Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress

Best Actress Award
Prix d'interprétation féminine (French)
2023 recipient: Merve Dizdar
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress
CountryFrance
Presented byCannes Film Festival
First awarded1946
Currently held byMerve Dizdar
About Dry Grasses (2022)
Websitewww.festival-cannes.com/en/

The Best Actress Award (French: Prix d'interprétation féminine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival since 1946. It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and chosen by the jury from the films in official competition slate at the festival.

At the 1st Cannes Film Festival held in 1946, Michèle Morgan was the first winner of this award for her performance in Pastoral Symphony, and Merve Dizdar is the most recent winner in this category for her role in About Dry Grasses at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in 2023.

History

The award was first presented in 1946. The prize was not awarded on three occasions (1947, 1953, and 1954). The festival was not held at all in 1948, 1950, and 2020. In 1968, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the May 1968 events in France. On four occasions, the jury has awarded multiple women (more than 2) the prize for one film. The four films were A Big Family (1955), Brink of Life (1958), A World Apart (1988), and Volver (2006). Vanessa Redgrave, Barbara Hershey, Helen Mirren, and Isabelle Huppert have won the most awards in this category, each winning twice. Hershey is the only actress to win the award in consecutive years, for Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988). Isabelle Adjani is the only actress to win the award for two different films in the same competition, for her roles in Possession and Quartet (1981). The award can be for lead or supporting roles, with the exception of the period from 1979 to 1981, when the festival used to award a separate "Best Supporting Actress" prize. The jury also, on occasion, cites actresses with a special citation that is separate from the main award.

Winners

Table key
Indicates the Best Supporting Actress winner
Year Actress Role English Title Original Title Ref.
1940s
1946 Michèle Morgan Gertrude Pastoral Symphony La Symphonie pastorale
1949 Isa Miranda Marta Manfredini The Walls of Malapaga Le mura di Malapaga
1950s
1951 Bette Davis Margo Channing All About Eve
1952 Lee Grant The Shoplifter Detective Story
1955
Elena Dobronravova Katya Travnikova A Big Family Больша́я семья́
Vera Kuznetsova Agafya Karpovna Zhurbina
Klara Luchko Lida Zhurbina
Ekaterina Savinova Dunyasha Zhurbina
Iya Arepina Tanya Zhurbina
Larisa Kronberg Zina Ivanova
1956
Susan Hayward Lillian Roth I'll Cry Tomorrow
1957 Giulietta Masina Maria "Cabiria" Ceccarelli Nights of Cabiria Le notti di Cabiria
1958 Bibi Andersson Hjördis Petterson Brink of Life Nära livet
Eva Dahlbeck Stina Andersson
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Nurse Brita
Ingrid Thulin Cecilia Ellius
1959 Simone Signoret Alice Aisgill Room at the Top
1960s
1960 Melina Mercouri Ilya Never on Sunday Ποτέ την Κυριακή
Jeanne Moreau Anne Desbarèdes Seven Days... Seven Nights Moderato cantabile
1961 Sophia Loren Cesira Two Women La Ciociara
1962 Katharine Hepburn Mary Cavan Tyrone Long Day's Journey into Night
Rita Tushingham Josephine ("Jo") A Taste of Honey
1963 Marina Vlady Regina The Conjugal Bed Una storia moderna - L'ape regina
1964 Anne Bancroft Jo Armitage The Pumpkin Eater
Barbara Barrie Julie Cullen Richards One Potato, Two Potato
1965 Samantha Eggar Miranda Grey The Collector
1966 Vanessa Redgrave Leonie Delt Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment
1967 Pia Degermark Elvira Madigan Elvira Madigan
1969 Vanessa Redgrave Isadora Duncan Isadora
1970s
1970 Ottavia Piccolo Ersilia Metello
1971 Kitty Winn Helen Reeves The Panic in Needle Park
1972 Susannah York Cathryn Images
1973 Joanne Woodward Beatrice Hunsdorfer The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1974 Marie-José Nat Elle / Michel's wife Violins at the Ball Les violons du bal
1975 Valérie Perrine Honey Bruce Lenny
1976 Dominique Sanda Irene Carelli Ferramonti The Inheritance L'eredità Ferramonti
Mari Törőcsik Déryné Mrs. Dery Where Are You? Déryné hol van?
1977 Shelley Duvall Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux 3 Women
Monique Mercure Rose-Aimee Martin J.A. Martin Photographer
1978 Jill Clayburgh Erica Benton An Unmarried Woman
Isabelle Huppert Violette Nozière Violette Nozière
1979 Sally Field Norma Rae Webster Norma Rae
Eva Mattes Marie Woyzeck
1980s
1980 Anouk Aimée Marta Ponticelli A Leap in the Dark Salto nel vuoto
Milena Dravić ‡ # Kaca Special Treatment Посебан третман
Carla Gravina ‡ # Carla La terrazza
1981 Isabelle Adjani Anna / Helen Possession
Marya 'Mado' Zelli Quartet
Elena Solovey Ona Faktas Факт
1982 Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak Eva Szalanczky Another Way Egymásra nézve
1983 Hanna Schygulla Eugenia The Story of Piera Storia di Piera
1984 Helen Mirren Marcella Cal
1985 Norma Aleandro Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez The Official Story La historia oficial
Cher Florence "Rusty" Dennis Mask
1986 Barbara Sukowa Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg
Fernanda Torres The Woman Love Me Forever or Never Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar
1987 Barbara Hershey Ruth Shy People
1988 Barbara Hershey Diana Roth A World Apart
Jodhi May Molly Roth
Linda Mvusi Elsie
1989 Meryl Streep Lindy Chamberlain A Cry in the Dark
1990s
1990 Krystyna Janda Antonina 'Tonia' Dziwisz Interrogation Przesłuchanie
1991 Irène Jacob Weronika / Véronique The Double Life of Veronique La double vie de Véronique
1992 Pernilla August Anna Åkerblom Bergman The Best Intentions Den goda viljan
1993 Holly Hunter Ada McGrath The Piano
1994 Virna Lisi Catherine de' Medici La Reine Margot
1995 Helen Mirren Queen Charlotte The Madness of King George
1996 Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Rose Purley Secrets & Lies
1997 Kathy Burke Valerie Nil by Mouth
1998 Élodie Bouchez Isabelle 'Isa' Tostin The Dreamlife of Angels La Vie rêvée des anges
Natacha Régnier Marie Thomas
1999 Séverine Caneele Dominio Humanité L'humanité
Émilie Dequenne Rosetta Rosetta
2000s
2000 Björk Selma Ježková Dancer in the Dark
2001 Isabelle Huppert Erika Kohut The Piano Teacher La Pianiste
2002 Kati Outinen Irma The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä
2003 Marie-Josée Croze Nathalie The Barbarian Invasions Les Invasions barbares
2004 Maggie Cheung Emily Wang Clean
2005 Hanna Laslo Hanna Free Zone
2006 Penélope Cruz Raimunda Volver
Carmen Maura Irene
Lola Dueñas Soledad ("Sole")
Blanca Portillo Agustina
Yohana Cobo Paula
Chus Lampreave Tía Paula
2007 Jeon Do-yeon Lee Shin-ae Secret Sunshine 밀양
2008 Sandra Corveloni Cleuza Linha de Passe
2009 Charlotte Gainsbourg She Antichrist
2010s
2010 Juliette Binoche The Woman Certified Copy Copie conforme
2011 Kirsten Dunst Justine Melancholia
2012 Cristina Flutur Alina Beyond the Hills După dealuri
Cosmina Stratan Voichita
2013 Bérénice Bejo Marie Brisson The Past Le Passé
2014 Julianne Moore Havana Segrand Maps to the Stars
2015 Emmanuelle Bercot Marie-Antoinette Jézéquel Mon Roi
Rooney Mara Therese Belivet Carol
2016 Jaclyn Jose Rosa Ma' Rosa
2017 Diane Kruger Katja Sekerci In the Fade Aus dem Nichts
2018 Samal Yeslyamova Ayka Ayka Айка
2019 Emily Beecham Alice Woodard Little Joe
2020s
2021 Renate Reinsve Julie The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske
2022 Zar Amir Ebrahimi Arezoo Rahimi Holy Spider عنکبوت مقدس
2023 Merve Dizdar Nuray About Dry Grasses Kuru Otlar Üstüne

