The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress was an award given annually by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It was introduced in 1975 to reward the best performance by a leading actress. In 2022, it was announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two gender neutral categories, with both Best Actor and Best Actress merging into the Best Lead Performance category.
Winners
1970s YearWinnerFilmRole 1975 Florinda Bolkan A Brief Vacation Clara Mataro 1976 Liv Ullmann Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) Dr. Jenny Isaksson 1977 Shelley Duvall 3 Women Mildred Lammoreaux 1978 Jane Fonda California Suite Hannah WarrenComes a Horseman Ella ConnorsComing Home Sally Hyde 1979 Sally Field Norma Rae Norma Rae Webster
1980s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 1980 Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Webb/Lynn 1981 Meryl Streep The French Lieutenant's Woman Sarah Woodruff / Anna 1982 Sophie's Choice Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski 1983 Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment Aurora Greenway 1984 Kathleen Turner Crimes of Passion Joanna Crane / China BlueRomancing the Stone Joan Wilder 1985 Meryl Streep Out of Africa Karen Blixen 1986 Sandrine Bonnaire Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) Mona Bergeron 1987 Holly Hunter Broadcast News Jane Craig Sally Kirkland Anna Anna 1988 Christine Lahti Running on Empty Annie Pope / Cynthia Manfield 1989 Andie MacDowell Sex, Lies, and Videotape Ann Bishop MullanyMichelle Pfeiffer The Fabulous Baker Boys Susie Diamond
1990s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 1990 Anjelica Huston The Grifters Lilly Dillon The Witches Miss Eva Ernst / The Grand High Witch 1991 Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King Anne Napolitano 1992 Emma Thompson Howards End Margaret Schlegel 1993 Holly Hunter The Piano Ada McGrath 1994 Jessica Lange Blue Sky Carly Marshall 1995 Elisabeth Shue Leaving Las Vegas Sera 1996 Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies Cynthia Rose Purley 1997 Helena Bonham Carter The Wings of the Dove Kate Croy 1998 Fernanda Montenegro Central Station (Central do Brasil) Isadora "Dora" Teixeira Ally Sheedy High Art Lucy Berliner 1999 Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry Brandon Teena
2000s YearWinnerFilmRole 2000 Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich 2001 Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom Ruth Fowler 2002 Julianne Moore Far from Heaven Cathy Whitaker The Hours Laura McGrath Brown 2003 Naomi Watts 21 Grams Cristina Peck 2004 Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera Drake 2005 Vera Farmiga Down to the Bone Irene Morrison 2006 Helen Mirren The Queen Queen Elizabeth II 2007 Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose (La môme) Édith Piaf 2008 Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky Pauline "Poppy" Cross 2009 Yolande Moreau Séraphine Séraphine Louis
2010s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 2010 Kim Hye-ja Mother Mother 2011 Yoon Jeong-hee Poetry Yang Mi-ja 2012 Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook Tiffany Maxwell Emmanuelle Riva Amour Anne Laurent 2013 Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Colour Adèle 2014 Patricia Arquette Boyhood Olivia Evans 2015 Charlotte Rampling 45 Years Kate Mercer 2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Michèle Leblanc Things to Come Nathalie Chazeaux 2017 Sally Hawkins The Shape of Water Elisa Esposito 2018 Olivia Colman The Favourite Queen AnneLos Angeles Film Critics Association 2018 Winners|IndieWire 2019 Mary Kay Place Diane DianeLos Angeles Film Critics Awards 2019 Winners — Full List — Deadline
2020s YearWinner(s)FilmRole 2020 Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman Cassandra Thomas'Small Axe' Wins LAFCA Best Picture Despite Not Submitted for Oscars - Variety 2021 Penélope Cruz Parallel Mothers Janis MartinezLos Angeles Film Critics 2021 Winners List - Variety
Multiple winners 3 wins Meryl Streep (1981, 1982, 1985)
2 wins Sally Hawkins (2008, 2017) Holly Hunter (1987, 1993) Sissy Spacek (1980, 2001)
See also National Board of Review Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
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