# The Best Actress Oscar winners of the 1990s

The ten actresses who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for films from 1990 to 1999, and their roles.

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- Mar 26, 2026 · H. Gunawan
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## Top 10

1. **Kathy Bates — Misery** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1990 film. A fanatical fan who holds her favourite author captive.
2. **Jodie Foster — The Silence of the Lambs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1991 film. FBI trainee Clarice Starling.
3. **Emma Thompson — Howards End** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1992 film. Margaret Schlegel in the E. M. Forster adaptation.
4. **Holly Hunter — The Piano** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1993 film. A mute woman and her piano in New Zealand.
5. **Jessica Lange — Blue Sky** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1994 film. The wife of an army officer.
6. **Susan Sarandon — Dead Man Walking** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1995 film. Sister Helen Prejean and a death-row inmate.
7. **Frances McDormand — Fargo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996 film. Pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson.
8. **Helen Hunt — As Good as It Gets** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1997 film. A New York waitress.
9. **Gwyneth Paltrow — Shakespeare in Love** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1998 film. Viola de Lesseps.
10. **Hilary Swank — Boys Don't Cry** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1999 film. Brandon Teena.

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