Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best lead actress of the year.

Reese Witherspoon and Naomi Watts have each won this award twice.

Winners

1990s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1997	Judi Dench	Mrs. Brown	Queen Victoria
	Helena Bonham Carter	The Wings of the Dove	Kate Croy
	Kate Winslet	Titanic	Rose DeWitt Bukater
1998	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth	Queen Elizabeth I
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Shakespeare in Love	Viola de Lesseps
	Emily Watson	Hilary and Jackie	Jacqueline du Pré
1999	Reese Witherspoon	Election	Tracy Flick
	Annette Bening	American Beauty	Carolyn Burnham
	Heather Donahue	The Blair Witch Project	Heather Donahue
	Janet McTeer	Tumbleweeds	Mary Jo Walker
	Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry	Brandon Teena

2000s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2000	Ellen Burstyn	Requiem for a Dream	Sara Goldfarb
	Joan Allen	The Contender	Sen. Laine Billings Hanson
	Björk	Dancer in the Dark	Selma Ježková
	Laura Linney	You Can Count on Me	Samantha 'Sammy' Prescott
	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich
2001	Naomi Watts	Mulholland Drive	Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn
	Thora Birch	Ghost World	Enid
	Nicole Kidman	The Others	Grace Stewart
	Sissy Spacek	In the Bedroom	Ruth Fowler
	Tilda Swinton	The Deep End	Margaret Hall
2002	Julianne Moore	Far from Heaven	Cathy Whitaker
	Jennifer Aniston	The Good Girl	Justine Last
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Secretary	Lee Holloway
	Isabelle Huppert	The Piano Teacher	Erika Kohut
	Diane Lane	Unfaithful	Connie Sumner
2003	Naomi Watts	21 Grams	Cristina Peck
	Angela Bettis	May	May Dove Canady
	Scarlett Johansson	Lost in Translation	Charlotte
	Charlize Theron	Monster	Aileen Wuornos
	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	The Bride/Black Mamba
2004	Kate Winslet	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Clementine Kruczynski
	Julie Delpy	Before Sunset	Celine
	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake
	Hilary Swank	Million Dollar Baby	Maggie Fitzgerald
	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill: Vol. 2	Beatrix Kiddo/The Bride/Black Mamba
2005	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line	June Carter
	Joan Allen	The Upside of Anger	Terry Wolfmeyer
	Felicity Huffman	Transamerica	Bree Osbourne
	Keira Knightley	Pride & Prejudice	Elizabeth Bennet
	Naomi Watts	King Kong	Ann Darrow
2006	Helen Mirren	The Queen	Queen Elizabeth II
	Penélope Cruz	Volver	Raimunda
	Judi Dench	Notes on a Scandal	Barbara Covett
	Meryl Streep	The Devil Wears Prada	Miranda Priestly
	Kate Winslet	Little Children	Sarah Pierce
2007	Julie Christie	Away from Her	Fiona Anderson
	Marion Cotillard	La Vie en rose	Édith Piaf
	Angelina Jolie	A Mighty Heart	Mariane Pearl
	Laura Linney	The Savages	Wendy Savage
	Ellen Page	Juno	Juno MacGuff
2008	Michelle Williams	Wendy and Lucy	Wendy Carroll
	Anne Hathaway	Rachel Getting Married	Kym
	Sally Hawkins	Happy-Go-Lucky	Poppy Cross
	Meryl Streep	Doubt	Sister Aloysius Beauvier
	Kate Winslet	Revolutionary Road	April Wheeler
2009	Mélanie Laurent	Inglourious Basterds	Shoshanna Dreyfus
	Carey Mulligan	An Education	Jenny Millar
	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious	Claireece "Precious" Jones
	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia	Julia Child
	Tilda Swinton	Julia	Julia

2010s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2010	Natalie Portman	Black Swan	Nina Sayers
	Annette Bening	The Kids Are All Right	Nic
	Nicole Kidman	Rabbit Hole	Becca Corbett
	Kim Hye-ja	Mother	Mother
	Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone	Ree Dolly