I’ll list my choices of the nominees, going back through the ’80s; if I would have picked someone not nominated, they’re listed in parentheses:
2010: Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
2009: Carey Mulligan, An Education (Tilda Swinton, Julia)
2008: Melissa Leo, Frozen River (Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky)
2007: Julie Christie, Away From Her (Tang Wei, Lust, Caution)
2006: Penelope Cruz, Volver
2005: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica (Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger)
2004: Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2003: Charlize Theron, Monster
2002: Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
2001: Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! (Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive)
2000: Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
1999: Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
1998: Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station (Christina Ricci, The Opposite of Sex)
1997: Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove
1996: Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves
1995: Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas (Nicole Kidman, To Die For)
1994: Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (Linda Fiorentino, The Last Seduction)
1993: Holly Hunter, The Piano
1992: Emma Thompson, Howards End
1991: Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
1990: Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
1989: Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys
1988: Meryl Streep, A Cry in the Dark (Susan Sarandon, Bull Durham)
1987: Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
1986: Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart
1985: Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
1984: Judy Davis, A Passage to India (Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone)
1983: Meryl Streep, Silkwood
1982: Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
1981: Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City
1980: Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People
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