Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture

The Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture is one of the annual awards given by the International Press Academy. The category has gone through several changes since its inception. Since 2018, the two categories based on genre are presented again replacing the Best Actor in a Motion Picture category for the Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical categories previously presented.
 * From 1996 to 2010, two categories based on genre were presented, Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
 * In 2011, the IPA pared down its Satellite nominations in the motion picture categories from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflects the merger of drama and comedy under a general Best Picture heading, including the Best Actor/Actress headings and the Supporting headings.
 * In 2016 and 2017, two winners were announced within the Best Actor category, one for the performance by an actor in a major studio film and other for a performance in an independent film.

Multiple winners

 * 2 awards
 * Cate Blanchett
 * Sally Hawkins
 * Frances McDormand
 * Meryl Streep
 * Hilary Swank

Multiple nominees

 * 10 nominations
 * Meryl Streep


 * 8 nominations
 * Nicole Kidman


 * 6 nominations
 * Cate Blanchett
 * Judi Dench
 * Julianne Moore


 * 5 nominations
 * Annette Bening
 * Kate Winslet


 * 4 nominations
 * Jessica Chastain
 * Glenn Close
 * Penélope Cruz
 * Viola Davis
 * Laura Linney
 * Helen Mirren
 * Carey Mulligan
 * Natalie Portman
 * Margot Robbie
 * Charlize Theron
 * Sigourney Weaver
 * Reese Witherspoon
 * Renée Zellweger


 * 3 nominations
 * Amy Adams
 * Joan Allen
 * Sandra Bullock
 * Toni Collette
 * Olivia Colman
 * Marion Cotillard
 * Sally Hawkins
 * Keira Knightley
 * Frances McDormand
 * Julia Roberts
 * Emma Stone
 * Tilda Swinton
 * Emily Watson
 * Michelle Williams


 * 2 nominations
 * Brenda Blethyn
 * Emily Blunt
 * Helena Bonham Carter
 * Julie Christie
 * Jennifer Connelly
 * Lady Gaga
 * Maggie Gyllenhaal
 * Anne Hathaway
 * Katherine Heigl
 * Angelina Jolie
 * Catherine Keener
 * Lisa Kudrow
 * Diane Lane
 * Jennifer Lawrence
 * Gwyneth Paltrow
 * Rosamund Pike
 * Saoirse Ronan
 * Kristin Scott Thomas
 * Emma Thompson
 * Naomi Watts
 * Robin Wright
 * Constance Wu