| Year | Name | Movie | Age |
|---|
| 1970 |
Glenda Jackson |
Women in Love |
34 |
| 1971 |
Jane Fonda |
Klute |
34 |
| 1972 |
Liza Minnelli |
Cabaret |
26 |
| 1973 |
Glenda Jackson |
A Touch of Class |
37 |
| 1974 |
Ellen Burstyn |
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
42 |
| 1975 |
Louise Fletcher |
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest |
41 |
| 1976 |
Faye Dunaway |
Network |
35 |
| 1977 |
Diane Keaton |
Annie Hall |
31 |
| 1978 |
Jane Fonda |
Coming Home |
41 |
| 1979 |
Sally Field |
Norma Rae |
33 |
| 1980 |
Sissy Spacek |
Coal Miner's Daughter |
30 |
| 1981 |
Kathryn Hepburn |
On Golden Pond |
74 |
| 1982 |
Meryl Streep |
Sophie's Choice |
33 |
| 1983 |
Shirley MacLaine |
Terms of Endearment |
49 |
| 1984 |
Sally Field |
Places in the Heart |
38 |
| 1985 |
Geraldine Page |
A Trip to the Bountiful |
61 |
| 1986 |
Marlee Matlin |
Children of a Lesser God |
21 |
| 1987 |
Cher |
Moonstruck |
41 |
| 1988 |
Jodie Foster |
The Accused |
26 |
| 1989 |
Jessica Tandy |
Driving Miss Daisy |
80 |
| 1990 |
Kathy Bates |
Misery |
43 |
| 1991 |
Jodie Foster |
The Silence of the Lambs |
29 |
| 1992 |
Emma Thompson |
Howards End |
33 |
| 1993 |
Holly Hunter |
The Piano |
35 |
| 1994 |
Jessica Lange |
Blue Sky |
45 |
| 1995 |
Susan Sarandon |
Dead Man Walking |
49 |
| 1996 |
Frances McDormand |
Fargo |
39 |
| 1997 |
Helen Hunt |
As Good As It Gets |
34 |
| 1998 |
Gwyneth Paltrow |
Shakespeare in Love |
26 |
| 1999 |
Hilary Swank |
Boys Don't Cry |
25 |
| 2000 |
Julia Roberts |
Erin Brockovich |
33 |
| 2001 |
Halle Berry |
Monster's Ball |
35 |
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