"Aurora Greenway" in Terms of Endearment. Shirley MacLaine with Jack Nicholson. (credit: Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images)
Sandra Bullock (2009)
"Leigh Anne Tuohy" in The Blind Side (credit: RICH SCHMITT/AFP/Getty Images)
Kate Winslet (2008)
"Hanna Schmitz" in The Reader (credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Marion Cotillard (2007)
"Edith Piaf" in La Vie en Rose (credit: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
Helen Mirren (2006)
"The Queen" in The Queen (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
Reese Witherspoon (2005)
"June Carter" in Walk the Line (credit: Timothy A. CLARY/Getty Images)
Hilary Swank (2004)
"Maggie Fitzgerald" in Million Dollar Baby (credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Charlize Theron (2003)
"Aileen Wuornos" in Monster (credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Nicole Kidman (2002)
"Virginia Woolf" in The Hours (credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Halle Berry (2001)
"Leticia Musgrove" in Monster's Ball (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Julia Roberts (2000)
"Erin Brokovich" in Erin Brockovich. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Hilary Swank (1999)
"Brandon Teena/Teena Brandon" in Boys Don't Cry (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)
Gwyneth Paltrow (1998)
"Viola De Lesseps" in Shakespeare in Love. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is kissed by her late father, director Bruce Paltrow at the Governor's Ball following the 71st Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (credit: LUCY NICHOLSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Helen Hunt (1997)
"Carol Connelly" in As Good As It Gets. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Frances McDormand (1996)
"Marge Gunderson" in Fargo. (Photo credit: Vince Bucci/AFP/Getty Images)
Susan Sarandon (1995)
"Sister Helen Prejean" in Dead Man Walking (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Jessica Lange (1994)
"Carly Marshall" in Blue Sky.
Holly Hunter (1993)
"Ada" in The Piano (credit: Associated Press)
Emma Thompson (1992)
"Margaret Schlegel" in Howards End. (credit: SCOTT FLYNN/AFP/Getty Images)
Jodie Foster (1991)
"Clarice Starling" in The Silence of the Lambs. (credit: Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images)
Kathy Bates (1990)
"Annie Wilkes" in Misery (credit: Associated Press)
Jessica Tandy (1989)
"Daisy Werthan" in Driving Miss Daisy. (credit: MARK LOUNDY/AFP/Getty Images)
Jodie Foster (1988)
"Sarah Tobias" in The Accused. (credit: Associated Press)
Cher (1987)
"Loretta Castorini" in Moonstruck (credit: Associated Press)
Marlee Matlin (1986)
"Sarah" in Children of a Lesser God. (credit: Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images)
Geraldine Page (1985)
"Mrs. Watts" in The Trip To Bountiful (credit: Associated Press)
Sally Field (1984)
"Edna Spalding" in Places in the Heart (credit: Associated Press)
