Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Every winner and nominee of the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress since 1946, newest first.
2026🏆 Winner
Virginie Efira
All of a Sudden
2025🏆 Winner
Nadia Melliti
The Little Sister
2024🏆 Winner
Karla Sofía Gascón
Emilia Pérez
2023🏆 Winner
Merve Dizdar
About Dry Grasses
2022🏆 Winner
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Holy Spider
2021🏆 Winner
Renate Reinsve
2018🏆 Winner
Ayka
2016
Jaclyn Jose
Ma' Rosa1 nominee
2015🏆 Winner
Emmanuelle Bercot
My King
2013🏆 Winner
Bérénice Bejo
2011🏆 Winner
Kirsten Dunst
Melancholia
2010🏆 Winner
Juliette Binoche
Certified Copy
2009🏆 Winner
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Antichrist
2007🏆 Winner
Jeon Do-yeon
Secret Sunshine
2006🏆 Winner
Carmen Maura
Volver
🏆 WinnerLola Dueñas
2005🏆 Winner
Hana Laslo
2004🏆 Winner
Maggie Cheung
Clean
2003🏆 Winner
Marie-Josée Croze
The Barbarian Invasions
2002🏆 Winner
Kati Outinen
The Man Without a Past
2001🏆 Winner
Isabelle Huppert
The Piano Teacher
2000🏆 Winner
Björk
Dancer in the Dark
1999🏆 Winner
Émilie Dequenne
1998🏆 Winner
Natacha Régnier
1995🏆 Winner
Helen Mirren
The Madness of King George
1994🏆 Winner
Virna Lisi
Queen Margot
1993🏆 Winner
Holly Hunter
The Piano
1992🏆 Winner
Pernilla August
The Best Intentions
1991🏆 Winner
Irène Jacob
The Double Life of Véronique
1990🏆 Winner
Krystyna Janda
1989🏆 Winner
Meryl Streep
Evil Angels
1988🏆 Winner
Barbara Hershey
A World Apart
🏆 WinnerJodhi May
1987🏆 WinnerBarbara Hershey
Shy People
1986🏆 Winner
Fernanda Torres
1984🏆 WinnerHelen Mirren
Cal
1983🏆 Winner
Hanna Schygulla
The Story of Piera
1981🏆 Winner
Isabelle Adjani
Possession
1980🏆 Winner
Anouk Aimée
A Leap in the Dark
1978🏆 WinnerIsabelle Huppert
Violette Nozière
1976🏆 Winner
Dominique Sanda
The Inheritance
1974🏆 Winner
Marie-José NatViolins at the Ball
1973🏆 Winner
Joanne Woodward
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1971🏆 Winner
Kitty Winn
The Panic in Needle Park
1970🏆 Winner
Ottavia Piccolo
1969🏆 Winner
Vanessa Redgrave
Isadora
1966🏆 WinnerVanessa Redgrave
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1965🏆 Winner
Samantha Eggar
The Collector
1964🏆 Winner
Anne Bancroft
The Pumpkin Eater
1963🏆 Winner
Marina Vlady
Have You Been Paying Attention?
1961🏆 Winner
Sophia Loren
Two Women
1960🏆 Winner
Jeanne Moreau
Seven Days… Seven Nights
1959🏆 Winner
Simone Signoret
Room at the Top
1958🏆 Winner
Ingrid Thulin
Brink of Life
🏆 WinnerBibi Andersson
1957🏆 Winner
Giulietta Masina
Nights of Cabiria
1954🏆 Winner
Maria Schell
1949🏆 Winner
Isa Miranda
The Walls of Malapaga
1946🏆 Winner
Michèle Morgan
Pastoral Symphony
—🏆 WinnerThe Best Intentions
🏆 WinnerThe Best Intentions
🏆 WinnerRooney Mara
🏆 WinnerShelley Duvall
🏆 WinnerIya Arepina
🏆 WinnerSandra Corveloni
🏆 WinnerKatharine Hepburn
