Academy Award for Best Actress

#	Actor	Film	Date of birth	Date of award	Age upon receiving award	Date of death	Notes
1	Janet Gaynor	Seventh Heaven,Street Angel and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	October 6, 1906	May 16, 1929	22 years, 222 days	September 14, 1984	Held record as youngest winner for 59 award ceremonies (from the 1st to the 59th, May 1929–March 1987 [57 years, 10 months])
2	Mary Pickford	Coquette	April 8, 1892	April 3, 1930	37 years, 360 days	May 29, 1979	Held record as oldest winner for 2 award ceremonies (from the 2nd to the 4th, April 1930–November 1931 [1 year, 7 months])
3	Norma Shearer	The Divorcee	August 10, 1902	November 5, 1930	28 years, 87 days	June 12, 1983
4	Marie Dressler	Min and Bill	November 9, 1868	November 10, 1931	63 years, 1 day	July 28, 1934	Held record as oldest winner for 50 award ceremonies (from the 4th to the 50th, November 1931–March 1982 [50 years, 4 months])
5	Helen Hayes	The Sin of Madelon Claudet	October 10, 1900	November 18, 1932	32 years, 39 days	March 17, 1993
6	Katharine Hepburn	Morning Glory	May 12, 1907	March 16, 1934	26 years, 308 days	June 29, 2003	1st of 4
7	Claudette Colbert	It Happened One Night	September 13, 1903	February 27, 1935	31 years, 167 days	July 30, 1996
8	Bette Davis	Dangerous	April 5, 1908	March 5, 1936	27 years, 335 days	October 6, 1989	1st of 2
9	Luise Rainer	The Great Ziegfeld	January 12, 1910	March 4, 1937	27 years, 51 days	42003	1st of 2
10	Luise Rainer	The Good Earth	January 12, 1910	March 10, 1938	28 years, 57 days	42003	2nd of 2
11	Bette Davis	Jezebel	April 5, 1908	February 23, 1939	30 years, 324 days	October 6, 1989	2nd of 2
12	Vivien Leigh	Gone with the Wind	5058	February 29, 1940	26 years, 116 days	July 7, 1967	1st of 2
13	Ginger Rogers	Kitty Foyle	July 16, 1911	February 27, 1941	29 years, 226 days	April 25, 1995
14	Joan Fontaine	Suspicion	October 22, 1917	February 26, 1942	24 years, 127 days	41623
15	Greer Garson	Mrs. Miniver	September 29, 1904	March 4, 1943	38 years, 156 days	April 6, 1996
16	Jennifer Jones	The Song of Bernadette	March 2, 1919	March 2, 1944	25 years, 0 days	40164
17	Ingrid Bergman	Gaslight	August 29, 1915	March 15, 1945	29 years, 198 days	August 29, 1982	1st of 2
18	Joan Crawford	Mildred Pierce	March 23, 1905	March 7, 1946	40 years, 349 days	May 10, 1977
19	Olivia de Havilland	To Each His Own	July 1, 1916	March 13, 1947	30 years, 255 days		1st of 2
20	Loretta Young	The Farmer's Daughter	January 6, 1913	March 20, 1948	35 years, 74 days	August 12, 2000
21	Jane Wyman	Johnny Belinda	January 5, 1917	March 24, 1949	32 years, 78 days	September 10, 2007
22	Olivia de Havilland	The Heiress	July 1, 1916	March 23, 1950	33 years, 265 days		2nd of 2
23	Judy Holliday	Born Yesterday	June 21, 1921	March 29, 1951	29 years, 281 days	June 7, 1965
24	Vivien Leigh	A Streetcar Named Desire	5058	March 20, 1952	38 years, 136 days	July 7, 1967	2nd of 2
25	Shirley Booth	Come Back, Little Sheba	August 30, 1898	March 19, 1953	54 years, 201 days	October 16, 1992
26	Audrey Hepburn	Roman Holiday	May 4, 1929	March 25, 1954	24 years, 325 days	January 20, 1993
27	Grace Kelly	The Country Girl	10909	March 30, 1955	25 years, 138 days	September 14, 1982
