Aktris Terbaik (Golden Globe) - Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama pertama kali diberikan oleh Hollywood Foreign Press Association sebagai kategori tersendiri sejak tahun 1951. Sebelumnya, hanya ada satu kategori, yaitu "Best Actress in a Motion Picture". Kini setelah pemisahan tersebut terdapat juga kategori Best Actress - Musical or Comedy.

Nama kategori ini sudah berubah berkali-kali sejak awal, dan mulai tahun 2005 resmi disebut: "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama".

Catatan:

• "†" menandakan pemenang Academy Award.
• "§" menandakan pemenang Golden Globe Awardy yang tidak mendapat nominasi di Academy Award.

Pemenang & Nominator

1940-an

Tahun	Aktris	Peran	Film
1943	Jennifer Jones †	Bernadette Soubirous	The Song of Bernadette
1944	Ingrid Bergman †	Paula Alquist Anton	Gaslight
1945	Ingrid Bergman	Sister Mary Benedict	The Bells of St. Mary's
1946	Rosalind Russell	Sister Elizabeth Kenny	Sister Kenny
1947	Rosalind Russell	Lavinia Mannon	Mourning Becomes Electra
1948	Jane Wyman †	Belinda MacDonald	Johnny Belinda
1949	Olivia de Havilland †	Catherine Sloper	The Heiress

1950-an

Tahun	Aktris	Peran	Film
1950	Gloria Swanson	Norma Desmond	Sunset Boulevard
	Bette Davis	Margo Channing	All About Eve
	Judy Holliday †	Billie Dawn	Born Yesterday
1951	Jane Wyman	LouLou Mason	The Blue Veil
	Vivien Leigh †	Blanche DuBois	A Streetcar Named Desire
	Shelley Winters	Alice Tripp	A Place in the Sun
1952	Shirley Booth †	Lola Delaney	Come Back, Little Sheba
	Joan Crawford	Myra Hudson	Sudden Fear
	Olivia de Havilland	Rachel Sangalletti Ashley	My Cousin Rachel
1953	Audrey Hepburn †	Princess Ann ("Anya Smith")	Roman Holiday
1954	Grace Kelly †	Georgie Elgin	The Country Girl
1955	Anna Magnani †	Serafina Delle Rose	The Rose Tattoo
1956	Ingrid Bergman †	Anna Koreff ("Anastasia")	Anastasia
	Carroll Baker	Baby Doll Meighan	Baby Doll
	Helen Hayes	Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna	Anastasia
	Audrey Hepburn	Natasha Rostova	War and Peace
	Katharine Hepburn	Lizzie Curry	The Rainmaker
1957	Joanne Woodward †	Eve White/Eve Black/Jane	The Three Faces of Eve
	Marlene Dietrich	Christine Vole/Helm	Witness for the Prosecution
	Deborah Kerr	Sister Angela	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
	Anna Magnani	Gioia	Wild is the Wind
	Eva Marie Saint	Celia Pope	A Hatful of Rain
1958	Susan Hayward †	Barbara Graham	I Want to Live!
	Ingrid Bergman	Gladys Aylward	The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
	Deborah Kerr	Sibyl Railton-Bell	Separate Tables
	Shirley MacLaine	Ginny Moorehead	Some Came Running
	Jean Simmons	Charlotte Bronn	Home Before Dark
1959	Elizabeth Taylor	Catherine Holly	Suddenly, Last Summer
	Audrey Hepburn	Sister Luke	The Nun's Story
	Katharine Hepburn	Violet Venable	Suddenly, Last Summer
	Lee Remick	Laura Manion	Anatomy of a Murder
	Simone Signoret †	Alice Aisgill	Room at the Top

