| Rank | Name | Film | Distributor |
| 1 | Angela Bassett | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
| The nation of Wakanda is pitted against intervening world powers as they mourn the loss of their king T’Challa. |
| 2 | Kerry Condon | “The Banshees of Inisherin” | Searchlight Pictures |
| Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them. |
| 3 | Jamie Lee Curtis | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | A24 |
| An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. |
| 4 | Hong Chau | “The Whale” | A24 |
| A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. |
| 5 | Michelle Williams* | “The Fabelmans” | Universal Pictures |
| A semi-autobiography based on Spielberg’s own childhood growing up in post-war Arizona, from age seven to eighteen. |
| Next in Line |
| 6 | Stephanie Hsu | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | A24 |
| An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. |
| 7 | Dolly De Leon | “Triangle of Sadness” | Neon |
| A cruise for the super-rich sinks thus leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island. |
| 8 | Carey Mulligan | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
| New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation – a story that helped ignite a movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood. |
| 9 | Jessie Buckley | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
A group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a string of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men.
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| 10 | Nina Hoss | “Tár” | Focus Features |
| Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár. widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra. |
| Other Top-Tier Contenders |
| 11 | Claire Foy | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| 12 | Janelle Monáe | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
| 13 | Keke Palmer | “Nope” | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | Gabrielle Union | “The Inspection” | A24 |
| 15 | Lashana Lynch | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
| 16 | Laura Dern | “The Son” | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 17 | Judith Ivey | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| 18 | Kate Hudson | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story” | Netflix |
| 19 | Jean Smart | “Babylon” | Paramount Pictures |
| 20 | Aimee Lou Wood | “Living” | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Also In Contention |
| 21 | Thuso Mbedu | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
| 22 | Olivia DeJonge | “Elvis” | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | Mariana Treviño | “A Man Called Otto” | Sony Pictures |
| 24 | Sadie Sink | “The Whale” | A24 |
| 25 | Charmaine Bingwa | “Emancipation” | Apple Original Films |
| 26 | Jennifer Ehle | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
| 27 | Jennifer Connelly | “Top Gun: Maverick” | Paramount Pictures |
| 28 | Anne Hathaway | “Armageddon Time” | Focus Features |
| 29 | Vanessa Kirby | “The Son” | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | Emma Corrin | “My Policeman” | Amazon Studios |
| All Contenders Listed (Unranked-Alphabetical) |
| — | Ahna O’Reilly | “Where the Crawdads Sing” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Aimee Lou Wood | “Living” | Sony Pictures Classics |
| — | Aisling Franciosi | “God’s Creatures” | A24 |
| — | Alba Baptista | “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” | Focus Features |
| — | Alejandra Flechner | “Argentina, 1985” | Amazon Studios |
| — | Alice Englert | “You Won’t Be Alone” | Focus Features |
| — | Alix West Leller | “The Good Nurse” | Netflix |
| — | Amanda Bearse | “Bros” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Amber Grey | “Master” | Amazon Studios |
| — | Anamaria Marinca | “You Won’t Be Alone” | Focus Features |
| — | Andrea Riseborough | “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Andrea Riseborough | “Matilda” | Netflix |
| — | Angela Bassett | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Anne Hathaway | “Armageddon Time” | Focus Features |
| — | Anya Taylor-Joy | “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Anya Taylor-Joy | “The Northman” | Focus Features |
| — | Ashely Park | “Mr. Malcolm’s List” | Bleecker Street |
| — | Avis Marie Barnes | “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” | Focus Features |
| — | Benja K. Thomas | “A Love Song” | Bleecker Street |
| — | Billie Piper | “Catherine Called Birdy” | Amazon Studios |
| — | BJÖRK
| “The Northman” | Focus Features |
| — | Bria Danielle Singleton | “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Carey Mulligan | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
| — | CCH Pounder | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Charlotte Gainsbourg | “The Pale Blue Eye” | Netflix |
| — | Charmaine Bingwa | “Emancipation” | Apple Original Films |
| — | Chloë Sevigny | “Bones & All” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Christina Jackson | “Devotion” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Claire Foy | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Connie Britton | “Breaking” | Bleecker Street |
| — | Crystal Clarke | “Empire of Light” | Searchlight Pictures |
| — | Dakota Johnson | “Cha Cha Real Smooth” | Apple Original Films |
| — | Danai Gurira | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Dolly De Leon | “Triangle of Sadness” | Neon |
| — | Dominique Thorne | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Doona Bae | “Broker” | Neon |
