Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture

The Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture is one of the annual awards given by the International Press Academy. In 2011, the IPA pared down its Satellite nominations in the motion picture categories from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflects the merger of drama and comedy under a general Best Picture heading, including the Best Actor/Actress headings and the Supporting headings.

Notes:

• "†" indicates an Academy Award–winning performance.
• "‡" indicates an Academy Award nominated performance.

Winners and nominees

Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1996–2010)

Year	Winners and nominees	Film	Role
1996	Gwyneth Paltrow	Emma	Emma Woodhouse
	Glenn Close	101 Dalmatians	Cruella de Vil
	Shirley MacLaine	Mrs. Winterbourne	Grace Winterbourne
	Heather Matarazzo	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Dawn Wiener
	Bette Midler	The First Wives Club	Brenda Morelli Cushman
1997	Helen Hunt	As Good as It Gets	Carol Connelly †
	Pam Grier	Jackie Brown	Jackie Brown
	Lisa Kudrow	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion	Michele Weinberger
	Parker Posey	The House of Yes	Jacqueline "Jackie-O" Pascal
	Julia Roberts	My Best Friend's Wedding	Julianne Potters
1998	Christina Ricci	The Opposite of Sex	Dede Truitt
	Jane Horrocks	Little Voice	Little Voice
	Holly Hunter	Living Out Loud	Judith Moore
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Shakespeare in Love	Viola de Lesseps †
	Meg Ryan	You've Got Mail	Kathleen Kelly
1999	Janet McTeer	Tumbleweeds	Mary Jo Walker ‡
	Julianne Moore	An Ideal Husband	Laura Cheveley
	Frances O'Connor	Mansfield Park	Fanny Price
	Julia Roberts	Notting Hill	Anna Scott
	Cecilia Roth	All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)	Manuela
	Reese Witherspoon	Election	Tracy Flick
2000	Renée Zellweger	Nurse Betty	Betty Sizemore
	Brenda Blethyn	Saving Grace	Grace Trevethyn
	Sandra Bullock	Miss Congeniality	Gracie Hart
	Glenn Close	102 Dalmatians	Cruella de Vil
	Cameron Diaz	Charlie's Angels	Natalie Cook
	Jenna Elfman	Keeping the Faith	Anna Reilly
2001	Nicole Kidman	Moulin Rouge!	Satine ‡
	Thora Birch	Ghost World	Enid
	Audrey Tautou	Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)	Amélie Poulain
	Sigourney Weaver	Heartbreakers	Max Conners
	Reese Witherspoon	Legally Blonde	Elle Woods
	Renée Zellweger	Bridget Jones's Diary	Bridget Jones ‡
2002	Jennifer Westfeldt	Kissing Jessica Stein	Jessica Stein
	Jennifer Aniston	The Good Girl	Justine Last
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Secretary	Lee Holloway
	Catherine Keener	Lovely & Amazing	Michelle Marks
	Nia Vardalos	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Toula Portokalos
	Renée Zellweger	Chicago	Roxie Hart ‡
2003	Diane Keaton	Something's Gotta Give	Erica Barry ‡
	Jamie Lee Curtis	Freaky Friday	Tess Coleman
	Hope Davis	American Splendor	Joyce Brabner
	Katie Holmes	Pieces of April	April Burns
	Diane Lane	Under the Tuscan Sun	Frances
	Helen Mirren	Calendar Girls	Chris Harper
2004	Annette Bening	Being Julia	Julia Lambert ‡
	Jena Malone	Saved!	Mary
	Natalie Portman	Garden State	Sam
	Emmy Rossum	The Phantom of the Opera	Christine Daaé
	Kerry Washington	Ray	Della Bea Robinson
	Kate Winslet	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Clementine Kruczynski ‡
2005	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line	June Carter Cash †
	Joan Allen	The Upside of Anger	Terry Wolfmeyer
	Judi Dench	Mrs Henderson Presents	Laura Henderson ‡
	Claire Danes	Shopgirl	Mirabelle
	Keira Knightley	Pride & Prejudice	Elizabeth Bennet ‡
	Joan Plowright	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Mrs. Palfrey
2006	Meryl Streep	The Devil Wears Prada	Miranda Priestly ‡
	Annette Bening	Running with Scissors	Deirdre Burroughs
	Toni Collette	Little Miss Sunshine	Sheryl Hoover
	Beyoncé	Dreamgirls	Deena Jones
	Julie Walters	Driving Lessons	Evie Walton
	Jodie Whittaker	Venus	Jessie
2007	Ellen Page	Juno	Juno MacGuff ‡
	Amy Adams	Enchanted	Giselle
	Cate Blanchett	I'm Not There	Jude Quinn ‡
	Katherine Heigl	Knocked Up	Alison Scott
	Nicole Kidman	Margot at the Wedding	Margot
	Emily Mortimer	Lars and the Real Girl	Karin Lindstrom
2008	Sally Hawkins	Happy-Go-Lucky	Pauline "Poppy" Cross
	Catherine Deneuve	A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)	Junon
	Kat Dennings	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Norah Silverberg
	Lisa Kudrow	Kabluey	Leslie
	Debra Messing	Nothing Like the Holidays	Sarah Rodriguez
	Meryl Streep	Mamma Mia!	Donna Sheridan
2009	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia	Julia Child ‡
	Sandra Bullock	The Proposal	Margaret Tate
	Marion Cotillard	Nine	Luisa Contini
	Zooey Deschanel	(500) Days of Summer	Summer Finn
	Katherine Heigl	The Ugly Truth	Abby Richter
2010	Anne Hathaway	Love and Other Drugs	Maggie Murdock
	Annette Bening	The Kids Are All Right	Nic ‡
	Sally Hawkins	Made in Dagenham	Rita O'Grady
	Catherine Keener	Please Give	Kate
	Julianne Moore	The Kids Are All Right	Jules
	Mary-Louise Parker	Red	Sarah Ross
	Marisa Tomei	Cyrus	Molly

Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (1996–2010)

Year	Winners and nominees	Film	Role
1996	Frances McDormand	Fargo	Marge Gunderson †
	Brenda Blethyn	Secrets & Lies	Cynthia Rose Purley ‡
	Robin Wright Penn	Moll Flanders	Moll Flanders
	Kristin Scott Thomas	The English Patient	Katharine Clifton ‡
	Emily Watson	Breaking the Waves	Bess McNeill ‡
1997	Judi Dench	Mrs. Brown	Queen Victoria ‡
	Joan Allen	The Ice Storm	Elena Hood
	Helena Bonham Carter	The Wings of the Dove	Kate Croy ‡
	Julie Christie	Afterglow	Phyllis Mann ‡
	Kate Winslet	Titanic	Rose DeWitt-Bukater ‡
1998	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth	Queen Elizabeth ‡
	Helena Bonham Carter	The Theory of Flight	Jane Hatchard
	Fernanda Montenegro	Central Station (Central do Brasil)	Isadora "Dora" Teixeira ‡
	Susan Sarandon	Stepmom	Jackie Harrison
	Meryl Streep	One True Thing	Kate Gulden ‡
	Emily Watson	Hilary and Jackie	Jacqueline "Jackie" du Pré ‡
1999	Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry	Brandon Teena †
	Annette Bening	American Beauty	Carolyn Burnham ‡
	Elaine Cassidy	Felicia's Journey	Felicia
	Nicole Kidman	Eyes Wide Shut	Alice Harford
	Youki Kudoh	Snow Falling on Cedars	Hatsue Miyamoto
	Sigourney Weaver	A Map of the World	Alice Goodwin
2000	Ellen Burstyn	Requiem for a Dream	Sara Goldfarb ‡
	Joan Allen	The Contender	Laine Hanson ‡
	Gillian Anderson	The House of Mirth	Lily Bart
	Björk	Dancer in the Dark	Selma Jezkova
	Laura Linney	You Can Count on Me	Samantha Prescott ‡
	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich †
2001	Sissy Spacek	In the Bedroom	Ruth Fowler ‡
	Cate Blanchett	Charlotte Gray	Charlotte Gray
	Judi Dench	Iris	Iris Murdoch ‡
	Halle Berry	Monster's Ball	Leticia Musgrove †
	Nicole Kidman	The Others	Grace Stewart
	Tilda Swinton	The Deep End	Margaret Hall
2002	Diane Lane	Unfaithful	Connie Sumner ‡
	Salma Hayek	Frida	Frida Kahlo ‡
	Nicole Kidman	The Hours	Virginia Woolf †
	Julianne Moore	Far from Heaven	Cathy Whitaker ‡
	Sigourney Weaver	The Guys	Joan
	Meryl Streep	The Hours	Clarissa Vaughan
2003	Charlize Theron	Monster	Aileen Wuornos †
	Toni Collette	Japanese Story	Sandy Edwards
	Jennifer Connelly	House of Sand and Fog	Kathy Nicolo
	Samantha Morton	In America	Sarah ‡
	Nikki Reed	Thirteen	Evie Zamora
	Naomi Watts	21 Grams	Cristina Peck ‡
	Evan Rachel Wood	Thirteen	Tracy Louise Freeland
2004	Hilary Swank	Million Dollar Baby	Maggie Fitzgerald †
	Laura Linney	P.S.	Louise Harrington
	Catalina Sandino Moreno	Maria Full of Grace (Maria llena eres de gracia)	Maria Álvarez ‡
	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake ‡
	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Beatrix Kiddo
	Sigourney Weaver	Imaginary Heroes	Sandy Travis
2005	Felicity Huffman	Transamerica	Stanley Schupak / Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne ‡
	Toni Collette	In Her Shoes	Rose Feller
	Julianne Moore	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Evelyn Ryan
	Charlize Theron	North Country	Josey Aimes ‡
	Robin Wright Penn	Nine Lives	Diana
	Zhang Ziyi	Memoirs of a Geisha	Chiyo Sakamoto / Sayuri Nitta
2006	Helen Mirren	The Queen	Queen Elizabeth II †
	Penélope Cruz	To Return (Volver)	Raimunda ‡
	Judi Dench	Notes on a Scandal	Barbara Covett ‡
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Sherrybaby	Sherry Swanson
	Gretchen Mol	The Notorious Bettie Page	Bettie Page
	Kate Winslet	Little Children	Sarah Pierce ‡
2007	Marion Cotillard	La Vie en Rose (La môme)	Édith Piaf †
	Julie Christie	Away from Her	Fiona Anderson ‡
	Angelina Jolie	A Mighty Heart	Mariane Pearl
	Keira Knightley	Atonement	Cecilia Tallis
	Laura Linney	The Savages	Wendy Savage
	Tilda Swinton	Stephanie Daley	Lydie Crane
2008	Angelina Jolie	Changeling	Christine Collins ‡
	Anne Hathaway	Rachel Getting Married	Kym ‡
	Melissa Leo	Frozen River	Ray Eddy ‡
	Meryl Streep	Doubt	Aloysius Beauvier ‡
	Kristin Scott Thomas	I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)	Juliette Fontaine
	Kate Winslet	The Reader	Hanna Schmitz †
2009	Shohreh Aghdashloo	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Zahra
	Emily Blunt	The Young Victoria	Queen Victoria
	Abbie Cornish	Bright Star	Fanny Brawne
	Penélope Cruz	Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)	Magdalena "Lena" Rivas
	Carey Mulligan	An Education	Jenny Miller ‡
	Catalina Saavedra	The Maid (La nana)	Raquel
2010	Noomi Rapace	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Lisbeth Salander
	Nicole Kidman	Rabbit Hole	Becca Corbett ‡
	Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone	Ree Dolly ‡
	Helen Mirren	The Tempest	Prospera
	Natalie Portman	Black Swan	Nina Sayers †
	Tilda Swinton	I Am Love	Emma Recchi
	Naomi Watts	Fair Game	Valerie Plame
	Michelle Williams	Blue Valentine	Cindy Heller ‡

