Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
SAG Award for Best Actress | |
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![]() The 2018 recipient: Frances McDormand | |
Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | SAG-AFTRA |
First awarded | 1994 |
Currently held by | Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) |
Website | sagawards.org |
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film.
Winners and nominees
![Photo of Jodie Foster at the premiere of The Brave One in 2007.](../I/m/Jodie_Foster.4783.jpg)
Jodie Foster won for her role in Nell (1994).
![](../I/m/Susan_Sarandon_2_by_David_Shankbone.jpg)
Susan Sarandon won for her role in Dead Man Walking (1995).
![](../I/m/Frances_McDormand_2015_(cropped).jpg)
Frances McDormand won twice for her performances in Fargo (1996) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
Helen Hunt won for her role in As Good as It Gets (1997).
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Gwyneth Paltrow won for her performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998).
![AnnetteBeningSept2013TIFF.jpg](../I/m/AnnetteBeningSept2013TIFF.jpg)
Annette Bening won for her performance in American Beauty (1999).
![Photo of Julia Roberts at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.](../I/m/Julia_Roberts_Cannes_2016.jpg)
![Photo of Halle Berry at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International.](../I/m/Halle_Berry_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg)
Halle Berry won for her role in Monster's Ball (2001).
![](../I/m/Ren%C3%A9e_Zellweger_Berlinale_2010_(cropped).jpg)
Renée Zellweger won for her role in Chicago (2002).
![Photo of Charlize Theron at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.](../I/m/Charlize_Theron_Cannes_2015_2.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)
Hilary Swank won this award for her role in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
![Photo of Reese Witherspoon at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.](../I/m/Reese_Witherspoon_at_TIFF_2014.jpg)
![Photo of Helen Mirren at the 2014 Moët British Independent Film Awards.](../I/m/Helen_Mirren_2014.jpg)
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Julie Christie won for her performance in Away from Her (2007).
![Photo of Meryl Streep circa 1976 and 1979.](../I/m/Meryl_Streep_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg)
Meryl Streep won for her performance in Doubt (2008).
![Photo of Sandra Bullock at the Australian premiere of The Heat on July 2, 2013.](../I/m/Sandra_Bullock_(9189702847).jpg)
Sandra Bullock won for her role in The Blind Side (2009).
![Photo of Natalie Portman at the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27, 2011.](../I/m/Natalie_Portman_Cannes_2015_5.jpg)
Natalie Portman won for her role in Black Swan (2010).
![Photo of Viola Davis.](../I/m/Viola_Davis_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
Viola Davis won for her performance in The Help (2011).
![Photo of Jennifer Lawrence at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International.](../I/m/Jennifer_Lawrence_SDCC_2015_X-Men.jpg)
Jennifer Lawrence won for her role in Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
![Photo of Cate Blanchett at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.](../I/m/Cate_Blanchett_Cannes_2015.jpg)
Cate Blanchett won for her role in Blue Jasmine (2013).
![Photo of Julianne Moore at the 2014 Tribeca International Film Festival.](../I/m/Julianne_Moore_(15011443428).jpg)
Julianne Moore won for her role in Still Alice (2014).
![Photo of Larson at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2016.](../I/m/Brie_Larson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
Brie Larson won for her role in Room (2015).
![Photo of Emma Stone at the 2016 Mill Valley Film Festival.](../I/m/Emma_Stone_at_the_39th_Mill_Valley_Film_Festival_(cropped).jpg)
Emma Stone won for her role in La La Land (2016).
Legend:
- indicates the winner.
- † indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- ‡ indicates a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- †† indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same performance.
- ‡‡ indicates a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same performance.
1990s
2000s
2010s
Superlatives
Trivia
Occasions over the past 23 years did the winner of the SAG Award for Best Leading Actress not win the Academy Award for Best Actress. This happened in:
- 1994: Jodie Foster (Nell) lost to Jessica Lange (Blue Sky)
- 1999: Annette Bening (American Beauty) lost to Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry)
- 2002: Renée Zellweger (Chicago) lost to Nicole Kidman (The Hours)
- 2007: Julie Christie (Away from Her) lost to Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
- 2008: Meryl Streep (Doubt) lost to Kate Winslet (The Reader). Winslet did win the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
- 2011: Viola Davis (The Help) lost to Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Multiple winners
- 2 wins
- Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017))
Multiple nominees
Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.
- 2 nominations
- Joan Allen (Nixon (1995), The Contender (2000))
- Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side (2009), Gravity (2013))
- Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose (2007), Rust and Bone (2012))
- Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart (2007), Changeling (2008))
- Diane Keaton (Marvin's Room (1996), Something's Gotta Give (2003))
- Nicole Kidman (The Hours (2002), Rabbit Hole (2010))
- Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone (2010), Silver Linings Playbook (2012))
- Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017))
- Natalie Portman (Black Swan (2010), Jackie (2016))
- Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn (2015), Lady Bird (2017))
- Susan Sarandon (The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1995))
- Charlize Theron (Monster (2003), North Country (2005))
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility (1995), Saving Mr. Banks (2013))
- Naomi Watts (21 Grams (2003), The Impossible (2012))
- Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line (2005), Wild (2014))
- Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Chicago (2002))
- 3 nominations
- Annette Bening (American Beauty (1999), Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010))
- Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), Still Alice (2014))
- Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry (1999), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Conviction (2010))
- 4 nominations
- Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth (1998), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Blue Jasmine (2013), Carol (2015))
- Helen Mirren (The Queen (2006), The Last Station (2009), Hitchcock (2012), Woman in Gold (2015))
- Kate Winslet (Titanic (1997), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008))
- 6 nominations
- Judi Dench (Mrs. Brown (1997), Iris (2001), Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Philomena (2013), Victoria & Abdul (2017))
- 10 nominations
- Meryl Streep (The River Wild (1994), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), One True Thing (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Doubt (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), The Iron Lady (2011), August: Osage County (2013), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016))
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
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