Every Golden Globes Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 23 different winners.

Cate Blanchett ×2Hilary Swank ×2Nicole Kidman ×2

One band per year, because no winner here has ever gone back-to-back. Colored by network / distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.

Hilary Swank'00

Julia Roberts'01

Sissy Spacek'02

Nicole Kidman'03

Charlize Theron'04

Hilary Swank'05

Felicity Huffman'06

Helen Mirren'07

Julie Christie'08

Kate Winslet'09

Sandra Bullock'10

Natalie Portman'11

Meryl Streep'12

Jessica Chastain'13

Cate Blanchett'14

Julianne Moore'15

Brie Larson'16

Isabelle Huppert'17

Frances McDormand'18

Glenn Close'19

Renée Zellweger'20

Andra Day'21

Nicole Kidman'22

Cate Blanchett'23

Lily Gladstone'24

Fernanda Torres'25

Wins by network / distributor

Sony6Searchlight3Universal3Miramax2The Weinstein Company2Warner Bros.2Other8

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Angelina Jolie3 noms
Carey Mulligan3 noms
Judi Dench3 noms
Michelle Williams3 noms
Scarlett Johansson3 noms
Tilda Swinton3 noms

Most losses

Nicole Kidman6L · 2W
Meryl Streep4L · 1W
Angelina Jolie3L · 0W
Carey Mulligan3L · 0W
Cate Blanchett3L · 2W
Jessica Chastain3L · 1W

The full list

Year	Winner	Network / Distributor
2025	Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here) beat 5 others Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl) Angelina Jolie (Maria) Nicole Kidman (Babygirl) Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door) Kate Winslet (Lee)	Sony Pictures Classics
2024	Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) beat 5 others Annette Bening (Nyad) Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) Greta Lee (Past Lives) Carey Mulligan (Maestro) Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla)	Apple/Paramount
2023	Cate Blanchett (Tár) beat 4 others Olivia Colman (Empire of Light) Viola Davis (The Woman King) Ana de Armas (Blonde) Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)	Focus Features
2022	Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) beat 4 others Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter) Lady Gaga (House of Gucci) Kristen Stewart (Spencer)	Amazon Studios
2021	Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) beat 4 others Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman) Frances McDormand (Nomadland) Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)	Hulu/Paramount
2020	Renée Zellweger (Judy) beat 4 others Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story) Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) Charlize Theron (Bombshell)	Roadside Attractions
2019	Glenn Close (The Wife) beat 4 others Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) Nicole Kidman (Destroyer) Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) Rosamund Pike (A Private War)	Sony Pictures Classics
2018	Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) beat 4 others Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game) Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) Meryl Streep (The Post) Michelle Williams (All the Money in the World)	Fox Searchlight
2017	Isabelle Huppert (Elle) beat 4 others Amy Adams (Arrival) Jessica Chastain (Miss Sloane) Ruth Negga (Loving) Natalie Portman (Jackie)	Sony Pictures Classics
2016	Brie Larson (Room) beat 4 others Cate Blanchett (Carol) Rooney Mara (Carol) Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)	A24
2015	Julianne Moore (Still Alice) beat 4 others Jennifer Aniston (Cake) Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) Reese Witherspoon (Wild)	Sony Pictures Classics
2014	Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) beat 4 others Sandra Bullock (Gravity) Judi Dench (Philomena) Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) Kate Winslet (Labor Day)	Sony Pictures Classics
2013	Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) beat 4 others Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone) Helen Mirren (Hitchcock) Naomi Watts (The Impossible) Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea)	Columbia/Sony
2012	Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) beat 4 others Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) Viola Davis (The Help) Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)	The Weinstein Company
2011	Natalie Portman (Black Swan) beat 4 others Halle Berry (Frankie & Alice) Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole) Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)	Fox Searchlight
2010	Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) beat 4 others Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria) Helen Mirren (The Last Station) Carey Mulligan (An Education) Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)	Warner Bros.
2009	Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) beat 4 others Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) Angelina Jolie (Changeling) Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long) Meryl Streep (Doubt)	DreamWorks/Paramount Vantage
2008	Julie Christie (Away from Her) beat 4 others Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) Jodie Foster (The Brave One) Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart) Keira Knightley (Atonement)	Lionsgate
2007	Helen Mirren (The Queen) beat 4 others Penélope Cruz (Volver) Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal) Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherrybaby) Kate Winslet (Little Children)	Miramax
2006	Felicity Huffman (Transamerica) beat 4 others Maria Bello (A History of Violence) Gwyneth Paltrow (Proof) Charlize Theron (North Country) Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha)	The Weinstein Company/IFC
2005	Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) beat 4 others Scarlett Johansson (A Love Song for Bobby Long) Nicole Kidman (Birth) Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) Uma Thurman (Kill Bill: Volume 2)	Warner Bros.
2004	Charlize Theron (Monster) beat 5 others Cate Blanchett (Veronica Guerin) Scarlett Johansson (Girl with a Pearl Earring) Nicole Kidman (Cold Mountain) Uma Thurman (Kill Bill: Volume 1) Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen)	Newmarket Films
2003	Nicole Kidman (The Hours) beat 4 others Salma Hayek (Frida) Diane Lane (Unfaithful) Julianne Moore (Far from Heaven) Meryl Streep (The Hours)	Paramount/Miramax
2002	Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom) beat 4 others Halle Berry (Monster's Ball) Judi Dench (Iris) Nicole Kidman (The Others) Tilda Swinton (The Deep End)	Miramax
2001	Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) beat 4 others Joan Allen (The Contender) Björk (Dancer in the Dark) Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream) Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me)	Universal/Columbia
2000	Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry) beat 4 others Annette Bening (American Beauty) Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair) Meryl Streep (Music of the Heart) Sigourney Weaver (A Map of the World)	Fox Searchlight

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