The Best Actress Oscar winners of the 1990s
The top 3 according to 1 vote: Kathy Bates — Misery · Jodie Foster — The Silence of the Lambs · Emma Thompson — Howards End. (Updated Mar 26, 2026.)
The ten actresses who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for films from 1990 to 1999, and their roles.
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Top 10
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Kathy Bates — Misery
1990 film. A fanatical fan who holds her favourite author captive.
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2
Jodie Foster — The Silence of the Lambs
1991 film. FBI trainee Clarice Starling.
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3
Emma Thompson — Howards End
1992 film. Margaret Schlegel in the E. M. Forster adaptation.
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4
Holly Hunter — The Piano
1993 film. A mute woman and her piano in New Zealand.
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5
Jessica Lange — Blue Sky
1994 film. The wife of an army officer.
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6
Susan Sarandon — Dead Man Walking
1995 film. Sister Helen Prejean and a death-row inmate.
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7
Frances McDormand — Fargo
1996 film. Pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson.
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Helen Hunt — As Good as It Gets
1997 film. A New York waitress.
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9
Gwyneth Paltrow — Shakespeare in Love
1998 film. Viola de Lesseps.
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10
Hilary Swank — Boys Don't Cry
1999 film. Brandon Teena.
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Comments (3)
Jodie Foster sebagai Clarice Starling, legendaris.
Kathy Bates di Misery bikin merinding.
Frances McDormand di Fargo, 'you betcha!'