28	Anna Magnani	The Rose Tattoo	March 7, 1908	March 21, 1956	48 years, 14 days	September 26, 1973
29	Ingrid Bergman	Anastasia	August 29, 1915	March 27, 1957	41 years, 210 days	August 29, 1982	2nd of 2
30	Joanne Woodward	The Three Faces of Eve	February 27, 1930	March 26, 1958	28 years, 27 days
31	Susan Hayward	I Want to Live!	June 30, 1917	April 6, 1959	41 years, 280 days	March 14, 1975
32	Simone Signoret	Room at the Top	March 25, 1921	April 4, 1960	39 years, 10 days	September 30, 1985
33	Elizabeth Taylor	BUtterfield 8	February 27, 1932	April 17, 1961	29 years, 49 days	March 23, 2011	1st of 2
34	Sophia Loren	Two Women	September 20, 1934	April 9, 1962	27 years, 201 days
35	Anne Bancroft	The Miracle Worker	September 17, 1931	April 8, 1963	31 years, 203 days	June 6, 2005
36	Patricia Neal	Hud	January 20, 1926	April 13, 1964	38 years, 84 days	August 8, 2010
37	Julie Andrews	Mary Poppins	October 1, 1935	April 5, 1965	29 years, 186 days
38	Julie Christie	Darling	April 14, 1941	April 18, 1966	25 years, 4 days
39	Elizabeth Taylor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	February 27, 1932	April 10, 1967	35 years, 42 days	March 23, 2011	2nd of 2
40	Katharine Hepburn	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	May 12, 1907	April 10, 1968	60 years, 334 days	June 29, 2003	2nd of 4
41	Katharine Hepburn	The Lion in Winter	May 12, 1907	April 14, 1969	61 years, 337 days	June 29, 2003	Tie; 3rd of 4
42	Barbra Streisand	Funny Girl	April 24, 1942	April 14, 1969	26 years, 355 days		Tie
43	Maggie Smith	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	12781	April 7, 1970	35 years, 100 days
44	Glenda Jackson	Women in Love	May 9, 1936	April 15, 1971	34 years, 341 days		1st of 2
45	Jane Fonda	Klute	13870	April 10, 1972	34 years, 111 days		1st of 2
46	Liza Minnelli	Cabaret	March 12, 1946	March 27, 1973	27 years, 15 days
47	Glenda Jackson	A Touch of Class	May 9, 1936	April 2, 1974	37 years, 328 days		2nd of 2
48	Ellen Burstyn	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	12030	April 8, 1975	42 years, 122 days
49	Louise Fletcher	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	July 22, 1934	March 29, 1976	41 years, 251 days
50	Faye Dunaway	Network	January 14, 1941	March 28, 1977	36 years, 73 days
51	Diane Keaton	Annie Hall	January 5, 1946	April 3, 1978	32 years, 88 days
52	Jane Fonda	Coming Home	13870	April 9, 1979	41 years, 109 days		2nd of 2
53	Sally Field	Norma Rae	17112	April 14, 1980	33 years, 160 days		1st of 2
54	Sissy Spacek	Coal Miner's Daughter	18257	March 31, 1981	31 years, 96 days
55	Katharine Hepburn	On Golden Pond	May 12, 1907	March 29, 1982	74 years, 321 days	June 29, 2003	4th of 4, Held record as oldest winner for 8 award ceremonies (from the 54th to the 62nd, March 1982–March 1990)
56	Meryl Streep	Sophie's Choice	June 22, 1949	April 11, 1983	33 years, 293 days		1st of 2
57	Shirley MacLaine	Terms of Endearment	April 24, 1934	April 9, 1984	49 years, 351 days
58	Sally Field	Places in the Heart	17112	March 25, 1985	38 years, 139 days		2nd of 2
59	Geraldine Page	The Trip to Bountiful	9093	March 24, 1986	61 years, 122 days	June 13, 1987
