Best Female Lead movies that are oscar winners

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Lee J. Cobb, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair,
Directors : William Friedkin,

When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

Actors : Daniel Durant, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Emilia Jones,
Directors : Sian Heder,

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter,
Directors : Tim Burton,

Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

Actors : William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, Peter Finch,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.

Actors : Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Matthew Macfadyen,
Directors : Joe Wright,

In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Susan Brown, Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Phyllida Lloyd,

An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine,
Directors : Woody Allen,

Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Actors : Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, Ben Walker,
Directors : Chris Weitz,

In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.

Actors : Emily Blunt, Miranda Richardson, Paul Bettany, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Jean-Marc Vallée,

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.

Actors : Cher, Olympia Dukakis, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

Loretta Castorini, a book keeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.

Actors : Audrey Hepburn, Buddy Ebsen, Patricia Neal, George Peppard,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.

Actors : Emma Stone, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult,
Directors : Yorgos Lanthimos,

In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne (Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Weisz) governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail (Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.

Actors : Phyllis Boyens-Liptak, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm,
Directors : Michael Apted,

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.

Actors : Sigourney Weaver, Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.

Actors : Cherry Jones, Andrew Garfield, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jessica Chastain,
Directors : Michael Showalter,

An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

Actors : Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Sigourney Weaver,
Directors : James Cameron,

The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?

Actors : Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Tilda Swinton,
Directors : Andrew Adamson,

Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.

Actors : Jennifer Beals, Sunny Johnson, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala,
Directors : Adrian Lyne,

A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Madonna,
Directors : Alan Parker,

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Christopher Eccleston, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes,
Directors : Shekhar Kapur,

A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.