European Film Award for Best Actress
The European Film Award for Best Actress is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film industry. The awards are presented by the European Film Academy (EFA) and was first presented in 1988.
European Film Award for Best Actress | |
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![]() The 2020 recipient: Paula Beer | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
Presented by | European Film Academy |
First awarded | Carmen Maura Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) |
Currently held by | Paula Beer Undine (2020) |
Website | europeanfilmacademy |
Winners and nomineesEdit
Carmen Maura won twice for her roles in Mujeres al borde de un Ataque de Nervios (1988) and ¡Ay Carmela! (1990).
Juliette Binoche won twice for her roles in Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) and The English Patient (1996).
1980sEdit
Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | Ref |
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1988 (1st) |
Carmen Maura | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | [1] |
Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir | In the Shadow of the Raven | Í skugga hrafnsins | ||
Ornella Muti | Private Access | Codice privato | ||
Carol Scanlan | Reefer and the Model | |||
1989 (2nd) |
Ruth Sheen | High Hopes | [2] | |
Sabine Azéma | Life and Nothing But | La vie et rien d'autre | ||
Snežana Bogdanović | Kuduz | |||
Corinna Harfouch | Treffen in Travers | |||
Natalya Negoda | Little Vera | Ма́ленькая Ве́ра (Malenkaya Vera) |
1990sEdit
2000sEdit
2010sEdit
2020sEdit
Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | Ref |
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2020 (33rd) |
Paula Beer[B] | Undine | [33] | |
Natasha Berezhnaya | DAU. Natasha | ДАУ. Наташа | ||
Andrea Bræin Hovig | Hope | Håp | ||
Nina Hoss | My Little Sister | Schwesterlein | ||
Marta Nieto | Mother | Madre | ||
Ane Dahl Torp | Charter |
RecordsEdit
Most wins by an actressEdit
Actress | Awards | Nominations |
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Juliette Binoche | 2 | 4 |
Isabelle Huppert | 2 | 4 |
Charlotte Rampling | 2 | 3 |
Carmen Maura | 2 | 2 |
Penélope Cruz | 1 | 4 |
Paula Beer | 1 | 2 |
Marion Cotillard | 1 | 2 |
Sandra Hüller | 1 | 2 |
Helen Mirren | 1 | 2 |
Tilda Swinton | 1 | 2 |
Sylvie Testud | 1 | 2 |
Kate Winslet | 1 | 2 |
Joanna Kulig | 1 | 1 |
/ Charlotte Gainsbourg | 0 | 3 |
/ Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | 0 | 3 |
Nathalie Baye | 0 | 2 |
Émilie Dequenne | 0 | 2 |
Trine Dyrholm | 0 | 2 |
Martina Gedeck | 0 | 2 |
Nina Hoss | 0 | 2 |
Sibel Kekilli | 0 | 2 |
Barbara Sukowa | 0 | 2 |
Audrey Tautou | 0 | 2 |
Multiple nominations from the same filmEdit
- Elodie Bouchez and Natacha Regnier in The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
- Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard in 8 Women (2002)
- Maggie Smith and Judi Dench in Ladies in Lavender (2005)
- Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg in Melancholia (2011)
- Agata Kulesza and Agata Trzebuchowska in Ida (2013)
- Adriana Ugarte and Emma Suárez in Julieta (2016)
- Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Age superlativesEdit
Record | Actress | Film | Age (in years) |
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Oldest winner | Danielle Darrieux | 8 Women | 85 |
Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | ||
Oldest nominee | Danielle Darrieux | 8 Women | |
Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | ||
Youngest winner | Clotilde Courau | The Little Gangster | 22 |
Youngest nominee | Helena Zengel | System Crasher | 11 |
See alsoEdit
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
- César Award for Best Actress
- David di Donatello for Best Actress
- Goya Award for Best Actress
- Polish Academy Award for Best Actress
- Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Archive - European Film Awards". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
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- ^ "European Film Awards 2011: 'Melancholia' Leads The Pack With 8 Nominations". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^ "Archive - European Film Awards". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^ "Archive - European Film Awards". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
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