The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the Houston Film Critics Society.
Winners † = Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress ‡ = Nominated of the Academy Award for Best Actress
2000s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole2007Julie Christie ‡Away from Her Fiona AndersonAmy Adams Enchanted GiselleMarion Cotillard † La Vie en rose Édith PiafAngelina Jolie A Mighty Heart Mariane PearlLaura Linney ‡The Savages Wendy SavageElliot Page ‡Juno Juno MacGuff2008Anne Hathaway ‡Rachel Getting Married Kym BuchmanCate Blanchett The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Daisy FullerAngelina Jolie ‡ Changeling Christine CollinsMelissa Leo ‡ Frozen River Ray EddyMeryl Streep ‡ Doubt Sister Aloysius BeauvierKate Winslet Revolutionary Road April Wheeler2009Carey Mulligan ‡An Education Jenny MellorSandra Bullock † The Blind Side Leigh Anne TuohyAbbie Cornish Bright Star Fanny BrawneSaoirse Ronan The Lovely Bones Susie SalmonGabourey Sidibe ‡ Precious Claireece "Precious" JonesMeryl Streep ‡ Julie and Julia Julia Child
2010s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole2010Natalie Portman †Black Swan Nina SayersAnnette Bening ‡ The Kids Are All Right Dr. Nicole "Nic" AllgoodNicole Kidman ‡ Rabbit Hole Becca CorbettJennifer Lawrence ‡ Winter's Bone Ree DollyNoomi Rapace The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Lisbeth Salander2011Tilda SwintonWe Need to Talk About Kevin Eva KhatchadourianViola Davis ‡ The HelpAibileen ClarkElizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha / Marcy May / "Marlene Lewis"Meryl Streep † The Iron Lady Margaret ThatcherMichelle Williams ‡ My Week with Marilyn Marilyn Monroe2012Jennifer Lawrence †Silver Linings Playbook Tiffany MaxwellJessica Chastain ‡ Zero Dark Thirty MayaEmmanuelle Riva ‡ Amour Anne LaurentQuvenzhané Wallis ‡ Beasts of the Southern Wild HushpuppyNaomi Watts ‡ The Impossible Maria Bennett2013Sandra Bullock ‡Gravity Dr. Ryan StoneJudi Dench ‡ Philomena Philomena LeeBrie Larson Short Term 12 Grace HowardMeryl Streep ‡ August: Osage County Violet WestonEmma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks Pamela "P. L." Travers2014Julianne Moore †Still Alice Dr. Alice Daly-HowlandMarion Cotillard ‡ Two Days, One Night Sandra ByaEssie Davis The Babadook Amelia VanekFelicity Jones ‡ The Theory of Everything Jane HawkingReese Witherspoon ‡ Wild Cheryl Strayed2015Brie Larson †Room Joy "Ma" NewsomeCate Blanchett ‡ Carol Carol AirdEmily Blunt Sicario Kate MacerSaoirse Ronan ‡ Brooklyn Eilis LaceyCharlize Theron Mad Max: Fury Road Imperator Furiosa2016Natalie Portman ‡Jackie Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Amy Adams Arrival Dr. Louise Banks Rebecca Hall Christine Christine Chubbuck Isabelle Huppert ‡ Elle Michèle Leblanc Emma Stone † La La Land Mia Dolan2017Sally Hawkins ‡ The Shape of Water Elisa Esposito Frances McDormand † Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mildred Hayes Brooklynn Prince The Florida Project Moonee Margot Robbie ‡ I, Tonya Tonya Harding Saoirse Ronan ‡ Lady Bird Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson2018Toni Collette Hereditary Annie Graham Glenn Close ‡ The Wife Joan Castleman Olivia Colman † The Favourite Queen Anne Lady Gaga ‡ A Star Is Born Ally Maine Melissa McCarthy ‡ Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lee Israel2019Renée Zellweger † Judy Judy GarlandAwkwafina The Farewell Billi Wang Scarlett Johansson ‡ Marriage Story Nicole Barber Lupita Nyong'o Us Adelaide Wilson / Red Saoirse Ronan ‡ Little Women Jo March Charlize Theron ‡ Bombshell Megyn Kelly
2020s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole2020Carey Mulligan ‡Promising Young Woman Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas Viola Davis ‡ Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ma Rainey Sidney Flanigan Never Rarely Sometimes Always Autumn Vanessa Kirby ‡ Pieces of a Woman Martha Frances McDormand † Nomadland Fern2021 Jessica Chastain † The Eyes of Tammy Faye Tammy Faye Bakker Olivia Colman ‡ The Lost Daughter Leda Caruso Penelope Cruz ‡ Parallel Mothers Janis Martinez Alana Haim Licorice Pizza Alana Kane Emilia Jones CODA Ruby Rossi Kristen Stewart ‡ Spencer Diana, Princess of Wales2022 Cate Blanchett ‡ Tár Lydia Tár Viola Davis The Woman King General Nanisca Danielle Deadwyler Till Mamie Till Emma Thompson Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Nancy Stokes / Susan Robinson Michelle Yeoh † Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Wang2023 Emma Stone † Poor Things Bella Baxter Fantasia Barrino The Color Purple Celie Harris-Johnson Lily Gladstone ‡ Killers of the Flower Moon Mollie Kyle Greta Lee Past Lives Nora Moon Margot Robbie Barbie Barbie2024 Mikey Madison † Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Angelina Jolie Maria Maria Callas Cynthia Erivo ‡ Wicked Elphaba Thropp Demi Moore ‡ The Substance Elisabeth Sparkle Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hard Truths Pansey Deacon2025 Jessie Buckley † Hamnet Agnes Shakespeare Rose Byrne ‡ If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Linda Kate Hudson ‡ Song Sung Blue Claire Sardina Chase Infiniti One Battle After Another Willa Ferguson Renate Reinsve ‡ Sentimental Value Nora Borg Emma Stone ‡ Bugonia Michelle Fuller
References
External links Houston Film Critics Society official website