1960-an

Tahun	Aktris	Peran	Film
1960	Greer Garson	Eleanor Roosevelt	Sunrise at Campobello
	Doris Day	Kit Preston	Midnight Lace
	Nancy Kwan	Suzie Wong	The World of Suzie Wong
	Jean Simmons	Sharon Falconer	Elmer Gantry
	Elizabeth Taylor †	Gloria Wandrous	Butterfield 8
1961	Geraldine Page	Alma Winemiller	Summer and Smoke
	Leslie Caron	Fanny	Fanny
	Shirley MacLaine	Martha Dobie	The Children's Hour
	Claudia McNeil	Lena Younger	A Raisin in the Sun
	Natalie Wood	Deanie Loomis	Splendor in the Grass
1962	Geraldine Page	Alexandra Del Lago	Sweet Bird of Youth
	Anne Bancroft †	Annie Sullivan	The Miracle Worker
	Bette Davis	Jane Hudson	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
	Katharine Hepburn	Mary Tyrone	Long Day's Journey Into Night
	Glynis Johns	Teresa Harnish	The Chapman Report
	Melina Mercouri	Phaedra	Phaedra
	Lee Remick	Kirsten Arnesen Clay	Days of Wine and Roses
	Susan Strasberg	Rosanna	Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
	Shelley Winters	Charlotte Haze-Humbert	Lolita
	Susannah York	Cecily Koertner	Freud
1963	Leslie Caron	Jane Fosset	The L-Shaped Room
	Polly Bergen	Lorna Medford	The Caretakers
	Geraldine Page	Carrie Berniers	Toys in the Attic
	Rachel Roberts	Margaret Hammond	This Sporting Life
	Romy Schneider	Annemarie von Hartman	The Cardinal
	Alida Valli	La Italiana	The Paper Man
	Marina Vlady	Regina	The Conjugal Bed
	Natalie Wood	Angie Rossini	Love with the Proper Stranger
1964	Anne Bancroft	Jo Armitage	The Pumpkin Eater
	Ava Gardner	Maxine Faulk	The Night of the Iguana
	Rita Hayworth	Lili Alfredo	Circus World
	Geraldine Page	Evie Jackson	Dear Heart
	Jean Seberg	Lilith Arthur	Lilith
1965	Samantha Eggar	Miranda Grey	The Collector
	Julie Christie †	Diana Scott	Darling
	Elizabeth Hartman	Selina D'Arcey	A Patch of Blue
	Simone Signoret	La Condesa	Ship of Fools
	Maggie Smith	Desdemona	Othello
1966	Anouk Aimée	Anne Gauthier	A Man and a Woman
	Ida Kaminska	Rozalie Lautmann	The Shop on Main Street
	Virginia McKenna	Joy	Born Free
	Elizabeth Taylor †	Martha	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
	Natalie Wood	Alva Starr	This Property Is Condemned
1967	Edith Evans	Maggie Ross	The Whisperers
	Faye Dunaway	Bonnie Parker	Bonnie and Clyde
	Audrey Hepburn	Susy Hendrix	Wait Until Dark
	Katharine Hepburn †	Christina Drayton	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
	Anne Heywood	Ellen March	The Fox
1968	Joanne Woodward	Rachel Cameron	Rachel, Rachel
	Mia Farrow	Rosemary Woodhouse	Rosemary's Baby
	Katharine Hepburn †	Eleanor of Aquitaine	The Lion in Winter
	Vanessa Redgrave	Isadora Duncan	Isadora
	Beryl Reid	June "George" Buckridge	The Killing of Sister George
1969	Geneviève Bujold	Anne Boleyn	Anne of the Thousand Days
	Jane Fonda	Gloria Beatty	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
	Liza Minnelli	Pookie Adams	The Sterile Cuckoo
	Jean Simmons	Mary Wilson	The Happy Ending
	Maggie Smith †	Jean Brodie	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1970-an

Tahun	Aktris	Peran	Film
1970	Ali MacGraw	Jennifer Cavalleri	Love Story
	Faye Dunaway	Lou Andreas Sand	Puzzle of a Downfall Child
	Glenda Jackson †	Gudrun Brangwen	Women in Love
	Melina Mercouri	Nina Kacew	Promise at Dawn
	Sarah Miles	Rosy Ryan	Ryan's Daughter
1971	Jane Fonda †	Bree Daniels	Klute
	Dyan Cannon	Julie Messinger	Such Good Friends
	Glenda Jackson	Alex Greville	Sunday Bloody Sunday
	Vanessa Redgrave	Mary, Queen of Scots	Mary, Queen of Scots
	Jessica Walter	Evelyn Draper	Play Misty For Me
1972	Liv Ullmann	Kristina	The Emigrants
	Diana Ross	Billie Holiday	Lady Sings the Blues
	Cicely Tyson	Rebecca Morgan	Sounder
	Trish Van Devere	Aimee Brower	One is a Lonely Number
	Tuesday Weld	Maria Wyeth	Play It as It Lays
	Joanne Woodward	Beatrice Hunsdorfer	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1973	Marsha Mason	Maggie Paul	Cinderella Liberty
	Ellen Burstyn	Chris MacNeil	The Exorcist
	Barbra Streisand	Kate Morosky	The Way We Were
	Elizabeth Taylor	Barbara Sawyer	Ash Wednesday
	Joanne Woodward	Rita Walden	Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1974	Gena Rowlands	Mabel Longhetti	A Woman Under the Influence
	Ellen Burstyn †	Alice Hyatt	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
	Faye Dunaway	Evelyn Cross Mulwray	Chinatown
	Valerie Perrine	Honey Bruce	Lenny
	Liv Ullmann	Marianne	Scenes From a Marriage
1975	Louise Fletcher †	Nurse Ratched	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
	Karen Black	Faye Greener	The Day of the Locust
	Faye Dunaway	Kathy Hale	Three Days of the Condor
	Marilyn Hassett	Jill Kinmont	The Other Side of the Mountain
	Glenda Jackson	Hedda Gabler	Hedda
1976	Faye Dunaway †	Diana Christensen	Network
	Glenda Jackson	Sarah Bernhardt	The Incredible Sarah
	Sarah Miles	Anne Osbourne	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
	Talia Shire	Adrian Pennino	Rocky
	Liv Ullmann	Dr. Jenny Isaksson	Face to Face
1977	Jane Fonda	Lillian Hellman	Julia
	Anne Bancroft	Emma Jacklin	The Turning Point
	Diane Keaton	Theresa Dunn	Looking for Mr. Goodbar
	Kathleen Quinlan	Deborah Blake	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
	Gena Rowlands	Myrtle Gordon	Opening Night
1978	Jane Fonda †	Sally Hyde	Coming Home
	Ingrid Bergman	Charlotte Andergast	Autumn Sonata
	Jill Clayburgh	Erica	An Unmarried Woman
	Glenda Jackson	Stevie Smith	Stevie
	Geraldine Page	Eve	Interiors
1979	Sally Field †	Norma Rae Webster	Norma Rae
	Jill Clayburgh	Caterina Silveri	La Luna
	Lisa Eichhorn	Jean Moreton	Yanks
	Jane Fonda	Kimberly Wells	The China Syndrome
	Marsha Mason	Dr. Alexandra Kendall	Promises in the Dark

1980-an

Tahun	Aktris	Peran	Film
1980	Mary Tyler Moore	Beth Jarrett	Ordinary People
	Ellen Burstyn	Edna Mae McCauley	Resurrection
	Nastassja Kinski	Tess Durbeyfield	Tess
	Deborah Raffin	Lena Canada	Touched by Love
	Gena Rowlands	Gloria Swenson	Gloria
1981	Meryl Streep	Sarah/Anna	The French Lieutenant's Woman
	Sally Field	Megan Carter	Absence of Malice
	Katharine Hepburn †	Ethel Thayer	On Golden Pond
	Diane Keaton	Louise Bryant	Reds
	Sissy Spacek	Nita Longley	Raggedy Man
1982	Meryl Streep †	Sophie Zawistowska	Sophie's Choice
	Diane Keaton	Faith Dunlap	Shoot the Moon
	Jessica Lange	Frances Farmer	Frances
	Sissy Spacek	Beth Horman	Missing
	Debra Winger	Paul Pokrifki	An Officer and a Gentleman
1983	Shirley MacLaine †	Aurora Greenway	Terms of Endearment
	Jane Alexander	Carol Amen	Testament
	Bonnie Bedelia	Shirley Roque	Heart Like a Wheel
	Meryl Streep	Karen Silkwood	Silkwood
	Debra Winger	Emma Greenway Horton	Terms of Endearment
1984	Sally Field †	Edna Spalding	Places in the Heart
	Diane Keaton	Kate Soffel	Mrs. Soffel
	Jessica Lange	Jewell Ivy	Country
	Vanessa Redgrave	Olive Chancellor	The Bostonians
	Sissy Spacek	Mae Garvey	The River
1985	Whoopi Goldberg	Celie Johnson	The Color Purple
	Anne Bancroft	Miriam Ruth	Agnes of God
	Cher	Florence "Rusty" Dennis	Mask
	Geraldine Page †	Carrie Watts	The Trip to Bountiful
	Meryl Streep	Karen Blixen	Out of Africa
1986	Marlee Matlin †	Sarah Norman	Children of a Lesser God
	Julie Andrews	Stephanie Anderson	Duet for One
	Anne Bancroft	Thelma Cates	'night, Mother
	Farrah Fawcett	Marjorie	Extremities
	Sigourney Weaver	Ellen Ripley	Aliens
1987	Sally Kirkland	Anna	Anna
	Rachel Chagall	Gaby	Gaby: A True Story
	Glenn Close	Alex Forrest	Fatal Attraction
	Faye Dunaway	Wanda Wilcox	Barfly
	Barbra Streisand	Claudia Draper	Nuts
1988	Jodie Foster †	Sarah Tobias	The Accused
	Shirley MacLaine §	Yuvline Sousatzka	Madame Sousatzka
	Sigourney Weaver	Dian Fossey	Gorillas in the Mist
	Christine Lahti	Annie Pope/Cynthia Manfield	Running on Empty
	Meryl Streep	Lindy Chamberlain	A Cry in the Dark
1989	Michelle Pfeiffer	Susie Diamond	The Fabulous Baker Boys
	Sally Field	M'Lynn Eatenton	Steel Magnolias
	Jessica Lange	Ann Talbot	Music Box
	Andie MacDowell	Ann Bishop Mullany	sex, lies and videotape
	Liv Ullmann	Gabriele	The Rose Garden

