The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film. Winners and nominees Legend: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Superlatives Multiple winners 2 wins Viola Davis (The Help (2011), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)) Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)) Renée Zellweger (Chicago (2002), Judy (2019)) Multiple nominees Note: Winners are indicated in bold type. Two nominations Amy Adams (Arrival (2016), Hillbilly Elegy (2020)) Joan Allen (Nixon (1995), The Contender (2000)) Emily Blunt (The Girl On The Train (2016), Mary Poppins Returns (2018)) Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side (2009), Gravity (2013)) Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)) Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs (2011), The Wife (2018)) Olivia Colman (The Favourite (2018), The Lost Daughter (2021)) Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose (2007), Rust and Bone (2012)) Lady Gaga (A Star is Born (2018), House of Gucci (2021)) Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart (2007), Changeling (2008)) Diane Keaton (Marvin's Room (1996), Something's Gotta Give (2003)) Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone (2010), Silver Linings Playbook (2012)) Carey Mulligan (An Education (2009), Promising Young Woman (2020)) Natalie Portman (Black Swan (2010), Jackie (2016)) Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn (2015), Lady Bird (2017)) Susan Sarandon (The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1995)) Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility (1995), Saving Mr. Banks (2013)) Naomi Watts (21 Grams (2003), The Impossible (2012)) Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line (2005), Wild (2014)) Three nominations Annette Bening (American Beauty (1999), Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010)) Viola Davis (The Help (2011), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), The Woman King (2022)) Nicole Kidman (The Hours (2002), Rabbit Hole (2010), Being the Ricardos (2021)) Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Nomadland (2020)) Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), Still Alice (2014)) Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry (1999), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Conviction (2010)) Charlize Theron (Monster (2003), North Country (2005), Bombshell (2019)) Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Chicago (2002), Judy (2019)) Four nominations Helen Mirren (The Queen (2006), The Last Station (2009), Hitchcock (2012), Woman in Gold (2015)) Kate Winslet (Titanic (1997), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008)) Five nominations Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth (1998), Elizabeth: The Golden Age