Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Greatest Best Actress Winners in Oscar History [2019]

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14

1

Meryl Streep

Actress

30.77% (16 of 52 votes)

18

2

Vivien Leigh

Actress

0% (0 of 2 votes)

8

3

Elizabeth Taylor

Actress

39.34% (24 of 61 votes)

19

4

Vivien Leigh

Actress

0% (0 of 2 votes)

2

5

Joan Crawford

Actress

53.57% (90 of 168 votes)

6

6

Hilary Swank

Actress

42.11% (8 of 19 votes)

16

7

Diane Keaton

Actress

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

17

8

Frances McDormand

Actress

0% (0 of 10 votes)

7

9

Bette Davis

Actress

41.94% (281 of 670 votes)

21

10

Claudette Colbert

Actress

0% (0 of 2 votes)

22

11

Shirley Maclaine

Actress

0% (0 of 0 votes)

15

12

Jane Fonda

Actress

12.23% (1045 of 8546 votes)

20

13

Patricia Neal

Actress

0% (0 of 1 votes)

3

14

Cate Blanchett

Actress

53.49% (23 of 43 votes)

23

15

Louise Fletcher

Actress

0% (0 of 0 votes)

24

16

Holly Hunter

Actress

0% (0 of 4 votes)

25

17

Marion Cotillard

Actress

0% (0 of 3 votes)

12

18

Kathy Bates

Actress

33.33% (2 of 6 votes)

4

19

Ingrid Bergman

Actress

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)

9

20

Jodie Foster

Actress

38.71% (12 of 31 votes)

5

21

Julianne Moore

Actress

45.16% (28 of 62 votes)

10

22

Julie Andrews

Actress

33.33% (19 of 57 votes)

13

23

Olivia De Havilland

Actress

31.52% (52 of 165 votes)

1

24

Anna Magnani

Actress

100% (2 of 2 votes)

11

25

Liza Minnelli

Vocalist

33.33% (88 of 264 votes)