Multiple winners

The following individuals have received multiple Best Actress awards:

Number of Wins Actress Nationality Films
2 Barbara Hershey United States Shy People (1987),
A World Apart (1988)
Helen Mirren United Kingdom Cal (1984),
The Madness of King George (1995)
Isabelle Huppert France Violette Nozière (1978),
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Vanessa Redgrave United Kingdom Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966),
Isadora (1969)

See also

The following individuals have also received Best Actress award(s) at Venice or Berlin Film Festival.

Winning Year at Cannes Actress Festival Year English Title Nationality
1951 Bette Davis Venice 1937 Kid Galahad and Marked Woman United States
1958 Bibi Andersson Berlin 1963 The Mistress Sweden
1959 Simone Signoret Berlin 1971 Le Chat France
1961 Sophia Loren Venice 1958 The Black Orchid Italy
1962 Katharine Hepburn Venice 1934 Little Women United States
1966
1969
Vanessa Redgrave Venice ‡ 1994 Little Odessa England
1978
2001
Isabelle Huppert Venice 1988 Story of Women France
1995 La Cérémonie
1981 Isabelle Adjani Berlin 1989 Camille Claudel France
1983 Hanna Schygulla Berlin 1979 The Marriage of Maria Braun Germany
1984
1995
Helen Mirren Venice 2006 The Queen England
1989 Meryl Streep Berlin # 2003 The Hours United States
1993 Holly Hunter Berlin 1988 Broadcast News United States
2004 Maggie Cheung Berlin 1992 Center Stage Hong Kong
2006 Penélope Cruz Venice 2021 Parallel Mothers Spain
2010 Juliette Binoche Venice 1993 Three Colours: Blue France
Berlin 1997 The English Patient
2014 Julianne Moore Venice 2002 Far from Heaven United States
Berlin # 2003 The Hours

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