2001 (74th) Halle Berry - Monster's Ball as Leticia Musgrove

2002 (75th) Nicole Kidman - The Hours as Virginia Woolf

2003 (76th) Charlize Theron - Monster as Aileen Wuornos

2004 (77th) Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby as Maggie Fitzgerald

2005 (78th) Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line as June Carter

2006 (79th Helen Mirren - The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II