Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress explained
The Best Actress Award (French: Prix d'interprétation féminine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival since 1946. It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and chosen by the jury from the films in official competition slate at the festival.
At the 1st Cannes Film Festival held in 1946, Michèle Morgan was the first winner of this award for her performance in Pastoral Symphony, and Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña are the most recent winners in this category for their roles in Emilia Perez at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024.
History
The award was first presented in 1946. The prize was not awarded on three occasions (1947, 1953, and 1954). The festival was not held at all in 1948, 1950, and 2020. In 1968, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the May 1968 events in France.
On five occasions, the jury has awarded multiple women (more than 2) the prize for one film. The five films were A Big Family (1955), