Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture", but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress – Drama.

The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical". , the wording is "Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy".

Winners and nominees
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Multiple nominees

 * 10 nominations
 * Meryl Streep


 * 9 nominations
 * Shirley MacLaine


 * 8 nominations
 * Julie Andrews


 * 7 nominations
 * Goldie Hawn
 * Barbra Streisand


 * 5 nominations
 * Annette Bening
 * Audrey Hepburn
 * Bette Midler
 * Emma Stone
 * Renée Zellweger


 * 4 nominations
 * Doris Day
 * Mia Farrow
 * Diane Keaton
 * Jennifer Lawrence
 * Liza Minnelli
 * Julia Roberts
 * Maggie Smith
 * Emma Thompson
 * Kathleen Turner


 * 3 nominations
 * Amy Adams
 * Lucille Ball
 * Anne Bancroft
 * Emily Blunt
 * Sandra Bullock
 * Carol Burnett
 * Marion Cotillard
 * Jamie Lee Curtis
 * Judi Dench
 * Sally Field
 * Jane Fonda
 * Barbara Harris
 * Helen Mirren
 * Julianne Moore
 * Michelle Pfeiffer
 * Vanessa Redgrave
 * Debbie Reynolds
 * Margot Robbie
 * Rosalind Russell
 * Meg Ryan
 * Lily Tomlin
 * Reese Witherspoon


 * 2 nominations


 * Ann-Margret
 * Ingrid Bergman
 * Cate Blanchett
 * Jill Clayburgh
 * Glenn Close
 * Toni Collette
 * Geena Davis
 * Jodie Foster
 * Melanie Griffith
 * Judy Holliday
 * Anjelica Huston
 * Nicole Kidman
 * Angela Lansbury
 * Cloris Leachman
 * Sophia Loren
 * Andie MacDowell
 * Marsha Mason
 * Frances McDormand
 * Hayley Mills
 * Marilyn Monroe
 * Dolly Parton
 * Jean Simmons
 * Sissy Spacek
 * Anya Taylor-Joy
 * Charlize Theron
 * Kate Winslet
 * Natalie Wood

Multiple wins

 * 3 awards
 * Julie Andrews (2 consecutive)
 * Rosalind Russell (2 consecutive)


 * 2 awards
 * Amy Adams (consecutive)
 * Annette Bening
 * Diane Keaton
 * Nicole Kidman
 * Jennifer Lawrence
 * Shirley MacLaine
 * Bette Midler
 * Sissy Spacek
 * Emma Stone
 * Meryl Streep
 * Barbra Streisand
 * Kathleen Turner (consecutive)
 * Renée Zellweger

Firsts

 * Angela Bassett became the first actress of African descent to win when she won in 1993.
 * Marion Cotillard became the first actress to win for a non-English language performance when she won in 2007.
 * Awkwafina became the first actress of Asian descent to win when she won in 2020.
 * Rachel Zegler became the first Latina actress to win as well the youngest winner in that category at 20 years old when she won in 2022.
 * Michelle Yeoh became the first Malaysian actress to win when she won in 2023.
 * Emma Stone became the first actress to win two Academy Award for Best Actress for her two winning performances in this category in 2016 (La La Land) and 2023 (Poor Things)