Redigerer Oscar for beste kvinnelige hovedrolle (avsnitt)

=== 1940-årene ===
[[Fil:Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight 44.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Ingrid Bergman]] ble nominert seks ganger og vant i 1944 for ''[[Gasslys]]'' og i 1956 for ''[[Anastasia (1956)|Anastasia]]''.]]
[[Fil:Joan Crawford - 1936 - Hurrell.JPG|right|thumb|150px|[[Joan Crawford]] vant i 1945 for rollen i ''[[En amerikansk kvinne]]''.]]
[[Fil:Olivia DeHavilland-2.JPG|right|thumb|150px|[[Olivia de Havilland]] vant i 1946 og i 1949 for rollene i ''[[Hennes egen sønn]]'' og ''[[Arvingen (1949)|Arvingen]]''.]]
[[Fil:Loretta young studio portrait.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Loretta Young]] vant for ''[[Katrin gjør karriere]]'' (1947).]]
[[Fil:Promotional photograph ofJudy Holliday.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Judy Holliday]] vant for rollen i ''[[Født i går]]'' (1950).]]
{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f6e39c;
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="10%"| År
! width="20%"| Skuespillerinne
! width="20%"| Film
! width="20%"| Rolle
! width="2%" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Referanse}}
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1940}} <br /> <small>[[Den 13. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Ginger Rogers]] || ''[[Kitty Foyle]]'' || Katherine «Kitty» Foyle || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars13">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941|title=The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
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| [[Bette Davis]] || ''[[Brevet (film)|Brevet]]'' ||
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| [[Joan Fontaine]] || ''[[Rebecca (film)|Rebecca]]'' ||
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| [[Katharine Hepburn]] || ''[[En nydelig historie]]'' ||
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| [[Martha Scott]] || ''[[Our Town]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1941}} <br /> <small>[[Den 14. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Joan Fontaine]] || ''[[Mistanke]]'' || Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars14">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942|title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
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| [[Bette Davis]] || ''[[Kvinnen uten hjerte]]'' ||
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| [[Olivia de Havilland]] || ''[[La det ikke bli dag]]'' ||
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| [[Greer Garson]] || ''[[Blomster i skygge]]'' ||
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| [[Barbara Stanwyck]] || ''[[Jeg blir natten over]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1942}} <br /> <small>[[Den 15. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Greer Garson]] || ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' || Kay Miniver || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars15">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943|title=The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
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| [[Bette Davis]] || ''[[Under nye stjerner]]'' ||
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| [[Katharine Hepburn]] || ''[[Årets kvinne]]'' ||
|-
| [[Rosalind Russell]] || ''[[Min søster Eileen]]'' ||
|-
| [[Teresa Wright]] || ''[[Yankee'enes stolthet]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1943}} <br /> <small>[[Den 16. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Jennifer Jones]] || ''[[Sangen om Bernadette]]''  || [[Bernadette Soubirous]] || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars16">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944|title=The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jean Arthur]] || ''[[Jo flere – dess bedre]]'' ||
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| [[Ingrid Bergman]] || ''[[Klokkene ringer for deg (film)|Klokkene ringer for deg]]'' ||
|-
| [[Joan Fontaine]] || ''[[Evig uskyld]]'' ||
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| [[Greer Garson]] || ''[[Madame Curie (film)|Madame Curie]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1944}} <br /> <small>[[Den 17. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Ingrid Bergman]] || ''[[Gasslys]]'' || Paula Alquist Anton || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars17">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945|title=The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Claudette Colbert]] || ''[[Da du reiste fra oss]]'' ||
|-
| [[Bette Davis]] || ''[[Mr. Skeffington]]'' ||
|-
| [[Greer Garson]] || ''[[Mrs. Parkington]]'' ||
|-
| [[Barbara Stanwyck]] || ''[[Dobbelt erstatning]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1945}} <br /> <small>[[Den 18. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Joan Crawford]] || ''[[En amerikansk kvinne]]'' || Mildred Pierce || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars18">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946|title=The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ingrid Bergman]] || ''[[Klokkene i St. Mary]]'' ||
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| [[Greer Garson]] || ''[[Dommens dal]]'' ||
|-
| [[Jennifer Jones]] || ''[[Kjærlighetsbrevene]]'' ||
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| [[Gene Tierney]] || ''[[Leave Her to Heaven]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1946}} <br /> <small>[[Den 19. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Olivia de Havilland]] || ''[[Hennes egen sønn]]'' || Josephine Norris || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars19">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1947|title=The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Celia Johnson]] || ''[[Kort møte]]'' ||
|-
| [[Jennifer Jones]] || ''[[Duell i solen]]'' ||
|-
| [[Rosalind Russell]] || ''[[Sister Kenny]]'' ||
|-
| [[Jane Wyman]] || ''[[Gutten og dådyrkalven]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1947}} <br /> <small>[[Den 20. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Loretta Young]] || ''[[Katrin gjør karriere]]'' || Katrin Holstrom || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars20">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948|title=The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher= Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Joan Crawford]] || ''[[Uten vielsesattest]]'' ||
|-
| [[Susan Hayward]] || ''[[Stimulans]]'' ||
|-
| [[Dorothy McGuire]] || ''[[Mellom gentlemenn]]'' ||
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| [[Rosalind Russell]] || ''[[Sorgen kler Elektra]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1948}} <br /> <small>[[Den 21. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Jane Wyman]] || ''[[Johnny Belinda]]'' || Belinda McDonald || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars21">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1949|title=The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ingrid Bergman]] || ''[[Jeanne d'Arc (film)|Jeanne d'Arc]]'' ||
|-
| [[Olivia de Havilland]] || ''[[Hennes annen verden]]'' ||
|-
| [[Irene Dunne]] || ''[[Vi kan stole på mamma]]'' ||
|-
| [[Barbara Stanwyck]] || ''[[Beklager, feil nummer]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{år|film|1949}} <br /> <small>[[Den 22. Oscar-utdelingen]]</small>
|-style="background:#FAEB86;"  
| [[Olivia de Havilland]] || ''[[Arvingen (1949)|Arvingen]]'' || Catherine Sloper || rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;"|<ref name="Oscars22">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950|title=The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2. oktober 2016|publisher= Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jeanne Crain]] || ''[[Pinky]]'' ||
|-
| [[Susan Hayward]] || ''[[Hjertets dårskap]]'' ||
|-
| [[Deborah Kerr]] || ''[[Edward, min sønn]]'' ||
|-
| [[Loretta Young]] || ''[[Det går med et smil]]'' ||
|}