Best Actress – Motion Picture (2011–present)

Year	Winners and nominees	Film	Role
2011	Viola Davis	The Help	Aibileen Clark ‡
	Glenn Close	Albert Nobbs	Albert Nobbs ‡
	Olivia Colman	Tyrannosaur	Hannah
	Vera Farmiga	Higher Ground	Corinne
	Elizabeth Olsen	Martha Marcy May Marlene	Martha
	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	Margaret Thatcher †
	Charlize Theron	Young Adult	Mavis Gary
	Emily Watson	Oranges and Sunshine	Margaret Humphreys
	Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn	Marilyn Monroe ‡
	Michelle Yeoh	The Lady	Aung San Suu Kyi
2012	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	Tiffany Maxwell †
	Laura Birn	Purge	Aliide Truu
	Jessica Chastain	Zero Dark Thirty	Maya ‡
	Emilie Dequenne	Our Children	Murielle
	Laura Linney	Hyde Park on Hudson	Margaret Suckley
	Keira Knightley	Anna Karenina	Anna Karenina
	Emmanuelle Riva	Amour	Anne Laurent ‡
2013	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis †
	Amy Adams	American Hustle	Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly ‡
	Sandra Bullock	Gravity	Dr. Ryan Stone ‡
	Judi Dench	Philomena	Philomena Lee ‡
	Adèle Exarchopoulos	Blue Is the Warmest Colour	Adèle
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Enough Said	Eva Henderson
	Meryl Streep	August: Osage County	Violet Weston ‡
	Emma Thompson	Saving Mr. Banks	Pamela "P. L." Travers
2014	Julianne Moore	Still Alice	Dr. Alice Howland †
	Marion Cotillard	Two Days, One Night	Sandra Bya ‡
	Anne Dorval	Mommy	Diane "Die" Després
	Felicity Jones	The Theory of Everything	Jane Wilde Hawking ‡
	Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Belle	Dido Elizabeth Belle
	Rosamund Pike	Gone Girl	Amy Elliott-Dunne ‡
	Reese Witherspoon	Wild	Cheryl Strayed ‡
2015	Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn	Eilis Lacey ‡
	Cate Blanchett	Carol	Carol Aird ‡
	Blythe Danner	I'll See You in My Dreams	Carol Petersen
	Brie Larson	Room	Joy "Ma" Newsome †
	Carey Mulligan	Suffragette	Maud Watts
	Charlotte Rampling	45 Years	Kate Mercer ‡
2016	Isabelle Huppert	Elle	Michèle Leblanc ‡
	Ruth Negga	Loving	Mildred Loving ‡
	Amy Adams	Nocturnal Animals	Susan Morrow
	Annette Bening	20th Century Women	Dorothea Fields
	Taraji P. Henson	Hidden Figures	Katherine Johnson
	Natalie Portman	Jackie	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ‡
	Emma Stone	La La Land	Mia Dolan †
	Meryl Streep	Florence Foster Jenkins	Florence Foster Jenkins ‡