The following is a list of Fangoria Chainsaw Award winners for Best Actress. The award was awarded annually to an actress for her work in a horror or thriller film. It was last awarded in 2020; the following year, leading and supporting performances were each placed into a single category, regardless of gender.
Winners and nominees
1990s Year Nominees Film Result Ref1992Jodie FosterThe Silence of the Lambs1993Virginia MadsenCandyman1994Melinda ClarkeReturn of the Living Dead 31995Heather LangenkampWes Craven's New Nightmare1996Jada PinkettDemon Knight1997Neve CampbellScreamTrini AlvaradoThe FrightenersFairuza BalkThe CraftLynsey BaxterThe Cold Light of Day1998Sigourney WeaverAlien: Resurrection1999Jamie Lee CurtisHalloween H20: 20 Years Later
2000s Year Nominees Film Result Ref2000Heather DonahueThe Blair Witch Project2001Ellen BurstynRequiem for a Dream2002Nicole KidmanThe OthersEmily PerkinsGinger Snaps2003Naomi WattsThe RingAaliyahQueen of the DamnedLaura LinneyThe Mothman PropheciesPatricia ClarksonWendigoVictoria SanchezWolf Girl2004Angela BettisMayJessica BielThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreAngelica LeeThe EyeRoselyn SanchezNightstalkerRadha MitchellVisitors2005Emily PerkinsGinger Snaps 2: UnleashedSarah PolleyDawn of the DeadJennifer TillySeed of ChuckyBryce Dallas HowardThe VillageBlanchard RyanOpen Water2006Cécile De FranceHigh TensionAngela BettisToolbox MurdersJennifer ConnellyDark WaterDakota FanningHide and SeekKari WuhrerHellraiser: Deader2007No award2008No award2009Lina LeanderssonLet the Right One InNaomi WattsFunny GamesEliza DushkuThe Alphabet KillerJess WeixlerTeethAlysson ParadisInside
2010s Year Nominees Film Result Ref2010Morjana AlaouiMartyrsVirginia MadsenThe Haunting in ConnecticutJordan LaddGraceManuela VelascoRECEmmanuelle BéartVinyan2011Natalie PortmanBlack SwanChloë Grace MoretzLet Me InCharlotte GainsbourgAntichristSarah PolleySpliceMelissa GeorgeTriangle2012Rose ByrneInsidiousPollyanna McIntoshThe WomanAmanda FullerRed White & BlueTabrett BethellThe ClinicJosie HoDream Home2013Elizabeth OlsenSilent HouseAnnaLynne McCordExcisionJessica BielThe Tall ManGretchen LodgeLovely MollyRobin McLeavyThe Loved Ones2014Katharine IsabelleAmerican MarySharni VinsonYou're NextMia WasikowskaStokerSaoirse RonanByzantiumJuno TempleMagic Magic2015Essie DavisThe BabadookScarlett JohanssonUnder the SkinTilda SwintonOnly Lovers Left AliveAlexandra EssoeStarry EyesMarta MilansDevoured2016Maika MonroeIt FollowsBarbara CramptonWe Are Still HereAbigail BreslinMaggieSusanne WuestGoodnight MommyRyan SimpkinsAnguish2017Anya Taylor-JoyThe WitchKate SiegelHushKika MagalhaesThe Eyes of My MotherNatasha LyonneAntibirthSamantha RobinsonThe Love Witch2019Toni ColletteHereditaryNadia AlexanderThe DarkEmily BluntA Quiet PlaceJamie Lee CurtisHalloweenVioletta SchurawlowCold Hell
2020s Year Nominees Film Result Ref 2020Lupita Nyong'oUs Kiersey ClemonsSweetheartCaitlin GerardThe WindFlorence PughMidsommarSamara WeavingReady or Not
References