| — | Dot-Marie Jones | “Bros” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Edie Falco | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Ego Nwodim | “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Elaine Cassidy | “The Wonder” | Netflix |
| — | Elizabeth McGovern | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Elizabeth Olsen | “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Ellen Thomas | “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” | Focus Features |
| — | Émilie Dequenne | “Close” | A24 |
| — | Émilie Dequenne | “Close” | A24 |
| — | Emily Mitchell | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Emma Corrin | “My Policeman” | Amazon Studios |
| — | Emma Thompson | “Matilda” | Netflix |
| — | Emma Thompson | “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” | No U.S. Distribution |
| — | Emmy Raver-Lampman | “Dog” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Eve Lindley | “Bros” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Florence Kasumba | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Frances McDormand | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Gabrielle Union | “Strange World” | Walt Disney Pictures |
| — | Gabrielle Union | “The Inspection” | A24 |
| — | Gemma Chan | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
| — | Gillian Anderson | “The Pale Blue Eye” | Netflix |
| — | Greta Gerwig | “White Noise” | Netflix |
| — | Griselda Sicillani | “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” | Netflix |
| — | Haley Bennett | “Till” | Orion/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Haley Lu Richardson | “After Yang” | A24 |
| — | Hong Chau | “The Menu” | Searchlight Pictures |
| — | Hong Chau | “The Whale” | A24 |
| — | Imelda Staunton | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Iris Berben | “Triangle of Sadness” | Neon |
| — | Isabella Rossellini | “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” | A24 |
| — | Isabelle Huppert | “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” | Focus Features |
| — | Jaimie Alexander | “Thor: Love and Thunder” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Jamie Lee Curtis | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | A24 |
| — | Jane Adams | “Dog” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Janelle Monáe
| “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
| — | Janet McTeer | “The Menu” | Searchlight Pictures |
| — | Janet McTeer | “The Menu” | Searchlight Pictures |
| — | Jayme Lawson | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Jayme Lawson | “Till” | Orion/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Jean Smart | “Babylon” | Paramount Pictures |
| — | Jeannie Berlin | “The Fabelmans” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Jennifer Connelly | “Top Gun: Maverick” | Paramount Pictures |
| — | Jennifer Ehle | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Jessica Chastain | “Armageddon Time” | Focus Features |
| — | Jessica Hardwick | “The Lost King” | Warner Bros. |
| — | Jessica Harper | “Bones & All” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Jessica Henwick | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
| — | Jessie Buckley | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Joanne Froggatt | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Jodhi May | “The Silent Twins” | Focus Features |
| — | Jodie Turner-Smith | “After Yang” | A24 |
| — | Joely Richardson | “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” | Netflix |
| — | Jojo Regina | “Where the Crawdads Sing” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Judi Dench | “Allelujah” | No U.S. Distribution |
| — | Judith Ivey | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Judith Ivey | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Judith Light | “The Menu” | Searchlight Pictures |
| — | Julia Butters | “The Fabelmans” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Julianne Nicholson | “Blonde” | Netflix |
| — | Kaitlyn Dever | “Ticket to Paradise” | Netflix |
| — | Kate Berlant | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
| — | Kate Hallett | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Kate Hudson | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
| — | Kate Winslet | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Kathryn Hahn | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
| — | Keke Palmer* | “Nope” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Kerry Condon | “The Banshees of Inisherin” | Searchlight Pictures |
| — | Kiki Layne | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
| — | Kila Lord Cassidy | “The Wonder” | Netflix |
| — | Kim Dickens | “The Good Nurse” | Netflix |
| — | Kim Dickens | “The Good Nurse” | Netflix |
| — | Kimberly Guerrero | “Montana Story” | Bleecker Street |
| — | Kristen Stewart | “Crimes of the Future” | Neon |
| — | Lashana Lynch | “Matilda” | Netflix |
| — | Lashana Lynch | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Laura Carmichael | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Laura Dern | “The Son” | Sony Pictures Classics |
| — | Laura Haddock | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Léa Drucker | “Close” | A24 |
| — | Léa Drucker | “Close” | A24 |
| — | Léa Seydoux | “Crimes of the Future” | Neon |
| — | Lesley Nicol | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Lesley Sharp | “Catherine Called Birdy” | Amazon Studios |
| — | Leslie Uggams | “Nanny” | Amazon Studios |
| — | Li Jun Li | “Babylon” | Paramount Pictures |
