Best Actress

Jessie Buckley won for Hamnet, playing Agnes, the wife of William Shakespeare, in Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel. She dedicated her Oscar to "the beautiful chaos of a mother's heart."

1. JB
   Jessie Buckley

   for Hamnet
   Winner
2. RB
   Rose Byrne

   for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
3. KH
   Kate Hudson

   for Song Sung Blue
4. RR
   Renate Reinsve

   for Sentimental Value
5. ES
   Emma Stone

   for Bugonia