From Judy Holliday ("Born Yesterday") in 1950 to Meryl Streep ("Julie & Julia") in 2010, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has recognized great performances by leading actresses in dramatic roles throughout the years.
Multiple winners of Golden Globes for actress in a motion picture drama have included Nicole Kidman, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine, and Rosalind Russell.
Golden Globes for Motion Picture Actress (Musical/Comedy)
| 2012 Michelle Williams ("My Week With Marilyn") | |
| Other Nominees: Jodie Foster (Carnage); Charlize Theron (Young Adult); Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids); Kate Winslet (Carnage) | |
| 2011 Annette Bening ("The Kids Are All Right") | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Hathaway (Love And Other Drugs); Angelina Jolie (The Tourist); Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right); Emma Stone (Easy A) | |
| 2010 Meryl Streep ("Julie & Julia") | |
| Other Nominees: Sandra Bullock (The Proposal); Marion Cotillard (Nine); Julia Roberts (Duplicity); Meryl Streep (It's Complicated) | |
| 2009 Sally Hawkins ("Happy-Go-Lucky") | |
| Other Nominees: Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona); Frances McDormand (Burn After Reading); Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia!); Emma Thompson (Last Chance Harvey) | |
| 2008 Marion Cotillard ("La Vie En Rose") |    |
| Other Nominees: Amy Adams (Enchanted); Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray); Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd); Ellen Page (Juno) | |
| 2007 Meryl Streep ("The Devil Wears Prada") | |
| Other Nominees: Annette Bening (Running With Scissors); Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine); Beyonce Knowles (Dreamgirls); Renee Zellweger (Miss Potter) | |
| 2006 Reese Witherspoon ("Walk The Line") |  |
| Other Nominees: Judi Dench (Mrs Henderson Presents); Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice); Laura Linney (The Squid and the Whale); Sarah Jessica Parker (The Family Stone) | |
| 2005 Annette Bening ("Being Julia") | |
| Other Nominees: Ashley Judd (De-Lovely); Emmy Rossum (Phantom of the Opera); Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind); Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason) | |
| 2004 Diane Keaton ("Something's Gotta Give") | |
| Other Nominees: Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation); Jamie Lee Curtis (Freaky Friday); Diane Lane (Under the Tuscan Sun); Helen Mirren (Calendar Girls) | |
| 2003 Renee Zellweger ("Chicago") |  |
| Other Nominees: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary); Goldie Hawn (The Banger Sisters); Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding); Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) | |
| 2002 Nicole Kidman ("Moulin Rouge") |  |
| Other Nominees: Thora Birch (Ghost World); Cate Blanchett (Bandits); Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde); Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary) | |
| 2001 Renee Zellweger ("Nurse Betty") | |
| Other Nominees: Juliette Binoche (Chocolat); Brenda Blethyn (Saving Grace); Sandra Bullock (Miss Congeniality); Tracey Ullman (Small Time Crooks) | |
| 2000 Janet McTeer ("Tumbleweeds") | |
| Other Nominees: Julianne Moore (An Ideal Husband); Julia Roberts (Notting Hill); Sharon Stone (The Muse); Reese Witherspoon (Election) | |
| 1999 Gwyneth Paltrow ("Shakespeare In Love") |  |
| Other Nominees: Cameron Diaz (There's Something About Mary); Jane Horrocks (Little Voice); Christina Ricci (The Opposite of Sex); Meg Ryan (You've Got Mail) | |
| 1998 Helen Hunt ("As Good As It Gets") |  |
| Other Nominees: Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy); Pam Grier (Jackie Brown); Jennifer Lopez (Selena); Julia Roberts (My Best Friend's Wedding) | |
| 1997 Madonna ("Evita") | |
| Other Nominees: Glenn Close (101 Dalmations); Frances McDormand (Fargo); Debbie Reynolds (Mother); Barbra Streisand (The Mirror Has Two Faces) | |
| 1996 Nicole Kidman ("To Die For") | |
| Other Nominees: Annette Bening (The American President); Sandra Bullock (While You Were Sleeping); Toni Collette (Muriel's Wedding); Vanessa Redgrave (A Month By the Lake) | |
| 1995 Jamie Lee Curtis ("True Lies") | |
| Other Nominees: Geena Davis (Speechless); Andie MacDowell (Four Weddings and a Funeral); Shirley MacLaine (Guarding Tess); Emma Thompson (Junior) | |
| 1994 Angela Bassett ("What's Love Got To Do With It") | |
| Other Nominees: Stockard Channing (Six Degrees of Separation); Anjelica Huston (Addams Family Values); Diane Keaton (Manhattan Murder Mystery); Meg Ryan (Sleepless In Seattle) | |
| 1993 Miranda Richardson ("Enchanted April") | |
| Other Nominees: Geena Davis (A League Of Their Own); Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act); Shirley MacLaine (Used People); Meryl Streep (Death Becomes Her) | |
| 1992 Bette Midler ("For the Boys") | |
| Other Nominees: Ellen Barkin (Switch); Kathy Bates (Fried Green Tomatoes); Anjelica Huston (The Addams Family); Michelle Pfeiffer (Frankie and Johnny) | |
| 1991 Julia Roberts ("Pretty Woman") | |
| Other Nominees: Mia Farrow (Alice); Andie MacDowell (Green Card); Demi Moore (Ghost); Meryl Streep (Postcards From the Edge) | |
| 1990 Jessica Tandy ("Driving Miss Daisy") |  |
| Other Nominees: Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine); Meg Ryan (When Harry Met Sally); Meryl Streep (She-Devil); Kathleen Turner (The War of the Roses) | |
| 1989 Melanie Griffith ("Working Girl") | |
| Other Nominees: Jamie Lee Curtis (A Fish Called Wanda); Amy Irving (Crossing Delancy); Michelle Pfeiffer (Married To the Mob); Susan Sarandon (Bull Durham) | |
| 1988 Cher ("Moonstruck") | |
| Other Nominees: Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing); Holly Hunter (Broadcast News); Diane Keaton (Baby Boom); Bette Midler (Outrageous Fortune) | |
| 1987 Sissy Spacek ("Crimes of the Heart") | |
| Other Nominees: Julie Andrews (That's Life!); Melanie Griffith (Something Wild); Bette Midler (Down and Out In Beverly Hills); Kathleen Turner (Peggy Sue Got Married) | |
| 1986 Kathleen Turner ("Prizzi's Honor") |  |
| Other Nominees: Rosanna Arquette (Desperately Seeking Susan); Glenn Close (Maxie); Mia Farrow (The Purple Rose of Cairo); Sally Field (Murphy's Romance) | |
| 1985 Kathleen Turner ("Romancing the Stone") | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Bancroft (Garbo Talks); Mia Farrow (Broadway Danny Rose); Shelley Long (Irreconcilable Differences); Lily Tomlin (All Of Me) | |
| 1984 Julie Walters ("Educating Rita") | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Bancroft (To Be Or Not To Be); Jennifer Beals (Flashdance); Linda Ronstadt (The Pirates of Penzance); Barbra Streisand (Yentl) | |
| 1983 Julie Andrews ("Victor/Victoria") | |
| Other Nominees: Carol Burnett (Annie); Sally Field (Kiss Me Goodbye); Goldie Hawn (Best Friends); Dolly Parton (Best Little Whorehouse In Texas); Aileen Quinn (Annie) | |
| 1982 Bernadette Peters ("Pennies From Heaven") | |
| Other Nominees: Blair Brown (Continental Divide); Carol Burnett (The Four Seasons); Jill Clayburgh (First Monday In October); Liza Minnelli (Arthur) | |
| 1981 Sissy Spacek ("Coal Miner's Daughter") | |
| Other Nominees: Irene Cara (Fame); Goldie Hawn (Private Benjamin); Bette Midler (Divine Madness); Dolly Parton (9 to 5) | |
| 1980 Bette Midler ("The Rose") | |
| Other Nominees: Julie Andrews (10); Jill Clayburgh (Starting Over); Shirley MacLaine (Being There); Marsha Mason (Chapter Two) | |
| 1979 Ellen Burstyn ("Same Time Next Year") | |
| Other Nominees: Jacqueline Bisset (Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?); Goldie Hawn (Foul Play); Olivia Newton-John (Grease) | |
| 1979 Maggie Smith ("California Suite") | |
| Other Nominees: Jacqueline Bisset (Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?); Goldie Hawn (Foul Play); Olivia Newton-John (Grease) | |
| 1978 Diane Keaton ("Annie Hall") |  |
| Other Nominees: Sally Field (Smokey and the Bandit); Liza Minnelli (New York New York); Lily Tomlin (The Late Show) | |
| 1978 Marsha Mason ("The Goodbye Girl") | |
| Other Nominees: Sally Field (Smokey and the Bandit); Liza Minnelli (New York New York); Lily Tomlin (The Late Show) | |
| 1977 Barbra Streisand ("A Star Is Born") |  |
| Other Nominees: Jodie Foster (Freaky Friday); Barbara Harris (Family Plot / Freaky Friday); Goldie Hawn (The Dutchess and the Dirtwater Fox); Rita Moreno (The Ritz) | |
| 1976 Ann-Margret ("Tommy") | |
| Other Nominees: Julie Christie (Shampoo); Goldie Hawn (Shampoo); Liza Minnelli (Lucky Lady); Barbra Streisand (Funny Lady) | |
| 1975 Raquel Welch ("The Three Musketeers") | |
| Other Nominees: Lucille Ball (Mame); Diahann Carroll (Claudine); Helen Hayes (Herbie Rides Again); Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein) | |
