Golden Globe Awards
Most Wins for Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)
This list features actresses with the most wins for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards.
RANK | ACTRESS | NOMINATIONS | WINS | YEARS |
1 | Julie Andrews | 8 | 3 | Mary Poppins (1964) The Sound of Music (1965) Victor/Victoria (1982) |
2 | Rosalind Russell | 3 | 3 | Auntie Mame (1958) A Majority of One (1961) Gypsy (1962) |
3 | Meryl Streep | 10 | 2 | The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Julie & Julia (2009) |
4 | Shirley MacLaine | 9 | 2 | The Apartment (1960) Irma la Douce (1963) |
5 | Barbra Streisand | 7 | 2 | Funny Girl (1968) A Star Is Born (1976) |
6 | Emma Stone | 6 | 2 | La La Land (2016) Poor Things (2023) |
7 | Bette Midler | 5 | 2 | The Rose (1979) For the Boys (1991) |
8 | Renée Zellweger | 5 | 2 | Nurse Betty (2000) Chicago (2002) |
9 | Annette Bening | 5 | 2 | Being Julia (2004) The Kids Are Alright (2010) |
10 | Kathleen Turner | 4 | 2 | Romancing the Stone (1984) Prizzi’s Honour (1985) |
11 | Diane Keaton | 4 | 2 | Annie Hall (1977) Something’s Gotta Give (2003) |
12 | Amy Adams | 4 | 2 | American Hustle (2013) Big Eyes (2014) |
13 | Jennifer Lawrence | 4 | 2 | Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Joy (2015) |
14 | Sissy Spacek | 2 | 2 | Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) Crimes of the Heart (1986) |
15 | Nicole Kidman | 2 | 2 | To Die For (1995) Moulin Rouge! (2001) |
16 | Liza Minnelli | 4 | 1 | Cabaret (1972) |
17 | Julia Roberts | 4 | 1 | Erin Brockovich (2000) |
18 | Maggie Smith | 4 | 1 | The Lady in the Van (2015) |
19 | Anne Bancroft | 3 | 1 | The Miracle Worker (1962) |
20 | Jamie Lee Curtis | 3 | 1 | True Lies (1994) |
21 | Reese Witherspoon | 3 | 1 | Walk the Line (2005) |
22 | Marion Cotillard | 3 | 1 | La Vie en Rose (2007) |
23 | Judy Holliday | 2 | 1 | Born Yesterday (1950) |
24 | Marilyn Monroe | 2 | 1 | Some Like It Hot (1959) |
25 | Ann-Margret | 2 | 1 | Tommy (1975) |
26 | Marsha Mason | 2 | 1 | Chapter Two (1979) |
27 | Melanie Griffith | 2 | 1 | Working Girl (1988) |
28 | June Allyson | 1 | 1 | Too Young to Kiss (1951) |
29 | Susan Hayward | 1 | 1 | With a Song in My Heart (1952) |
30 | Ethel Merman | 1 | 1 | Call Me Madam (1953) |
31 | Judy Garland | 1 | 1 | A Star Is Born (1954) |
32 | Taina Elg | 1 | 1 | Les Girls (1957) |
33 | Kay Kendall | 1 | 1 | Les Girls (1957) |
34 | Lynn Redgrave | 1 | 1 | Georgy Girl (1966) |
35 | Patty Duke | 1 | 1 | Me, Natalie (1969) |
36 | Carrie Snodgress | 1 | 1 | Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) |
37 | Twiggy | 1 | 1 | The Boy Friend (1971) |
38 | Glenda Jackson | 1 | 1 | A Touch of Class (1973) |
39 | Raquel Welch | 1 | 1 | The Three Musketeers (1974) |
40 | Ellen Burstyn | 1 | 1 | Same Time, Next Year (1978) |
41 | Bernadette Peters | 1 | 1 | Pennies from Heaven (1981) |
42 | Julie Walters | 1 | 1 | Educating Rita (1983) |
43 | Cher | 1 | 1 | Moonstruck (1987) |
44 | Jessica Tandy | 1 | 1 | Driving Miss Daisy (1989) |
45 | Miranda Richardson | 1 | 1 | Enchanted April (1992) |
46 | Angela Bassett | 1 | 1 | What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) |
47 | Madonna | 1 | 1 | Evita (1996) |
48 | Helen Hunt | 1 | 1 | As Good as It Gets (1997) |
49 | Gwyneth Paltrow | 1 | 1 | Shakespeare in Love (1998) |
50 | Janet McTeer | 1 | 1 | Tumbleweeds (1999) |
51 | Sally Hawkins | 1 | 1 | Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
52 | Michelle Williams | 1 | 1 | My Week with Marilyn (2011) |
53 | Saoirse Ronan | 1 | 1 | Lady Bird (2017) |
54 | Olivia Colman | 1 | 1 | The Favourite (2018) |
55 | Awkwafina | 1 | 1 | The Farewell (2019) |
56 | Rosamund Pike | 1 | 1 | I Care a Lot (2020) |
57 | Rachel Zegler | 1 | 1 | West Side Story (2021) |
58 | Michelle Yeoh | 1 | 1 | Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
59 | Demi Moore | 1 | 1 | The Substance (2024) |
60 | Rose Byrne | 1 | 1 | If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025) |
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