AACTA International Award for Best Actress
The AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress is an award that is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, for a performance by a female actor in a film made outside Australia. It was first handed out by the Academy after its establishment in 2011 by the Australian Film Institute. The winners and nominees for 2011 were determined by a jury. The award was presented at the inaugural AACTA International Awards in Los Angeles, on 27 January 2012.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the winner is listed first, marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are listed below the winner and not highlighted or in boldface.2010s
| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
| 2011 | - | - | - |
| 2011 | Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher |
| 2011 | Glenn Close | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs |
| 2011 | Kirsten Dunst | Melancholia | Justine |
| 2011 | Tilda Swinton | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian |
| 2011 | Mia Wasikowska | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre |
| 2011 | Michelle Williams | My Week with Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe |
| 2012 | - | - | - |
| 2012 | Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell |
| 2012 | Jessica Chastain | Zero Dark Thirty | Maya |
| 2012 | Marion Cotillard | Rust and Bone | Stephanie |
| 2012 | Nicole Kidman | The Paperboy | Charlotte Bless |
| 2012 | Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | Anne Laurent |
| 2012 | Naomi Watts | The Impossible | Maria Bennett |
| 2013 | - | - | - |
| 2013 | Cate Blanchett | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis |
| 2013 | Amy Adams | American Hustle | Sydney Prosser |
| 2013 | Sandra Bullock | Gravity | Dr. Ryan Stone |
| 2013 | Judi Dench | Philomena | Philomena Lee |
| 2013 | Meryl Streep | ' | Violet Weston |
| 2014 | - | - | - |
| 2014 | Julianne Moore | Still Alice | Alice Howland |
| 2014 | Essie Davis | The Babadook | Amelia |
| 2014 | Felicity Jones | The Theory of Everything | Jane Wilde Hawking |
| 2014 | Rosamund Pike | Gone Girl | Amy Elliott-Dunne |
| 2014 | Reese Witherspoon | Wild | Cheryl Strayed |
| 2015 | - | - | - |
| 2015 | Cate Blanchett | Carol | Carol Aird |
| 2015 | Emily Blunt | Sicario | Kate Macer |
| 2015 | Brie Larson | Room | Joy "Ma" Newsome |
| 2015 | Saoirse Ronan | Brooklyn | Eilis Lacey |
| 2015 | Charlize Theron | ' | Imperator Furiosa |
| 2016 | - | - | - |
| 2016 | Emma Stone | La La Land | Mia Dolan |
| 2016 | Amy Adams | Arrival | Dr. Louise Banks |
| 2016 | Isabelle Huppert | Elle | Michèle Leblanc |
| 2016 | Ruth Negga | Loving | Mildred Loving |
| 2016 | Natalie Portman | Jackie | Jackie Kennedy |
| 2017 | - | - | - |
| 2017 | Margot Robbie | I, Tonya | Tonya Harding |
| 2017 | Judi Dench | Victoria & Abdul | Queen Victoria |
| 2017 | Sally Hawkins | The Shape of Water | Elisa Esposito |
| 2017 | Frances McDormand | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Mildred Hayes |
| 2017 | Saoirse Ronan | Lady Bird | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson |
| 2018 | - | - | - |
| 2018 | Olivia Colman | The Favourite | Queen Anne |
| 2018 | Glenn Close | The Wife | Joan Castleman |
| 2018 | Toni Collette | Hereditary | Annie Graham |
| 2018 | Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born | Ally Maine |
| 2018 | Nicole Kidman | Destroyer | Erin Bell |
| 2019 | - | - | - |
| 2019 | Saoirse Ronan | Little Women | Josephine "Jo" March |
| 2019 | Awkwafina | The Farewell | Billi Wang |
| 2019 | Scarlett Johansson | Marriage Story | Nicole Barber |
| 2019 | Charlize Theron | Bombshell | Megyn Kelly |
| 2019 | Renée Zellweger | Judy | Judy Garland |