Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Winner and nominees Film Role
2000 Laura Linney You Can Count on Me Samantha "Sammy" Prescott
Ellen Burstyn Requiem for a Dream Sara Goldfarb
Michelle Yeoh Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yu Shu Lien
2001 Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom Ruth Fowler
Audrey Tautou Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) Amélie Poulain
Thora Birch Ghost World Enid
2002 Julianne Moore Far from Heaven Cathy Whitaker
Nicole Kidman The Hours Virginia Woolf
Maggie Gyllenhaal Secretary Lee Holloway
Diane Lane Unfaithful Constance Sumner
Meryl Streep The Hours Clarissa Vaughan
2003 Charlize Theron Monster Aileen Wuornos
Jennifer Connelly House of Sand and Fog Kathy Nicolo
Scarlett Johansson Lost in Translation Charlotte
2004 Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera Drake
Laura Linney Kinsey Clara McMillen
Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby Maggie Fitzgerald
2005 Felicity Huffman Transamerica Stanley Schupak/Bree Osbourne
Laura Linney The Squid and the Whale Joan Berkman
Charlize Theron North Country Josey Aimes
Naomi Watts King Kong Ann Darrow
2006 Helen Mirren The Queen Queen Elizabeth II
Judi Dench Notes on a Scandal Barbara Covett
Kate Winslet Little Children Sarah Pierce
2007 Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose (La môme) Édith Piaf
Anamaria Marinca 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Otilia Mihartescu
Ellen Page Juno Juno MacGuff
2008 Kate Winslet The Reader Hanna Schmitz
Revolutionary Road April Wheeler
Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky Pauline "Poppy" Cross
Meryl Streep Doubt Sister Aloysius Beauvier
2009 Carey Mulligan An Education Jenny Miller
Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe Precious Claireece Precious Jones
Meryl Streep Julie & Julia Julia Child

2010s

Year Winner and nominees Film Role
2010 Jennifer Lawrence Winter's Bone Ree Dolly
Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right Nic
Natalie Portman Black Swan Nina Sayers
International awards
Actor • Actress • Director • Film • Foreign Language Film • Supporting Actor • Supporting Actress
Canadian awards
Actor • Actress • Director • Film • British Columbia Film • Supporting Actor • Supporting Actress
Ceremonies
2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010