Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Notes

• "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning performance
• "‡" indicates an Academy Award nomination

List of winners and nominees

2012: Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games as Katniss Everdeen

• Emily Blunt – Looper as Sara
• Gina Carano – Haywire as Mallory Kane
• Judi Dench – Skyfall as M
• Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises as Selina Kyle / Catwoman

2013: Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone ‡

• Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Katniss Everdeen
• Evangeline Lilly – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Tauriel
• Gwyneth Paltrow – Iron Man 3 as Pepper Potts

2014: Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow as Rita Vrataski

• Scarlett Johansson – Lucy as Lucy
• Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 as Katniss Everdeen
• Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy as Gamora
• Shailene Woodley – Divergent as Beatrice "Tris" Prior

2015: Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator Furiosa

• Emily Blunt – Sicario as Kate Macer
• Rebecca Ferguson – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation as Ilsa Faust
• Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World as Claire Dearing
• Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 as Katniss Everdeen

2016:

• Gal Gadot – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
• Scarlett Johansson – Captain America: Civil War as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
• Margot Robbie – Suicide Squad as Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn
• Tilda Swinton – Doctor Strange as the Ancient One

Multiple nominees