Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Ã¢ÂÂ Drama is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture", but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress Ã¢ÂÂ Comedy or Musical.

The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Ã¢ÂÂ Drama". As of 2013, the wording is "Best Actress in a Motion Picture Ã¢ÂÂ Drama".

Winners and nominees

Ã¢ÂÂ Indicates the Academy Award winner

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1950s

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2010s

2020s

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

Firsts

Whoopi Goldberg became the first actress of African descent to win in 1986.
Marlee Matlin became the first deaf actress to win in 1987.
Jodie Foster, Shirley MacLaine, and Sigourney Weaver became the only actresses ever to win Golden Globes in a three-way tie in 1988.
Lily Gladstone became the first actress of Native American heritage to win in 2024.
Fernanda Torres became the first Latina as well as the first Brazilian actress to win in 2025. Coincidentally, she is the daughter of actress Fernanda Montenegro, who was the first Brazilian actress to be nominated for the award in 1999 with her role in Central Station.

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