2015
- Leonardo Dicaprio (The Revenant)
- Brie Larson (Room)
- Matt Damon (The Martian)
- Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)
- Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
- Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
- Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
- Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
- Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
2016
- Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
- Emma Stone (La La Land)
- Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
- Viola Davis (Fences)
- Denzel Washington (Fences)
- Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)
- Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins)
- Dev Patel (Lion)
- Nicole Kidman (Lion)
2017
- Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
- Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
- Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
- Allison Williams (Get Out)
- Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
- Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
- Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
- Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
2018
- Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
- Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
- Emma Stone (The Favourite)
- Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
- Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born)
- Lady Gaga (A Star is Born)
- Christian Bale (Vice)
- Amy Adams (Vice)
2019
- Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
- Renee Zellweger (Judy)
- Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Leonardo Dicaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
- Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
- Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
2020
- Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
- Olivia Colman (The Father)
- Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
- Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
- Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
- Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
- Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
- Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
2021
- Will Smith (King Richard)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
- Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
- Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
- Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick... Boom!)
- Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
- Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)