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 Best Supporting Actor/Actress headings.

Winners and nominees

Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1996–2010, 2018–present)

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 & 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
2018	Olivia Colman	The Favourite	Queen Anne
	Emily Blunt	Mary Poppins Returns	Mary Poppins
	Trine Dyrholm	Nico, 1988	Nico
	Elsie Fisher	Eighth Grade	Kayla Day
	Lady Gaga	A Star Is Born	Ally Maine
	Constance Wu	Crazy Rich Asians	Rachel Chu
2019	Awkwafina	The Farewell	Billi Wang
	Ana de Armas	Knives Out	Marta Cabrera
	Julianne Moore	Gloria Bell	Gloria Bell
	Constance Wu	Hustlers	Destiny

Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (1996–2010, 2018–present)

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
2018	Glenn Close	The Wife	Joan Castleman
	Yalitza Aparicio	Roma	Cleo
	Viola Davis	Widows	Veronica Rawlings
	Nicole Kidman	Destroyer	Erin Bell
	Melissa McCarthy	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Lee Israel
	Rosamund Pike	A Private War	Marie Colvin
2019	Scarlett Johansson	Marriage Story	Nicole Barber
	Cynthia Erivo	Harriet	Harriet Tubman
	Helen Mirren	The Good Liar	Betty McLeish
	Charlize Theron	Bombshell	Megyn Kelly
	Alfre Woodard	Clemency	Bernadine Williams
	Renée Zellweger	Judy	Judy Garland

Best Actress – Motion Picture (2011–2017)

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
2017	Sally Hawkins	The Shape of Water	Elisa Esposito
	Diane Kruger	In the Fade	Katja Sekerci
	Jessica Chastain	Molly's Game	Molly Bloom
	Judi Dench	Victoria & Abdul	Queen Victoria
	Frances McDormand	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Mildred Hayes
	Margot Robbie	I, Tonya	Tonya Harding
	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
	Emma Stone	Battle of the Sexes	Billie Jean King