| Academy Award for Best Actress
|
| Number
|
Ceremony
|
Year
|
Name
|
Film
|
Award
Category
|
Winner
|
Nominee
|
Notes
|
| 1
|
12th
|
1939
|
Greer Garson
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 2
|
13th
|
1940
|
Martha Scott
|
Our Town
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 3
|
25th
|
1952
|
Shirley Booth
|
Come Back, Little Sheba
|
Best Actress
|
✓
|
✓
|
|
| 4
|
25th
|
1952
|
Julie Harris
|
The Member of the Wedding
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 5
|
26th
|
1953
|
Maggie McNamara
|
The Moon Is Blue
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 6
|
37th
|
1964
|
Julie Andrews
|
Mary Poppins
|
Best Actress
|
✓
|
✓
|
|
| 7
|
38th
|
1965
|
Elizabeth Hartman
|
A Patch of Blue
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 8
|
41st
|
1968
|
Barbra Streisand
|
Funny Girl
|
Best Actress
|
✓
|
✓
|
|
| 9
|
43rd
|
1970
|
Jane Alexander
|
The Great White Hope
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 10
|
45th
|
1972
|
Diana Ross
|
Lady Sings the Blues
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 11
|
56th
|
1983
|
Julie Walters
|
Educating Rita
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 12
|
59th
|
1986
|
Marlee Matlin
|
Children of a Lesser God
|
Best Actress
|
✓
|
✓
|
|
| 13
|
69th
|
1996
|
Emily Watson
|
Breaking the Waves
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 14
|
76th
|
2003
|
Keisha Castle-Hughes
|
Whale Rider
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 15
|
77th
|
2004
|
Catalina Sandino Moreno
|
Maria Full of Grace
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 16
|
82nd
|
2009
|
Gabourey Sidibe
|
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
| 17
|
85th
|
2012
|
Quvenzhané Wallis
|
Beasts of the Southern Wild
|
Best Actress
|
|
✓
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total:
|
|
4 Winners
|
17
Nominees
|
|
