The Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress is an annual award presented by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films, a non-profit organization, founded in 1994, that recognizes achievements in independent and world cinema. The awards were first presented in 1995, and were named after founder Michael Colford and his boyfriend Trent's two cats, Chloe and Gertrudis.
Winners and nominees
1990s Year Actress Character Film 1995(1st) Judy Davis Katherine Witner / Caroline Chasseur The New Age / The Ref Linda Fiorentino Bridget Gregory / Wendy Kroy The Last Seduction Gong Li Jiazhen To Live Julianne Moore Yelena Vanya on 42nd Street Winona Ryder Jo March Little Women Kathleen Turner Beverley Sutphin Serial Mom 1996(2nd) Susan Sarandon Sister Helen Prejean Dead Man Walking Kathy Bates Dolores Claiborne Dolores Claiborne Nicole Kidman Suzanne Stone Moretto To Die For Julianne Moore Carol White Safe Elisabeth Shue Sera Leaving Las Vegas Emma Thompson Elinor Dashwood Sense and Sensibility 1997(3rd) Frances McDormand Marge Gunderson Fargo Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Purley Secrets & Lies Linda Henry Sandra Gangel Beautiful Thing Catherine Keener Amelia Walking & Talking Lili Taylor Valerie Solanas I Shot Andy Warhol Emily Watson Bess McNeill Breaking the Waves 1998(4th) Helena Bonham Carter Kate Croy / Margaret MacNeil The Wings of the Dove / Margaret's Museum Judy Davis Joan Fraser Children of the Revolution Minnie Driver Debi Newberry Grosse Pointe Blank Alison Folland Claude All Over Me Helen Hunt Carol Connelly As Good As It Gets Sarah Polley Nicole Burnell The Sweet Hereafter Emma Thompson Frances The Winter Guest 1999(5th) Cate Blanchett Elizabeth I Elizabeth Drew Barrymore Danielle / Julia Sullivan Ever After / The Wedding Singer Fernanda Montenegro Dora Central Station Christina Ricci DeeDee Pruitt / Layla The Opposite of Sex / Buffalo '66 Ally Sheedy Lucy Berliner High Art Emily Watson Jacqueline du Pré Hilary and Jackie
2000s Year Actress Character Film 2000(6th) Hilary Swank Brandon Teena Boys Don't Cry Annette Bening Carolyn Burnham American Beauty Elodie Bouchez Isa The Dreamlife of Angels Julianne Moore Sarah Miles / Mrs. Laura Cheveley The End of the Affair / An Ideal Husband Sandra Oh Sandra Last Night Rebecca Pidgeon Catherine Winslow The Winslow Boy Sarah Polley Ronna Martin / Harper Sloane Go / Guinevere Franka Potente Lola Run Lola Run Reese Witherspoon Tracy Flick Election 2001(7th) Karine Vanasse Hanna Set Me Free Bjork Selma Yeskova Dancer in the Dark Ellen Burstyn Sara Goldfarb Requiem for a Dream Ayesha Dharker Malli The Terrorist Laura Linney Samantha Prescott You Can Count on Me Michelle Rodriguez Diana Girlfight Cecilia Roth Manuela All About My Mother Michelle Yeoh Shu Lien Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2002(8th) Naomi Watts Betty/Diane Mulholland Drive Gillian Anderson Lily Bart The House of Mirth Maggie Cheung Mrs. Chan In the Mood for Love Lena Endre Marianne Faithless Franka Potente Sissi The Princess and the Warrior Charlotte Rampling Marie Drillon Under the Sand Sissy Spacek Ruth Fowler In the Bedroom Tilda Swinton Margaret Hall The Deep End 2003(9th) Isabelle Huppert Erika Kohut The Piano Teacher Jacqueline Bisset Frances The Sleepy Time Gal Emmanuelle Devos Carla Read My Lips Maggie Gyllenhaal Lee Holloway Secretary Lena Headey Kaisa Aberdeen Catherine Keener Michelle Marks Lovely & Amazing Julianne Moore Cathy Whitaker Far From Heaven Maribel Verdú Luisa Cortés Y tu mamá también 2004(10th) Sarah Polley Ann My Life Without Me Oksana Akinshina Lilja Lilja 4-Ever Keisha Castle-Hughes Paikea "Pai" Apirana Whale Rider Zooey Deschanel Noel All the Real Girls Scarlett Johansson Charlotte Lost in Translation Frances McDormand Jane Laurel Canyon Samantha Morton Morvern Callar Morvern Callar Charlotte Rampling Sarah Morton Swimming Pool 2005(11th) Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera Drake Sinitta Boonyasak Noi Last Life in the Universe Toni Colette Sandy Edwards Japanese Story Fatoumata Coulibaly Collé Gallo Ardo Sy Moolaadé Catalina Sandino Moreno Maria Maria Full of Grace Anne Reid May The Mother Isabella Rossellini Lady Helen Port-Huntley The Saddest Music in the World 2006(12th) Marilou Berry Lolita Cassard Look at Me Emmanuelle Devos Nora Cotterelle Kings and Queen Kate Dollenmayer Marnie Funny Ha-Ha Ronit Elkabetz Ruthie Or (My Treasure) Natalie Press Mona My Summer of Love 2007(13th) Robin Wright Phoebe Sorry, Haters Maggie Cheung Emily Wang Clean Laura Dern Nikki Grace / Susan Blue Inland Empire Shareeka Epps Drey Half Nelson Sandra Hüller Michaela Klinger Requiem Elliot Page Hayley Stark Hard Candy 2008(14th) Kate Dickie Jackie Red Road Julie Christie Fiona Anderson Away from Her Mirjana Karanovic Esma Grbavica Elliot Page Juno McGuff Juno Sarah Polley Hanna The Secret Life of Words Parker Posey Fay Grim Fay Grim 2009(15th) Kristin Scott Thomas Juliette Fontaine I've Loved You So Long Anamaria Marinca Otilia 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days Sally Hawkins Poppy Happy-Go-Lucky Lina Leandersson Eli Let the Right One In Michelle Williams Wendy Wendy and Lucy
