| London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress | |
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| Awarded For: | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Presenter: | London Film Critics Circle |
| Country: | England |
| Year: | Susan Sarandon Thelma & Louise and White Palace (1990) |
| Holder: | Emma Stone Poor Things (2023) |
The London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year in an annual award given by the London Film Critics' Circle.
* : Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress
¥ : Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Winner | Film | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Sarandon | Thelma & Louise | Louise Sawyer | ||
| White Palace | Nora Baker | |||
| Judy Davis | Husbands and Wives | Sally | ||
| Barton Fink | Audrey Taylor | |||
| Naked Lunch | Joan Lee / Joan Frost | |||
| Holly Hunter * | The Piano | Ada McGrath | ||
| Linda Fiorentino | The Last Seduction | Bridget Gregory / Wendy Kroy | ||
| Nicole Kidman | To Die For | Suzanne Stone-Maretto | ||
| Frances McDormand * | Fargo | Marge Gunderson | ||
| Claire Danes | Romeo + Juliet | Juliet Capulet | ||
| Cate Blanchett | Elizabeth | Queen Elizabeth I | ||
| Annette Bening | American Beauty | Carolyn Burnham |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Roberts * | Erin Brockovich | Erin Brockovich | ||
| Nicole Kidman | The Others | Grace Stewart | ||
| Moulin Rouge! | Satine | |||
| Stockard Channing | The Business of Strangers | Julie Styron | ||
| Julianne Moore | Far from Heaven | Cathy Whitaker | ||
| Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake | Vera Drake | ||
| Naomi Watts | King Kong | Ann Darrow | ||
| Meryl Streep | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly | ||
| Marion Cotillard * | La Vie en Rose (La môme) | Édith Piaf | ||
| Kate Winslet * | The Reader | Hanna Schmitz | ||
| Revolutionary Road | April Wheeler | |||
| Mo'Nique ¥ | Precious | Mary Lee Johnston |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annette Bening | The Kids Are All Right | Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood | ||
| Anna Paquin | Margaret | Lisa Cohen | ||
| Meryl Streep * | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher | ||
| Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | Anne Laurent | ||
| Cate Blanchett * | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis | ||
| Julianne Moore * | Still Alice | Dr. Alice Howland | ||
| Charlotte Rampling | 45 Years | Kate Mercer | ||
| Isabelle Huppert | Things to Come | Nathalie Chazeaux | ||
| Frances McDormand * | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Mildred Hayes | ||
| Olivia Colman * | The Favourite | Queen Anne | ||
| Renée Zellweger * | Judy | Judy Garland |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances McDormand * | Nomadland | Fern | ||
| Olivia Colman | The Lost Daughter | Leda Caruso | ||
| Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár | ||
| Emma Stone | Poor Things | Bella Baxter |