Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 2012: Jennifer Lawrence – "Silver Linings Playbook" as Tiffany Maxwell † 2013: Amy Adams – "American Hustle" as Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly ‡ "'2014: Jenny Slate – "Obvious Child" as Donna Stern 2015: Amy Schumer – "Trainwreck" as Amy Townsend 2016: Meryl Streep – "Florence Foster Jenkins" as Florence Foster
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress Action Movie. For supporting actress, see Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress. Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress is an award given out at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The awards are presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and was first presented in 1995. There were no official nominees announced until 2001. There have been two ties in this category (2008, 2009) and there are currently six nominees annually. This is the main best actress award for leading dramatic performances. The Critics' Choice also have other