The Saturn Award for Best Actress is one of the annual
Saturn Awards
The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films be ...
given by the American professional organization, the
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The Saturn Awards are the oldest film-specialized reward of achievements in
science fiction
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,
fantasy
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, and
horror (another award, the
Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier ...
is older but includes other genres and media). The Saturn Award included the Best Actress category for the first time in the 1974 film year.
The Saturn Award for Best Actress is the oldest prize to reward actresses in science fiction, fantasy, and horror films: other awards such as the
Academy and
Golden Globe Awards, despite supposedly disregarding the genre, gave little recognition to acting quality at the time. In 1996 the Saturns began to reward both film and
television
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acting, and created the
Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. For the first two years it was awarded there were no nominees announced.
The actresses with the most nominations are
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Jodie Foster,
Natalie Portman
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,
Naomi Watts and
Sigourney Weaver, who are all tied with five. Curtis, Foster, Portman, Watts and
Sandra Bullock are the only actresses to have won it twice. Portman is also the only actress to win both the Saturn Award and the
Academy Award for Best Actress
The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year ...
for the same film, while Weaver holds the record for most nominations for playing the same character (
Ellen Ripley
Ellen Louise Ripley, often referred to simply as Ripley, is a fictional character and protagonist of the ''Alien'' film series, played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. The character earned Weaver worldwide recognition, and the role remain ...
) with four. Foster is the youngest winner in this category, winning her first award in 1977 at age 13.
Winners and nominees
Legend:
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple nominations
;6 nominations
* Natalie Portman
;5 nominations
* Jamie Lee Curtis
* Jodie Foster
* Nicole Kidman
* Naomi Watts
* Sigourney Weaver
* Emily Blunt
;4 nominations
* Angelina Jolie
* Jennifer Lawrence
* Cate Blanchett
;3 nominations
* Jessica Chastain
* Margot Kidder
* Julianne Moore
* Michelle Pfeiffer
* Daisy Ridley
* Ally Sheedy
* Jessica Tandy
* Charlize Theron
;2 nominations
* Amy Adams
* Karen Allen
* Nancy Allen
* Kathy Bates
* Kate Beckinsale
* Helena Bonham Carter
* Sandra Bullock
* Ellen Burstyn
* Neve Campbell
* Geena Davis
* Melinda Dillon
* Kirsten Dunst
* Carrie Fisher
* Linda Hamilton
* Anjelica Huston
* Catherine Keener
* Jennifer Lopez
* Frances McDormand
* Penelope Ann Miller
* Lupita Nyong'o
* Rosamund Pike
* Winona Ryder
* Sharon Stone
* Meryl Streep
* Uma Thurman
* Mia Wasikowska
* Michelle Yeoh
Multiple wins
;2 wins
*Sandra Bullock
*Jamie Lee Curtis
*Jodie Foster
*Natalie Portman
*Naomi Watts
References
External links
*
Past Winners Database. Saturn Awards
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Actress (Film)
Film awards for lead actress
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