| 271 | 1983 | Jane Alexander - Testament - Carol Wetherly |
| 272 | 1983 | Meryl Streep - Silkwood - Karen Silkwood |
| 273 | 1983 | Julie Walters - Educating Rita - Rita, aka Susan |
| 274 | 1983 | Debra Winger - Terms of Endearment - Emma Greenway Horton |
| 275 | 1984 | Sally Field - Places in the Heart - Edna Spalding (Also see her memorable acceptance speech) |
| 276 | 1984 | Judy Davis - A Passage to India - Adela Quested |
| 277 | 1984 | Jessica Lange - Country - Jewell Ivy |
| 278 | 1984 | Vanessa Redgrave - The Bostonians - Olive Chancellor |
| 279 | 1984 | Sissy Spacek - The River - Mae Garvey |
| 280 | 1985 | Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful - Carrie Watts |
| 281 | 1985 | Anne Bancroft - Agnes of God - Mother Miriam Ruth |
| 282 | 1985 | Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple - Celie |
| 283 | 1985 | Jessica Lange - Sweet Dreams - Patsy Cline |
| 284 | 1985 | Meryl Streep - Out of Africa - Karen Christence Dinesen Blixon |
| 285 | 1986 | Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God - Sarah Norman |
| 286 | 1986 | Jane Fonda - The Morning After - Alex Sternbergen |
| 287 | 1986 | Sissy Spacek - Crimes of the Heart - Rebecca 'Babe'/'Becky' Magrath Botrelle |
| 288 | 1986 | Kathleen Turner - Peggy Sue Got Married - Peggy Sue Kelcher/Bodell |
| 289 | 1986 | Sigourney Weaver - Aliens - Ellen Ripley |
| 290 | 1987 | Cher - Moonstruck - Loretta Castorini |
| 291 | 1987 | Glenn Close - Fatal Attraction - Alex Forrest |
| 292 | 1987 | Holly Hunter - Broadcast News - Jane Craig |
| 293 | 1987 | Sally Kirkland - Anna - Anna |
| 294 | 1987 | Meryl Streep - Ironweed - Helen Archer |
| 295 | 1988 | Jodie Foster - The Accused - Sarah Tobias |
| 296 | 1988 | Glenn Close - Dangerous Liaisons - Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil |
| 297 | 1988 | Melanie Griffith - Working Girl - Tess McGill |
| 298 | 1988 | Meryl Streep - A Cry in the Dark - Lindy Chamberlain |
| 299 | 1988 | Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist - Dian Fossey |
| 300 | 1989 | Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy - Daisy Werthan |