Kansas Critics make exciting choices
2016
Best Actress
Jackie: Natalie Portman
Best Supporting Actor
Hell or High Water: Jeff Bridges
Best Supporting Actress
Moonlight: Naomie Harris
2015
Best Actress
Mad Max: Fury Road: Charlize Theron
Best Supporting Actor
99 Homes: Michael Shannon
2014
Best Actor
Birdman: Michael Keaton
Best Actress
Gone Girl: Rosamund Pike
Best Supporting Actor
Birdman: Edward Norton
2013
Best Actor
12 Years a Slave: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Best Actress
Gravity: Sandra Bullock
Best Supporting Actor
12 Years a Slave: Michael Fassbender
2012
Best Supporting Actor
The Master: Philip Seymour Hoffman
2011
Best Actress
Melancholia: Kirsten Dunst
2010
Best Supporting Actress
True Grit: Hailee Steinfeld
2008
Best Actor
The Wrestler: Mickey Rourke
2006
Best Supporting Actor
The Queen: Michael Sheen
Best Supporting Actress
For Your Consideration: Catherine O'Hara
2005
Best Actor
Collateral: Tom Cruise
Best Supporting Actress
A History of Violence: Maria Bello
2004
Best Supporting Actor
Sideways: Thomas Haden Church
2003
Best Actress
House of Sand and Fog: Jennifer Connelly
Best Supporting Actor
Shattered Glass: Peter Sarsgaard
Best Supporting Actress
Pieces Of April: Patricia Clarkson
2001
Best Supporting Actor
Ghost World: Steve Buscemi
2000
Best Actress
Requiem for a Dream: Ellen Burstyn
Best Supporting Actress
Almost Famous: Kate Hudson
1999
Best Actress
Election: Reese Witherspoon
Best Supporting Actress
Being John Malkovich: Catherine Keener
1998
Best Actor
Gods and Monsters: Ian McKellen
Best Actress
Shakespeare in Love: Gwyneth Paltrow
Best Supporting Actor
Saving Private Ryan: Jeremy Davies
1997
Best Actor
The Sweet Hereafter: Ian Holm
Best Actress
The Wings of the Dove: Helena Bonham Carter
Best Supporting Actor
Jackie Brown: Robert Forster
Best Supporting Actress
Titanic: Gloria Stuart
1996
Best Actor
Sling Blade: Billy Bob Thornton
Best Supporting Actor
Primal Fear: Edward Norton
Best Supporting Actress
A Family Thing: Irma P. Hall
1995
Best Supporting Actor
Rob Roy: Tim Roth
Best Supporting Actress
Nixon: Joan Allen
1993
Best Actor
The Remains of the Day: Anthony Hopkins
1992
Best Actor
Malcolm X: Denzel Washington
Best Supporting Actress
Husbands and Wives: Judy Davis
1991
Best Supporting Actor
Jungle Fever: Samuel L. Jackson
Best Supporting Actress
Cape Fear: Juliette Lewis
1988
Best Supporting Actor
Rain Man: Tom Cruise
1986
Best Actor
Mona Lisa: Bob Hoskins
1985
Best Actor
Witness: Harrison Ford
Best Supporting Actor
Out of Africa: Klaus Maria Brandauer
1984
Best Actress
American Dreamer: JoBeth Williams
Best Supporting Actor
Places in the Heart: John Malkovich
1982
Best Supporting Actor
Night Shift: Michael Keaton
1981
Best Actor
Atlantic City: Burt Lancaster
Best Actress
Atlantic City: Susan Sarandon
Best Supporting Actor
Reds: Jack Nicholson
Best Supporting Actress
Absence of Malice: Melinda Dillon
1979
Best Supporting Actor
The Onion Field: James Woods
1978
Best Actor
Midnight Express: Brad Davis
1976
Best Actor
Rocky: Sylvester Stallone
Best Supporting Actress
Taxi Driver: Jodie Foster
1975
Best Actor
Dog Day Afternoon: Al Pacino
Best Actress
A Woman Under the Influence: Gena Rowlands
Best Supporting Actor
Three Days of the Condor: Max von Sydow
Best Supporting Actress
Nashville: Lily Tomlin
1974
Best Supporting Actor
Chinatown: John Huston
1972
Best Actor
Fat City: Stacy Keach
1971
Best Actor
Kotch: Walter Matthau
1969
Best Supporting Actress
Last Summer: Catherine Burns
1967
Best Actor
In the Heat of the Night: Rod Steiger
Best Actress
Georgy Girl: Lynn Redgrave
Best Supporting Actor
A Man for All Seasons: Robert Shaw
1966
Best Actor
Alfie: Michael Caine
Best Supporting Actor
The Fortune Cookie: Walter Matthau