Who won the Oscar for best actress for her role in The Hours in 2003?
Empire Award for Best Actress Empire Award for Best Actress The Empire Award for Best Actress is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best Actress is one of five ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 (the others being Best Actor, Best Director, Best Film and Best British Film) with Nicole Kidman receiving the award for her role in "To Die For". Winners are voted by the readers of
Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role along with the Best Villain category for the same role. Priyanka Chopra was nominated for her role in "Aitraaz" in the Best Supporting Actress category. Abhishek Bachchan was nominated as well for Yuva. In 1997, Kajol became the first female actor to be nominated in this category and win the award for her role in "".She and Priyanka Chopra (for Aitraaz) are the only female actor who won this award. Other actresses to have been nominated are Urmila Matondkar for "Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya" in 2001, Shabana Azmi for "Makdee" in 2002, Bipasha Basu for "Jism" in 2003, Preity Zinta