2001 Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind as Alicia Nash

2002 Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago as "Velma Kelly"

2003 Renée Zellweger - Cold Mountain as "Ruby Thewes"

2004 Cate Blanchett - The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn

2005 Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener as "Tessa Quayle"

2006 Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls as "Effie Melody White"