Awards & Winners

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

New York Film Critics Circle

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.

Check all the winners of New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress presented under New York Film Critics Circle since 1939 .


Rachel Weisz

Honored for : The Deep Blue Sea

Meryl Streep

Honored for : The Iron Lady

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kirsten Dunst Melancholia

Annette Bening

Honored for : The Kids Are All Right

Meryl Streep

Honored for : Julie & Julia

Sally Hawkins

Honored for : Happy-Go-Lucky

Julie Christie

Honored for : Away from Her

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Julie Christie Away from Her

Helen Mirren

Honored for : The Queen

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Helen Mirren The Queen

Reese Witherspoon

Honored for : Walk the Line

Imelda Staunton

Honored for : Vera Drake

Hope Davis

Honored for : American Splendor, The Secret Lives of Dentists

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hope Davis The Secret Lives of Dentists
Also for American Splendor

Diane Lane

Honored for : Unfaithful

Sissy Spacek

Honored for : In the Bedroom

Laura Linney

Honored for : You Can Count on Me

Hilary Swank

Honored for : Boys Don't Cry

Cameron Diaz

Honored for : There's Something About Mary

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cameron Diaz There's Something About Mary

Julie Christie

Honored for : Afterglow

Emma Watson

Honored for : Breaking the Waves

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Honored for : Georgia

Linda Fiorentino

Honored for : The Last Seduction

Holly Hunter

Honored for : The Piano

Emma Thompson

Honored for : Howards End

Jodie Foster

Honored for : The Silence of the Lambs

Joanne Woodward

Honored for : Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Michelle Pfeiffer

Honored for : The Fabulous Baker Boys

Meryl Streep

Honored for : Evil Angels

Holly Hunter

Honored for : Broadcast News

Sissy Spacek

Honored for : Crimes of the Heart

Norma Aleandro

Honored for : The Official Story

Peggy Ashcroft

Honored for : A Passage to India

Shirley MacLaine

Honored for : Terms of Endearment

Meryl Streep

Honored for : Sophie's Choice

Glenda Jackson

Honored for : Stevie

Sissy Spacek

Honored for : Coal Miner's Daughter

Sally Field

Honored for : Norma Rae

Ingrid Bergman

Honored for : Autumn Sonata

Diane Keaton

Honored for : Annie Hall

Liv Ullmann

Honored for : Face to Face

Isabelle Adjani

Honored for : The Story of Adele H.

Liv Ullmann

Honored for : Scenes from a Marriage

Joanne Woodward

Honored for : Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Liv Ullmann

Honored for : Cries and Whispers, The Emigrants

Jane Fonda

Honored for : Klute

Glenda Jackson

Honored for : Women in Love

Audrey Hepburn

Honored for : The Nun's Story

Vivien Leigh

Honored for : A Streetcar Named Desire
(Role: Blanche DuBois)

Katharine Hepburn

Honored for : The Philadelphia Story

Vivien Leigh

Honored for : Gone with the Wind