Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Notes

• "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning performance.
• "‡" indicates an Academy Award nomination

List of winners and nominees

2012: Jennifer Lawrence — Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell †

• Mila Kunis — Ted as Lori Collins
• Shirley MacLaine — Bernie as Marjorie "Marge" Nugent
• Leslie Mann — This Is 40 as Debbie
• Rebel Wilson — Pitch Perfect as Fat Amy

2013: Amy Adams — American Hustle as Sydney Prosser ‡

• Sandra Bullock — The Heat as Special Agent Sarah Ashburn
• Greta Gerwig — Frances Ha as Frances Halladay
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Enough Said as Eva Henderson
• Melissa McCarthy — The Heat as Detective Shannon Mullns

2014: Jenny Slate — Obvious Child as Donna Stern

• Rose Byrne — Neighbors as Kelly Radner
• Rosario Dawson — Top Five as Chelsea Brown
• Melissa McCarthy — St. Vincent as Maggie Bronstein
• Kristen Wiig — The Skeleton Twins as Maggie Dean

2015: Amy Schumer – Trainwreck as Amy Townsend

• Tina Fey – Sisters as Katie Ellis
• Jennifer Lawrence – Joy as Joy Mangano ‡
• Melissa McCarthy – Spy as Susan Cooper
• Lily Tomlin – Grandma as Elle Reid