Silver Bear / Best Actress

Award winner 2020: Paula Beer ( Undine )

The Silver Bear for the best actress honors the best acting performance of a leading or supporting actress in a competition film (feature film) at the annual Berlin Film Festival . The award was first presented at the sixth edition of the film festival in 1956 . The competition jury, which is mostly composed of international filmmakers, votes on the award of the prize.

As of 2021, the awards for the best actor and the best actress are to be discontinued, instead awards for the best acting in a leading role and the best acting in a supporting role are to be awarded. The ProQuote Film association criticized the gender-neutral prizes as a fig leaf for innovation , saying that the Berlinale is far from gender equality . Much more films by men than by women were shown in the festival's competition.

Award winners

American film actresses (13 victories) were most frequently awarded the actor's prize, followed by their colleagues from Germany (FRG and GDR: 11) as well as France and the United Kingdom (8 each). So far, only the American Shirley MacLaine (1959 and 1971) has triumphed twice . In 2009, Birgit Minichmayr ( All Others ) was the first Austrian actress to be successful.

year	Laureate	Original title	German title
1956!1956	Martinelli!Elsa Martinelli	Donatella	Donatella - Young love in Rome
1957!1957	Mitchell!Yvonne Mitchell	Woman in a dressing gown	Woman in a dressing gown!The woman in the dressing gown
1958!1958	Magnani!Anna Magnani	Wild is the wind	The wind is wild
1959!1959	MacLaine!Shirley MacLaine	Ask any girl	Always the darn women
1960!1960	Mayniel!Juliette Mayniel	Fair	Fair
1961!1961	Karina!Anna Karina	Femme est une femme!Une femme est une femme	Woman is a woman!A woman is a woman
1962!1962	Gam!Rita Gam	No exit	Closed society
1962!1962	Lindfors!Viveca Lindfors	No exit	Closed society
1963!1963	Andersson!Bibi Andersson	Aelskarinnan!Älskarinnan	Sleeper compartment
1964!1964	Hidari!Sachiko Hidari	Kanojo to kare!彼女と彼 (Kanojo to kare)	She and he
1964!1964	Hidari!Sachiko Hidari	Nippon konchuki!にっぽん昆虫記 (Nippon konchuki)	Insect woman!The insect woman
1965!1965	Jaffrey!Madhur Jaffrey	Shakespeare Wallah	not known
1966!1966	Albright!Lola Albright	Lord Love a Duck	Mollymauk, the boy wonder
1967!1967	Evans!Edith Evans	Whisperers!The Whisperers	Whispering walls
1968!1968 ^a	Audran!Stéphane Audran	Biches!Les biches	Two friends
1969 - 1970	Prize not awarded
1971!1971	MacLaine!Shirley MacLaine	Desperate characters	Desperate people
1971!1971	Signoret!Simone Signoret	Chat!Le chat	Cat!The cat
1972!1972	Taylor!Elizabeth Taylor	Hammersmith Is Out	Hammersmith is out
1973 - 1974	Prize not awarded
1975!1975	Tanaka!Kinuyo Tanaka	Sandakan hachiban shokan bohkyo!サンダカン八番娼館望郷 (Sandakan hachiban shokan bohkyo)	Sandakan, house number 8
1976!1976	Baranska!Jadwiga Barańska	Noce i dnie	Nights and days!Nights and days
1977!1977	Tomlin!Lily Tomlin	Late show!The Late Show	Cat knows the killer!The cat knows the killer
1978!1978	Rowlands!Gena Rowlands	Opening night	Opening night
1979!1979	Schygulla!Hanna Schygulla	Marriage of Maria Braun!The marriage of Maria Braun	Marriage of Maria Braun!The marriage of Maria Braun
1980!1980	Kroessner!Renate Kroessner	Solo Sunny	Solo Sunny
1981!1981	Grabowska!Barbara Grabowska	Gorączka	fever
1982!1982	Sat!Katrin Sass	Guarantee for one year	Guarantee for one year
1983!1983	Gluschenko!Yevgenia Glushenko	Wljublen po sobstwennomu shelaniju!Влюблён по собственному желанию (Wljublen po sobstwennomu shelaniju)	In love at my own request
1984!1984 ^b	Churikova!Inna Churikova	Wojenno-Polewoi roman!Военно-полевой роман (Vojenno-Polewoi roman)	Front romance
1985!1985	Kennedy!Jo Kennedy	Wrong World	Wrong World
1986!1985	Cartaxo!Marcelia Cartaxo	Hora da Estrela!A Hora da Estrela	Great moment
1986!1985	Valandrey!Charlotte Valandrey	Rouge baiser	Red kisses
1987!1987	Nogueira!Ana Beatriz Nogueira	Vera	Vera
1988!1988	Hunter!Holly Hunter	Broadcast News	News Fever - Broadcast News
1989!1989	Adjani!Isabelle Adjani	Camille Claudel	Camille Claudel
1990!1990	Tandy!Jessica Tandy ^c	Driving Miss Daisy	Miss Daisy and her chauffeur
1991!1991	April!Victoria Abril	Amantes	Amantes
1992!1992	Cheung!Maggie Cheung	Ruan Lingyu!阮玲玉 (Ruan Lingyu)	Center stage
1993!1993	Pfeiffer!Michelle Pfeiffer	Love Field	Love Field - love without limits
1994!1994	Skirt!Crissy skirt	Ladybird Ladybird	Ladybird, Ladybird
1995!1995	Siao!Josephine Siao	Nu ren si shi!女人四十 (Nu ren si shi)	Summer snow
1996!1996	Grinberg!Anouk Grinberg	Mon homme	My husband - I do everything for your love
1997!1997	Binoche!Juliette Binoche	English patient!The English Patient	English patient!The English patient
1998!1998	Montenegro!Fernanda Montenegro	Central do Brasil	Central Station
1999!1999	Charcoal burner!Juliane Koehler	Aimée & Jaguar	Aimée & Jaguar
1999!1999	Schrader!Maria Schrader	Aimée & Jaguar	Aimée & Jaguar
2000!2000	Beglau!Bibiana Beglau	Silence after the shot!the silence after the shot	Silence after the shot!the silence after the shot
2000!2000	Uhl!Nadja Uhl	Silence after the shot!the silence after the shot	Silence after the shot!the silence after the shot
2001!2001	Fox!Kerry Fox	Intimacy	Intimacy
2002!2002	Berry!Halle Berry	Monster's Ball	Monster's Ball
2003!2003	Kidman!Nicole Kidman	Hours!The Hours	Hours!The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity
	Moors!Julianne Moore
	Streep!Meryl Streep
2004!2004	Sandino Moreno!Catalina Sandino Moreno	Maria Full of Grace	Mary full of grace
2004!2004	Theron!Charlize Theron	monster	monster
2005!2005	Jentsch!Julia Jentsch	Sophie Scholl - The last days	Sophie Scholl - The last days
2006!2006	Hueller!Sandra Hüller	requiem	requiem
2007!2007	Hoss!Nina Hoss	Yella	Yella
2008!2008	Hawkins!Sally Hawkins	Happy-Go-Lucky	Happy-Go-Lucky
2009!2009	Minichmayr!Birgit Minichmayr	All other	All other
2010!2010	Terajima!Shinobu Terajima	Caterpillar!キャタピラー (Caterpillar)	Caterpillar
2011!2011 ^d	Bayat!Sareh Bayat	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin!جدایی نادر از سیمین (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)	Nader and Simin - A separation
	Farhadi!Sarina Farhadi
	Hatami!Leila Hatami
	Hosseini!Kimia Hosseini
2012!2012	Mwanza!Rachel Mwanza	Rebel	not known
2013!2013	Garcia!Paulina García	Gloria	Gloria
2014!2014	Kuroki!Haru Kuroki	Chiisai Ouchi!小さいおうち ( Chiisai Ouchi )	not known
2015!2015	Rampling!Charlotte Rampling	45 years	45 years
2016!2016	Dyrholm!Trine Dyrholm	Collectivet	Commune!The commune
2017!2017	Kim Min-hee	Bamui Haebyeon-eoseo Honja!밤 의 해변 에서 혼자 (Bamui Haebyeon-eoseo Honja)	On the Beach at Night Alone
2018!2018	Brund!Ana Brun	Herederas!Las herederas	Heiresses!The heiresses
2019!2019	Yong Mei	Di jiu tian chang!地久天长 (Di jiu tian chang)	Until then, my son
2020	Paula Beer	Undine	Undine

