Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Drama |
Location | United States |
Presented by | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Currently held by | Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) |
Website | http://www.goldenglobes.com/ |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress – Comedy or Musical.
The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama". As of 2013, the wording is "Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama".
It is notable for being the category in which the only three-way tie in Golden Globe history occurred, when Jodie Foster, Shirley MacLaine, and Sigourney Weaver all won the award in 1989 at the 46th Golden Globe Awards.[1]
Notes:
- "†" indicates an Academy Award- winning performance.
- "‡" indicates an Academy Award- nomination.
- "§" indicates a Golden Globe Award- winning performance that was not nominated for an Academy Award.
Winners and nominees
![Black-and-white photo of Olivia de Havilland in 1938.](../I/m/Olivia_de_Havilland_Publicity_Photo_1938.jpg)
![Black-and-white photo of Audrey Hepburn from 1956.](../I/m/Audrey_Hepburn_1956.jpg)
![Black-and-white photo of Grace Kelly.](../I/m/Grace_Kelly_MGM_photo.jpg)
![Black-and-white photo of Elizabeth Taylor 1953.](../I/m/Taylor%2C_Elizabeth_posed.jpg)
![Black-and-white publicity photo of Jane Fonda promoting the 1963 film Sunday in New York.](../I/m/Jane_Fonda_Cannes_2015.jpg)
![Black-and-white photo of Sally Field in 1971 promoting Alias Smith and Jones.](../I/m/Sally_Field_-_1981.jpg)
![Photo of Meryl Streep circa 1976 and 1979.](../I/m/Meryl_Streep_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg)
![Black-and-white publicity photo of Shirley MacLaine promoting the film The Apartment.](../I/m/Shirley_MacLaine_-_1960jpg.jpg)
![Photo of Jodie Foster at the premiere of The Brave One in 2007.](../I/m/Jodie_Foster.4783.jpg)
![](../I/m/Emma_Thompson_2009.jpg)
![Photo of Cate Blanchett at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.](../I/m/Cate_Blanchett_Cannes_2015.jpg)
![Photo of Hilary Swank at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015.](../I/m/Hilary_Swank_at_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival.jpg)
![Photo of Julia Roberts at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.](../I/m/Julia_Roberts_Cannes_2016.jpg)
![Photo of Sissy Spacek receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 1, 2011.](../I/m/SissySpacekHSHWOFAug2011.jpg)
![Photo of Nicole Kidman at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.](../I/m/Nicole_Kidman_Cannes_2017_2.jpg)
![Photo of Helen Mirren at the 2014 Moët British Independent Film Awards.](../I/m/Helen_Mirren_2014.jpg)
![Photo of Kate Winslet at the 2011 Venice Film Festival.](../I/m/KateWinsletByAndreaRaffin2011.jpg)
![Photo of Sandra Bullock at the Australian premiere of The Heat on July 2, 2013.](../I/m/Sandra_Bullock_(9189702847).jpg)
![Photo of Natalie Portman at the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27, 2011.](../I/m/Natalie_Portman_Cannes_2015_5.jpg)
![Photo of Julianne Moore at the 2014 Tribeca International Film Festival.](../I/m/Julianne_Moore_(15011443428).jpg)
![Photo of Brie Larson in 2013.](../I/m/Brie_Larson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
![](../I/m/Isabelle_Huppert_Cannes_2018.jpg)
![](../I/m/Frances_McDormand_2015_(cropped).jpg)
1940s
Year | Actress | Character | Film |
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1943 | Jennifer Jones † | Bernadette Soubirous | The Song of Bernadette |
1944 | Ingrid Bergman † | Paula Alquist Anton | Gaslight |
1945 | Ingrid Bergman ‡ | Sister Mary Benedict | The Bells of St. Mary's |
1946 | Rosalind Russell ‡ | Sister Elizabeth Kenny | Sister Kenny |
1947 | Rosalind Russell ‡ | Lavinia Mannon | Mourning Becomes Electra |
1948 | Jane Wyman † | Belinda MacDonald | Johnny Belinda |
1949 | Olivia de Havilland † | Catherine Sloper | The Heiress |
Deborah Kerr ‡ | Evelyn Boult | Edward, My Son |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Multiple nominees
Multiple winners
- 3 wins
- Ingrid Bergman (2 consecutive)
- Jane Fonda (2 consecutive)
- Meryl Streep (2 consecutive)
- 2 wins
- Cate Blanchett
- Sally Field
- Jodie Foster
- Shirley MacLaine
- Geraldine Page (consecutive)
- Rosalind Russell (consecutive)
- Hilary Swank
- Joanne Woodward
- Jane Wyman
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role