Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress

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The 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. It was first awarded in 1946. The ceremony was cancelled in 1948, 1950, and 1968. No awards were given to actresses in 1947. On four occasions, the jury has awarded multiple women (more than 2) the prize from one film. The four films were A World Apart, Brink of Life, A Big Family, and Volver. The jury also on occasion cites actresses with a special citation that is separate from the main award. From 1979 to 1981 the festival also awarded a Best Supporting Actress prize, which is included below. Isabelle Adjani is the only actress to ever win the award for two films in one festival, which she did in 1981. The award can be for lead or supporting roles. Barbara Hershey won the award consecutively in 1987 and 1988.

‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for an Academy Award

Award Winners

Year	Actress	Film	Character
1946	Michèle Morgan	Pastoral Symphony	Gertrude
1947	No Award
1948	Festival Not Held
1949	Isa Miranda	The Walls of Malapaga	Marta Manfredini
1950	Festival Not Held
1951	Bette Davis	All About Eve	Margo Channing ‡
1952	Lee Grant	Detective Story	The Shoplifter ‡
1953	Shirley Booth^[1]	Come Back, Little Sheba	Lola Delaney ‡
1954	Maria Schell Special Award	The Last Bridge	Helga Reinbeck
1955	Female Cast (6) Haya Harareet Special Award^[2] Kumari Naaz - Special Award	A Big Family Hill 24 Doesn't Answer Boot Polish	. Miriam Miszrahi Belu
1956	Susan Hayward^[3]	I'll Cry Tomorrow	Lillian Roth ‡
1957	Giulietta Masina	Nights of Cabiria	Maria "Cabiria" Ceccarelli
1958	Female Cast (Eva, Barbro, Bibi, Ingrid) Tatiana Samoilova Special Award	Brink of Life The Cranes Are Flying	Stina / Brita / Hjördis / Cecilia Veronika
1959	Simone Signoret	Room at the Top	Alice Aisgill ‡
1960 Tie	Jeanne Moreau Melina Mercouri	Seven Days... Seven Nights Never on Sunday	Anne Desbarèdes Ilya ‡
1961	Sophia Loren	Two Women	Cesira ‡
1962 Tie	Katharine Hepburn Rita Tushingham	Long Day's Journey into Night A Taste of Honey	Mary Cavan Tyrone ‡ Josephine
1963	Marina Vlady	The Conjugal Bed	Regina
1964 Tie	Barbara Barrie Anne Bancroft	One Potato, Two Potato The Pumpkin Eater	Julie Cullen Richards Jo Armitage ‡
1965	Samantha Eggar Vera Kuznetsova - Special Award	The Collector There Was an Old Couple	Miranda Grey ‡ Natalia
1966	Vanessa Redgrave	Morgan!	Leonie Delt ‡
1967	Pia Degermark	Elvira Madigan	Elvira Madigan
1968	No Award
1969	Vanessa Redgrave	Isadora	Isadora Duncan ‡
1970	Ottavia Piccolo	Metello	Ersilia
1971	Kitty Winn Mari Törőcsik and Lili Darvas - Special Awards	The Panic in Needle Park Love	Helen Reeves Luca / Az öregasszony
1972	Susannah York	Images	Cathryn
1973	Joanne Woodward	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds	Beatrice Hunsdorfer
1974	Marie-José Nat	Violins at the Ball	Elle
1975	Valérie Perrine	Lenny	Honey Bruce ‡
1976 Tie	Dominique Sanda Mari Törőcsik	The Inheritance Mrs. Dery Where Are You?	Irene Carelli Ferramonti Déryné
1977 Tie	Shelley Duvall Monique Mercure	3 Women J.A. Martin: Photographer	Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux Rose-Aimee Martin
1978 Tie	Jill Clayburgh Isabelle Huppert	An Unmarried Woman Violette Nozière	Erica Benton ‡ Violette Nozière
1979	Sally Field Supporting Eva Mattes	Norma Rae Woyzeck	Norma Rae Webster ‡ Marie
1980	Anouk Aimée Supporting Milena Dravić Supporting Carla Gravina	A Leap in the Dark Special Treatment The Terrace	Marta Ponticelli Kaca Carla
1981	Isabelle Adjani Supporting Yelena Solovey	Quartet / Possession Fact	Marya 'Mado' Zelli / Anna/Helen Tekle
1982	Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak	Another Way	Eva Szalanczky
1983	Hanna Schygulla	The Story of Piera	Eugenia
1984	Helen Mirren	Cal	Marcella
1985 Tie	Cher Norma Aleandro	Mask The Official Story	Florence "Rusty" Dennis Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez
1986 Tie	Barbara Sukowa Fernanda Torres	Rosa Luxemburg Love Me Forever or Never	Rosa Luxemburg The Woman
1987	Barbara Hershey	Shy People	Ruth
1988	Barbara Hershey Jodhi May Linda Mvusi	A World Apart	Diana Roth Molly Roth Elsie
1989	Meryl Streep	A Cry in the Dark	Lindy Chamberlain ‡
1990	Krystyna Janda	Interrogation	Antonina 'Tonia' Dziwisz
1991	Irène Jacob	The Double Life of Véronique	Weronika / Véronique
1992	Pernilla August	The Best Intentions	Anna Åkerblom Bergman
1993	Holly Hunter	The Piano	Ada McGrath ‡
1994	Virna Lisi	Queen Margot	Catherine de' Medici
1995	Helen Mirren	The Madness of King George	Queen Charlotte ‡
1996	Brenda Blethyn	Secrets & Lies	Cynthia Rose Purley ‡
1997	Kathy Burke	Nil by Mouth	Valerie
1998 Tie	Élodie Bouchez Natacha Régnier	The Dreamlife of Angels The Dreamlife of Angels	Isabelle 'Isa' Tostin Marie Thomas
1999 Tie	Séverine Caneele Émilie Dequenne	Humanité Rosetta	Dominio Rosetta
2000	Björk	Dancer in the Dark	Selma Ježková
2001	Isabelle Huppert	The Piano Teacher	Erika Kohut
2002	Kati Outinen	The Man Without a Past	Irma
2003	Marie-Josée Croze	The Barbarian Invasions	Nathalie
2004	Maggie Cheung	Clean	Emily Wang
2005	Hanna Laslo	Free Zone	Hanna
2006	Female Cast (6)	Volver	Penélope Cruz as Raimunda ‡ Carmen Maura as Irene Lola Dueñas as Soledad ("Sole") Blanca Portillo as Agustina Yohana Cobo as Paula Chus Lampreave as Tía Paula
2007	Jeon Do-yeon	Secret Sunshine	Lee Shin-ae
2008	Sandra Corveloni	Linha de Passe	Cleuza
2009	Charlotte Gainsbourg	Antichrist	She
2010	Juliette Binoche	Certified Copy	The Woman
2011^[4]	/ Kirsten Dunst	Melancholia	Justine
2012^[5] Tie	Cristina Flutur Cosmina Stratan	Beyond the Hills Beyond the Hills	Alina Voichita
2013^[6]	Bérénice Bejo^[7]	The Past	Marie Brisson
2014^[8]	Julianne Moore	Maps to the Stars	Havana Segrand
2015^[9] Tie	Rooney Mara Emmanuelle Bercot	Carol Mon roi	Therese Belivet ‡ Tony
2016	Jaclyn Jose	Ma' Rosa	Rosa