60	Marlee Matlin	Children of a Lesser God	August 24, 1965	March 30, 1987	21 years, 218 days		Has held record as youngest winner for 28 award ceremonies (from the 59th through the 87th, March 1987–February 2015)
61	Cher	Moonstruck	May 20, 1946	April 11, 1988	41 years, 327 days
62	Jodie Foster	The Accused	22969	March 27, 1989	26 years, 128 days		1st of 2
63	Jessica Tandy	Driving Miss Daisy	June 7, 1909	March 26, 1990	80 years, 292 days	September 11, 1994	Has held record as oldest winner for 25 award ceremonies (from the 62nd through the 87th, March 1990–February 2015)
64	Kathy Bates	Misery	June 28, 1948	March 25, 1991	42 years, 270 days
65	Jodie Foster	The Silence of the Lambs	22969	March 30, 1992	29 years, 132 days		2nd of 2
66	Emma Thompson	Howards End	April 15, 1959	March 29, 1993	33 years, 348 days
67	Holly Hunter	The Piano	March 20, 1958	March 21, 1994	36 years, 1 day
68	Jessica Lange	Blue Sky	April 20, 1949	March 27, 1995	45 years, 341 days
69	Susan Sarandon	Dead Man Walking	October 4, 1946	March 25, 1996	49 years, 173 days
70	Frances McDormand	Fargo	June 23, 1957	March 24, 1997	39 years, 274 days		1st of 2
71	Helen Hunt	As Good as It Gets	June 15, 1963	March 23, 1998	34 years, 281 days
72	Gwyneth Paltrow	Shakespeare in Love	September 27, 1972	March 21, 1999	26 years, 175 days
73	Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry	July 30, 1974	March 26, 2000	25 years, 240 days		1st of 2
74	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	October 28, 1967	March 25, 2001	33 years, 148 days
75	Halle Berry	Monster's Ball	August 14, 1966	March 24, 2002	35 years, 222 days
76	Nicole Kidman	The Hours	June 20, 1967	March 23, 2003	35 years, 276 days
77	Charlize Theron	Monster	August 7, 1975	February 29, 2004	28 years, 206 days
78	Hilary Swank	Million Dollar Baby	July 30, 1974	February 27, 2005	30 years, 212 days		2nd of 2
79	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line	March 22, 1976	March 5, 2006	29 years, 348 days
80	Helen Mirren	The Queen	July 26, 1945	February 25, 2007	61 years, 214 days
81	Marion Cotillard	La Vie en rose	September 30, 1975	February 24, 2008	32 years, 147 days
82	Kate Winslet	The Reader	October 5, 1975	February 22, 2009	33 years, 140 days
83	Sandra Bullock	The Blind Side	July 26, 1964	March 7, 2010	45 years, 224 days
84	Natalie Portman	Black Swan	June 9, 1981	February 27, 2011	29 years, 263 days
85	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	June 22, 1949	February 26, 2012	62 years, 249 days		2nd of 2
86	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	August 15, 1990	February 24, 2013	22 years, 193 days
87	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine	May 14, 1969	March 2, 2014	44 years, 292 days
88	Julianne Moore	Still Alice	22253	February 22, 2015	54 years, 81 days
89	Brie Larson	Room	32782	February 28, 2016	26 years, 150 days
90	Emma Stone	La La Land	32453	February 26, 2017	28 years, 112 days
91	Frances McDormand	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	June 23, 1957	March 4, 2018	60 years, 254 days		2nd of 2
92	Olivia Colman	The Favourite	January 30, 1974	February 24, 2019	45 years, 25 days
93	Renée Zellweger	Judy	April 25, 1969	February 9, 2020	50 years, 290 days