| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy | |
| Awarded For: | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy |
| Presenter: | Broadcast Film Critics Association |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California |
| Year: | Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
| Year2: | Olivia Colman for The Favourite (2018) |
| Website: | www.criticschoice.com |
The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy was 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.
| Year | Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Jennifer Lawrence | Tiffany Maxwell | Silver Linings Playbook |
| Lori Collins | Ted | ||
| Marjorie "Marge" Nugent | Bernie | ||
| Debbie | This Is 40 | ||
| Fat Amy | Pitch Perfect | ||
| 2013 | Amy Adams | Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly | American Hustle |
| Special Agent Sarah Ashburn | The Heat | ||
| Detective Shannon Mullins | |||
| Frances Halladay | Frances Ha | ||
| Eva Henderson | Enough Said | ||
| 2014 | Jenny Slate | Donna Stern | Obvious Child |
| Kelly Radner | Neighbors | ||
| Chelsea Brown | Top Five | ||
| Maggie Bronstein | St. Vincent | ||
| Maggie Dean | The Skeleton Twins | ||
| 2015 | Amy Schumer | Amy Townsend | Trainwreck |
| Katie Ellis | Sisters | ||
| Joy | |||
| Susan Cooper | Spy | ||
| Elle Reid | Grandma | ||
| 2016 | Meryl Streep | Florence Foster Jenkins | Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Lady Susan Vernon | Love & Friendship | ||
| Doris Miller | Hello, My Name Is Doris | ||
| Dr. Jillian Holtzmann | Ghostbusters | ||
| Nadine Franklin | The Edge of Seventeen | ||
| 2017 | Margot Robbie | Tonya Harding | I, Tonya |
| Dina | Girls Trip | ||
| Emily Gardner | The Big Sick | ||
| Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson | Lady Bird | ||
| Battle of the Sexes | |||
| 2018 | Olivia Colman | Queen Anne | The Favourite |
| Mary Poppins Returns | |||
| Kayla Day | Eighth Grade | ||
| Annie Davis | Game Night | ||
| Marlo Moreau | Tully | ||
| Rachel Chu | Crazy Rich Asians | ||
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