Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film.

Winners and nominees

1990s

*"'1994: Jodie Foster - "Nell"
**Jessica Lange - "Blue Sky
**Susan Sarandon - "The Client
**Meryl Streep - "The River Wild
**Meg Ryan - "When a Man Loves a Woman
*"'1995: Susan Sarandon - "Dead Man Walking"
**Meryl Streep - "The Bridges of Madison County
**Elisabeth Shue - "Leaving Las Vegas
**Emma Thompson - "Sense and Sensibility
**Joan Allen - "Nixon
*"'1996: Frances McDormand - "Fargo"
**Kristin Scott Thomas - "The English Patient"
**Diane Keaton - "Marvin's Room"
**Brenda Blethyn - "Secrets & Lies"
**Gena Rowlands - "Unhook the Stars"
*"'1997: Helen Hunt - "As Good as It Gets"
**Judi Dench - "Mrs. Brown"
**Helena Bonham Carter - "The Wings of the Dove"
**Kate Winslet - "Titanic"
**Robin Wright Penn - "She's So Lovely"
**Pam Grier - "Jackie Brown"
*"'1998: Gwyneth Paltrow - "Shakespeare in Love"
**Cate Blanchett - "Elizabeth "
**Emily Watson - "Hilary and Jackie"
**Meryl Streep - "One True Thing"
**Jane Horrocks - "Little Voice"
*"'1999: Annette Bening - "American Beauty"
**Hilary Swank - "Boys Don't Cry"
**Julianne Moore - "The End of the Affair"
**Meryl Streep - "Music of the Heart"
**Janet McTeer - "Tumbleweeds"

2000s

*"'2000: Julia Roberts - "Erin Brockovich"
**Juliette Binoche - "Chocolat"
**Joan Allen - "The Contender"
**Ellen Burstyn - "Requiem for a Dream"
**Laura Linney - "You Can Count on Me"
*"'2001: Halle Berry - "Monster's Ball"
**Renée Zellweger - "Bridget Jones's Diary
**Sissy Spacek - "In the Bedroom"
**Judi Dench - "Iris"
**Jennifer Connelly - "A Beautiful Mind"
*"'2002: Renée Zellweger - "Chicago"
**Julianne Moore - "Far from Heaven"
**Nicole Kidman - "The Hours"
**Salma Hayek - "Frida"
**Diane Lane - "Unfaithful"
*"'2003: Charlize Theron - "Monster"
**Naomi Watts - "21 Grams"
**Diane Keaton - "Something's Gotta Give"
**Evan Rachel Wood - "Thirteen"
**Patricia Clarkson - "The Station Agent"
*2004 - Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
**Annette Bening - "Being Julia"
**Kate Winslet - "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
**Imelda Staunton - "Vera Drake"
**Catalina Sandino Moreno - "Maria, eres llena de gracia (Maria Full of Grace)"
*"'2005: Reese Witherspoon - "Walk the Line"
**Felicity Huffman - "Transamerica"
**Charlize Theron - "North Country"
**Judi Dench - "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
**Ziyi Zhang - "Memoirs of a Geisha"
*"'2006: Helen Mirren - "The Queen"
**Penélope Cruz - "Volver (To Return)"
**Meryl Streep - "The Devil Wears Prada"
**Kate Winslet - "Little Children"
**Judi Dench - "Notes on a Scandal"
*"'2007: Julie Christie - "Away From Her"
**Cate Blanchett - ""
**Marion Cotillard - "La Vie En Rose"
**Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
**Ellen Page - "Juno"