1990-an

Tahun	Aktris	Peran	Film
1990	Kathy Bates †	Annie Wilkes	Misery
	Anjelica Huston	Lilly Dillon	The Grifters
	Michelle Pfeiffer	Katya Orlova	The Russia House
	Susan Sarandon	Nora Baker	White Palace
	Joanne Woodward	India Bridge	Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1991	Jodie Foster †	Clarice Starling	The Silence of the Lambs
	Annette Bening	Virginia Hill	Bugsy
	Geena Davis	Thelma Dickinson	Thelma & Louise
	Laura Dern	Rose	Rambling Rose
	Susan Sarandon	Louise Sawyer	Thelma & Louise
1992	Emma Thompson †	Margaret Schlegel	Howards End
	Mary McDonnell	May-Alice Culhane	Passion Fish
	Michelle Pfeiffer	Lurene Hallett	Love Field
	Susan Sarandon	Michaela Odone	Lorenzo's Oil
	Sharon Stone	Catherine Tramell	Basic Instinct
1993	Holly Hunter †	Ada McGrath	The Piano
	Juliette Binoche	Julie de Courcy	Three Colors: Blue
	Michelle Pfeiffer	Ellen Olenska	The Age of Innocence
	Emma Thompson	Sally Kenton	The Remains of the Day
	Debra Winger	Martha Horgan	A Dangerous Woman
1994	Jessica Lange †	Carly Marshall	Blue Sky
	Jodie Foster	Nell Kellty	Nell
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Dorothy Parker	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
	Miranda Richardson	Vivienne Haigh-Wood	Tom & Viv
	Meryl Streep	Gail Hartman	The River Wild
1995	Sharon Stone	Ginger McKenna	Casino
	Susan Sarandon †	Helen Prejean	Dead Man Walking
	Elisabeth Shue	Sera	Leaving Las Vegas
	Meryl Streep	Francesca Johnson	The Bridges of Madison County
	Emma Thompson	Elinor Dashwood	Sense and Sensibility
1996	Brenda Blethyn	Cynthia Rose Purley	Secrets & Lies
	Courtney Love	Althea Leasure	The People vs. Larry Flynt
	Kristin Scott Thomas	Katharine Clifton	The English Patient
	Meryl Streep	Lee	Marvin's Room
	Emily Watson	Bess McNeill	Breaking the Waves
1997	Judi Dench	Queen Victoria	Mrs. Brown
	Helena Bonham Carter	Kate Croy	The Wings of the Dove
	Jodie Foster	Eleanor Arroway	Contact
	Jessica Lange	Ginny Cook Smith	A Thousand Acres
	Kate Winslet	Rose DeWitt Bukater	Titanic
1998	Cate Blanchett	Queen Elizabeth I	Elizabeth
	Fernanda Montenegro	Dora	Central Station
	Susan Sarandon	Jackie Harrison	Stepmom
	Meryl Streep	Kate Gulden	One True Thing
	Emily Watson	Jacqueline du Pré	Hilary and Jackie
1999	Hilary Swank †	Brandon Teena	Boys Don't Cry
	Annette Bening	Carolyn Burnham	American Beauty
	Julianne Moore	Sarah Myles	The End of the Affair
	Meryl Streep	Roberta Guaspari	Music of the Heart
	Sigourney Weaver	Alice Goodwin	A Map of the World

