| Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress | |
| Awarded For: | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Presenter: | Houston Film Critics Society |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
| Holder: | Emma Stone Poor Things (2023) |
The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the Houston Film Critics Society.
2000s
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Julie Christie ‡ | Away from Her | Fiona Anderson |
| Enchanted | Giselle | ||
| Marion Cotillard † | La Vie en rose | Édith Piaf | |
| A Mighty Heart | Mariane Pearl | ||
| Laura Linney ‡ | The Savages | Wendy Savage | |
| Elliot Page ‡ | Juno | Juno MacGuff | |
| 2008 | Anne Hathaway ‡ | Rachel Getting Married | Kym Buchman |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Daisy Fuller | ||
| Angelina Jolie ‡ | Changeling | Christine Collins | |
| Melissa Leo ‡ | Frozen River | Ray Eddy | |
| Meryl Streep ‡ | Doubt | Sister Aloysius Beauvier | |
| Revolutionary Road | April Wheeler | ||
| 2009 | Carey Mulligan ‡ | An Education | Jenny Mellor |
| Sandra Bullock † | The Blind Side | Leigh Anne Tuohy | |
| Bright Star | Fanny Brawne | ||
| The Lovely Bones | Susie Salmon | ||
| Gabourey Sidibe ‡ | Precious | Claireece "Precious" Jones | |
| Meryl Streep ‡ | Julie and Julia | Julia Child |
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Carey Mulligan ‡ | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas |
| Viola Davis ‡ | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey | |
| Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Autumn | ||
| Vanessa Kirby ‡ | Pieces of a Woman | Martha | |
| Frances McDormand † | Nomadland | Fern | |
| 2021 | Jessica Chastain † | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Tammy Faye Bakker |
| Olivia Colman ‡ | The Lost Daughter | Leda Caruso | |
| Penelope Cruz ‡ | Parallel Mothers | Janis Martinez | |
| Licorice Pizza | Alana Kane | ||
| CODA | Ruby Rossi | ||
| Kristen Stewart ‡ | Spencer | Diana, Princess of Wales | |
| 2022 | Cate Blanchett ‡ | Tár | Lydia Tár |
| The Woman King | General Nanisca | ||
| Till | Mamie Till | ||
| Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nancy Stokes / Susan Robinson | ||
| Michelle Yeoh † | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Wang | |
| 2023 | Emma Stone[1] † | Poor Things | Bella Baxter |
| The Color Purple | Celie Harris-Johnson | ||
| Lily Gladstone ‡ | Killers of the Flower Moon | Mollie Kyle | |
| Past Lives | Nora Moon | ||
| Barbie | Barbie |