| 1974 Glenda Jackson ("A Touch Of Class") |  |
| Other Nominees: Yvonne Elliman (Jesus Christ Superstar); Cloris Leachman (Charley and the Angel); Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon); Liv Ullmann (40 Carats) | |
| 1973 Liza Minnelli ("Cabaret") | |
| Other Nominees: Carol Burnett (Pete n Tillie); Goldie Hawn (Butterflies Are Free); Juliet Mills (Avanti!); Maggie Smith (Travels With My Aunt) | |
| 1972 Twiggy ("The Boy Friend") | |
| Other Nominees: Sandy Duncan (Star Spangled Girl); Ruth Gordon (Harold and Maude); Angela Lansbury (Bedknobs and Broomsticks); Elaine May (A New Leaf) | |
| 1971 Carrie Snodgress ("Diary of a Mad Housewife") | |
| Other Nominees: Julie Andrews (Darling Lili); Sandy Dennis (The Out of Towners); Angela Lansbury (Something For Everyone); Barbra Streisand (The Owl and the Pussycat) | |
| 1970 Patty Duke ("Me Natalie") | |
| Other Nominees: Ingrid Bergman (Cactus Flower); Dyan Cannon (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice); Kim Darby (Generation); Mia Farrow (John and Mary); Shirley MacLaine (Sweet Charity); Anna Magnani (The Secret of Santa Vittoria); Barbra Streisand (Hello Dolly!) | |
| 1969 Barbra Streisand ("Funny Girl") | |
| Other Nominees: Julie Andrews (Star!); Lucille Ball (Yours Mine and Ours); Petula Clark (Finian's Rainbow); Gina Lollobrigida (Buona Sera Mrs Campbell) | |
| 1968 Anne Bancroft ("The Graduate") | |
| Other Nominees: Julie Andrews (Thoroughly Modern Millie); Audrey Hepburn (Two For the Road); Shirley MacLaine (Woman Times Seven); Vanessa Redgrave (Camelot) | |
| 1967 Lynn Redgrave ("Georgy Girl") | |
| Other Nominees: Jane Fonda (Any Wednesday); Elizabeth Hartman (You're A Big Boy Now); Shirley MacLaine (Gambit); Vanessa Redgrave (Morgan!) | |
| 1966 Julie Andrews ("The Sound Of Music") | |
| Other Nominees: Jane Fonda (Cat Ballou); Barbara Harris (A Thousand Clowns); Rita Tushingham (The Knack?And How To Get It); Natalie Wood (Inside Daisy Clover) | |
| 1965 Julie Andrews ("Mary Poppins") | |
| Other Nominees: Audrey Hepburn (My Fair Lady); Sophia Loren (Marriage Italian Style); Melina Mercouri (Topkapi); Debbie Reynolds (The Unsinkable Molly Brown) | |
| 1964 Shirley MacLaine ("Irma La Douce") | |
| Other Nominees: Ann-Margret (Bye Bye Birdie); Doris Day (Move Over Darling); Audrey Hepburn (Charade); Hayley Mills (Summer Magic); Molly Picon (Come Blow Your Horn); Jill St John (Come Blow Your Horn); Joanne Woodward (A New Kind Of Love) | |
| 1963 Rosalind Russell ("Gypsy") | |
| Other Nominees: Doris Day (Billy Rose's Jumbo); Jane Fonda (Period of Adjustment); Shirley Jones (The Music Man); Natalie Wood (Gypsy) | |
| 1962 Rosalind Russell ("A Majority Of One") |  |
| Other Nominees: Bette Davis (Pocketful of Miracles); Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast At Tiffany's); Hayley Mills (The Parent Trap); Miyoshi Umeki (Flower Drum Song) | |
| 1961 Shirley MacLaine ("The Apartment") |  |
| Other Nominees: Lucille Ball (The Facts of Life); Capucine (Song Without End); Judy Holliday (Bells Are Ringing); Sophia Loren (It Started In Naples) | |
| 1960 Marilyn Monroe ("Some Like It Hot") | |
| Other Nominees: Dorothy Dandridge (Porgy and Bess); Doris Day (Pillow Talk); Shirley MacLaine (Ask Any Girl); Lilli Palmer (But Not For Me) | |
| 1959 Rosalind Russell ("Auntie Mame") | |
| Other Nominees: Ingrid Bergman (Indiscreet); Leslie Caron (Gigi); Doris Day (Tunnel of Love); Mitzi Gaynor (South Pacific) | |
| 1958 Kay Kendall ("Les Girls") | |
| Other Nominees: Cyd Charisse (Silk Stockings); Taina Elg (Les Girls); Audrey Hepburn (Love In the Afternoon); Jean Simmons (This Could Be the Night) | |
| 1957 Deborah Kerr ("The King and I") | |
| Other Nominees: Judy Holliday (The Solid Gold Cadillac); Machiko Kyo (The Teahouse of the August Moon); Marilyn Monroe (Bus Stop); Debbie Reynolds (Bundle of Joy) | |
| 1956 Jean Simmons ("Guys and Dolls") | |
| 1955 Judy Garland ("A Star Is Born") |  |
| 1954 Ethel Merman ("Call Me Madam") | |
| 1953 Susan Hayward ("With A Song In My Heart") | |
| Other Nominees: Katharine Hepburn (Pat and Mike); Ginger Rogers (Monkey Business) | |
| 1952 June Allyson ("Too Young To Kiss") | |
| 1951 Judy Holliday ("Born Yesterday") | |
| Other Nominees: Spring Byington (Louisa); Betty Hutton (Annie Get Your Gun) | |
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