| 241 | 1977 | Anne Bancroft - The Turning Point - "Emma Jacklin" |
| 242 | 1977 | Jane Fonda - Julia - "Lillian Hellman" |
| 243 | 1977 | Shirley MacLaine - The Turning Point - "Deedee Rodgers" |
| 244 | 1977 | Marsha Mason - The Goodbye Girl - "Paula McFadden" |
| 245 | 1978 | Jane Fonda - Coming Home - "Sally Hyde" |
| 246 | 1978 | Ingrid Bergman - Autumn Sonata - "Charlotte Andergast" |
| 247 | 1978 | Ellen Burstyn - Same Time, Next Year - "Doris" |
| 248 | 1978 | Jill Clayburgh - An Unmarried Woman - "Erica" |
| 249 | 1978 | Geraldine Page - Interiors - "Eve" |
| 250 | 1979 | Sally Field - Norma Rae - "Norma Rae Webster" |
| 251 | 1979 | Jill Clayburgh - Starting Over - "Marilyn Holmberg" |
| 252 | 1979 | Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome - "Kimberly Wells" |
| 253 | 1979 | Marsha Mason - Chapter Two - "Jennie MacLaine" |
| 254 | 1979 | Bette Midler - The Rose - "Mary Rose Foster" |
| 255 | 1980 | Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn |
| 256 | 1980 | Ellen Burstyn - Resurrection - Edna Mae McCauley |
| 257 | 1980 | Goldie Hawn - Private Benjamin - Pvt. Judy Benjamin/Goodman |
| 258 | 1980 | Mary Tyler Moore - Ordinary People - Beth Jarrett |
| 259 | 1980 | Gena Rowlands - Gloria - Gloria Swenson |
| 260 | 1981 | Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond - Ethel Thayer |
| 261 | 1981 | Diane Keaton - Reds - Louise Bryant |
| 262 | 1981 | Marsha Mason - Only When I Laugh - Georgia |
| 263 | 1981 | Susan Sarandon - Atlantic City - Sally Matthews |
| 264 | 1981 | Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman - Sarah/Anna |
| 265 | 1982 | Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice - Sophie Zawistowska |
| 266 | 1982 | Julie Andrews - Victor/Victoria - Victoria Grant, aka Count Victor Grezhinski |
| 267 | 1982 | Jessica Lange - Frances - Frances Farmer |
| 268 | 1982 | Sissy Spacek - Missing - Beth Horman |
| 269 | 1982 | Debra Winger - An Officer and a Gentleman - Paula Pokrifki |
| 270 | 1983 | Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment - Aurora Greenway |