Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best actress that year.

Winners

2000s

Year	Director(s)	Film
2007	Ellen Page	Juno
	Amy Adams	Enchanted
	Julie Christie	Away from Her
	Marion Cotillard	La Vie en rose
	Laura Linney	The Savages
2008	Kate Winslet	Revolutionary Road
	Anne Hathaway	Rachel Getting Married
	Sally Hawkins	Happy-Go-Lucky
	Melissa Leo	Frozen River
	Meryl Streep	Doubt
2009	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious
	Alison Lohman	Drag Me to Hell
	Carey Mulligan	An Education
	Saoirse Ronan	The Lovely Bones
	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia

2010s

Year	Director(s)	Film
2010	Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone
	Nicole Kidman	Rabbit Hole
	Carey Mulligan	Never Let Me Go
	Natalie Portman	Black Swan
	Michelle Williams	Blue Valentine
2011	Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn
	Viola Davis	The Help
	Felicity Jones	Like Crazy
	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady
	Charlize Theron	Young Adult
2012	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook
	Jessica Chastain	Zero Dark Thirty
	Greta Gerwig	Damsels in Distress
	Naomi Watts	The Impossible
	Michelle Williams	Take This Waltz
2013	Brie Larson	Short Term 12
	Amy Adams	American Hustle
	Julie Delpy	Before Midnight
	Adèle Exarchopoulos	Blue Is the Warmest Colour
	Meryl Streep	August: Osage County
2014	Rosamund Pike	Gone Girl
	Essie Davis	The Babadook
	Scarlett Johansson	Under the Skin
	Julianne Moore	Still Alice
	Reese Witherspoon	Wild
2015	Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn
	Cate Blanchett	Carol
	Brie Larson	Room
	Jennifer Lawrence	Joy
	Bel Powley	The Diary of a Teenage Girl
2016	Emma Stone	La La Land
	Amy Adams	Arrival
	Annette Bening	20th Century Women
	Rebecca Hall	Christine
	Ruth Negga	Loving
	Natalie Portman	Jackie
2017	Frances McDormand	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
	Jessica Chastain	Molly's Game
	Sally Hawkins	The Shape of Water
	Margot Robbie	I, Tonya
	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird