Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress - Musical or Comedy. The formal title has varied since its inception and as of 2005 is officially called: "Best Performance by an Actress in a Moti... More
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Date Established:

  • 1951

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  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama

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Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. The annual formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented is a major part of the film industry's...

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (H.F.P.A.) is an organization composed of working journalists who cover the United States entertainament industry for a variety of outlets, including newspapers and magazines in Europe, Asia, Australia and Central and South America. Today, the close to ninety...

Winners:

Year Award Winner Winning work Notes/Description
  • 2012
  • Role: Margaret Thatcher
  • 2011
  • Role: Nina Sayers
  • 2010
  • Role: Leigh Anne Tuohy
  • 2009
  • Role: April Wheeler
  • 2008
  • Role: Fiona Anderson
  • 2007
  • Role: Queen Elizabeth II
  • 2006
  • Role: Bree Osbourne
  • 2005
  • Role: Maggie Fitzgerald
  • 2004
  • Role: Aileen Wuornos
  • 2003
  • Role: Virginia Woolfe
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Nominees:

Year Award Nominee Nominated work Notes/Description
  • 2012
  • Role: Albert Nobbs
  • 2012
  • Role: Aibileen Clark
  • 2012
  • Role: Lisbeth Salander
  • 2012
  • Role: Margaret Thatcher
  • 2012
  • Role: Eva
  • 2011
  • role: Frankie Murdoch
  • 2011
  • role: Becca
  • 2011
  • role: Ree Dolly
  • 2011
  • role: Nina Sayers
  • 2011
  • role: Cindy
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