50 Best Female Performances of the Decade

Alright, here we go – our top 50 performances by female actors in feature films over the last decade! (in no particular order)

50 Best Female Performances: Feature Films

#1 Olivia Colman ~ Anne Queen of Great Britain ~ The Favourite

#2 Margot Robbie ~ Tonya Harding ~ I Tonya

#3 Frances McDormand ~ Mildred Hayes ~ Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

#4 Natalie Portman ~ Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy ~ Jackie

#5 Meryl Streep ~ Florence Foster Jenkins ~ Florence Foster Jenkins

#6 Saoirse Ronan ~ Eilis Lacey ~ Brooklyn

#7 Brie Larson ~ Joy Newsome ~ Room

#8 Cate Blanchett ~ Carol Aird ~ Carol

#9 Jennifer Lawrence ~ Joy Mangano ~ Joy

#10 Rosamund Pike ~ Amy Elliott-Dunne ~ Gone Girl

#11 Julianne Moore ~ Alice Howland ~ Still Alice

#12 Marion Cotillard ~ Sandra Bya ~ Two Days, One Night

#13 Felicity Jones ~ Jane Hawking ~ The Theory of Everything

#14 Meryl Streep ~ Violet Weston ~ August: Osage County

#15 Julia Roberts ~ Barbara Weston ~ August: Osage County

#16 Cate Blanchett ~ Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis ~ Blue Jasmine

#17 Amy Adams ~ Sydney Prosser ~ American Hustle

#18 Sandra Bullock ~ Ryan Stone ~ Gravity

#19 Judi Dench ~ Philomena Lee ~ Philomena

#20 Quvenzhané Wallis ~ Hushpuppy ~ Beasts of the Southern Wild

#21 Jessica Chastain ~ Maya ~ Zero Dark Thirty

#22 Michelle Williams ~ Cindy Heller ~ Blue Valentine

#23 Meryl Streep ~ Margaret Thatcher ~ The Iron Lady

#24 Glenn Close ~ Albert Nobbs ~ Albert Nobbs

#25 Viola Davis ~ Aibileen Clark ~ The Help

#26 Rooney Mara ~ Lisbeth Salander ~ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

#27 Natalie Portman ~ Nina Sayers ~ Black Swan

#28 Annette Bening ~ Nicole Allgood ~ The Kids Are All Right

#29 Nicole Kidman ~ Becca Corbett ~ Rabbit Hole

#30 Charlize Theron~ Marlo ~ Tully

#31 Sandra Bullock ~ Leigh Anne Tuohy ~ The Blind Side

#32 Carey Mulligan ~ Jenny Mellor ~ An Education

#33 Elizabeth Olsen ~ Jane Banner ~ Wind River

#34 Alicia Vikander ~ Ava ~ Ex Machina

#35 Reese Witherspoon ~ Cheryl Strayed ~ Wild

#36 Naomi Watts ~ Maria Bennett ~ The Impossible

#37 Jennifer Lawrence ~ Mother ~ Mother!

#38 Sally Hawkins ~ Elisa Esposito ~ The Shape of Water

#39 Annette Bening ~ Dorothea Fields ~ 20th Century Women

#40 Florence Pugh ~ Katherine ~ Lady Macbeth

#41 Olivia Wilde ~ Sarah ~ Meadowland

#42 Tilda Swinton ~ Eva Khatchadourian ~ We Need to Talk About Kevin

#43 Mia Wasikowska ~ Robyn ~ Tracks

#44 Julianne Moore ~ Laurel Hester ~ Freeheld

#45 Naomi Harris ~ Paula ~ Moonlight

#46 Alia Shawkat ~ Sybil ~ Blaze

#47 Scarlett Johansson ~ The Female ~ Under The Sk

#48 Amy Adams ~ Louise Banks ~ Arrival

#49 Laura Dern ~ Jennifer ~ The Tale

#50 Sarah Paulson ~ Amanda ~ Blue Jay