Goya Award for Best Actress

The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.

In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

Winners and nomineesEdit

1980sEdit

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title	Ref.
1986 (1st)	Amparo Rivelles	Hay que deshacer la casa		^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
	Victoria Abril	Time of Silence	Tiempo de silencio
	Ángela Molina (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress)	Half of Heaven	La mitad del cielo
1987 (2nd)	Verónica Forqué	The Happy Life	La vida alegre
	Victoria Abril	El Lute: Run for Your Life	El lute: camina o revienta
	Irene Gutiérrez Caba	The House of Bernarda Alba	La casa de Bernada Alba
1988 (3rd)	Carmen Maura (European Film Award for Best Actress)	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
	Victoria Abril	Bâton Rouge
	Ana Belén	Miss Caribe
	María Fernanda d'Ocón	Caminos de tiza
	Ángela Molina	Lights and Shadows	Luces y sombras
1989 (4th)	Rafaela Aparicio	The Sea and the Weather	El mar y el tiempo
	Victoria Abril	If They Tell You I Fell	Si te dicen que caí
	Ana Belén	The Flight of the Dove	El vuelo de la paloma
	Verónica Forqué	Going South Shopping	Bajarse al moro
	Ángela Molina	The Things of Love	Las cosas del querer

1990sEdit

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
1990 (5th)	Carmen Maura (European Film Award for Best Actress)	¡Ay, Carmela!
	Victoria Abril	Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!	¡Átame!
	Charo López	Lo más natural
1991 (6th)	Sílvia Munt	Butterfly Wings	Alas de mariposa
	Victoria Abril (Silver Bear for Best Actress)	Lovers	Amantes
	Maribel Verdú	Lovers	Amantes
1992 (7th)	Ariadna Gil	The Age of Beauty	Belle époque
	Penélope Cruz	Jamón, jamón
	Assumpta Serna	The Fencing Master	El maestro de esgrima
1993 (8th)	Verónica Forqué	Kika
	Carmen Maura	Shadows in a Conflict	Sombras en una batalla
	Emma Suárez	The Red Squirrel	La ardilla roja
1994 (9th)	Cristina Marcos	All Men Are the Same	Todos los hombres sois iguales
	Ana Belén	Turkish Passion	La pasión turca
	Ruth Gabriel	Running Out of Time	Días contados
1995 (10th)	Victoria Abril (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress)	Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead	Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto
	Ariadna Gil	Antárdida
	Marisa Paredes	The Flower of My Secret	La flor de mi secreto
1996 (11th)	Emma Suárez	The Dog in the Manger	El perro del hortelano
	Ana Torrent	Thesis	Tesis
	Concha Velasco	Beyond the Garden	Más allá del jardín
1997 (12th)	Cecilia Roth (Silver Condor for Best Actress)	Martín (Hache)
	Maribel Verdú	The Lucky Star	La buena estrella
	Julia Gutiérrez	The Colour of the Clouds	El color de las nubes
1998 (13th)	Penélope Cruz (Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress)	The Girl of Your Dreams	La niña de tus ojos
	Cayetana Guillén	The Grandfather	El abuelo
	Najwa Nimri	Lovers of the Arctic Circle	Los amantes del círculo polar
	Leonor Watling	A Time for Defiance	La hora de los valientes
1999 (14th)	Cecilia Roth (European Film Award for Best Actress)	All About My Mother	Todo sobre mi madre
	Ariadna Gil	Black Tears	Lágrimas negras
	Carmen Maura	Lisbon	Lisboa
	Mercedes Sampietro	By My Side Again	Cuando vuelvas a mi lado

