Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (Critics' Choice Movie Awards)

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association was founded in 1995 and since that year they have presented the Critics Choice Movie Awards. The following is the list of winners and nominees for the Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. This award was first given in 1995. There were no nominees until 2001. There have been two ties in this category. There are currently six nominees annually. Â§ = indicates the performance was not nominated for the Academy Award

Date Established : 1996-01-22

Check all the winners of Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress presented under Critics' Choice Movie Awards since 1995 .

Cate Blanchett

Honored for : Blue Jasmine

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock	Gravity
Judi Dench	Philomena
Brie Larson	Short Term 12
Meryl Streep	August: Osage County
Emma Thompson	Saving Mr. Banks

Jessica Chastain

Honored for : Zero Dark Thirty

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jessica Chastain	Zero Dark Thirty as Maya
Marion Cotillard	Rust and Bone as Stéphanie
Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell
Emmanuelle Riva	Amour as Anne
Quvenzhané Wallis	Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy
Naomi Watts	The Impossible as Maria

Viola Davis

Honored for : The Help

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady
Elizabeth Olsen	Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn Role: Marilyn Monroe
Viola Davis	The Help
Charlize Theron	Young Adult
Tilda Swinton	We Need to Talk About Kevin
Jennifer Lawrence	Winter\u2019s Bone

Natalie Portman

Honored for : Black Swan

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Annette Bening	The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman	Rabbit Hole
Natalie Portman	Black Swan
Noomi Rapace	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Michelle Williams	Blue Valentine

Meryl Streep

Honored for : Julie & Julia

(tie with Sandra Bullock)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Carey Mulligan	An Education
Emily Blunt	The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock	The Blind Side
Gabourey Sidibe	Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Saoirse Ronan	The Lovely Bones
Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia

Sandra Bullock

Honored for : The Blind Side

(tie with Meryl Streep)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Carey Mulligan	An Education
Emily Blunt	The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock	The Blind Side
Gabourey Sidibe	Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Saoirse Ronan	The Lovely Bones
Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep

Honored for : Doubt

(tie with Anne Hathaway)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Anne Hathaway	Rachel Getting Married
Meryl Streep	Doubt
Kate Beckinsale	Nothing but the Truth
Cate Blanchett	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Angelina Jolie	Changeling
Melissa Leo	Frozen River

Anne Hathaway

Honored for : Rachel Getting Married

(tie with Meryl Streep)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Anne Hathaway	Rachel Getting Married
Meryl Streep	Doubt
Kate Beckinsale	Nothing but the Truth
Cate Blanchett	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Angelina Jolie	Changeling
Melissa Leo	Frozen River

Julie Christie

Honored for : Away from Her

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Julie Christie	Away from Her
Amy Adams	Enchanted
Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marion Cotillard	La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie	A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page	Juno

Helen Mirren

Honored for : The Queen

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Penélope Cruz	Volver
Judi Dench	Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep	The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet	Little Children
Helen Mirren	The Queen

Reese Witherspoon

Honored for : Walk the Line

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line
Joan Allen	The Upside of Anger
Judi Dench	Mrs Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman	Transamerica
Keira Knightley	Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron	North Country

Hilary Swank

Honored for : Million Dollar Baby

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hilary Swank	Million Dollar Baby
Annette Bening	Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno	Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake
Uma Thurman	Kill Bill Volume 2
Kate Winslet	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Charlize Theron

Honored for : Monster

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charlize Theron	Monster
Jennifer Connelly	House of Sand and Fog
Diane Keaton	Something's Gotta Give
Nicole Kidman	Cold Mountain
Samantha Morton	In America
Naomi Watts	21 Grams