2023 Ali Wong – Beef – Awantura
2022 Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout – Zepsuta krew
2021 Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown – Mare z Easttown
2020 Regina King – Watchmen – Watchmen
2019 Michelle Williams – Fosse/Verdon – Fosse/Verdon
2018 Regina King – Seven Seconds
2017 Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies – Wielkie kłamstewka
2016 Sarah Paulson – American Crime Story – American Crime Story: Sprawa O.J. Simpsona
2015 Frances McDormand – Olive Kitteridge – Olive Kitteridge
2014 Jessica Lange – American Horror Story – American Horror Story
2013 Laura Linney – The Big C – Słowo na R
2012 Julianne Moore – Game Change – Zmiana w grze
2011 Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce – Mildred Pierce
2010 Claire Danes – Temple Grandin – Temple Grandin
2009 Jessica Lange – Grey Gardens – Szare ogrody
2008 Laura Linney – John Adams – John Adams
2007 Helen Mirren – Prime Suspect: The Final Act – Główny podejrzany: Końcowy akt
2006 Helen Mirren – Elizabeth I – Elżbieta I
2005 S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues – Lackawanna Blues
2004 Meryl Streep – Angels in America – Anioły w Ameryce
2003 Maggie Smith – My House in Umbria – Mój dom w Umbrii
2002 Laura Linney – Wild Iris – Szaleństwa Iris
2001 Judy Davis – Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows – Judy Garland: W blasku i cieniu
2000 Halle Berry – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge – Kariera Dorothy Dandridge
1999 Helen Mirren – The Passion of Ayn Rand – Życie i pasje Ayn Rand
1998 Ellen Barkin – Before Women Had Wings – Zanim kobietom wyrosły skrzydła
1997 Alfre Woodard – Miss Evers' Boys – Chłopcy panny Evers
1996 Helen Mirren – Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness
1995 Glenn Close – Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story – Sekret Margarethe Cammermeyer
1994 Kirstie Alley – David's Mother – Mój syn, moje życie
1993 Holly Hunter – The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom – Prawdziwe przygody mamy-morderczyni
1992 Gena Rowlands – Face of a Stranger – Twarz z tłumu
1991 Lynn Whitfield – The Josephine Baker Story – Historia Josephine Baker
1990 Barbara Hershey – A Killing in a Small Town – W imię miłości
1989 Holly Hunter – Roe vs. Wade – Bez wyroku
1988 Jessica Tandy – Foxfire – Spróchniałe drzewa
1987 Gena Rowlands – The Betty Ford Story – Historia Betty Ford
1986 Marlo Thomas – Nobody's Child
1985 Joanne Woodward – Do You Remember Love – Czy pamiętasz miłość?
1984 Jane Fonda – The Dollmaker – Lalczarka
1983 Barbara Stanwyck – The Thorn Birds – Ptaki ciernistych krzewów
1982 Ingrid Bergman – A Woman Called Golda
1981 Vanessa Redgrave – Playing for Time
1980 Patty Duke – The Miracle Worker
1979 Bette Davis – Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1978 Joanne Woodward – See How She Runs Meryl Streep – Holocaust – Holocaust
1977 Sally Field – Sybil – Sybil Patty Duke – Captains and the Kings
1976 Susan Clark – Babe Rosemary Harris – Notorious Woman
1975 Katharine Hepburn – Love Among the Ruins
1974 Cicely Tyson – The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman – Autobiografia panny Jane Pittman
1973 Cloris Leachman – A Brand New Life
1972 Glenda Jackson – Elizabeth R – Królowa Elżbieta
1971 Lee Grant – The Neon Ceiling
1970 Patty Duke – My Sweet Charlie
1969 Geraldine Page – The Thanksgiving Visitor
1968 Maureen Stapleton – Among the Paths to Eden
1962 Julie Harris – Victoria Regina
1961 Judith Anderson – Macbeth
1960 Ingrid Bergman – The Turn of the Screw