The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie is a category presented by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. It was awarded from 2012 to 2016 and later revived in 2020 as part of the inaugural Critics' Choice Super Awards.

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Multiple nominees +NominationsRecipient4Jennifer Lawrence3Emily Blunt2Scarlett Johansson, Joey King, Sandra Bullock, Rebecca Ferguson

List of winners and nominees 2010s Year Actress Character Film DistributorRef. 2012 Jennifer Lawrence Katniss Everdeen The Hunger Games Lionsgate Emily Blunt Sara Looper TriStar Pictures Gina Carano Mallory Kane Haywire Relativity Media Judi Dench M Skyfall Sony Pictures Releasing Anne Hathaway Selina Kyle / Catwoman The Dark Knight Rises Warner Bros. Pictures 2013 Sandra Bullock Dr. Ryan Stone Gravity || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Warner Bros. Pictures| rowspan="4" | |- | Jennifer Lawrence || Katniss Everdeen || The Hunger Games: Catching Fire || Lionsgate Films |- | Evangeline Lilly || Tauriel || The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug || Warner Bros. Pictures |- | Gwyneth Paltrow || Pepper Potts || Iron Man 3 || Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2014|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Emily Blunt || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Rita Vrataski || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Edge of Tomorrow Warner Bros. Pictures Scarlett Johansson Lucy Lucy Universal Pictures Jennifer Lawrence Katniss Everdeen The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Lionsgate Films Zoe Saldaña Gamora Guardians of the Galaxy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Shailene Woodley Beatrice "Tris" Prior Divergent Lionsgate 2015 Charlize Theron Imperator Furiosa Mad Max: Fury Road Warner Bros. Pictures Emily Blunt Kate Macer Sicario Lionsgate Rebecca Ferguson Ilsa Faust Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Paramount Pictures Bryce Dallas Howard Claire Dearing Jurassic World Universal Pictures Jennifer Lawrence Katniss Everdeen The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Lionsgate Films 2016 Margot Robbie Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn Suicide Squad Warner Bros. Gal Gadot Diana Prince / Wonder Woman Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Warner Bros. Scarlett Johansson Natasha Romanova / Black Widow Captain America: Civil War Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Tilda Swinton The Ancient One Doctor Strange

2020s Year Actress Character Film DistributorRef. 2020 Betty Gilpin Crystal Creasy The Hunt Universal Pictures Yifei Liu Mulan Mulan Disney+ Blake Lively Stephanie Patrick The Rhythm Section Paramount Pictures Iliza Shlesinger Cissy Davis Spenser Confidential Netflix Hilary Swank Athena Stone The Hunt Universal Pictures 2021 Jodie Comer Marguerite de Carrouges The Last Duel 20th Century StudiosAna de ArmasPalomaNo Time to DieMGMKaren GillanSamGunpowder MilkshakeNetflixRegina KingTrudy SmithThe Harder They Fall Lashana LynchNomiNo Time to DieMGMMaggie QAnna DuttonThe ProtégéLionsgate 2022 Viola Davis General Nanisca The Woman King TriStar PicturesSandra BullockLoretta SageThe Lost City Paramount PicturesJennifer ConnellyPenelope "Penny" BenjaminTop Gun: Maverick Joey KingThe PrinceBullet TrainSony PicturesThe PrincessThe Princess20th Century Studios 2023 Rebecca Ferguson Ilsa Faust Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Paramount PicturesHayley AtwellGraceMission: Impossible – Dead ReckoningParamount PicturesPriya KansaraRia KhanPolite SocietyUniversal PicturesPom KlementieffParisMission: Impossible – Dead ReckoningParamount PicturesRina SawayamaShimazu AkiraJohn Wick: Chapter 4Lionsgate

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