Multiple award winners

2 wins

Vanessa Redgrave – Morgan! (1966), Isadora (1969)
Helen Mirren – Cal (1984), The Madness of King George (1995)
Isabelle Huppert – Violette Nozière (1978), The Piano Teacher (2001)
Barbara Hershey – Shy People (1987), A World Apart (1988)

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References

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v t e Cannes Film Festival
Awards	Palme d'Or Grand Prix Jury Prize Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Screenplay Un Certain Regard Short Film Palme d'Or Caméra d'Or Cinéfondation
Awards given by independent entities	Prix de la FIPRESCI François Chalais Prize Trophée Chopard Vulcan Award L'Œil d'or France 4 Visionary Award Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Palm Dog Award Queer Palm Cannes Soundtrack Award Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography
Parallel events	Directors' Fortnight Critics' Week Marché du Film
By year	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
List of jury presidents List of jury members List of records

v t e Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
1946–1975	Michèle Morgan (1946) Isa Miranda (1949) Bette Davis (1951) Lee Grant (1952) Iya Arepina / Elena Dobronravova / Larisa Kronberg / Vera Kuznetsova / Klara Luchko / Ekaterina Savinova (1955) Susan Hayward (1956) Giulietta Masina (1957) Bibi Andersson / Eva Dahlbeck / Barbro Hiort af Ornäs / Ingrid Thulin (1958) Simone Signoret (1959) Melina Mercouri / Jeanne Moreau (1960) Sophia Loren (1961) Katharine Hepburn / Rita Tushingham (1962) Marina Vlady (1963) Anne Bancroft / Barbara Barrie (1964) Samantha Eggar (1965) Vanessa Redgrave (1966) Pia Degermark (1967) Vanessa Redgrave (1969) Ottavia Piccolo (1970) Kitty Winn (1971) Susannah York (1972) Joanne Woodward (1973) Marie-José Nat (1974) Valerie Perrine (1975)
1976–2000	Dominique Sanda / Mari Törőcsik (1976) Shelley Duvall / Monique Mercure (1977) Jill Clayburgh / Isabelle Huppert (1978) Sally Field / Eva Mattes (1979) Anouk Aimée / Milena Dravić / Carla Gravina (1980) Isabelle Adjani / Elena Solovey (1981) Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak (1982) Hanna Schygulla (1983) Helen Mirren (1984) Norma Aleandro / Cher (1985) Barbara Sukowa / Fernanda Torres (1986) Barbara Hershey (1987) Barbara Hershey / Jodhi May / Linda Mvusi (1988) Meryl Streep (1989) Krystyna Janda (1990) Irène Jacob (1991) Pernilla August (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Virna Lisi (1994) Helen Mirren (1995) Brenda Blethyn (1996) Kathy Burke (1997) Élodie Bouchez / Natacha Régnier (1998) Séverine Caneele / Émilie Dequenne (1999) Björk (2000)
2001–present	Isabelle Huppert (2001) Kati Outinen (2002) Marie-Josée Croze (2003) Maggie Cheung (2004) Hana Laszlo (2005) Yohana Cobo / Penélope Cruz / Lola Dueñas / Chus Lampreave / Carmen Maura / Blanca Portillo (2006) Jeon Do-yeon (2007) Sandra Corveloni (2008) Charlotte Gainsbourg (2009) Juliette Binoche (2010) Kirsten Dunst (2011) Cristina Flutur / Cosmina Stratan (2012) Bérénice Bejo (2013) Julianne Moore (2014) Emmanuelle Bercot / Rooney Mara (2015) Jaclyn Jose (2016) Diane Kruger (2017) Samal Yeslyamova (2018) Emily Beecham (2019) Renate Reinsve (2021) Zar Amir Ebrahimi (2022)

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