2000sEdit

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
2000 (15th)	Carmen Maura (European Film Award for Best Actress)	Common Wealth	La comunidad
	Icíar Bollaín	Leo
	Lydia Bosch (Cartagena Film Festival Award for best actress)	You're the One	Una historia de entonces
	Adriana Ozores	Plenilune	Plenilunio
2001 (16th)	Pilar López de Ayala (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress)	Mad Love	Juana la Loca
	Victoria Abril	Don't Tempt Me	Sin noticias de Dios
	Nicole Kidman (nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama) (nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) (Saturn Award for best actress)	The Others
	Paz Vega	Mine Alone	Sólo mía
2002 (17th)	Mercedes Sampietro (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress)	Common Places	Lugares comunes
	Ana Fernández	Story of a Kiss	Historia de un beso
	Adriana Ozores (Seminci Award for best actress)	Nobody's Life	La vida de nadie
	Leonor Watling (Cartagena Film Festival Award for best actress)	My Mother Likes Women	A mi madre le gustan las mujeres
2003 (18th)	Laia Marull (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress)	Take My Eyes	Te doy mis ojos
	Ariadna Gil	Soldiers of Salamina	Soldados de Salamina
	Adriana Ozores	Sleeping Luck	La suerte dormida
	Sarah Polley	My Life Without Me	Mi vida sin mí
2004 (19th)	Lola Dueñas	The Sea Inside	Mar adentro
	Pilar Bardem (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress)	María querida
	Ana Belén	Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena
	Penélope Cruz (David di Donatello for Best Actress) (nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress)	Don't Move	Non ti muovere
2005 (20th)	Candela Peña	Princesses	Princesas
	Adriana Ozores (Montreal World Film Festival Award for best actress)	Heroine	Heroína
	Nathalie Poza	Hard Times	Malas temporadas
	Emma Vilarasau	Para que no me olvides
2006 (21st)	Penélope Cruz (Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)) (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress) (European Film Award for Best Actress) (nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) (nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama)	Volver
	Silvia Abascal (Málaga Film Festival for best actress)	La Dama Boba
	Marta Etura	Dark Blue Almost Black	Azuloscurocasinegro
	Maribel Verdú (Ariel Award for Best Actress)	Pan's Labyrinth	El laberinto del fauno
2007 (22nd)	Maribel Verdú	Seven Billiard Tables	Siete mesas de billar francés
	Blanca Portillo (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress)	Seven Billiard Tables	Siete mesas de billar francés
	Belén Rueda (nominated for the Saturn Award for best actress)	The Orphanage	El orfanato
	Emma Suárez	Under the Stars	Bajo las estrellas
2008 (23rd)	Carme Elías	Camino
	Verónica Echegui	My Prison Yard	El patio de mi cárcel
	Ariadna Gil (nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Actress)	Just Walking	Sólo quiero caminar
	Maribel Verdú	The Blind Sunflowers	Los girasoles ciegos
2009 (24th)	Lola Dueñas (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress)	Me Too	Yo, también
	Penélope Cruz	Broken Embraces	Los abrazos rotos
	Maribel Verdú	Tetro
	Rachel Weisz	Agora	Ágora

2010sEdit

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title	Ref.
2010 (25th)	Nora Navas (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress)	Black Bread	Pa negre (Pan negro)
	Elena Anaya	Room in Rome	Room in Rome
	Emma Suárez (Seminci Award for Best Actress)	The Mosquito Net	La mosquitera
	Belén Rueda	Julia's Eyes	Los ojos de Julia
2011 (26th)	Elena Anaya (nominated for the Saturn Award for best supporting actress)	The Skin I Live In	La piel que habito
	Verónica Echegui	Kathmandu Lullaby	Katmandú. Un espejo en el cielo
	Salma Hayek	As Luck Would Have It	La chispa de la vida
	Inma Cuesta	The Sleeping Voice	La voz dormida
2012 (27th)	Maribel Verdú	Blancanieves
	Penélope Cruz	Twice Born	Venuto al mondo
	Aida Folch	The Artist and the Model	El artista y la modelo
	Naomi Watts (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress) (nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama)	The Impossible	Lo imposible
2013 (28th)	Marian Álvarez (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) (Mar del Plata Film Festival Award for Best Actress)	Wounded	La herida
	Inma Cuesta	Three Many Weddings	Tres bodas de más
	Aura Garrido	Stockholm
	Nora Navas	Tots Volem el Millor Per a Ella
2014 (29th)	Bárbara Lennie	Magical Girl
	María León	Marsella
	Macarena Gómez	Shrew's Nest	Musarañas
	Elena Anaya	Todos Están Muertos
2015 (30th)	Natalia de Molina	Techo y comida
	Inma Cuesta	The Bride	La novia
	Penélope Cruz	Ma Ma
	Juliette Binoche	Nobody Wants the Night	Nadie quiere la noche
2016 (31st)	Emma Suárez	Julieta
	Penélope Cruz	The Queen of Spain	La reina de España
	Bárbara Lennie	María (y los demás)
	Carmen Machi	La puerta abierta
2017 (32nd)	Nathalie Poza	Can't Say Goodbye	No puedo decir adiós
	Emily Mortimer	The Bookshop		^[7]
	Penélope Cruz	Loving Pablo
	Maribel Verdú	Abracadabra
2018 (33rd)	Susi Sánchez	Sunday's Illness	La enfermedad del domingo
	Najwa Nimri	Quién te cantará		^[8]
	Penélope Cruz	Everybody Knows	Todos lo saben
	Lola Dueñas	Journey to a Mother's Room	Viaje al cuarto de una madre

TriviaEdit

SuperlativesEdit

Actress with more than 1 award in the categoryEdit

3 wins: Carmen Maura, 5 nominations
2 wins: Penélope Cruz, 10 nominations
2 wins: Maribel Verdú, 8 nominations
2 wins: Emma Suárez, 5 nominations
2 wins: Verónica Forqué, 3 nominations
2 wins: Cecilia Roth, 2 nominations
2 wins: Lola Dueñas, 3 nominations

Actress with more than 1 nomination in the categoryEdit

10 nominations: Penélope Cruz
8 nominations: Victoria Abril
8 nominations: Maribel Verdú
5 nominations: Carmen Maura
5 nominations: Ariadna Gil
5 nominations: Emma Suárez
4 nominations: Ana Belén
4 nominations: Adriana Ozores
3 nominations: Verónica Forqué
3 nominations: Ángela Molina
3 nominations: Elena Anaya
3 nominations: Inma Cuesta
3 nominations: Lola Dueñas
2 nominations: Cecilia Roth
2 nominations: Mercedes Sampietro
2 nominations: Leonor Watling
2 nominations: Belén Rueda
2 nominations: Verónica Echegui
2 nominations: Nora Navas
2 nominations: Nathalie Poza
2 nominations: Najwa Nimri

ReferencesEdit

^ Alvarado, Esther (8 November 2013). "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles a los 88 años". Radiotelevisión Española (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ Agencias (7 November 2013). "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ "Muere Amparo Rivelles". El Cultural (in Spanish). 8 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles". Informativos Canal Sur (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ "La actriz Amparo Rivelles muere a los 88 años". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ "Emily Mortimer, la soldado de Coixet para romper la maldición de las nominadas extranjeras". ABC (in Spanish). February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^ "Najwa Nimri: "No esperaba estar nominada a los Goya"". Europa Press. Madrid. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

External linksEdit

[1] Alvarado, Esther (8 November 2013). "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[2] "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles a los 88 años". Radiotelevisión Española (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[3] Agencias (7 November 2013). "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[4] "Muere Amparo Rivelles". El Cultural (in Spanish). 8 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[5] "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles". Informativos Canal Sur (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[6] "La actriz Amparo Rivelles muere a los 88 años". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[7] "Emily Mortimer, la soldado de Coixet para romper la maldición de las nominadas extranjeras". ABC (in Spanish). February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.

[8] "Najwa Nimri: "No esperaba estar nominada a los Goya"". Europa Press. Madrid. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

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