| Actresses | Winner |
|---|
| Jane FONDA (Klute) vs. Vanessa REDGRAVE (Mary, Queen of Scots) | |
| Diana ROSS (Lady Sings the Blues) vs. Liza MINNELLI (Cabaret) | |
| Barbra STREISAND (The Way We Were) vs. Glenda JACKSON (A Touch of Class) | |
| Faye DUNAWAY (Chinatown) vs. Ellen BURSTYN (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore) | |
| Faye DUNAWAY (Network) vs. Sissy SPACEK (Carrie) | |
| Jane FONDA (The China Syndrome) vs. Sally FIELD (Norma Rae) | |
| Jessica LANGE (Frances) vs. Meryl STREEP (Sophie's Choice) | |
| Geraldine PAGE (The Trip to Bountiful) vs. Whoopi GOLDBERG (The Color Purple) | |
| CHER (Moonstruck) vs. Holly HUNTER (Broadcast News) | |
| Jodie FOSTER (The Accused) vs. Sigourney WEAVER (Gorillas in the Mist) | |
| Julia ROBERTS (Pretty Woman) vs. Kathy BATES (Misery) | |
| Cate BLANCHETT (Elizabeth) vs. Gwyneth PALTROW (Shakespeare in Love) | |
| Julia ROBERTS (Erin Brockovich) vs. Juliet BINOCHE (Chocolat) | |
| Nicole KIDMAN (The Hours) vs. Renée ZELLWEGER (Chicago) | |
| Kate WINSLET (Little Children) vs. Helen MIRREN (The Queen) | |
| Bette DAVIS (Dangerous) vs. Katharine HEPBURN (Alice Adams) | |
| Bette DAVIS (Jezebel) vs. Norma SHEARER (Marie Antoinette) | |
| Bette DAVIS (Dark Victory) vs. Vivien LEIGH (Gone with the Wind) | |
| Jennifer JONES (The Song of Bernadette) vs. Ingrid BERGMAN (For Whom the Bell Tolls) | |
| Olivia DE HAVILLAND (The Heiress) vs. Deborah KERR (Edward, My Son) | |
| Vivien LEIGH (A Streetcar Named Desire) vs. Katharine HEPBURN (The African Queen) | |
| Audrey HEPBURN (Roman Holiday) vs. Ava GARDNER (Mogambo) | |
| Grace KELLY (The Country Girl) vs. Audrey HEPBURN (Sabrina) | |
| Deborah KERR (The King and I) vs. Ingrid BERGMAN (Anastasia) | |
| Elizabeth TAYLOR (BUtterfield 8) vs. Shirley MACLAINE (The Apartment) | |
| Audrey HEPBURN (Breakfast at Tiffany's) vs. Sophia LOREN (Two Women) | |
| Julie ANDREWS (The Sound of Music) vs. Julie CHRISTIE (Darling) | |
| Faye DUNAWAY (Bonnie and Clyde) vs. Katharine HEPBURN (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) | |
| Jane FONDA (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) vs. Maggie SMITH (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) | |
| Ali MACGRAW (Love Story) vs. Glenda JACKSON (Women in Love) | |
| Jane FONDA (Klute) vs. Vanessa REDGRAVE (Mary, Queen of Scots) | |
| Diana ROSS (Lady Sings the Blues) vs. Liza MINNELLI (Cabaret) | |
| Barbra STREISAND (The Way We Were) vs. Glenda JACKSON (A Touch of Class) | |
| Faye DUNAWAY (Chinatown) vs. Ellen BURSTYN (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore) | |
| Faye DUNAWAY (Network) vs. Sissy SPACEK (Carrie) | |
| Jane FONDA (The China Syndrome) vs. Sally FIELD (Norma Rae) | |
| Jessica LANGE (Frances) vs. Meryl STREEP (Sophie's Choice) | |
| Geraldine PAGE (The Trip to Bountiful) vs. Whoopi GOLDBERG (The Color Purple) | |
| CHER (Moonstruck) vs. Holly HUNTER (Broadcast News) | |
| Jodie FOSTER (The Accused) vs. Sigourney WEAVER (Gorillas in the Mist) | |
| Julia ROBERTS (Pretty Woman) vs. Kathy BATES (Misery) | |
| Cate BLANCHETT (Elizabeth) vs. Gwyneth PALTROW (Shakespeare in Love) | |
| Julia ROBERTS (Erin Brockovich) vs. Juliet BINOCHE (Chocolat) | |
| Nicole KIDMAN (The Hours) vs. Renée ZELLWEGER (Chicago) | |
| Kate WINSLET (Little Children) vs. Helen MIRREN (The Queen) | |
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