1991 Mercedes Ruehl - The Fisher King as "Anne Napolitano"

1992 Marisa Tomei- My Cousin Vinny as "Mona Lisa Vito"

1993 Anna Paquin - The Piano as "Flora McGrath"

1994 Dianne Wiest - Bullets Over Broadway as "Helen Sinclair"

1995 Mira Sorvino - Mighty Aphrodite as "Linda Ash"

1996 Juliette Binoche - The English Patient as "Hana"

1997 Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential as "Lynn Bracken"

1998 Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love as Queen Elizabeth I

1999 Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted as "Lisa Rowe"

2000 Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock as Lee Krasner