Satellite Awards / Film / Best Actress

The Satellite Award for Best Leading Actress honors the actresses who have shown outstanding achievements as main characters in a film . Before 2011, this award was for a leading actress in a drama and another for a leading actress in a film in the comedy / musical category. Two winners were honored in 2016 and 2017: the best leading actress in an independent film and that of a publication by a large film studio ("Major"). As of 2018, the original division into drama and comedy / musical was returned.

statistics
Most frequently honored leading actress	Cate Blanchett , Hilary Swank , Sally Hawkins and Meryl Streep (two wins each)
Most frequently nominated leading actress	Meryl Streep (nine nominations)
Most frequently nominated leading actress without a win	Laura Linney , Sigourney Weaver and Kate Winslet (four nominations each)

The main actresses from the previous year are always honored.

Nominations and winners

Best Actress - Drama (1996-2010)

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1996	Frances McDormand	Fargo	Brenda Blethyn for Lies and Secrets Kristin Scott Thomas for The English Patient Emily Watson for Breaking the Waves Robin Wright Penn for Moll Flanders
1997	Judi Dench	Your Majesty Mrs. Brown	Joan Allen for The Ice Storm Helena Bonham Carter for Wings of the Dove Julie Christie for Love Whispers Kate Winslet for Titanic
1998	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth	Helena Bonham Carter for From Flying and Other Dreams Fernanda Montenegro for Central Station Susan Sarandon for Side by Side Meryl Streep for Family Issues Emily Watson for Hilary & Jackie
1999	Hilary Swank	Boys don't cry	Annette Bening for American Beauty Elaine Cassidy for Felicia, my angel Nicole Kidman for Eyes Wide Shut Youki Kudoh for snow that falls on cedars Sigourney Weaver for innocent persecutes
2000	Ellen Burstyn	Requiem for a Dream	Björk for Dancer in the Dark Joan Allen for Character Assassination Gillian Anderson for Haus Bellomont Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich Laura Linney for You Can Count on Me
2001	Sissy Spacek	In the bedroom	Halle Berry for Monster's Ball Cate Blanchett for Die Liebe der Charlotte Gray Judi Dench for Iris Nicole Kidman for The Others Tilda Swinton for The Deep End - Trügerische Stille
2002	Diane Lane	Unfaithful	Salma Hayek for Frida Nicole Kidman for The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity Julianne Moore for Dem Himmel so Fern Meryl Streep for The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity Sigourney Weaver for The Guys
2003	Charlize Theron	monster	Jennifer Connelly for House of Sand and Fog Toni Collette for Japanese Story Samantha Morton for In America Nikki Reed for Thirteen Naomi Watts for 21 grams Evan Rachel Wood for Thirteen
2004	Hilary Swank	Million dollar baby	Laura Linney for PS - Love at the Beginning Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria Full of Grace Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake Uma Thurman for Kill Bill - Volume 2 Sigourney Weaver for Imaginary Heroes
2005	Felicity Huffman	Transamerica	Charlize Theron for Kaltes Land Julianne Moore for The Prize Winner Of Defiance, Ohio Robin Wright Penn for Nine Lives Zhang Ziyi for The Geisha Toni Collette for In My Sister's Shoes
2006	Helen Mirren	The Queen	Penélope Cruz for Volver - Returning Judi Dench for Diary of a Scandal Maggie Gyllenhaal for SherryBaby Gretchen Mol for The Notorious Bettie Page Kate Winslet for Little Children
2007	Marion Cotillard	La vie en rose	Julie Christie for At Her Side Angelina Jolie for A Courageous Path Tilda Swinton for Stephanie Daley Keira Knightley for Atonement Laura Linney for The Savage Siblings
2008	Angelina Jolie	The foreign son	Anne Hathaway for Rachel's Wedding Melissa Leo for Frozen River Meryl Streep for Faith Kristin Scott Thomas for So Many Years I Love You Kate Winslet for The Reader
2009	Shohreh Aghdashloo	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Carey Mulligan for An Education Abbie Cornish for Bright Star Catalina Saavedra for La Nana - The Pearl Penélope Cruz for Broken Hugs Emily Blunt for Victoria, the young queen
2010	Noomi Rapace	Delusion	Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole Helen Mirren for The Tempest - Der Sturm Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine Naomi Watts for Fair Game - Nothing is more dangerous than the truth Tilda Swinton for I Am Love Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Best Actress - Comedy / Musical (1996-2010)

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1996	Gwyneth Paltrow	Emma	Glenn Close for 101 Dalmatians Shirley MacLaine for Mrs. Winterbourne Heather Matarazzo for Welcome to Mad House Bette Midler for The Devils Club
1997	Helen Hunt	It couldn't be better	Pam Grier for Jackie Brown Lisa Kudrow for Romy and Michele Parker Posey for Who's Afraid of Jackie-O.? Julia Roberts for My Best Friend's Wedding
1998	Christina Ricci	The Opposite of Sex - The opposite of sex	Jane Horrocks for Little Voice Holly Hunter for Kissed Awake Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love Meg Ryan for em @ il for you
1999	Janet McTeer	Tumbleweeds	Julianne Moore for A Perfect Husband Frances O'Connor for Mansfield Park Julia Roberts for Notting Hill Cecilia Roth for All About My Mother Reese Witherspoon for Election
2000	Renée Zellweger	Nurse Betty	Brenda Blethyn for Saving Grace Sandra Bullock for Miss Congeniality Glenn Close for 102 Dalmatians Cameron Diaz for three Charlie's Angels Jenna Elfman for the Faith
2001	Nicole Kidman	Moulin Rouge	Thora Birch for Ghost World Audrey Tautou for The fabulous world of Amélie Sigourney Weaver for Heartbreakers - Warning: Sharp curves! Reese Witherspoon for Naturally Blond Renée Zellweger for Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast
2002	Jennifer Westfeldt	Kissing Jessica	Jennifer Aniston for The Good Girl Maggie Gyllenhaal for Secretary Catherine Keener for Lovely & Amazing Nia Vardalos for My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Wedding in Greek Renée Zellweger for Chicago
2003	Diane Keaton	What your heart desires	Jamie Lee Curtis for Freaky Friday Hope Davis for American Splendor Katie Holmes for Pieces of April A Day with April Burns Diane Lane for Under the Tuscan Sun Helen Mirren for Calendar Girls
2004	Annette Bening	Being Julia	Jena Malone for Saved! - High School Missionaries Natalie Portman for Garden State Emmy Rossum for The Phantom of the Opera Kerry Washington for Ray Kate Winslet for Forget Mine Not!
2005	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the line	Judi Dench for Lady Henderson presents Joan Allen for On Your Shoulder Claire Danes for Shopgirl Joan Plowright for Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Keira Knightley for Pride and Prejudice
2006	Meryl Streep	The devil Wears Prada	Annette Bening for Krass Toni Collette for Little Miss Sunshine Beyoncé Knowles for Dreamgirls Julie Walters for Driving Lessons - Full Throttle Into Life Jodie Whittaker for Venus
2007	Ellen Page	Juno	Katherine Heigl for The First Time Amy Adams for Cursed Emily Mortimer for Lars and the women Nicole Kidman for Margot and the wedding Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There
2008	Sally Hawkins	Happy-Go-Lucky	Kat Dennings for Nick and Norah - soundtrack of a night Catherine Deneuve for A Christmas Tale Lisa Kudrow for Kabluey Debra Messing for Nothing Like the Holidays Meryl Streep for Mamma Mia!
2009	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia	Zooey Deschanel for (500) Days of Summer Marion Cotillard for Nine Sandra Bullock for Self is the Bride Katherine Heigl for The Naked Truth
2010	Anne Hathaway	Love and other drugs - side effects included	Catherine Keener for Please Give Sally Hawkins for We Want Sex Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right Mary-Louise Parker for RED - Older, Harder, Better Marisa Tomei for Cyrus

Best Actress (2011-2017)

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
2011	Viola Davis	The Help	Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur - Eine Liebesgeschichte Vera Farmiga for Higher Ground Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene Meryl Streep for Die Eiserne Lady Charlize Theron for Young Adult Emily Watson for Oranges and Sunshine Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn Michelle Yeoh for The Lady
2012	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver linings	Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty Laura Linney for Hyde Park on Hudson Keira Knightley for Anna Karenina Émilie Dequenne for Our Children Laura Birn for Purgatory Emmanuelle Riva for love
2013	Cate Blanchett	Blue jasmine	Amy Adams for American Hustle Sandra Bullock for Gravity Judi Dench for Philomena Adèle Exarchopoulos for Blue is a warm color Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Enough Said Meryl Streep for Im August in Osage County Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks
2014	Julianne Moore	Still Alice - My life without yesterday	Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night Anne Dorval for Mommy Felicity Jones for The Discovery of Infinity Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Dido Elizabeth Belle Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl - The Perfect Sacrifice Reese Witherspoon for The Big Trip - Wild
2015	Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn - A love between two worlds	Cate Blanchett for Carol Blythe Danner for I'll See You in My Dreams Brie Larson for space Carey Mulligan for Suffragette - actions not words Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years
2016	Ruth Negga (Major) Isabelle Huppert (Independent)	Loving Elle	Amy Adams for Nocturnal Animals Annette Bening for women of the century Taraji P. Henson for Hidden Figures - Unrecognized heroines Natalie Portman for Jackie: The First Lady Emma Stone for La La Land Meryl Streep for Florence Foster Jenkins
2017	Sally Hawkins (Major) Diane Kruger (Independent)	Shape of Water - The whisper of water from nowhere	Amy Adams for Molly's Game - Everything on one card Judi Dench for Victoria & Abdul Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie for I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan for Lady Bird Emma Stone for Battle of the Sexes - Against all rules

Best Actress - Drama (from 2018)

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
2018	Glenn Close	The Nobel Laureate's Wife	Yalitza Aparicio for Roma Viola Davis for Widows - Fatal Widows Nicole Kidman for Destroyer Melissa McCarthy for Can You Ever Forgive Me? Rosamund Pike for A Private War
2019	Scarlett Johansson	Marriage story	Cynthia Erivo for Harriet Helen Mirren for The Good Liar - The old bad Charlize Theron for Bombshell - The end of silence Alfre Woodard for Clemency Renée Zellweger for Judy

Best Actress - Comedy / Musical (from 2018)

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
2018	Olivia Colman	The Favorite - intrigue and madness	Emily Blunt for Mary Poppins' Return Trine Dyrholm for Nico, 1988 Elsie Fisher for Eighth Grade Lady Gaga for A Star Is Born Constance Wu for Crazy Rich
2019	Awkwafina	The Farewell	Ana de Armas for Knives Out - Murder is a family matter Julianne Moore for Gloria - Life doesn't wait Constance Wu for Hustlers

Individual evidence

1. ^ The International Press Academy Announces Winners For The 21st Annual Satellite ™ Awards. In: www.pressacademy.com. December 19, 2016, accessed January 31, 2017 .