Best Female Performances - 1980s

#1

as Dian Fossey in "Gorillas in the Mist" (1988)

#3

as Ellen Ripley in "Aliens" (1986)

#58

as Katharine Parker in "Working Girl" (1988)

#2

as Loretta Lynn in "A Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980)

#27

as Beth Horman in "Missing" (1982)

#4

as Pvt. Judy Benjamin/Goodman in "Private Benjamin" (1980)

#5

as Sophie Zawistowski in "Sophie's Choice" (1982)

#9

as Karen Silkwood in "Silkwood" (1983)

#25

as Karen Blixen in "Out of Africa" (1985)

#6

as Matty Walker in "Body Heat" (1981)

#52

as Joan Wilder in "Romancing the Stone" (1984)

#59

as Irene Walker in "Prizzi's Honor" (1985)

#7

as Ethel Thayer in "On Golden Pond" (1981)

#8

as Megan in "Absence of Malice" (1981)

#32

as Edna Spalding in "Places in the Heart" (1984)

#48

as Emma Moriarty in "Murphy's Romance" (1985)

#10

as Aurora Greenway in "Terms of Endearment" (1983)

#11

as Alex Forrest in "Fatal Attraction" (1987)

#14

as Jenny Fields in "The World According to Garp" (1982)

#12

as Victoria Grant in "Victor/Victoria" (1982)

#13

as Paula Pokrifki in "An Officer and a Gentlemen" (1982)

#34

as Emma Horton in "Terms of Endearment" (1983)

#15

as Sally Albright in "When Harry Met Sally" (1989)

#16

as Princess Leia in "Return of the Jedi" (1983)

#64

as April in "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986)

#18

as Alex Owens in "Flashdance" (1983)

#19

as Elizabeth in "9 1/2 Weeks" (1986)

#46

as Memo Paris in "The Natural" (1984)

#20

as Jennifer in "WarGames" (1983)

#29

as Allison Reynolds in "The Breakfast Club" (1985)

#21

as Sarah Connor "The Terminator" (1984)

#22

as Susan in "Big" (1988)

#23

as Daisy Werthen in "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989)

#24

as Sarah Tobias in "The Accused" (1988)

#26

as Angela De Marco in "Married to the Mob" (1988)

#35

as Susie Diamond in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1989)

#54

as Madame de Tourvel in "Dangerous Liasons" (1988)

#28

as Tess McGill in "Working Girl" (1988)

#30

as Annie in "Annie" (1982)

#31

as Beth in "Ordinary People" (1980)

#33

as Jane Craig in "Broadcast News" (1987)

#36

as Cecilia in "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985)

#37

as Jordan Mooney in "Cocktail" (1988)

#51

as Ali Mills in "The Karate Kid" (1984)

#38

as Carmen in "The Color of Money" (1986)

#39

as Gloria Swenson in "Gloria" (1980)

#40

as Dorothy Vallens in "Blue Velvet" (1986)

#41

as Celie Johnson in "The Color Purple" (1985)

#42

as Louise Bryant in "Reds" (1981)

#43

as Susanna in "Rain Man' (1988)

#44

as Darien Taylor in "Wall Street" (1987)

#65

as Madison in "Splash" (1984)

#45

as Wendy Torrance in "The Shining" (1980)

#49

as Lana in "Risky Business" (1983)

#50

as Vickie La Motta in "Raging Bull" (1980)

#53

as Angelique in "All That Jazz" (1980)

#55

as Charlie in "Top Gun" (1986)

#56

as Sandy Williams in "Blue Velvet" (1986)

#57

as Mary Magdalene in "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)

#60

as Edna Mae McCauly in "Resurrection" (1980)

#61

as Buttercup in "The Princess Bride" (1987)

#62

as Lisa in "Weird Science" (1985)

#63

as Miss Hannigan in "Annie" (1982)

#66

as Sarah in "Labyrinth" (1986)

#67

as Frances 'Baby' Housman in "Dirty Dancing" (1987)

#68

as Linda Marolla in "Arthur" (1981)

#69

as Aphrodite in "Clash of the Titans" (1981)

#70

as Samantha Baker in "Sixteen Candles" (1984)