Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
The Cannes Best Actress Award (French: Prix d'interprétation féminine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the official films in competition at the festival.
History
It was first awarded in 1946. The ceremony was cancelled in 1948, 1950, and 1968. No awards were given to actresses in 1947, 1953, and 1954. On four occasions, the jury has awarded multiple women (more than 2) the prize from one film. The four films were A Big Family in 1955, Brink of Life in 1958, A World Apart in 1988, and Volver in 2006. Isabelle Adjani is the only actress to ever win the award for two films in one competition, which she did in 1981. Barbara Hershey won the award consecutively in 1987 and 1988. The jury also on occasion cites actresses with a special citation that is separate from the main award. 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.
Award winners
† | Indicates the performance was also an Academy Award winner |
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‡ | Indicates the performance was also nominated for an Academy Award |
Year | Actress | Role | Film | Ref. |
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1940s | ||||
1946 | Michèle Morgan ( | Gertrude | Pastoral Symphony (La Symphonie pastorale) | [1] |
1947 | No award this year | |||
1948 | Festival not held, no awards this year | |||
1949 | Isa Miranda ( | Marta Manfredini | The Walls of Malapaga (Le mura di Malapaga) | [2] |
1950s | ||||
1950 | Festival not held, no awards this year | |||
1951 | Bette Davis ( | Margo Channing ‡ | All About Eve | [3] |
1952 | Lee Grant ( | The Shoplifter ‡ | Detective Story | [4] |
1953 | No award this year | |||
1954 | No award this year | |||
1955 | Elena Dobronravova ( | Katya Travnikova | A Big Family (Больша́я семья́) | [5] |
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 | [6] |
1957 | Giulietta Masina ( | Maria "Cabiria" Ceccarelli | Nights of Cabiria (Le notti di Cabiria) | [7] |
1958 | Bibi Andersson ( | Hjördis Petterson | Brink of Life (Nära livet) | [8] |
Eva Dahlbeck ( | Stina Andersson | |||
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs ( | Nurse Brita | |||
Ingrid Thulin ( | Cecilia Ellius | |||
1959 | Simone Signoret ( | Alice Aisgill † | Room at the Top | [9] |
1960s | ||||
1960 | Jeanne Moreau ( | Anne Desbarèdes | Seven Days... Seven Nights (Moderato cantabile) | [10] |
Melina Mercouri ( | Ilya ‡ | Never on Sunday (Ποτέ την Κυριακή) | ||
1961 | Sophia Loren ( | Cesira † | Two Women (La Ciociara) | [11] |
1962 | Katharine Hepburn ( | Mary Cavan Tyrone ‡ | Long Day's Journey into Night | [12] |
Rita Tushingham ( | Josephine | A Taste of Honey | ||
1963 | Marina Vlady ( | Regina | The Conjugal Bed (Una storia moderna - L'ape regina) | [13] |
1964 | Anne Bancroft ( | Jo Armitage ‡ | The Pumpkin Eater | [14] |
Barbara Barrie ( | Julie Cullen Richards | One Potato, Two Potato | ||
1965 | Samantha Eggar ( | Miranda Grey ‡ | The Collector | [15] |
1966 | Vanessa Redgrave ( | Leonie Delt ‡ | Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment | [16] |
1967 | Pia Degermark ( | Elvira Madigan | Elvira Madigan | [17] |
1968 | Festival interrupted, no awards this year because of the May 1968 events in France. | |||
1969 | Vanessa Redgrave ( | Isadora Duncan ‡ | Isadora | [18] |
1970s | ||||
1970 | Ottavia Piccolo ( | Ersilia | Metello | [19] |
1971 | Kitty Winn ( | Helen Reeves | The Panic in Needle Park | [20] |
1972 | Susannah York ( | Cathryn | Images | [21] |
1973 | Joanne Woodward ( | Beatrice Hunsdorfer | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | [22] |
1974 | Marie-José Nat ( | Elle | Violins at the Ball (Les violons du bal) | [23] |
1975 | Valérie Perrine ( | Honey Bruce ‡ | Lenny | [24] |
1976 | Dominique Sanda ( | Irene Carelli Ferramonti | The Inheritance (L'eredità Ferramonti) | [25] |
Mari Törőcsik ( | Déryné | Mrs. Dery Where Are You? (Déryné hol van?) | ||
1977 | Shelley Duvall ( | Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux | 3 Women | [26] |
Monique Mercure ( | Rose-Aimee Martin | J.A. Martin Photographer | ||
1978 | Jill Clayburgh ( | Erica Benton ‡ | An Unmarried Woman | [27] |
Isabelle Huppert ( | Violette Nozière | Violette Nozière | ||
1979 | Sally Field ( | Norma Rae Webster † | Norma Rae | [28] |
Supporting Eva Mattes ( | Marie | Woyzeck | ||
1980s | ||||
1980 | Anouk Aimée ( | Marta Ponticelli | A Leap in the Dark (Salto nel vuoto) | [29] |
