And the Oscar goes to.. My picks for Best Actress in Leading Role

I'll have a go...

1960: Shirley MacLaine (The Apartment)
1961: Deborah Kerr (The Innocents)
1962: Corinne Marchand (Cléo from 5 to 7)
1963: Patricia Neal (Hud)*
1964: Anne Bancroft (The Pumpkin Eater)
1965: Giulietta Masina (Juliette of the Spirits)
1966: Elizabeth Taylor (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)*
1967: Julie Christie (Far from the Madding Crowd)
1968: Mia Farrow (Rosemary’s Baby)
1969: Sandy Dennis (That Cold Day in the Park)

1970: Stéphane Audran (Le Boucher)
1971: Julie Christie (McCabe & Mrs. Miller)
1972: Susannah York (Images)
1973: Tatum O’Neal (Paper Moon)
1974: Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence)
1975: Isabelle Adjani (The Story of Adele H.)
1976: Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver)
1977: Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl)
1978: Ingrid Bergman (Autumn Sonata)
1979: Bette Midler (The Rose)

1980: Nastasia Kinski (Tess)
1981: Susan Anspach (Montenegro)
1982: Jessica Lange (Frances)
1983: Mary Steenburgen (Cross Creek)
1984: Jacqueline Bisset (Under the Volcano)
1985: Sandrine Bonnaire (Vagabond)
1986: Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa)
1987: Faye Dunaway (Barfly)
1988: Diane Venora (Bird)
1989: Helen Mirren (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover)

1990: Anjelica Huston (The Grifters)
1991: Juliet Stevenson (Truly Madly Deeply)
1992: Jessica Lange (Night and the City)
1993: Tilda Swinton (Orlando)
1994: Sigourney Weaver (Death and the Maiden)
1995: Nicole Kidman (To Die For)
1996: Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves)
1997: Stacy Edwards (In the Company of Men)
1998: Christina Ricci (Buffalo ‘66)
1999: Reese Witherspoon (Election)

2000: Björk (Dancer in the Dark)
2001: Charlotte Rampling (Under the Sand)
2002: Salma Hayek (Frida)
2003: Jennifer Connelly (House of Sand & Fog)
2004: Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace)
2005: Julia Jentsch (Sophie Scholl: The Final Days)
2006: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherrybaby)
2007: Julie Christie (Away from Her)
2008: Kristin Scott Thomas (I’ve Loved You for So Long)
2009: Carey Mulligan (An Education)

2010: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)*
2011: Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
2012: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)*
2013: Léa Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Color)
2014: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)*
2015: Brie Larson (Room)*
2016: Rebecca Hall (Christine)
2017: Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)


*won the Oscar

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Have to go with Susan Sarandon in Thelma and Louise here.

I can think of at least three Portman performances that were better than this one.

Have always felt this performance was severely overrated.