ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Elisabeth Bergner

Gemma Jones

came in 3rd

• Claudette Colbert

Jane Everest

• Katharine Hepburn

Alice Adams

came in 2nd

• Miriam Hopkins

Becky Sharp

• Merle Oberon

Kitty Vane

• Bette Davis

Mildred

came in 3rd|NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.

• Grace Moore

Mary

• Norma Shearer

Elizabeth Barrett

came in 2nd

• May Robson

Apple Annie

came in 2nd

• Diana Wynyard

Jane Marryot

came in 3rd

• Marie Dressler

Emma

• Lynn Fontanne

The Actress

• Marlene Dietrich

Amy Jolly

• Irene Dunne

Sabra Cravat

• Ann Harding

Linda Seton

• Norma Shearer

Jan Ashe

• Nancy Carroll

Hallie Hobart

• Ruth Chatterton

Sarah Storm

• Greta Garbo

Anna Christie|Madame Rita Cavallini

• Norma Shearer

Lucia 'Lally' Marlett

NOTE: As allowed by the award rules for this year, a single nomination could honor work in one or more films. Though the final awards ballot listed both The Divorcee and Their Own Desire in her nomination, the award was announced for only the The Divorcee performance. It has never been established as to why this was, but it possibly could have been because the original report from the Acting Branch Board of Judges only listed The Divorcee performance in the results of the nominations voting, or it could have been because on some of the final ballots, the voters had indicated the The Divorcee performance over the other.

• Gloria Swanson

Marion Donnell

• Ruth Chatterton

Jacqueline Floriot

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.

• Betty Compson

Carrie

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.

• Jeanne Eagels

Leslie Crosbie

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.

• Corinne Griffith

Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.

• Bessie Love

Hank Mahoney

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.

• Louise Dresser

Mrs. Pleznik

• Gloria Swanson

Sadie Thompson