Supporting Milena Dravić ( | Kaca | Special Treatment (Посебан третман) | ||
Supporting Carla Gravina ( | Carla | La terrazza | ||
1981 | Isabelle Adjani ( | Marya 'Mado' Zelli | Quartet | [30] |
Anna / Helen | Possession | |||
Supporting Elena Solovey ( | Ona, Tekle's sister | Faktas (Факт) | ||
1982 | Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak ( | Eva Szalanczky | Another Way (Egymásra nézve) | [31] |
1983 | Hanna Schygulla ( | Eugenia | The Story of Piera (Storia di Piera) | [32] |
1984 | Helen Mirren ( | Marcella | Cal | [33] |
1985 | Norma Aleandro ( | Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez | The Official Story (La historia oficial) | [34] |
Cher ( | Florence "Rusty" Dennis | Mask | ||
1986 | Fernanda Torres ( | The Woman | Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar) | [35] |
Barbara Sukowa ( | Rosa Luxemburg | Rosa Luxemburg | ||
1987 | Barbara Hershey ( | Ruth | Shy People | [36] |
1988 | Linda Mvusi ( | Elsie | A World Apart | [37] |
Jodhi May ( | Molly Roth | |||
Barbara Hershey ( | Diana Roth | |||
1989 | Meryl Streep ( | Lindy Chamberlain ‡ | A Cry in the Dark | [38] |
1990s | ||||
1990 | Krystyna Janda ( | Antonina “Tonia” Dziwisz | Interrogation (Przesłuchanie) | [39] |
1991 | Irène Jacob ( | Weronika / Véronique | The Double Life of Veronique (La double vie de Véronique) | [40] |
1992 | Pernilla August ( | Anna Åkerblom Bergman | The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan) | [41] |
1993 | Holly Hunter ( | Ada McGrath † | The Piano | [42] |
1994 | Virna Lisi ( | Catherine de' Medici | La Reine Margot | [43] |
1995 | Helen Mirren ( | Queen Charlotte ‡ | The Madness of King George | [44] |
1996 | Brenda Blethyn ( | Cynthia Rose Purley ‡ | Secrets & Lies | [45] |
1997 | Kathy Burke ( | Valerie | Nil by Mouth | [46] |
1998 | Natacha Régnier ( | Marie Thomas | The Dreamlife of Angels (La Vie rêvée des anges) | [47] |
Élodie Bouchez ( | Isabelle 'Isa' Tostin | |||
1999 | Émilie Dequenne ( | Rosetta | Rosetta | [48] |
Séverine Caneele ( | Dominio | Humanité (L'humanité) | ||
2000s | ||||
2000 | Björk ( | Selma Ježková | Dancer in the Dark | [49] |
2001 | Isabelle Huppert ( | Erika Kohut | The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) | [50] |
2002 | Kati Outinen ( | Irma | The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) | [51] |
2003 | Marie-Josée Croze ( | Nathalie | The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) | [52] |
2004 | Maggie Cheung ( | Emily Wang | Clean | [53] |
2005 | Hanna Laslo ( | Hanna | Free Zone | [54] |
2006 | Penélope Cruz ( | Raimunda ‡ | Volver | [55] |
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) | [56] |
2008 | Sandra Corveloni ( | Cleuza | Linha de Passe | [57] |
2009 | Charlotte Gainsbourg ( | She | Antichrist | [58] |
2010s | ||||
2010 | Juliette Binoche ( | The Woman | Certified Copy (Copie conforme) | [59] |
2011 | Kirsten Dunst ( | Justine | Melancholia | [60] |
2012 | Cosmina Stratan ( | Voichita | Beyond the Hills (După dealuri) | [61] |
Cristina Flutur ( | Alina | |||
2013 | Bérénice Bejo ( | Marie Brisson | The Past (Le Passé) | [62] |
2014 | Julianne Moore ( | Havana Segrand | Maps to the Stars | [63] |
2015 | Rooney Mara ( | Therese Belivet ‡ | Carol | [64] |
Emmanuelle Bercot ( | Marie-Antoinette Jézéquel | Mon Roi | ||
2016 | Jaclyn Jose ( | Rosa | Ma' Rosa | [65] |
2017 | Diane Kruger ( | Katja Sekerci | In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts) | [66] |
2018 | Samal Yeslyamova ( | Ayka | Ayka (Айка) | [67] |
2019 | Emily Beecham ( | Alice Woodard | Little Joe | [68] |
2020s | ||||
2020 |
Multiple award winners
2 awards
- Vanessa Redgrave (UK) – Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), Isadora (1969)
- Isabelle Adjani (France) - Possession (1981), Quartet (1981)
- Barbara Hershey (USA) – Shy People (1987), A World Apart (1988)
- Helen Mirren (UK) – Cal (1984), The Madness of King George (1995)
- Isabelle Huppert (France) – Violette Nozière (1978), The Piano Teacher (2001)
Notes
- This year the award was changed to Prix d'Interpretation (Acting Award), without gender differentiation. The entire male and female cast of A Big Family (Bolshaya Semya) was recipient of this award (Tied with Spencer Tracy for Bad Day at Black Rock).
- This year the award name was changed to Prix d'Interprétation (Acting Award), without gender differentiation, and it was Susan who won the only award that year.
References
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