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