European Film Award / Best Actress

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Isabelle Huppert

Winner and nominee of the European Film Award in the category Best Actress (European Actress) since the first award in 1988.

British and French actresses (eight wins each) were awarded the most frequent actor's prize, followed by their colleagues from Spain with three successes. As the only German so far, Julia Jentsch ( Sophie Scholl - The Last Days ) and 2016 Sandra Hüller ( Toni Erdmann ) were successful, while in 1998 the prize was awarded to two actresses and in 2002 to an acting ensemble.

Statistics (without audience award) actress number year
Most frequent awards Juliette Binoche 2 1992, 1997
Isabelle Huppert 2 2001, 2002
Carmen Maura 2 1988, 1990
Charlotte Rampling 2 2003, 2015
Most frequent nominations
(* = victory)
Juliette Binoche 4th 1992 *, 1997 *, 2005, 2017
Penelope Cruz 4th 1999, 2004, 2006 *, 2009
Isabelle Huppert 4th 2001 *, 2002 *, 2016, 2017
Most frequent nominations without a win Valeria Bruni Tedeschi 3 2004, 2014, 2016
Charlotte Gainsbourg 3 2009, 2011 , 2014

The films listed below are given with their German distribution title (if identifiable), followed by the original title in brackets in italics. The original title is not mentioned if the German and foreign-language film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted first.

1980s

1988

Carmen Maura - Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)


1989

Ruth Sheen - High Expectations ( High Hopes )

1990s

1990

Carmen Maura - Ay Carmela! - Song of Freedom (¡Ay, Carmela!)


1991

Clotilde Courau - The Little Gangster ( Le petit criminel )


1992

Juliette Binoche - The Lovers of Pont-Neuf ( Les Amants du Pont-Neuf )


1993

Maia Morgenstern - Le Chêne - Tree of Hope ( Balanta )


1994-1995

Prize not awarded


1996

Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves


1997

Juliette Binoche - The English Patient ( The English Patient )


1998

Élodie Bouchez and Natacha Régnier - Love Life (La Vie rêvée des Anges)


1999

Cecilia Roth - All about my mother ( Todo sobre mi madre )

2000s

2000

Björk - Dancer in the Dark


2001

Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Player ( La Pianiste )


2002

Catherine Deneuve , Isabelle Huppert , Emmanuelle Béart , Fanny Ardant , Virginie Ledoyen , Danielle Darrieux , Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard - 8 women ( 8 femmes )


2003

Charlotte Rampling - Swimming Pool


2004

Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake


2005

Julia Jentsch - Sophie Scholl - The last days


2006

Penélope Cruz - Volver - Return ( Volver )


2007

Helen Mirren - The Queen ( The Queen )


2008

Kristin Scott Thomas - I love you for so many years ( Il ya longtemps que je t'aime )


2009

Kate Winslet - The Reader ( The Reader )

2010s

2010

Sylvie Testud - Lourdes


2011

Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin


2012

Emmanuelle Riva - Love ( Amour )


2013

Veerle Baetens - The Broken Circle ( The Broken Circle Breakdown )


2014

Marion Cotillard - Two days, one night ( Deux jours, une nuit )


2015

Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years


2016

Sandra Hüller - Toni Erdmann


2017

Alexandra Borbély - Body and Soul (Testről és lélekről)


2018

Joanna Kulig - Cold War - The latitude of love (Zimna wojna)


2019

Olivia Colman - The Favorite - Intrigue and Insanity (The Favorite)