The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

Winners and nominees 2000s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole 2000 Laura Linney You Can Count on Me Samantha "Sammy" PrescottEllen BurstynRequiem for a Dream Sara GoldfarbMichelle YeohCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yu Shu Lien 2001 Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom Ruth FowlerThora BirchGhost World EnidAudrey TautouAmélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) Amélie Poulain 2002 Julianne Moore Far from Heaven Cathy WhitakerMaggie GyllenhaalSecretary Lee HollowayNicole KidmanThe Hours Virginia WoolfDiane LaneUnfaithful Constance SumnerMeryl StreepThe Hours Clarissa Vaughan 2003 Charlize Theron Monster Aileen WuornosJennifer ConnellyHouse of Sand and Fog Kathy NicoloScarlett JohanssonLost in Translation Charlotte 2004 Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera DrakeLaura LinneyKinsey Clara McMillenHilary SwankMillion Dollar Baby Maggie Fitzgerald 2005 Felicity Huffman Transamerica Stanley Schupak / Bree OsbourneLaura LinneyThe Squid and the Whale Joan BerkmanCharlize TheronNorth Country Josey AimesNaomi WattsKing Kong Ann Darrow 2006 Helen Mirren The Queen Queen Elizabeth II Judi Dench Notes on a Scandal Barbara Covett Kate Winslet Little Children Sarah Pierce 2007 Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose (La môme)Édith Piaf Anamaria Marinca 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days Otilia Mihartescu Elliot Page Juno Juno MacGuff 2008 Kate WinsletThe Reader Hanna SchmitzRevolutionary Road April Wheeler Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky Pauline "Poppy" Cross Meryl Streep Doubt Sister Aloysius Beauvier 2009 Carey Mulligan An Education Jenny MillerGabourey SidibePrecious Claireece "Precious" JonesMeryl StreepJulie & Julia Julia Child

2010s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRole 2010 Jennifer Lawrence Winter's Bone Ree DollyAnnette Bening The Kids Are All Right Dr. Nicole "Nic" AllgoodNatalie Portman Black Swan Nina Sayers 2011 Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene MarthaMeryl Streep The Iron Lady Margaret ThatcherMichelle Williams My Week with Marilyn Marilyn Monroe 2012 Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty MayaMarion Cotillard Rust and Bone StéphanieJennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook Tiffany Maxwell 2013 Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine Jeanette "Jasmine" FrancisSandra Bullock Gravity Dr. Ryan StoneGreta Gerwig Frances Ha Frances Halladay2014 Tilda Swinton Only Lovers Left Alive EveMarion Cotillard The Immigrant Ewa CybulskaReese Witherspoon Wild Cheryl Strayed2015 Brie Larson Room Joy "Ma" NewsomeCate Blanchett Carol Carol AirdSaoirse Ronan Brooklyn Eilis Lacey2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Michèle LeblancAmy Adams Arrival Dr. Louise BanksNatalie Portman Jackie Jackie Kennedy2017 Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird Christine "Lady Bird" McPhersonSally Hawkins The Shape of Water Elisa EspositoFrances McDormand Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mildred Hayes2018 Olivia Colman The Favourite Anne, Queen of Great Britain Regina Hall Support the Girls Lisa Conroy Melissa McCarthy Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lee Israel2019 Scarlett Johansson Marriage Story Nicole BarberLupita Nyong'oUsAdelaide Wilson / RedSaoirse RonanLittle WomenJosephine "Jo" March

2020s YearWinner and nomineesFilmRoleRef 2020 Frances McDormand Nomadland Fern Viola Davis Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ma RaineyCarey MulliganPromising Young WomanCassandra "Cassie" Thomas2021 Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter Leda Caruso Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022. Jessica Chastain The Eyes of Tammy Faye Tammy Faye Bakker Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022. Renate Reinsve The Worst Person in the World Julie 2022 Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All At Once Evelyn Wang Cate Blanchett Tár Lydia Tár Janelle Monáe Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Helen and Andi Brand 2023 Sandra Hüller Anatomy of a Fall Sandra Voyter Annette Bening Nyad Diana Nyad Emma Stone Poor Things Bella Baxter / Victoria Blessington 2024 Mikey Madison Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore The Substance Elisabeth Sparkle Erik Anderson, "2024 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations". Awards Watch, January 21, 2025. Saoirse Ronan The Outrun Rona 2025 Jessie Buckley Hamnet Agnes Shakespeare Rose Byrne If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Linda Renate Reinsve Sentimental Value Nora Borg

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