Gold Derby
All Best Actress Winners of the 1980s Ranked
By Golden Derby Staff
March 28, 2021
All Best Actress Winners of the 1980s Ranked
1- Meryl Streep- Sophie’s Choice, 1983- TIE with Jessica Lange, Frances
2- Shirley MacLaine- Terms of Endearment, 1984
3- Sally Field- Norma Rae, 1980- Should have won: Bette Midler, The Rose
4- Sissy Spacek- Coal Miner’s Daughter, 1981- Should have won: Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People
5- Katharine Hepburn- On Golden Pond, 1982- Should have won: Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City
6- Jodie Foster- The Acused, 1989- Should have won: TIE Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons and Gena Rowlands, Another Woman (Not Nominated)
7- Marlee Matlin- Children of a Lesser God, 1987- Should have won: Kathleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married
8- Geraldine Page- The Trip to Bountiful, 1986- Should have won: Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
9- Sally Field- Places in the Heart, 1985- Should have won: Mia Farrow, Broadway Danny Rose (Not Nominated)
10- Cher- Moonstruck, 1988- Should have won: Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
