San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress is an award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society to honor the finest female acting achievements in film-making.

San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
The 2019 recipient: Lupita Nyong'o
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country	United States
Presented by	San Diego Film Critics Society
First awarded	1996
Currently held by	Lupita Nyong'o Us (2019)
Website	sdfcs.org

Winners

1990s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1996	Frances McDormand	Fargo	Marge Gunderson
1997	Pam Grier	Jackie Brown	Jackie Brown
	Bai Ling	Red Corner	Shen Yuelin
1998	Susan Sarandon	Stepmom	Jackie Harrison
1999	Annette Bening	American Beauty	Carolyn Burnham

2000s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2000	Laura Linney	You Can Count On Me	Sammy Prescott
	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich
2001	Thora Birch	Ghost World	Enid
2002	Julianne Moore	Far from Heaven	Cathy Whitaker
2003	Naomi Watts	21 Grams	Cristina Peck
2004	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake
2005	Joan Allen	The Upside of Anger	Terry Wolfmeyer
2006	Helen Mirren	The Queen	Queen Elizabeth II
2007	Julie Christie	Away from Her	Fiona Anderson
2008	Kate Winslet	The Reader	Hanna Schmitz
2009	Michelle Monaghan	Trucker	Diane Ford

2010s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2010	Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone	Ree Dolly
2011	Brit Marling	Another Earth	Rhoda Williams
2012	Michelle Williams	Take This Waltz	Margot
2013	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
2014	Marion Cotillard	Two Days, One Night	Sandra Bya
2015	Brie Larson	Room	Joy "Ma" Newsome
2016	Sônia Braga	Aquarius	Dona Clara Bragança
2017	Sally Hawkins	Maudie	Maud Lewis
2018	Glenn Close	The Wife	Joan Castleman
2019	Lupita Nyong'o	Us	Adelaide Wilson / Red

References

• San Diego Film Critics Society - Awards