Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress – Comedy or Musical.
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | |
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The 2020 recipient: Renée Zellweger | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama |
Location | United States |
Presented by | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Currently held by | Renée Zellweger for Judy (2020) |
Website | http://www.goldenglobes.com/ |
The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.” As of 2013, the wording is "Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.”
It is notable for being the category in which the only three-way tie in Golden Globe Awards history occurred, when Jodie Foster, Shirley MacLaine, and Sigourney Weaver all won the award at the 46th Golden Globe Awards in 1989.[1]
Winners and nominees
1940s
Year | Actress | Character | Film |
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1943 | Jennifer Jones | Bernadette Soubirous | The Song of Bernadette |
1944 | Ingrid Bergman | Paula Alquist Anton | Gaslight |
1945 | Ingrid Bergman | Sister Mary Benedict | The Bells of St. Mary's |
1946 | Rosalind Russell | Sister Elizabeth Kenny | Sister Kenny |
1947 | Rosalind Russell | Lavinia Mannon | Mourning Becomes Electra |
1948 | Jane Wyman | Belinda MacDonald | Johnny Belinda |
1949 | Olivia de Havilland | Catherine Sloper | The Heiress |
Deborah Kerr | Evelyn Boult | Edward, My Son |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Actress | Character | Film |
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2020 | Viola Davis | Ma Rainey | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
Andra Day | Billie Holiday | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | |
Vanessa Kirby | Martha Weiss | Pieces of a Woman | |
Frances McDormand | Fern | Nomadland | |
Carey Mulligan | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas | Promising Young Woman |
Multiple nominees
Multiple awards
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See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
References
- "Trivia". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved November 2, 2017.