The Best Actresses to Ever Win Oscars for Best Actress
Every year the Academy evaluates a year's worth of brilliant performances and picks what they believe to be the best of the best, nominating these for the most prestigious acting awards in cinema: the Oscars. This in itself is an honor - just to be nominated for an Academy Award. But only one person can win each year, and the women listed here have all taken home Oscar gold for Best Actress in a Leading Role - so which Best Actress Oscar winners are the best?
Of the leading women who have won Best Actress, who is the best Best Actress? Is it the most nominated women of all time Meryl Streep, with 15 nominations? Is it a classic actress like Katharine Hepburn (who has the most wins, with four)? What about Audrey Hepburn, or Grace Kelly? Maybe a more modern choice like Hilary Swank, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, or Julianne Moore?
With so many options choosing the best is hard, but that's where you come in. Vote up the very best actresses of all the Best Actress Academy Award winners below!
- 1Sophie's Choice (1982), The Iron Lady (2011)
- Credits (Film): The Deer Hunter, Out of Africa, Kramer vs. Kramer, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Manhattan
- Birthplace: Summit, New Jersey, USA
- 2Morning Glory (1932), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), On Golden Pond (1984)
- Credits (Film): Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, On Golden Pond
- Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- 3
California Suite (1979), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1970)
- Credits (Film): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Birthplace: Ilford, Essex, England, UK
- 4Blue Jasmine (2013)
- Credits (Film): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Hot Fuzz, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 5
The Queen (2006), The Last Station (2010)
- Credits (Film): Monsters University, The Prince of Egypt, Excalibur, RED, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Birthplace: Chiswick, London, England, UK
- 6Howard's End (1992)
- Credits (Film): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Brave, Men in Black 3, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Birthplace: Paddington, London, England, UK
