The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress was an award given annually by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It was first introduced in 1975 to reward the best performance by a leading actress. In 2022, it was announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two gender neutral categories, with both Best Actor and Best Actress merging into the Best Lead Performance category.[1]
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Los Angeles Film Critics Association |
| First awarded | Florinda Bolkan A Brief Vacation (1975) |
| Last awarded | Penélope Cruz Parallel Mothers (2021) |
| Website | lafca |
Winners
edit1970s
edit| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Florinda Bolkan | A Brief Vacation | Clara Mataro |
| 1976 | Liv Ullmann | Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) | Dr. Jenny Isaksson |
| 1977 | Shelley Duvall | 3 Women | Mildred Lammoreaux |
| 1978 | Jane Fonda | California Suite | Hannah Warren |
| Comes a Horseman | Ella Connors | ||
| Coming Home | Sally Hyde | ||
| 1979 | Sally Field | Norma Rae | Norma Rae Webster |
1980s
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Sissy Spacek | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Webb/Lynn |
| 1981 | Meryl Streep | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Sarah Woodruff / Anna |
| 1982 | Sophie's Choice | Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski | |
| 1983 | Shirley MacLaine | Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenway |
| 1984 | Kathleen Turner | Crimes of Passion | Joanna Crane / China Blue |
| Romancing the Stone | Joan Wilder | ||
| 1985 | Meryl Streep | Out of Africa | Karen Blixen |
| 1986 | Sandrine Bonnaire | Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) | Mona Bergeron |
| 1987 | Holly Hunter | Broadcast News | Jane Craig |
| Sally Kirkland | Anna | Anna | |
| 1988 | Christine Lahti | Running on Empty | Annie Pope / Cynthia Manfield |
| 1989 | Andie MacDowell | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Ann Bishop Mullany |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Susie Diamond |
1990s
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Anjelica Huston | The Grifters | Lilly Dillon |
| The Witches | Miss Eva Ernst / Grand High Witch | ||
| 1991 | Mercedes Ruehl | The Fisher King | Anne Napolitano |
| 1992 | Emma Thompson | Howards End | Margaret Schlegel |
| 1993 | Holly Hunter | The Piano | Ada McGrath |
| 1994 | Jessica Lange | Blue Sky | Carly Marshall |
| 1995 | Elisabeth Shue | Leaving Las Vegas | Sera |
| 1996 | Brenda Blethyn | Secrets & Lies | Cynthia Rose Purley |
| 1997 | Helena Bonham Carter | The Wings of the Dove | Kate Croy |
| 1998 | Fernanda Montenegro | Central Station (Central do Brasil) | Isadora "Dora" Teixeira |
| Ally Sheedy | High Art | Lucy Berliner | |
| 1999 | Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena |
2000s
edit| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich | Erin Brockovich |
| 2001 | Sissy Spacek | In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler |
| 2002 | Julianne Moore | Far from Heaven | Cathy Whitaker |
| The Hours | Laura McGrath Brown | ||
| 2003 | Naomi Watts | 21 Grams | Cristina Peck |
| 2004 | Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake | Vera Drake |
| 2005 | Vera Farmiga | Down to the Bone | Irene Morrison |
| 2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2007 | Marion Cotillard | La Vie en Rose (La môme) | Édith Piaf |
| 2008 | Sally Hawkins | Happy-Go-Lucky | Pauline "Poppy" Cross |
| 2009 | Yolande Moreau | Séraphine | Séraphine Louis |
2010s
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kim Hye-ja | Mother | Mother |
| 2011 | Yoon Jeong-hee | Poetry | Yang Mi-ja |
| 2012 | Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell |
| Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | Anne Laurent | |
| 2013 | Cate Blanchett | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis |
| Adèle Exarchopoulos | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Adèle | |
| 2014 | Patricia Arquette | Boyhood | Olivia Evans |
| 2015 | Charlotte Rampling | 45 Years | Kate Mercer |
| 2016 | Isabelle Huppert | Elle | Michèle Leblanc |
| Things to Come | Nathalie Chazeaux | ||
| 2017 | Sally Hawkins | The Shape of Water | Elisa Esposito |
| 2018 | Olivia Colman | The Favourite | Queen Anne[2] |
| 2019 | Mary Kay Place | Diane | Diane[3] |
2020s
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Carey Mulligan | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra Thomas[4] |
| 2021 | Penélope Cruz | Parallel Mothers | Janis Martinez[5] |
Multiple Winners
edit- 3 wins
- Meryl Streep (1981, 1982, 1985)
- 2 wins
- Cate Blanchett (2013, 2022)
- Sally Hawkins (2008, 2017)
- Holly Hunter (1987, 1993)
- Sissy Spacek (1980, 2001)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ @LAFilmCritics (October 12, 2022). "For this year's awards vote, LAFCA will also introduce gender-neutral acting categories, with two awards for Best Lead Performance and two awards for Best Supporting Performance. Our voting meeting will take place on December 11, 2022" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2018 Winners|IndieWire
- ^ Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2019 Winners — Full List — Deadline
- ^ 'Small Axe' Wins LAFCA Best Picture Despite Not Submitted for Oscars - Variety
- ^ Los Angeles Film Critics 2021 Winners List - Variety