1971 Jane Fonda- Klute as "Bree Daniels"

1972 Liza Minnelli - Cabaret as "Sally Bowles"

1973 Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class as "Vicki Allessio"

1974 Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as "Alice Hyatt"

1975 Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as "Nurse Ratched"

1976 Faye Dunaway - Network as "Diana Christiansen"

1977 Diane Keaton - Annie Hall as "Annie Hall"

1978 Jane Fonda - Coming Home as "Sally Hyde"

1979 Sally Field - Norma Rae as "Norma Rae Webster"

1980 Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn