# The Best Actress Oscar winners of the 1980s

The actresses who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for films from 1980 to 1989, with their winning roles.

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## Top 10

1. **Sissy Spacek — Coal Miner's Daughter** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1980 film. Country singer Loretta Lynn.
2. **Shirley MacLaine — Terms of Endearment** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1983 film. A mother and daughter over the years.
3. **Katharine Hepburn — On Golden Pond** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1981 film. Her record fourth Oscar.
4. **Meryl Streep — Sophie's Choice** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1982 film. An Auschwitz survivor in Brooklyn.
5. **Sally Field — Places in the Heart** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1984 film. A widow in 1930s Texas.
6. **Geraldine Page — The Trip to Bountiful** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1985 film. On her eighth nomination.
7. **Marlee Matlin — Children of a Lesser God** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1986 film. The first deaf winner; she was 21.
8. **Cher — Moonstruck** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1987 film. An Italian-American widow in Brooklyn.
9. **Jodie Foster — The Accused** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1988 film. A rape victim demanding justice.
10. **Jessica Tandy — Driving Miss Daisy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1989 film. At 80, then the oldest winner.

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