Every Golden Globes Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 20 different winners. The longest run was Amy Adams, 2 years straight (2014–2015).

Amy Adams ×2Annette Bening ×2Emma Stone ×2Jennifer Lawrence ×2Meryl Streep ×2

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by network / distributor; hover for details.

Janet McTeer'00

Renée Zellweger'01

Nicole Kidman'02

Renée Zellweger'03

Diane Keaton'04

Annette Bening'05

Reese Witherspoon'06

Meryl Streep'07

Marion Cotillard'08

Sally Hawkins'09

Meryl Streep'10

Annette Bening'11

Michelle Williams'12

Jennifer Lawrence'13

Amy Adams'14–'15×2

Jennifer Lawrence'16

Emma Stone'17

Saoirse Ronan'18

Olivia Colman'19

Awkwafina'20

Rosamund Pike'21

Rachel Zegler'22

Michelle Yeoh'23

Emma Stone'24

Demi Moore'25

Wins by network / distributor

20th Century5Sony4A243The Weinstein Company3Miramax2Searchlight2Other7

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Emily Blunt3 noms
Emma Thompson3 noms
Helen Mirren3 noms
Judi Dench3 noms
Julianne Moore3 noms
Margot Robbie3 noms

Most losses

Meryl Streep4L · 3W
Emily Blunt3L · 0W
Emma Stone3L · 2W
Emma Thompson3L · 0W
Helen Mirren3L · 0W
Judi Dench3L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Network / Distributor
2025	Demi Moore (The Substance) beat 5 others Amy Adams (Nightbitch) Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez) Mikey Madison (Anora) Zendaya (Challengers)	Mubi
2024	Emma Stone (Poor Things) beat 5 others Fantasia Barrino (The Color Purple) Jennifer Lawrence (No Hard Feelings) Natalie Portman (May December) Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves) Margot Robbie (Barbie)	Searchlight Pictures
2023	Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) beat 4 others Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris) Margot Robbie (Babylon) Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu) Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)	A24
2022	Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) beat 4 others Marion Cotillard (Annette) Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza) Jennifer Lawrence (Don't Look Up) Emma Stone (Cruella)	20th Century Studios
2021	Rosamund Pike (I Care a Lot) beat 4 others Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) Kate Hudson (Music) Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit) Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma)	Netflix/STXfilms
2020	Awkwafina (The Farewell) beat 4 others Ana de Armas (Knives Out) Cate Blanchett (Where'd You Go, Bernadette) Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) Emma Thompson (Late Night)	A24
2019	Olivia Colman (The Favourite) beat 4 others Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns) Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) Charlize Theron (Tully) Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)	Fox Searchlight
2018	Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) beat 4 others Judi Dench (Victoria & Abdul) Helen Mirren (The Leisure Seeker) Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes)	A24
2017	Emma Stone (La La Land) beat 4 others Annette Bening (20th Century Women) Lily Collins (Rules Don't Apply) Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen) Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)	Lionsgate
2016	Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) beat 4 others Melissa McCarthy (Spy) Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van) Lily Tomlin (Grandma)	20th Century Fox
2015	Amy Adams (Big Eyes)repeat beat 4 others Emily Blunt (Into the Woods) Helen Mirren (The Hundred-Foot Journey) Julianne Moore (Maps to the Stars) Quvenzhané Wallis (Annie)	The Weinstein Company
2014	Amy Adams (American Hustle) beat 4 others Julie Delpy (Before Midnight) Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha) Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Enough Said) Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)	Columbia/Sony
2013	Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) beat 4 others Emily Blunt (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) Judi Dench (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) Maggie Smith (Quartet) Meryl Streep (Hope Springs)	The Weinstein Company
2012	Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn) beat 4 others Jodie Foster (Carnage) Charlize Theron (Young Adult) Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) Kate Winslet (Carnage)	The Weinstein Company
2011	Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) beat 4 others Anne Hathaway (Love & Other Drugs) Angelina Jolie (The Tourist) Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right) Emma Stone (Easy A)	Focus Features
2010	Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia) beat 4 others Sandra Bullock (The Proposal) Marion Cotillard (Nine) Julia Roberts (Duplicity) Meryl Streep (It's Complicated)	Columbia/Sony
2009	Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) beat 4 others Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) Frances McDormand (Burn After Reading) Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia!) Emma Thompson (Last Chance Harvey)	Miramax
2008	Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) beat 4 others Amy Adams (Enchanted) Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray) Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) Elliot Page (Juno)	Picturehouse
2007	Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada) beat 4 others Annette Bening (Running with Scissors) Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine) Beyoncé Knowles (Dreamgirls) Renée Zellweger (Miss Potter)	20th Century Fox
2006	Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) beat 4 others Judi Dench (Mrs Henderson Presents) Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice) Laura Linney (The Squid and the Whale) Sarah Jessica Parker (The Family Stone)	20th Century Fox
2005	Annette Bening (Being Julia) beat 4 others Ashley Judd (De-Lovely) Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera) Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason)	Sony Pictures Classics
2004	Diane Keaton (Something's Gotta Give) beat 4 others Jamie Lee Curtis (Freaky Friday) Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation) Diane Lane (Under the Tuscan Sun) Helen Mirren (Calendar Girls)	Columbia/Sony
2003	Renée Zellweger (Chicago) beat 4 others Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary) Goldie Hawn (The Banger Sisters) Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago)	Miramax
2002	Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!) beat 4 others Thora Birch (Ghost World) Cate Blanchett (Bandits) Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde) Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary)	20th Century Fox
2001	Renée Zellweger (Nurse Betty) beat 4 others Juliette Binoche (Chocolat) Brenda Blethyn (Saving Grace) Sandra Bullock (Miss Congeniality) Tracey Ullman (Small Time Crooks)	USA Films
2000	Janet McTeer (Tumbleweeds) beat 4 others Julianne Moore (An Ideal Husband) Julia Roberts (Notting Hill) Sharon Stone (The Muse) Reese Witherspoon (Election)	Fine Line Features

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