Andra Day | Billie Holiday | The United States vs. Billie Holiday |
Viola Davis | Ma Rainey | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | |
Vanessa Kirby | Martha Weiss | Pieces of a Woman | |
Frances McDormand | Fern | Nomadland | |
Carey Mulligan | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas | Promising Young Woman | |
2021 | Nicole Kidman | Lucille Ball | Being the Ricardos |
Jessica Chastain | Tammy Faye Bakker | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | |
Olivia Colman | Leda Caruso | The Lost Daughter | |
Lady Gaga | Patrizia Reggiani | House of Gucci | |
Kristen Stewart | Princess Diana | Spencer | |
2022 | Cate Blanchett | Lydia Tár | Tár |
Olivia Colman | Hilary Small | Empire of Light | |
Viola Davis | General Nanisca | The Woman King | |
Ana de Armas | Norma Jeane Mortenson / Marilyn Monroe | Blonde | |
Michelle Williams | Mitzi Fabelman | The Fabelmans |
Multiple nominees
Multiple wins
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Firsts
- Anouk Aimée became the first actress to win for a foreign language/non-english language performance in 1967.
- Whoopi Goldberg became the first actress of African descent to win in 1986.
- Marlee Matlin became the first deaf actress to win in 1987.
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role