Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

The Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama is one of the annual awards given by the International Press Academy.

Winners and nominees

1990s

*"'1996: Frances McDormand - "Fargo"
**Brenda Blethyn - "Secrets & Lies"
**Robin Wright Penn - "Moll Flanders"
**Kristin Scott Thomas - "The English Patient"
**Emily Watson - "Breaking the Waves"
*"'1997: Judi Dench - "Mrs. Brown"
**Joan Allen - "The Ice Storm"
**Helena Bonham Carter - "The Wings of the Dove"
**Julie Christie - "Afterglow"
**Kate Winslet - "Titanic"
*"'1998: Cate Blanchett - "Elizabeth"
**Helena Bonham Carter - "The Theory of Flight"
**Fernanda Montenegro - "Central do Brasil (Central Station)"
**Susan Sarandon - "Stepmom"
**Meryl Streep - "One True Thing"
**Emily Watson - "Hilary and Jackie"
*"'1999: Hilary Swank - "Boys Don't Cry"
**Annette Bening - "American Beauty"
**Elaine Cassidy - "Felicia's Journey"
**Nicole Kidman - "Eyes Wide Shut"
**Youki Kudoh - "Snow Falling on Cedars"
**Sigourney Weaver - "A Map of the World"

2000s

*"'2000: Ellen Burstyn - "Requiem for a Dream"
**Joan Allen - "The Contender"
**Gillian Anderson - "The House of Mirth"
**Björk Guðmundsdóttir - "Dancer in the Dark"
**Laura Linney - "You Can Count on Me"
**Julia Roberts - "Erin Brockovich"
*"'2001: Sissy Spacek - "In the Bedroom"
**Cate Blanchett - "Charlotte Gray"
**Judi Dench - "Iris"
**Halle Berry - "Monster's Ball"
**Nicole Kidman - "The Others"
**Tilda Swinton - "The Deep End"
*"'2002: Diane Lane - "Unfaithful"
**Salma Hayek - "Frida"
**Nicole Kidman - "The Hours"
**Julianne Moore - "Far from Heaven"
**Sigourney Weaver - "The Guys"
**Meryl Streep - "The Hours"
*"'2003: Charlize Theron - "Monster"
**Toni Collette - "Japanese Story"
**Jennifer Connelly - "House of Sand and Fog"
**Samantha Morton - "In America"
**Naomi Watts - "21 Grams"
**Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed - "Thirteen"
*"'2004: Hilary Swank - "Million Dollar Baby"
**Laura Linney - "P.S."
**Catalina Sandino Moreno - "Maria llena eres de gracia (Maria Full of Grace)"
**Imelda Staunton - "Vera Drake"
**Uma Thurman - ""
**Sigourney Weaver - "Imaginary Heroes"
*"'2005: Felicity Huffman - "Transamerica"
**Toni Collette - "In Her Shoes"
**Julianne Moore - "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio"
**Charlize Theron - "North Country"
**Robin Wright Penn - "Nine Lives"
**Zhang Ziyi - "Memoirs of a Geisha"
*"'2006: Helen Mirren - "The Queen"
**Penélope Cruz - "To Return (Volver)"
**Judi Dench - "Notes on a Scandal"
**Maggie Gyllenhaal - "SherryBaby"
**Gretchen Mol - "The Notorious Bettie Page"
**Kate Winslet - "Little Children"
*"'2007: Marion Cotillard - "La môme (La Vie En Rose)"
**Julie Christie - "Away from Her"
**Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
**Keira Knightley - "Atonement"
**Laura Linney - "The Savages"
**Tilda Swinton - "Stephanie Daley"