The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best lead actress of the year.
Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon have each won this award twice. Cate Blanchett has been awarded three times.
Winners 1990s YearWinnerFilmRole1997Judi DenchMrs BrownQueen VictoriaHelena Bonham Carter The Wings of the DoveKate CroyKate Winslet TitanicRose DeWitt Bukater1998Cate BlanchettElizabeth Queen Elizabeth IGwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in LoveViola de LessepsEmily Watson Hilary and JackieJacqueline du Pré1999Reese WitherspoonElection Tracy FlickAnnette Bening American BeautyCarolyn BurnhamHeather Donahue The Blair Witch ProjectHeather DonahueJanet McTeer TumbleweedsMary Jo WalkerHilary Swank Boys Don't CryBrandon Teena
2000s YearWinnerFilmRole2000Ellen BurstynRequiem for a DreamSara GoldfarbJoan Allen The ContenderSen. Laine Billings HansonBjörk Dancer in the DarkSelma JežkováLaura Linney You Can Count on MeSamantha 'Sammy' PrescottJulia Roberts Erin BrockovichErin Brockovich2001Naomi WattsMulholland DriveBetty Elms / Diane SelwynThora Birch Ghost WorldEnidNicole Kidman The OthersGrace StewartSissy Spacek In the BedroomRuth FowlerTilda Swinton The Deep EndMargaret Hall2002Julianne MooreFar from HeavenCathy WhitakerJennifer Aniston The Good GirlJustine LastMaggie Gyllenhaal SecretaryLee HollowayIsabelle Huppert The Piano TeacherErika KohutDiane Lane UnfaithfulConnie Sumner2003Naomi Watts21 GramsCristina PeckAngela Bettis MayMay Dove CanadyScarlett Johansson Lost in TranslationCharlotteCharlize Theron MonsterAileen WuornosUma Thurman Kill Bill: Volume 1The Bride/Black Mamba2004Kate WinsletEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindClementine KruczynskiJulie Delpy Before SunsetCelineImelda Staunton Vera DrakeVera DrakeHilary Swank Million Dollar BabyMaggie FitzgeraldUma Thurman Kill Bill: Volume 2Beatrix Kiddo/The Bride/Black Mamba2005Reese WitherspoonWalk the LineJune Carter CashJoan Allen The Upside of AngerTerry WolfmeyerFelicity Huffman TransamericaBree OsbourneKeira Knightley Pride & PrejudiceElizabeth BennetNaomi Watts King KongAnn Darrow2006Helen MirrenThe QueenQueen Elizabeth IIPenélope Cruz VolverRaimundaJudi Dench Notes on a ScandalBarbara CovettMeryl Streep The Devil Wears PradaMiranda PriestlyKate Winslet Little ChildrenSarah Pierce2007Julie ChristieAway from HerFiona AndersonMarion Cotillard La Vie en roseÉdith PiafAngelina Jolie A Mighty HeartMariane PearlLaura Linney The SavagesWendy SavageElliot Page JunoJuno MacGuff2008Michelle WilliamsWendy and LucyWendy CarrollAnne Hathaway Rachel Getting MarriedKym BuchananSally Hawkins Happy-Go-LuckyPoppy CrossMeryl Streep DoubtSister Aloysius BeauvierKate Winslet Revolutionary RoadApril Wheeler2009Mélanie LaurentInglourious BasterdsShoshanna DreyfusCarey Mulligan An EducationJenny MillerGabourey Sidibe PreciousClaireece "Precious" JonesMeryl Streep Julie & JuliaJulia ChildTilda Swinton JuliaJulia
2010s YearWinnerFilmRole2010Natalie PortmanBlack SwanNina SayersAnnette Bening The Kids Are All RightDr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood Nicole Kidman Rabbit HoleBecca CorbettKim Hye-ja MotherMotherJennifer Lawrence Winter's BoneRee Dolly2011Tilda SwintonWe Need to Talk About KevinEva KhatchadourianKirsten Dunst MelancholiaJustineElizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May MarleneMarthaMeryl Streep The Iron LadyMargaret ThatcherMichelle Williams My Week with MarilynMarilyn Monroe2012Jessica ChastainZero Dark ThirtyMayaJennifer Lawrence Silver Linings PlaybookTiffany MaxwellEmmanuelle Riva AmourAnne LaurentQuvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern WildHushpuppyRachel Weisz The Deep Blue SeaHester Collyer2013Cate BlanchettBlue JasmineJeanette "Jasmine" FrancisAmy Adams American HustleSydney Prosser / Lady Edith GreenslyJulie Delpy Before MidnightCéline WallaceAdèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest ColourAdèleBrie Larson Short Term 12Grace2014Rosamund PikeGone Girl Amy Elliott-DunneMarion CotillardTwo Days, One Night Sandra ByaEssie Davis The Babadook AmeliaAnne Dorval Mommy Diane DesprésJulianne Moore Still Alice Dr. Alice Howland2015 Cate Blanchett Carol Carol AirdBrie Larson Room Joy "Ma" NewsomeCharlotte Rampling 45 Years Kate MercerSaoirse Ronan Brooklyn Eilis LaceyCharlize Theron Mad Max: Fury Road Imperator Furiosa2016 Natalie Portman Jackie Jackie KennedyAmy AdamsArrival Dr. Louise BanksIsabelle Huppert Elle Michèle LeblancRuth Negga Loving Mildred LovingEmma Stone La La Land Mia Dolan2017Sally Hawkins The Shape of Water Elisa EspositoFrances McDormand Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mildred HayesCynthia Nixon A Quiet Passion Emily DickinsonMargot Robbie I, Tonya Tonya HardingSaoirse Ronan Lady Bird Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson2018Toni Collette Hereditary Annie GrahamYalitza Aparicio Roma Cleodegaria "Cleo" GutiérrezOlivia Colman The Favourite Anne, Queen of Great BritainRegina Hall Support the Girls Lisa ConroyLady Gaga A Star is Born Ally Maine2019Lupita Nyong'o Us Adelaide Wilson / RedAwkwafinaThe FarewellBilli WangScarlett Johansson Marriage StoryNicole BarberFlorence PughMidsommarDani ArdorRenée ZellwegerJudyJudy Garland
2020s YearWinnerFilmRole2020Frances McDormand Nomadland Fern Jessie Buckley I'm Thinking of Ending Things Young Woman Viola Davis Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ma Rainey Sidney Flanigan Never Rarely Sometimes Always Autumn Callahan Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas2021Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter Leda Caruso Alana Haim Licorice Pizza Alana Kane Renate Reinsve The Worst Person in the World Julie Agathe Rousselle Titane Alexia/Adrien Kristen StewartSpencer Diana, Princess of Wales 2022Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All At Once Evelyn Quan WangCate BlanchettTárLydia TárViola DavisThe Woman KingGeneral NaniscaDanielle DeadwylerTillMamie Till-MobleyMia GothPearlPearl2023 Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon Mollie Kyle Sandra Hüller Anatomy of a Fall Sandra Voyter Greta Lee Past Lives Nora Moon Margot Robbie Barbie Barbie Emma Stone Poor Things Bella Baxter2024 Mikey Madison Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Cynthia Erivo Wicked Elphaba Thropp Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hard Truths Pansey Deacon Demi Moore The Substance Elisabeth Sparkle Fernanda Torres I'm Still Here Eunice Paiva2025 Jessie Buckley Hamnet Agnes Shakespeare Rose Byrne If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Linda Renate Reinsve Sentimental Value Nora Borg Amanda Seyfried The Testament of Ann Lee Ann Lee Emma Stone Bugonia Michelle Fuller
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External links OFCS – Awards