Best Actress
- 1st Academy Awards
- 1st Tony Awards
- 2nd Venice International Film Festival
- 3rd Primetime Emmy Awards
- 7th Heaven (1927 film)
- AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama
- AACTA International Award for Best Actress
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Academy Awards
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- American Theatre Wing
- Ariel Award for Best Actress
- Asian Film Award for Best Actress
- Asianet Film Awards
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- BIFA for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
- Babisas Award
- Bachsas Award for Best Actress
- Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress
- Bavarian Film Awards (Best Acting)
- Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actress Award
- Best Actress Award (Annecy Italian Film Festival)
- Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
- Best Actress Award (Vietnam Film Festival)
- Black Reel Award for Best Actress
- Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Bollywood Movie Award – Best Actress
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
- British Soap Award for Best Actress
- CJFB Performance Award
- Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- CineMAA Awards
- Citra Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries
- Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress
- César Award for Best Actress
- Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- David di Donatello for Best Actress
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Edda Award for Best Actor or Actress
- Empire Award for Best Actress
- Empire Award for Best British Actress
- European Film Award for Best Actress
- Evening Standard Theatre Awards
- FAMAS Award for Best Actress
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
- Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
- GIFA Best Actress Award
- GIFA Critics Best Actress Award
- Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
- Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
- Gertrude Berg
- Golden Arena for Best Actress
- Golden Bell Award for Best Actress
- Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
- Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama
- Golden Calf for Best Leading Role
- Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress (China)
- Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress (Russia)
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- Golden Goblet Award for Best Actress
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress
- Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress
- Goya Award for Best Actress
- Goya Award for Best New Actress
- Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Happy Birthday (play)
- Helen Hayes
- Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical
- Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play
- Helpmann Award for Best Female Performer in an Opera
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
- Hum Award for Best Actress
- Hum Award for Best Actress Popular
- Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
- IIFA Award for Best Actress
- ITFA Best Actress Award
- ITFA Best New Actress Award
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- Ingrid Bergman
- Janet Gaynor
- Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Joan of Arc
- Joan of Lorraine
- Katharine Hepburn
- Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
- Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play
- Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- Little Women (1933 film)
- London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Lumière Award for Best Actress
- Lux Style Awards
- Lux Style Awards
- Meril Prothom Alo Awards
- Molière Award for Best Actress
- Monaco International Film Festival
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
- NAACP Theatre Award for Best Lead Female – Equity
- NAACP Theatre Award for Best Lead Female – Local
- Nandi Award for Best Actress
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
- National Film Award for Best Actress
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
- Play (theatre)
- Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Primetime Emmy Awards
- Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Telugu)
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
- San Sebastián International Film Festival
- Santosham Best Actress Award
- Sarasaviya Best Actress Award
- Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture
- Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
- Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- Saturn Award for Best Actress
- Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
- Screen Award for Best Actress
- Screen Award for Best Actress (Critics)
- Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice)
- Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actress
- Silver Bear for Best Actress
- Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress
- Silver Shell for Best Actress
- St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Stardust Award for Best Actress
- Stardust Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Romance
- Stardust Award for Best Actress in a Drama
- Stardust Award for Best Actress in a Thriller or Action
- Street Angel (1928 film)
- Sun Kudumbam Best Actress Award
- TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
- The Broadway League
- The Goldbergs (broadcast series)
- Tokyo International Film Festival
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- Tony Awards
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
- Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film
- Venice Film Festival
- Vijay Award for Best Actress
- Volpi Cup
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female
- Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actor – Female