^aIn 1968 the Best Actress Award was given to Stéphane Audran , although her film Two Friends was shown out of competition.

^bIn 1984, Monica Vitti received another Silver Bear in the Outstanding Individual Achievement category for her acting performance in Flirt .

^cIn 1990 Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman were awarded a Silver Bear for acting together in Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur .

^dIn 2011 the female acting ensemble of the film Nader and Simin - A Separation was awarded the Actor Award.

Web links

Berlin Film Festival in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ New Silver Bear Rule: Berlinale will in future award gender-neutral acting awards. In: spiegel.de. August 24, 2020, accessed on August 24, 2020 .
^ Film Festival: Criticism of Berlinale for gender-neutral price. In: Small newspaper . August 25, 2020, accessed August 25, 2020 .
↑ Uwe Mantel: Changes at the Berlinale: Acting Association criticizes gender-neutral prices. In: Dwdl.de . August 25, 2020, accessed August 25, 2020 .

[1] New Silver Bear Rule: Berlinale will in future award gender-neutral acting awards. In: spiegel.de. August 24, 2020, accessed on August 24, 2020 .

[2] Film Festival: Criticism of Berlinale for gender-neutral price. In: Small newspaper . August 25, 2020, accessed August 25, 2020 .

[3] Uwe Mantel: Changes at the Berlinale: Acting Association criticizes gender-neutral prices. In: Dwdl.de . August 25, 2020, accessed August 25, 2020 .