Silver Bear for Best Actress explained

Silver Bear for Best Actress
Awarded For:Best Performance by an Actress
Presenter:Berlin International Film Festival
Country:Germany
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Year:1956
Year2:2020
Holder:Paula Beer
Undine (2020)

The Silver Bear for Best Actress (German: Silberner Bär/Beste Darstellerin) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chosen by the International Jury from the films in the Competition slate at the festival. Beginning with the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, the award was replaced with two gender-neutral categories, Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance and Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance.

At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival held in 1956, Elsa Martinelli was the first winner of this award for her performance in Donatella, and Paula Beer was the last winner in this category for her role in Undine at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in 2020.

History

The award was first presented in 1956 and could be for lead or supporting roles. The prize was not awarded on four occasions (1969, 1973–74, and 1990). In 1970, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the controversy over the official selection film, o.k. by Michael Verhoeven, which led to the resignation of the international jury. In 2011, the entire female cast of A Separation received the award. Shirley MacLaine has won the most awards in this category, with two.

Sachiko Hidari is the only actress to win a joint award for her roles in two different films in the same competition; she won in 1964 for her performances in The Insect Woman and She and He.

The last of this award was given out in 2020, after which it was replaced with gender-neutral categories, Best Leading Performance and Best Supporting Performance, the following year.

Winners

YearActressRoleEnglish TitleOriginal Title
1950s
1956
Donatella [1]
1957
[2]
1958
Gioia [3]
1959
[4]
1960s
1960
Annette [5]
1961
[6]
1962
[7]
1963
[8]
1964
[9]
1965
Manjula [10]
1966
[11]
1967
[12]
1968
Frédérique [13]
1970s
1971
[14]
1972
[15]
1975
[16]
1976
[17]
1977
[18]
1978
[19]
1979
[20]
1980s
1980
[21]
1981
Kama [22]
1982
[23]
1983
[24]
1984
Vera Nikolaevna [25]
1985
Mary [26]
1986
Macabéa [27]
Nadia
1987
[28]
1988
[29]
1989
[30]
1990s
1991
Luisa [31]
1992
[32]
1993
[33]
1994
[34]
1995
[35]
1996
[36]
1997
Hana [37]
1998
[38]
1999
[39]
2000s
2000
[40]
Tatjana
2001
Claire [41]
2002
[42]
2003
[43]
2004
[44]
2005
[45]
2006
[46]
2007
[47]
2008
[48]
2009
Gitti [49]
2010s
2010
[50]
2011
Simin [51]
Razieh
Termeh
Somayeh
2012
Komona [52]
2013
[53]
2014
[54]
2015
[55]
2016
Anna [56]
2017
Young-hee [57]
2018
Chela [58]
2019
[59]
2020s
2020
[60]

Multiple winners

The following actress is the only person to have received multiple Best Actress awards:

See also

Notes

A: Performer to receive a joint award which honor the outstanding work in multiple different films in the same official competition slate.