2010s Year Actress Character Film 2010(16th) Gabourey Sidibe Precious Precious, Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Abbie Cornish Fanny Brawne Bright Star Nisreen Faour Muna Farah Amreeka Charlotte Gainsbourg Her Antichrist Yolande Moreau Seraphine Séraphine Carey Mulligan Jenny Mellor An Education Catalina Saavedra Racquel The Maid 2011(17th) Kim Hye-ja Mother Mother Paprika Steen Thea Barfoed Applause Katie Jarvis Mia Williams Fish Tank Anne Dorval Chantale Lemming I Killed My Mother Jennifer Lawrence Ree Winter's Bone 2012(18th) Tracy Wright Vic Trigger Bérénice Bejo Peppy Miller The Artist Kirsten Dunst Justine Melancholia Adepero Oduye Alike Pariah Elizabeth Olson Martha Martha Marcy May Marlene Jeong-hie Yun Mija Poetry 2013(19th) Olivia Colman Hannah Tyrannosaur Marion Cotillard Stéphanie Rust and Bone Helen Hunt Cheryl The Sessions Aubrey Plaza Darius Safety Not Guaranteed Quvenzhané Wallis Hushpuppy Beasts of the Southern Wild 2014(20th) Brie Larson Grace Short Term 12 Greta Gerwig Frances Halliday Frances Ha Danai Gurira Adenike Balogun Mother of George Rachel Mwanza Komona War Witch Barbara Sukowa Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt Shailene Woodley Aimee The Spectacular Now 2015(21st) Anne Dorval Diane 'Die' Després Mommy Patricia Arquette Mom Boyhood Robin Wright Robin Wright The Congress Paulina Garcia Gloria Gloria Agata Trzebuchowska Anna Ida Tilda Swinton Eve Only Lovers Left Alive 2016(22nd) Karidja Touré Marieme / Vic Girlhood Charlotte Rampling Kate Mercer 45 Years Saoirse Ronan Ellis Brooklyn Bel Powley Minnie The Diary of a Teenage Girl Ronit Elkabetz Viviane Amsalem Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Rinko Kikuchi Kumiko Kumiko the Treasure Hunter Nina Hoss Nelly Lenz Phoenix 2017(23rd) Isabelle Huppert Michéle Elle Annette Bening Dorothea 20th Century Women Sonia Braga Clara Aquarius Imajyn Cardinal Fern The Saver Ruth Negga Mildred Loving Loving Zhao Tao Shen Tao Mountains May Depart 2018(24th) Sally Hawkins (TIE) Elisa Esposito The Shape of Water Holly Hunter (TIE) Darcy Baylor Strange Weather Aubrey Plaza Ingrid Thorburn Ingrid Goes West Brooklynn Prince Moonee The Florida Project Margot Robbie Tonya Harding I, Tonya 2019(25th) Regina Hall Lisa Support the Girls Eva Melander Tina Border Emma Thompson Fiona Maye The Children Act Joanna Kulig Zula Cold War Thomasin McKenzie Tom Leave No Trace Helena Howard Madeline Madeline's Madeline
2020s Year Actress Character Film 2020(26th) Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir Halla / Ása Woman at War Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir Lára And Breathe Normally Karen Allen Nora Colewell Elisabeth Moss Becky Her Smell Tessa Thompson Ollie Little Woods Jessie Buckley Rose-Lynn Wild Rose 2021(27th) Sidney Flanagan Autumn Never Rarely Sometimes Always Tsai Chin Grandma Lucky Grandma Adele Haenel Héloïse Portrait of a Lady on Fire Aubrey Plaza Allison Black Bear Eliza Scanlen Milla Babyteeth Evan Rachel Wood Old Dolio Kajillionaire 2022(28th) Olivia Colman Leda The Lost Daughter Paula Beer Undine Wisbeau Undine Jasna Đuričić Aida Quo Vadis, Aida? Alana Haim Alana Licorice Pizza Kiawentiio Beans Beans Magdalena Kolesnik Sylwia Zajac Sweat 2023(29th) Dale Dickey Faye A Love Song Alyssa Chia Lo Pi-wen The Falls Adèle Exarchopoulos Cassandre Wassels Zero Fucks Given Amber Midthunder Albee The Wheel Andrea Riseborough Leslie To Leslie Claire Rushbrook Ava Ali & Ava 2024(30th) Lily Gladstone Tana The Unknown Country Greta Lee Nora Past Lives Alma Pöysti Ansa Grönholm Fallen Leaves Catalina Saavedra Señora Vero Rotting in the Sun Joanna Scanlan Mary After Love Kristine Kujath Thorp Signe Sick of Myself
Multiple awards and nominations Actors who have been nominated multiple times Awards Nominations Recipient 2 2 Isabelle Huppert Olivia Colman1 4 Sarah Polley2 Anne Dorval Frances McDormand Judy Davis Robin Wright Sally Hawkins04 Julianne Moore3 Aubrey Plaza Charlotte Rampling Emma Thompson 2 Annette Bening Catherine Keener Elliot Page Emily Watson Emmanuelle Devos Franka Potente Helen Hunt Maggie Cheung Ronit Elkabetz Tilda Swinton
References
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