2012 Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce – Mildred Pierce
2011 Claire Danes – Temple Grandin – Temple Grandin
2010 Drew Barrymore – Grey Gardens – Szare ogrody
2009 Laura Linney – John Adams – John Adams
2008 Queen Latifah – Life Support
2007 Helen Mirren – Elizabeth I – Elżbieta I
2006 S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues – Lackawanna Blues
2005 Glenn Close – The Lion in Winter – Lew w zimie
2004 Meryl Streep – Angels in America – Anioły w Ameryce
2003 Uma Thurman – Hysterical Blindness – Historyczna ślepota
2002 Judy Davis – Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows – Judy Garland: W blasku i cieniu
2001 Judi Dench – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells – Ostatnia seksbomba
2000 Halle Berry – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge – Kariera Dorothy Dandridge
1999 Angelina Jolie – Gia – Gia
1998 Alfre Woodard – Miss Evers' Boys – Chłopcy panny Evers
1997 Helen Mirren – Losing Chase – Pożegnanie z Chase
1996 Jessica Lange – A Streetcar Named Desire – Tramwaj zwany pożądaniem
1995 Joanne Woodward – Breathing Lessons – Jeden dzień z życia pewnej pary
1994 Bette Midler – Gypsy – Gypsy
1993 Laura Dern – Afterburn – Przerwany lot F-16
1992 Judy Davis – One Against the Wind – Pod wiatr
1991 Barbara Hershey – A Killing in a Small Town – W imię miłości
1990 Christine Lahti – No Place Like Home
1989 Ann Jillian – The Ann Jillian Story
1988 Gena Rowlands – The Betty Ford Story – Historia Betty Ford
1987 Loretta Young – Christmas Eve
1986 Liza Minnelli – A Time to Live – Czas życia
1985 Ann-Margret – A Streetcar Named Desire – Tramwaj zwany pożądaniem
1984 Ann-Margret – Who Will Love My Children? – Kto pokocha moje dzieci?
1983 Ingrid Bergman – A Woman Called Golda
1982 Jane Seymour – East of Eden – Na wschód od Edenu