Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
2000	Laura Linney	You Can Count on Me	Samantha "Sammy" Prescott
	Ellen Burstyn	Requiem for a Dream	Sara Goldfarb
	Michelle Yeoh	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Yu Shu Lien
2001	Sissy Spacek	*In the Bedroom*	Ruth Fowler
	Thora Birch	Ghost World	Enid
	Audrey Tautou	Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)	Amélie Poulain
2002	Julianne Moore	Far from Heaven	Cathy Whitaker
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Secretary	Lee Holloway
	Nicole Kidman	The Hours	Virginia Woolf
	Diane Lane	Unfaithful	Constance Sumner
	Meryl Streep	The Hours	Clarissa Vaughan
2003	Charlize Theron	*Monster*	Aileen Wuornos
	Jennifer Connelly	House of Sand and Fog	Kathy Nicolo
	Scarlett Johansson	Lost in Translation	Charlotte
2004	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake
	Laura Linney	Kinsey	Clara McMillen
	Hilary Swank	Million Dollar Baby	Maggie Fitzgerald
2005	Felicity Huffman	*Transamerica*	Stanley Schupak / Bree Osbourne
	Laura Linney	The Squid and the Whale	Joan Berkman
	Charlize Theron	North Country	Josey Aimes
	Naomi Watts	King Kong	Ann Darrow
2006	Helen Mirren	*The Queen*	Queen Elizabeth II
	Judi Dench	Notes on a Scandal	Barbara Covett
	Kate Winslet	Little Children	Sarah Pierce
2007	Marion Cotillard	*La Vie en Rose (La môme)*	Édith Piaf
	Anamaria Marinca	4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days	Otilia Mihartescu
	Elliot Page^[a]	Juno	Juno MacGuff
2008	Kate Winslet	The Reader	Hanna Schmitz
	Kate Winslet	Revolutionary Road	April Wheeler
	Sally Hawkins	Happy-Go-Lucky	Pauline "Poppy" Cross
	Meryl Streep	Doubt	Sister Aloysius Beauvier
2009	Carey Mulligan	*An Education*	Jenny Miller
	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious	Claireece "Precious" Jones
	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia	Julia Child

2010s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
2010	Jennifer Lawrence	*Winter's Bone*	Ree Dolly
	Annette Bening	The Kids Are All Right	Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood
	Natalie Portman	Black Swan	Nina Sayers
2011	Elizabeth Olsen	*Martha Marcy May Marlene*	Martha
	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	Margaret Thatcher
	Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn	Marilyn Monroe
2012	Jessica Chastain	*Zero Dark Thirty*	Maya
	Marion Cotillard	Rust and Bone	Stéphanie
	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	Tiffany Maxwell
2013	Cate Blanchett	*Blue Jasmine*	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
	Sandra Bullock	Gravity	Dr. Ryan Stone
	Greta Gerwig	Frances Ha	Frances Halladay
2014	Tilda Swinton	Only Lovers Left Alive	Eve
	Marion Cotillard	The Immigrant	Ewa Cybulska
	Reese Witherspoon	Wild	Cheryl Strayed
2015	Brie Larson	Room	Joy "Ma" Newsome
	Cate Blanchett	Carol	Carol Aird
	Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn	Eilis Lacey
2016	Isabelle Huppert	Elle	Michèle Leblanc
	Amy Adams	Arrival	Dr. Louise Banks
	Natalie Portman	Jackie	Jackie Kennedy
2017	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
	Sally Hawkins	The Shape of Water	Elisa Esposito
	Frances McDormand	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Mildred Hayes
2018	Olivia Colman	The Favourite	Anne, Queen of Great Britain
	Regina Hall	Support the Girls	Lisa Conroy
	Melissa McCarthy	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Lee Israel
2019	Scarlett Johansson	Marriage Story	Nicole Barber
	Lupita Nyong'o	Us	Adelaide Wilson / Red
	Saoirse Ronan	Little Women	Josephine "Jo" March

2020s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role	Ref
2020	Frances McDormand	Nomadland	Fern
	Viola Davis	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Ma Rainey
	Carey Mulligan	Promising Young Woman	Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
2021	Olivia Colman	The Lost Daughter	Leda Caruso	^[1]
	Jessica Chastain	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	Tammy Faye Bakker	^[2]
	Renate Reinsve	The Worst Person in the World	Julie	^[2]
2022	Michelle Yeoh	Everything Everywhere All At Once	Evelyn Wang	^[3]
	Cate Blanchett	Tár	Lydia Tár	^[4]
	Janelle Monáe	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Helen and Andi Brand	^[4]
2023	Sandra Hüller	Anatomy of a Fall	Sandra Voyter	^[5]
	Annette Bening	Nyad	Diana Nyad	^[6]
	Emma Stone	Poor Things	Bella Baxter / Victoria Blessington	^[6]
2024	Mikey Madison	Anora	Anora "Ani" Mikheeva	^[7]
	Demi Moore	The Substance	Elisabeth Sparkle	^[8]
	Saoirse Ronan	The Outrun	Rona	^[8]
2025	Jessie Buckley	Hamnet	Agnes Shakespeare	^[9]
	Rose Byrne	If I Had Legs I'd Kick You	Linda	^[10]
	Renate Reinsve	Sentimental Value	Nora Borg	^[10]

Notes

↑ Credited as Ellen Page

References

↑ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022.
↑ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.
↑ Vlessing, Etan (February 13, 2023). "'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
↑ "Vancouver Film Critics Announce Nominees". Northern Stars. January 23, 2023. Archived from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
↑ Gee, Dana (February 13, 2024). "'Anatomy of a Fall' beats out Hollywood to take top honours at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
↑ Vlessing, Etan (January 22, 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Six Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
↑ arnewsteam (February 18, 2025). "'Anora' Named Best Picture by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Awards Radar. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
↑ Erik Anderson, "2024 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations". Awards Watch, January 21, 2025.
↑ "The 2025 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Winners". Next Best Picture. February 23, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
↑ Vlessing, Etan (January 20, 2026). "'One Battle After Another' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Seven Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2026.

[Elliot-1] Credited as Ellen Page

[2] Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022.

[3] Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.

[4] Vlessing, Etan (February 13, 2023). "'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

[5] "Vancouver Film Critics Announce Nominees". Northern Stars. January 23, 2023. Archived from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.

[6] Gee, Dana (February 13, 2024). "'Anatomy of a Fall' beats out Hollywood to take top honours at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

[7] Vlessing, Etan (January 22, 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Six Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2024.

[8] rnewsteam (February 18, 2025). "'Anora' Named Best Picture by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Awards Radar. Retrieved February 18, 2025.

[9] Erik Anderson, "2024 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations". Awards Watch, January 21, 2025.

[10] "The 2025 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Winners". Next Best Picture. February 23, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.

[11] Vlessing, Etan (January 20, 2026). "'One Battle After Another' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Seven Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2026.

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