Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy

2010s

2012: Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell †

• Mila Kunis – Ted as Lori Collins
• Shirley MacLaine – Bernie as Marjorie "Marge" Nugent
• Leslie Mann – This Is 40 as Debbie
• Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect as Fat Amy

2013: Amy Adams – American Hustle as Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly ‡

• Sandra Bullock – The Heat as Special Agent Sarah Ashburn
• Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha as Frances Halladay
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said as Eva Henderson
• Melissa McCarthy – The Heat as Detective Shannon Mullns

2014: Jenny Slate – Obvious Child as Donna Stern

• Rose Byrne – Neighbors as Kelly Radner
• Rosario Dawson – Top Five as Chelsea Brown
• Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent as Maggie Bronstein
• Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins as Maggie Dean

2015: Amy Schumer – Trainwreck as Amy Townsend

• Tina Fey – Sisters as Katie Ellis
• Jennifer Lawrence – Joy as Joy Mangano ‡
• Melissa McCarthy – Spy as Susan Cooper
• Lily Tomlin – Grandma as Elle Reid

2016: Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins as Florence Foster Jenkins ‡

• Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship as Lady Susan Vernon
• Sally Field – Hello, My Name Is Doris as Doris Miller
• Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters as Dr. Jillian Holtzmann
• Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen as Nadine Franklin

2017: Margot Robbie – I, Tonya as Tonya Harding ‡

• Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip as Dina
• Zoe Kazan – The Big Sick as Emily Gardner
• Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson ‡
• Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes as Billie Jean King