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This is a list of namesakes in which the category is Oscar Award Winners; and the gender is female
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NameYearCategoryMovieOther Names
Janet Gaynor1929actressSeventh Heaven
Mary Pickford1930actressCoquette
Norma Shearer1931actressThe Divorcee
Marie Dressler1932actressMin and Bill
Helen Hayes1933actressThe Sin of Madelon Claudet
Katharine Hepburn1934actressMorning Glory
Claudette Colbert1935actressIt Happened One Night
Bette Davis1936actressDangerous(Ruth, Elizabeth)
Gale Sondergaard1937actressAnthony Adverse
Luise Rainer1937actressThe Great Ziegfeld
Alice Brady1938actressIn Old Chicago
Luise Rainer1938actressThe Good Earth
Bette Davis1939actressJezebel(Ruth, Elizabeth)
Fay Bainter1939actressJezebel
Hattie McDaniel1940actressGone with the Wind
Vivien Leigh1940actressGone with the Wind
Ginger Rogers1941actressKitty Foyle
Jane Darwell1941actressThe Grapes of Wrath
Joan Fontaine1942actressSuspicion
Mary Astor1942actressThe Great Lie
Greer Garson1943actressMrs. Miniver
Teresa Wright1943actressMrs. Miniver
Jennifer Jones1944actressThe Song of Bernadette
Katina Paxinou1944actressFor Whom the Bell Tolls
Ethel Barrymore1945actressNone But the Lonely Heart
Ingrid Bergman1945actressGaslight
Anne Revere1946actressNational Velvet
Joan Crawford1946actressMildred Pierce(Lucille, Fay)
Anne Baxter1947actressThe Razor's Edge
Olivia de Havilland1947actressTo Each His Own(Mary)
Celeste Holm1948actressGentleman's Agreement
Loretta Young1948actressThe Farmer's Daughter
Claire Trevor1949actressKey Largo
Jane Wyman1949actressJohnny Belinda
Mercedes McCambridge1950actressAll the King's Men
Olivia de Havilland1950actressThe Heiress(Mary)
Josephine Hull1951actressHarvey
Judy Holliday1951actressBorn Yesterday
Kim Hunter1952actressA Streetcar Named Desire(Janet)
Vivien Leigh1952actressA Streetcar Named Desire
Gloria Grahame1953actressThe Bad and the Beautiful
Shirley Booth1953actressCome Back, Little Sheba(Marjory)
Donna Reed1954actressFrom Here to Eternity
Audrey Hepburn1954actressRoman Holiday(Kathleen)
Eva Marie Saint1955actressOn the Waterfront
Grace Kelly1955actressThe Country Girl(Patricia)
Anna Magnani1956actressThe Rose Tattoo
Jo Van Fleet1956actressEast of Eden(Catherine, Josephine)
Dorothy Malone1957actressWritten on the Wind(Mary)
Ingrid Bergman1957actressAnastasia
Joanne Woodward1958actressThe Three Faces of Eve
Miyoshi Umeki1958actressSayonara
Susan Hayward1959actressI Want to Live!
Wendy Hiller1959actressSeparate Tables
Shelley Winters1960actressThe Diary of Anne Frank
Simone Signoret1960actressRoom at the Top
Elizabeth Taylor1961actressButterfield 8
Shirley Jones1961actressElmer Gantry
Rita Moreno1962actressWest Side Story
Sophia Loren1962actressLa Ciociara
Anne Bancroft1963actressThe Miracle Worker(Anna, Maria, Louisa)
Patty Duke1963actressThe Miracle Worker(Anna, Marie)
Margaret Rutherford1964actressThe V.I.P.s
Patricia Neal1964actressHud
Julie Andrews1965actressMary Poppins
Lila Kedrova1965actressAlexis Zorbas
Julie Christie1966actressDarling
Shelley Winters1966actressA Patch of Blue
Elizabeth Taylor1967actressWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Sandy Dennis1967actressWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(Sandra, Dale)
Estelle Parsons1968actressBonnie and Clyde
Katharine Hepburn1968actressGuess Who's Coming to Dinner
Barbra Streisand1969actressFunny Girl(Barbara, Joan)
Carol Reed1969directorOliver!