| — | Lily Fisher | “Blonde” | Netflix |
| — | Lucy Boynton | “The Pale Blue Eye” | Netflix |
| — | Lupita Nyong’o | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Lyric Hurd | “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Mabel Cadena | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Madelyn Cline | “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Netflix |
| — | Maggie Smith | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja | “After Yang” | A24 |
| — | Mar Carrera | “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” | Netflix |
| — | Margot Robbie | “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Maria Bakalova | “Bodies Bodies Bodies” | A24 |
| — | Mariana Treviño | “A Man Called Otto” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | “The Sea Beast” | Netflix |
| — | Marsha Stephanie Blake | “Brother” | No U.S. Distribution |
| — | May Nivola | “White Noise” | Netflix |
| — | Meteora Fontana | “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” | Netflix |
| — | Michael Hyatt | “Where the Crawdads Sing” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Michaela Coel | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Michelle McLeod | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Michelle Monaghan | “Nanny” | Amazon Studios |
| — | Michelle Williams* | “The Fabelmans” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Michelle Wilson | “A Love Song” | Bleecker Street |
| — | Michelle Yeoh | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Nadine Marshall | “The Silent Twins” | Focus Features |
| — | Nathalie Baye | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Niamh Algar | “The Wonder” | Netflix |
| — | Nicole Beharie | “Breaking” | Bleecker Street |
| — | Nicole Beharie | “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” | Focus Features |
| — | Nicole Kidman | “The Northman” | Focus Features |
| — | Nicole LaLiberté | “Dog” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Nikki Amuka-Bird | “The Outfit” | Focus Features |
| — | Nina Hoss | “Tár” | Focus Features |
| — | Noémie Merlant | “Tár” | Focus Features |
| — | Noomi Rapace | “You Won’t Be Alone” | Focus Features |
| — | Octavia Spencer | “Spirited” | Apple Original Films |
| — | Olivia DeJonge | “Elvis” | Warner Bros. |
| — | Olivia Wilde | “Babylon” | Paramount Pictures |
| — | Olivia Wilde | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
| — | Oona Chaplin | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Patricia Clarkson | “Monica” | No U.S. Distribution |
| — | Patricia Clarkson | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Pattrakorn Tungsupakul | “Thirteen Lives” | Amazon Studios/MGM |
| — | Penelope Wilton | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Phyllis Logan | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Q’Orianka Kilcher | “Dog” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Queen Latifah | “Hustle” | Netflix |
| — | Quintessa Swindell | “Black Adam” | Warner Bros |
| — | Rachel Keller | “A Man Called Otto” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Rachel Keller | “Butcher’s Crossing” | Saban Films |
| — | Raffey Cassidy | “White Noise” | Netflix |
| — | Raquel Cassidy | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Rose Decker | “Nanny” | Amazon Studios |
| — | Rose Williams | “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” | Focus Features |
| — | Ruth Wilson | “See How They Run” | Searchlight Pictures |
| — | Sabrina Carpenter | “Emergency” | Amazon Studios |
| — | Sadie Sink | “The Whale” | A24 |
| — | Sally Field | “Spoiler Alert” | Focus Features |
| — | Samantha Morton | “She Said” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Samantha Morton | “The Whale” | A24 |
| — | Selenis Leyva | “Breaking” | Bleecker Street |
| — | Shayla Brown | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Sheila Atim | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Sheila McCarthy | “Women Talking” | MGM/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Sigourney Weaver | “Avatar: The Way of Water” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Sigourney Weaver | “Call Jane” | Roadside Attractions |
| — | Sophie Kauer | “Tár” | Focus Features |
| — | Sophie McShera | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Sophie Okonedo | “Raymond & Ray” | Apple Original Films |
| — | Stephanie Hsu | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | A24 |
| — | Sydney Chandler | “Don’t Worry Darling” | Warner Bros |
| — | Tamara Tunie | “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Tanya Moodie | “Empire of Light” | Searchlight Pictures |
| — | Taylor Swift | “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Tessa Thompson | “Thor: Love and Thunder” | Marvel Studios |
| — | Thuso Mbedu | “The Woman King” | Sony Pictures |
| — | Ts Madison | “Bros” | Universal Pictures |
| — | Tuppence Middleton | “Downton Abbey: A New Era” | Focus Features |
| — | Vanessa Kirby | “The Son” | Sony Pictures Classics |
| — | Vicki Berlin | “Triangle of Sadness” | Neon |
| — | Whoopi Goldberg | “Till” | Orion/United Artists Releasing |
| — | Wunmi Mosaku | “Alice, Darling” | Lionsgate |
| — | Ximena Lamadrid | “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” | Netflix |
| — | Zawe Ashton | “Mr. Malcolm’s List” | Bleecker Street |
| — | Zoë Kravitz | “The Batman” | Warner Bros. |
| — | Zoe Renee | “Master” | Amazon Studios |
| — | Zoe Saldaña
| “Amsterdam” | 20th Century Studios |
| — | Zoey Deutch | “The Outfit” | Focus Features |
| — | Zooey Deschanel | “Dreamin’ Wild” | No U.S. Distribution |
