Best Lead + Supporting Actress Wins (80s)

underrated decade. certainty a better showing for female roles than the 70s

LEAD
1980: Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
1981: Diane Keaton - Reds
1982: Meryl Streep - Sohpie's Choice
1983: Meryl Streep - Silkwood
1984: Karen Allen - Starman
1985: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful
1986: Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God
1987: Holly Hunter - Broadcast News
1988: Jodie Foster - The Accused
1989: Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy

SUPP
1980: Mary Steenburgen - Melvin and Howard
1981: Maureen Stapleton - Reds
1982: Linda Hunt - The Year of Living Dangerously
1983: Sandra Bernhard - The King of Comedy
1984: Melanie Griffith - Body Double
1985: Rosanna Arquette - After Hours
1986: Dianne Wiest - Hannah and Her Sisters
1987: Meryl Streep - Ironweed
1988: Sigourney Weaver - Working Girl
1989: Lena Olin - Enemies: A Love Story