Katharine Hepburn1969actressThe Lion in Winter
Ruth Gordon1969actressRosemary's Baby
Goldie Hawn1970actressCactus Flower
Maggie Smith1970actressThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie(Margaret, Natalie)
Glenda Jackson1971actressWomen in Love(May)
Helen Hayes1971actressAirport
Cloris Leachman1972actressThe Last Picture Show
Jane Fonda1972actressKlute
Eileen Heckart1973actressButterflies Are Free
Liza Minnelli1973actressCabaret
Glenda Jackson1974actressA Touch of Class(May)
Tatum O'Neal1974actressPaper Moon
Ellen Burstyn1975actressAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(Edna, Rae)
Ingrid Bergman1975actressMurder on the Orient Express
Lee Grant1976actressShampoo
Louise Fletcher1976actressOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Beatrice Straight1977actressNetwork
Faye Dunaway1977actressNetwork
Diane Keaton1978actressAnnie Hall
Vanessa Redgrave1978actressJulia
Jane Fonda1979actressComing Home
Maggie Smith1979actressCalifornia Suite(Margaret, Natalie)
Meryl Streep1980actressKramer vs. Kramer
Sally Field1980actressNorma Rae
Mary Steenburgen1981actressMelvin and Howard
Sissy Spacek1981actressCoal Miner's Daughter
Katharine Hepburn1982actressOn Golden Pond
Maureen Stapleton1982actressReds(Lois)
Jessica Lange1983actressTootsie(Phyllis)
Meryl Streep1983actressSophie's Choice
Linda Hunt1984actressThe Year of Living Dangerously
Shirley MacLaine1984actressTerms of Endearment
Peggy Ashcroft1985actressA Passage to India(Edith, Margaret, Emily)
Sally Field1985actressPlaces in the Heart
Anjelica Huston1986actressPrizzi's Honor
Geraldine Page1986actressThe Trip to Bountiful
Dianne Wiest1987actressHannah and Her Sisters
Marlee Matlin1987actressChildren of a Lesser God
Cher1988actressMoonstruck(Cherilyn)
Olympia Dukakis1988actressMoonstruck(Mary)
Geena Davis1989actressThe Accidental Tourist(Virginia, Elizabeth)
Jodie Foster1989actressThe Accused
Brenda Fricker1990actressMy Left Foot
Jessica Tandy1990actressDriving Miss Daisy(Jessie, Alice)
Kathy Bates1991actressMisery(Kathleen)
Whoopi Goldberg1991actressGhost(Caryn, Elaine)
Jodie Foster1992actressThe Silence of the Lambs
Mercedes Ruehl1992actressThe Fisher King
Emma Thompson1993actressHowards End
Marisa Tomei1993actressMy Cousin Vinny
Anna Paquin1994actressThe Piano
Holly Hunter1994actressThe Piano
Dianne Wiest1995actressBullets Over Broadway
Jessica Lange1995actressBlue Sky(Phyllis)
Mira Sorvino1996actressMighty Aphrodite
Susan Sarandon1996actressDead Man Walking
Frances McDormand1997actressFargo(Cynthia, Ann, Louise)
Juliette Binoche1997actressThe English Patient
Helen Hunt1998actressAs Good As It Gets
Kim Basinger1998actressL.A. Confidential(Kimila, Ann)
Gwyneth Paltrow1999actressShakespeare in Love
Judi Dench1999actressShakespeare in Love(Judith, Olivia)
Angelina Jolie2000actressGirl, Interrupted
Hilary Swank2000actressBoys Don't Cry
Julia Roberts2001actressErin Brockovich
Marcia Gay Harden2001actressPollock
Halle Berry2002actressMonster's Ball
Jennifer Connelly2002actressA Beautiful Mind
Catherine Zeta-Jones2003actressChicago
Nicole Kidman2003actressThe Hours
Charlize Theron2004actressMonster
Renée Zellweger2004actressCold Mountain(Kathleen)
Cate Blanchett2005actressThe Aviator(Catherine)
Hilary Swank2005actressMillion Dollar Baby
Rachel Weisz2006actressThe Constant Gardener
Reese Witherspoon2006actressWalk the Line
Helen Mirren2007actressThe Queen(Lydia)
Jennifer Hudson2007actressDreamgirls
Marion Cotillard2008actressLa Vie en Rose
Tilda Swinton2008actressMichael Clayton(Katherine, Matilda)
Kate Winslet2009actressThe Reader
Penélope Cruz2009actressVicky Cristina Barcelona
Kathryn Bigelow2010directorThe Hurt Locker
Mo'Nique2010actressPrecious(Monique, Angela)
Sandra Bullock2010actressThe Blind Side
Melissa Leo2011actressThe Fighter(Chessington)
Natalie Portman2011actressBlack Swan
Meryl Streep2012actressThe Iron Lady
Octavia Spencer2012actressThe Help(Lenora)
Anne Hathaway2013actressLes Misérables
Jennifer Lawrence2013actressSilver Linings Playbook
Lupita Nyong'o2014actress12 Years a Slave(Amondi)
Julianne Moore2015actressStill Alice(Julie, Anne)
Patricia Arquette2015actressBoyhood
Alicia Vikander2016actressThe Danish Girl
Brie Larson2016actressRoom
Viola Davis2017actressFences
Emma Stone2017actressLa La Land(Emily, Jean)
Allison Janney2018actressI, Tonya
Frances McDormand2018actressThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(Cynthia, Ann, Louise)
Olivia Colman2019actressThe Favourite(Sarah, Caroline)
Regina King2019actressIf Beale Street Could Talk(Rene)
Laura Dern2020actressMarriage Story
Renée Zellweger2020actressJudy(Kathleen)
Chloé Zhao2021directorNomadland(Ting)
Frances McDormand2021actressNomadland(Cynthia, Ann, Louise)
Youn Yuh-jung2021actressMinari
Ariana DeBose2022actressWest Side Story
Jane Campion2022directorPower of the Dog
Jessica Chastain2022actressThe Eyes of Tammy Faye
Jamie Lee Curtis2023actressEverything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Yeoh2023actressEverything Everywhere All at Once
Da'Vine Joy Randolph2024actressThe Holdovers
Emma Stone2024actressPoor Things(Emily, Jean)
Mikey Madison2025actressAnora(Mikaela)
Zoë Saldaña2025actressEmilia Pérez(Yadira)