B: The entire male and female cast of A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین) was recipient of this award.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1956. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140530/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistraeger_1956/03_preistraeger_1956.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  2. Web site: 7th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1957. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140531/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1957/03_preistraeger_1957/03_preistraeger_1957.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  3. Web site: 8th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1958. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140533/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistraeger_1958/03_preistraeger_1958.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  4. Web site: 9th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1959. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140532/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1959/03_preistraeger_1959/03_preistraeger_1959.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  5. Web site: 10th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1960. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140537/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1960/03_preistraeger_1960/03_preistraeger_1960.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  6. Web site: 11th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1961. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191215115716/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1961/03_preistraeger_1961/03_preistraeger_1961.html. 15 December 2019. live.
  7. Web site: 12th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1962. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140535/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1962/03_preistraeger_1962/03_preistraeger_1962.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  8. Web site: 13th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1963. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140537/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1963/03_preistraeger_1963/03_preistraeger_1963.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  9. Web site: 14th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1964. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140540/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1964/03_preistraeger_1964/03_preistraeger_1964.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  10. Web site: 15th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1965. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140538/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1965/03_preistraeger_1965/03_preistraeger_1965.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  11. Web site: 16th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1966. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140532/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1966/03_preistraeger_1966/03_preistraeger_1966.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  12. Web site: 17th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1967. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140539/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1967/03_preistraeger_1967/03_preistraeger_1967.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  13. Web site: 18th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1968. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140536/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1968/03_preistraeger_1968/03_preistraeger_1968.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  14. Web site: 21st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1971. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140535/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1971/03_preistraeger_1971/03_preistraeger_1971.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  15. Web site: 22nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1972. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140551/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1972/03_preistraeger_1972/03_preistraeger_1972.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  16. Web site: 25th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1975. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140732/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1975/03_preistraeger_1975/03_preistraeger_1975.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  17. Web site: 26th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1976. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140654/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1976/03_preistraeger_1976/03_preistraeger_1976.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  18. Web site: 27th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1977. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140646/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1977/03_preistraeger_1977/03_preistraeger_1977.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  19. Web site: 28th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1978. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140529/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1978/03_preistraeger_1978/03_preistraeger_1978.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  20. Web site: 29th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1979. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140738/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1979/03_preistraeger_1979/03_preistraeger_1979.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  21. Web site: 30th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1980. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140555/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1980/03_preistraeger_1980/03_preistraeger_1980.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  22. Web site: 31st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1981. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191210225637/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1981/03_preistraeger_1981/03_preistraeger_1981.html. 10 December 2019. live.
  23. Web site: 32nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1982. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140806/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1982/03_preistraeger_1982/03_preistraeger_1982.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  24. Web site: 33rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1983. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140646/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1983/03_preistraeger_1983/03_preistraeger_1983.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  25. Web site: 34th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1984. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140554/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1984/03_preistraeger_1984/03_preistraeger_1984.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  26. Web site: 35th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1985. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140633/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1985/03_preistraeger_1985/03_preistraeger_1985.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  27. Web site: 36th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1986. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191204183551/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1986/03_preistraeger_1986/03_preistraeger_1986.html. 4 December 2019. live.
  28. Web site: 37th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1987. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140818/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1987/03_preistraeger_1987/03_preistraeger_1987.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  29. Web site: 38th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1988. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140735/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1988/03_preistraeger_1988/03_preistraeger_1988.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  30. Web site: 39th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1989. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140649/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1989/03_preistraeger_1989/03_preistraeger_1989.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  31. Web site: 41st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1991. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140612/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1991/03_preistraeger_1991/03_preistraeger_1991.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  32. Web site: 42nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1992. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140650/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1992/03_preistraeger_1992/03_preistraeger_1992.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  33. Web site: 43rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1993. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140736/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1993/03_preistraeger_1993/03_preistraeger_1993.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  34. Web site: 44th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1994. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140801/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1994/03_preistraeger_1994/03_preistraeger_1994.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  35. Web site: 45th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1995. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140757/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1995/03_preistraeger_1995/03_preistraeger_1995.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  36. Web site: 46th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1996. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140610/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1996/03_preistraeger_1996/03_preistraeger_1996.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  37. Web site: 47th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1997. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140556/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1997/03_preistraeger_1997/03_preistraeger_1997.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  38. Web site: 48th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1998. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140650/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1998/03_preistraeger_1998/03_preistraeger_1998.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  39. Web site: 49th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1999. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140759/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1999/03_preistraeger_1999/03_preistraeger_1999.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  40. Web site: 50th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2000. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140649/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2000/03_preistraeger_2000/03_preistraeger_2000.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  41. Web site: 51st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2001. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140608/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2001/03_preistraeger_2001/03_preistraeger_2001.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  42. Web site: 52nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2002. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191217170331/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2002/03_preistraeger_2002/03_preistraeger_2002.html. 17 December 2019. live.
  43. Web site: 53rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2003. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140554/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2003/03_preistraeger_2003/03_preistraeger_2003.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  44. Web site: 54th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2004. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140611/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2004/03_preistraeger_2004/03_preistraeger_2004.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  45. Web site: 55th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2005. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140636/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2005/03_preistraeger_2005/03_preistraeger_2005.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  46. Web site: 56th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2006. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140631/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2006/03_preistraeger_2006/03_preistraeger_2006.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  47. Web site: 57th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2007. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140647/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2007/03_preistraeger_2007/03_preistraeger_2007.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  48. Web site: 58th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2008. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140644/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2008/03_preistraeger_2008/03_preistraeger_2008.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  49. Web site: 59th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2009. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140557/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2009/03_preistraeger_2009/03_preistraeger_2009.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  50. Web site: 60th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2010. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140655/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2010/03_preistraeger_2010/03_preistraeger_2010.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  51. Web site: 61st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2011. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140811/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2011/03_preistraeger_2011/03_preistraeger_2011.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  52. Web site: 62nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2012. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140639/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2012/03_preistraeger_2012/03_preistraeger_2012.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  53. Web site: 63rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2013. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140648/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2013/03_preistraeger_2013/03_preistraeger_2013.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  54. Web site: 64th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2014. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140652/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2014/03_preistraeger_2014/preistraeger_2014.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  55. Web site: 65th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2015. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140743/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2015/03_preistraeger_2015/03_preistraeger_2015.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  56. Web site: 66th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2016. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140732/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2016/03_preistraeger_2016/03_preistraeger_2016.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  57. Web site: 67th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2017. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140644/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2017/03_preistraeger_2017/03_preistraeger_2017.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  58. Web site: 68th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2018. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 10 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140740/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2018/03_preistraeger_2018/03_preistraeger_2018.html. 23 December 2019. live.
  59. Web site: 69th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2019. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 17 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20191116163628/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2019/03_preistraeger_2019/03_preistraeger_2019.html. 16 November 2019. live.
  60. Web site: 70th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2020. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 17 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930093641/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive-selection/archive-2020/awards.html. 30 September 2020. live.