2000-an

Tahun	Aktris	Peran	Film
2000	Julia Roberts †	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich
	Joan Allen	Laine Hanson	The Contender
	Björk	Selma Ježková	Dancer in the Dark
	Ellen Burstyn	Sara Goldfarb	Requiem for a Dream
	Laura Linney	Samantha Prescott	You Can Count on Me
2001	Sissy Spacek	Ruth Fowler	In the Bedroom
	Halle Berry †	Leticia Musgrove	Monster's Ball
	Judi Dench	Iris Murdoch	Iris
	Nicole Kidman	Grace Stewart	The Others
	Tilda Swinton	Margaret Hall	The Deep End
2002	Nicole Kidman †	Virginia Woolf	The Hours
	Salma Hayek	Frida Kahlo	Frida
	Diane Lane	Connie Summer	Unfaithful
	Julianne Moore	Cathy Whitaker	Far from Heaven
	Meryl Streep	Clarissa Vaughan	The Hours
2003	Charlize Theron †	Aileen Wuornos	Monster
	Cate Blanchett	Veronica Guerin	Veronica Guerin
	Scarlett Johansson	Griet	Girl with a Pearl Earring
	Nicole Kidman	Ada Monroe	Cold Mountain
	Uma Thurman	The Bride	Kill Bill: Vol. 1
	Evan Rachel Wood	Tracy Freeland	Thirteen
2004	Hilary Swank †	Maggie Fitzgerald	Million Dollar Baby
	Scarlett Johansson	Pursy Will	A Love Song for Bobby Long
	Nicole Kidman	Anna	Birth
	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake
	Uma Thurman	Beatrix Kiddo (The Bride)	Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2005	Felicity Huffman	Bree Osbourne	Transamerica
	Maria Bello	Edie Stall	A History of Violence
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Catherine	Proof
	Charlize Theron	Josey Aimes	North Country
	Zhang Ziyi	Chiyo Sakamoto/Sayuri Nitta	Memoirs of a Geisha
2006	Helen Mirren †	Queen Elizabeth II	The Queen
	Penélope Cruz	Raimunda	Volver
	Judi Dench	Barbara Covett	Notes on a Scandal
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Sherry Swanson	Sherrybaby
	Kate Winslet	Sarah Pierce	Little Children
2007	Julie Christie	Fiona Anderson	Away from Her
	Cate Blanchett	Queen Elizabeth I	Elizabeth: The Golden Age
	Jodie Foster	Erica Bain	The Brave One
	Angelina Jolie	Mariane Pearl	A Mighty Heart
	Keira Knightley	Cecilia Tallis	Atonement
2008	Kate Winslet §	April Wheeler	Revolutionary Road
	Anne Hathaway	Kym	Rachel Getting Married
	Angelina Jolie	Christine Collins	Changeling
	Kristin Scott Thomas	Juliette Fontaine	I've Loved You So Long
	Meryl Streep	Sister Aloysius Beauvier	Doubt
2009	Sandra Bullock †	Leigh Anne Tuohy	The Blind Side
	Emily Blunt	Queen Victoria	The Young Victoria
	Helen Mirren	Sofya Tolstoy	The Last Station
	Carey Mulligan	Jenny Miller	An Education
	Gabourey Sidibe	Claireece "Precious" Jones	Precious

2010-an

Tahun	Aktris	Peran	Film
2010	Natalie Portman †	Nina Sayers	Black Swan
	Halle Berry	Frankie / Alice	Frankie and Alice
	Nicole Kidman	Becca Corbett	Rabbit Hole
	Jennifer Lawrence	Ree Dolly	Winter's Bone
	Michelle Williams	Cindy	Blue Valentine
2011	Meryl Streep	Margaret Thatcher	The Iron Lady
	Glenn Close	Albert Nobbs	Albert Nobbs
	Viola Davis	Aibileen Clark	The Help
	Rooney Mara	Lisbeth Salander	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
	Tilda Swinton	Eva Khatchadourian	We Need to Talk About Kevin