Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress is an award given by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association to honor the best achievements in filmmaking.

Winners and nominees

• 1990: Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes – Misery
• 1991: Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling – The Silence of the Lambs
• 1992: Emma Thompson as Margaret Schlegel – Howards End
• 1993: Holly Hunter as Ada McGrath – The Piano
• 1994: Jodie Foster as Nell Kellty – Nell / Linda Fiorentino as Bridget Gregory – The Last Seduction (TIE)
• 1995: Elisabeth Shue as Sera – Leaving Las Vegas
• 1996: Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson – Fargo
• 1997: Helena Bonham Carter as Kate Croy – The Wings of the Dove
• 1998: Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I of England – Elizabeth
• 1999: Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena / Teena Renae Brandon – Boys Don't Cry

2000s

• 2000: Laura Linney – You Can Count On Me as Samantha “Sammy” Prescott
  • Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich
  • Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream as Sara Goldfarb
  • Renée Zellweger – Nurse Betty as Betty Sizemore
  • Joan Allen – The Contender as Laine Hanson
• 2001: Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom as Ruth Fowler
  • Tilda Swinton – The Deep End as Margaret Hall
  • Nicole Kidman – Moulin Rouge! as Satine
  • Halle Berry – Monster's Ball as Leticia Musgrove
  • Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget Jones
• 2002: Julianne Moore – Far From Heaven as Cathy Whitaker
  • Renée Zellweger – Chicago as Roxie Hart
  • Salma Hayek – Frida as Frida Kahlo
  • Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf
  • Isabelle Huppert – The Piano Teacher as Erika Kohut
• 2003: Charlize Theron – Monster as Aileen Wuornos
  • Nicole Kidman – Cold Mountain as Ada Monroe
  • Diane Keaton – Something's Gotta Give as Erica Barry
  • Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation as Charlotte
  • Naomi Watts – 21 Grams as Cristina Peck
• 2004: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby as Margaret “Maggie” Fitzgerald
  • Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake
  • Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczynski
  • Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace as María Álvarez
  • Annette Bening – Being Julia as Julia Lambert
• 2005: Felicity Huffman – Transamerica as Sabrina “Bree” Osbourne / Stanley Schupak
  • Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet
  • Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter Cash
  • Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger as Terry Wolfmeyer
  • Charlize Theron – North Country as Josie Aimes
• 2006: Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II
  • Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett
  • Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly
  • Kate Winslet – Little Children as Sarah Pierce
  • Penélope Cruz – Volver as Raimunda
• 2007: Julie Christie – Away from Her as Fiona Anderson
  • Marion Cotillard – La Vie en rose as Édith Piaf
  • Ellen Page – Juno as Juno MacGuff
  • Laura Linney – The Savages as Wendy Savage
  • Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart as Mariane Pearl
• 2008: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym Buchman
  • Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
  • Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline “Poppy” Cross
  • Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long as Juliette Fontaine
  • Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
• 2009: Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor
  • Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child
  • Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Clarice “Precious” Jones
  • Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria as Queen Victoria
  • Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy

2010s

• 2010: Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
  • Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
  • Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Dr. Nicole “Nic” Allgood
  • Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cindy Heller
• 2011: Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
  • Kirsten Dunst Melancholia as Justine
  • Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian
  • Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
  • Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary
• 2012: Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell
  • Helen Mirren – Hitchcock as Alma Reville
  • Emmanuelle Riva – Amour as Anne Laurent
  • Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy (TIE)
  • Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett (TIE)
• 2013: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis
  • Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone
  • Judi Dench – Philomena as Philomena Lee
  • Meryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet Weston
  • Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks as P. L. Travers
• 2014: Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed
  • Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland
  • Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliot-Dunne
  • Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Wilde Hawking
  • Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya
• 2015: Brie Larson – Room as Joy “Ma” Newsome
  • Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird
  • Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey
  • Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years as Kate Mercer
  • Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road as Imperator Furiosa (TIE)
  • Carey Mulligan – Suffragette as Maud Watts (TIE)

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