Amanda (Film Awards) / Best Actress
Amanda : Best Actress
Winner in the Best Actress category (Årets kvinnelige skuespiller) since the first award of the Norwegian National Film Prize . The award is given to the best local actresses of the last cinema year.
The films listed below are given with their original title, distribution title (if identifiable), followed by the name of the actress.
Prize winners 1985–1997
| year | Award winners | Movie title | German distribution title |
| 1985 | Tone Danielsen | Det gode mennesket i Sezuan | not known |
| 1986 | Anne Marie Ottersen | Hustruer - ti år etter | not known |
| 1987 | Marianne Krogh | Fri | not known |
| 1988 | Anne Krigsvoll | Av måneskinn gror det ingenting | not known |
| 1989 | Amanda Ooms | Karachi | not known |
| 1990 | Camilla Strøm Henriksen | En håndfull tid | not known |
| 1991 | Lise Fjeldstad | Dødsdansen | not known |
| 1992 | Anneke von der Lippe | More importantly | The warrior's heart |
| 1993 | Marie Richardson | Telegraph operators | not known |
| 1994 | Harriet Andersson | Høyere enn heaven | Higher than the sky |
| 1995 | Anneke von der Lippe | Over stork og stein, Pan | not known |
| 1996 | Ruth Tellefsen | Kristin Lavransdatter | Kristin Lavran's daughter |
| 1997 | Eli Anne Linnestad | Budbringeren | If the postman doesn't ring at all |
Award winners and nominations from 1998 to 2009
1998
Kjersti Elvik - Vengeance for My Daughter (Salige er de som tørster) and Justitia - Blind Goddess (Blind gudinne)
- Camilla Strøm Henriksen - Weekend
- Ingrid Rubio - Water Easy Reach (En dag til i solen)
1999
Brit Elisabeth Haagensli - Absolutt blåmandag
- Thea Sofie Rusten - Only clouds move the stars (Bare skyer beveger stjernene)
- Hege Schøyen - The prompter (Suffløsen)
2000
- Andrine Sæther - Sofies World (Sofies verden)
- Jacqueline Lustig - SOS
2001
2002
Maria Bonnevie - Dina - My Story (Jeg er Dina)
2003
Lena Endre - Music for weddings and funerals (Musikk for bryllup og begravelser)
2004
Ane Dahl Torp - Svarte penger, hvite løgner
- Anitta Suikkari - Bázo
- Grete Nordrå - Elling - Not without my mother (Mors Elling)
2005
2006
Ane Dahl Torp - Comrade Pedersen (Gymnaslærer Pedersen)
- Marian Saastad Ottesen - Elling - Love me tomorrow (Elling - Elsk meg i tomorrow)
- Kristin Skogheim - A watchdog for mom or how to turn a poodle into a pit bull (Pitbullterje)
2007
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal - Cold Prey - Ice Cold Death (Fritt vilt)
2008
Anni-Kristiina Juuso - Kautokeino-opprøret
2009
Ellen Dorrit Petersen - Iskyss
- Trine Dyrholm - Troubled Water (DeUSYNLIGE)
- Ingrid Bolsø Berdal - Cold Prey 2 Resurrection - Colder than Death (Fritt vilt II)
Award winners and nominations 2010 to 2019
2010
Agnieszka Grochowska - City neuroses (Upperdog)
2011
2012
- Helene Bergsholm - Turn me on, damn it! (Få meg på, for faen)
2013
Laila Goody - As you see me (Som du ser meg)
- Marie Blokhus - Chasing the Wind (Jag etter vind)
- Maria Bonnevie - Innocence (Uskyld)
- Ragnhild Hilt - As you see me (Som du ser meg)
2014
- Amrita Acharia - I am your (Jeg he din)
- Juliette Binoche - A thousand times good night (Tusen ganger god natt)
2015
Ine Marie Wilmann - De nærmeste
2016
- Bente Børsum - Late Summer
- Vera Vitali - Grand Hotel
2017
- Tuva Novotny - Rosemari
- Tindra Hillestad Pack - The Rules for Everything
2018
Andrea Berntzen - Utøya July 22nd
- Eili Harboe - Thelma
- Maria Mozhdah - What will people say (Hva vil folk si)
2019
Pia Tjelta - Blind Spot (Blindsone)