Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Nominated Actresses
- Aimée, Anouk
- Alexander, Jane
- Allen, Joan
- Andrews, Julie
- Baker, Carroll
- Bancroft, Anne
- Bates, Kathy
- Bedelia, Bonnie
- Bello, Maria
- Bening, Annette
- Bergen, Polly
- Bergman, Ingrid
- Berry, Halle
- Binoche, Juliette
- Björk
- Black, Karen
- Blanchett, Cate
- Blethyn, Brenda
- Blunt, Emily
- Booth, Shirley
- Bujold, Geneviève
- Bullock, Sandra
- Burstyn, Ellen
- Cannon, Dyan
- Caron, Leslie
- Carter, Helena Bonham
- Chastain, Jessica
- Cher
- Christie, Julie
- Clayburgh, Jill
- Close, Glenn
- Cotillard, Marion
- Crawford, Joan
- Cruz, Penélope
- Davis, Bette
- Davis, Viola
- Davis, Geena
- Day, Doris
- Dench, Judi
- Dern, Laura
- Devere, Trish Van
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Dunaway, Faye
- Eggar, Samantha
- Eichhorn, Lisa
- Evans, Edith
- Farrow, Mia
- Fawcett, Farrah
- Field, Sally
- Fletcher, Louise
- Fonda, Jane
- Foster, Jodie
- Gardner, Ava
- Garson, Greer
- Goldberg, Whoopi
- Gyllenhaal, Maggie
- Hartman, Elizabeth
- Hassett, Marilyn
- Hathaway, Anne
- Havilland, Olivia de
- Hayek, Salma
- Hayes, Helen
- Hayward, Susan
- Hayworth, Rita
- Hepburn, Katharine
- Hepburn, Audrey
- Heywood, Anne
- Holliday, Judy
- Huffman, Felicity
- Hunter, Holly
- Huston, Anjelica
- Jackson, Glenda
- Johansson, Scarlett
- Johns, Glynis
- Jolie, Angelina
- Kaminska, Ida
- Keaton, Diane
- Kelly, Grace
- Kerr, Deborah
- Kidman, Nicole
- Kinski, Nastassja
- Kirkland, Sally
- Kwan, Nancy
- Lahti, Christine
- Lane, Diane
- Lange, Jessica
- Lawrence, Jennifer
- Leigh, Jennifer Jason
- Leigh, Vivien
- Levin, Rachel
- Linney, Laura
- Love, Courtney
- MacDowell, Andie
- MacGraw, Ali
- MacLaine, Shirley
- Magnani, Anna
- Mara, Rooney
- Mason, Marsha
- Matlin, Marlee
- McDonnell, Mary
- McKenna, Virginia
- McNeil, Claudia
- Mercouri, Melina
- Miles, Sarah
- Miles, Sylvia
- Minnelli, Liza
- Mirren, Helen
- Montenegro, Fernanda
- Moore, Julianne
- Moore, Mary Tyler
- Mulligan, Carey
- Page, Geraldine
- Paltrow, Gwyneth
- Perrine, Valerie
- Pfeiffer, Michelle
- Portman, Natalie
- Quinlan, Kathleen
- Raffin, Deborah
- Redgrave, Vanessa
- Reid, Beryl
- Remick, Lee
- Richardson, Miranda
- Roberts, Julia
- Roberts, Rachel
- Ross, Diana
- Rowlands, Gena
- Saint, Eva Marie
- Sarandon, Susan
- Schneider, Romy
- Seberg, Jean
- Shire, Talia
- Shue, Elisabeth
- Sidibe, Gabourey
- Signoret, Simone
- Simmons, Jean
- Smith, Maggie
- Spacek, Sissy
- Staunton, Imelda
- Stone, Sharon
- Strasberg, Susan
- Streep, Meryl
- Streisand, Barbra
- Swank, Hilary
- Swanson, Gloria
- Swinton, Tilda
- Taylor, Elizabeth
- Theron, Charlize
- Thomas, Kristin Scott
- Thompson, Emma
- Thurman, Uma
- Tyson, Cicely
- Ullmann, Liv
- Valli, Alida
- Vlady, Marina
- Walter, Jessica
- Watson, Emily
- Watts, Naomi
- Weaver, Sigourney
- Weisz, Rachel
- Weld, Tuesday
- Williams, Michelle
- Winger, Debra
- Winslet, Kate
- Winters, Shelley
- Wood, Natalie
- Wood, Evan Rachel
- Woodward, Joanne
- Wyman, Jane
- York, Susannah
- Zhang, Ziyi
