German Film Award / Best Female Leading Role
Winner of the German Film Award in the category Best Female Leading Role (formerly: Best Acting Performance - Female Leading Role ). From the end of the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s to 1996, the category was replaced by a prize for “ Best Acting Achievement ”, without any division into leading or supporting roles. Since 1997, the awards for actors have again been awarded separately for main and supporting roles. The winners have been honored with the "Lola" prize statuette since 1999 and receive prize money of 10,000 euros . The gold film tape had previously been awarded.
The most successful in this category were Hannelore Elsner , Sandra Hüller , Sibel Kekilli and Lilli Palmer , who each won the award twice. In addition to Juliane Köhler and Nina Hoss, Elsner has also received the most mentions (three each) for this category since the nomination mode was introduced. In 2016 Laura Tonke was awarded both the best leading and best supporting actress of the year.
In 1997, Sylvie Testud ( Beyond the Silence ) , a foreign actress in a German film or co-production, was honored.
Prize winners from 1954 to 1968
year | Award winners | Movie title |
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1954 | Ruth Leuwerik | Beloved life |
1955 | Therese Giehse | Children, mothers and a general |
1956 | Lilli Palmer | Devil in silk |
1957 | Lilli Palmer | Anastasia, the last daughter of the Tsar |
1958 | Liselotte powder | The inn in the Spessart |
1959 | Prize not awarded | |
1960 | Nadja Tiller | labyrinth |
1961 | Hilde Krahl | The glass of water |
1962 | Vera Chekhova | The bread of the early years |
1963 | Elisabeth Bergner | The happy years of the Thorwalds |
1964 | Mira Stupica | Men's game |
1965 | Jana Brejchová | The house on Karpfengasse |
1966 | Sabine Sinjen | It |
1967 | Alexandra Kluge | Goodbye to yesterday |
1968 | Thekla Carola Wied | Trace of a girl |
Award winners and nominees since 1997
1997
Sylvie Testud - Beyond Silence
1998
Katja Riemann - The pharmacist and bandits
1999
Juliane Koehler - Aimée & Jaguar
Maria Schrader - Aimée & Jaguar and Meschugge
2000s
2000
Hannelore Elsner - The Untouchable
2001
2002
2003
Hannelore Elsner - My last film
2004
Sibel Kekilli - Against the Wall
Julia Jentsch - Sophie Scholl - The last days
Monica Bleibtreu - Four minutes
2010s
Barbara Sukowa - Hannah Arendt
Laura Tonke - Hedi Schneider is stuck
Marie Bäumer - 3 days in Quiberon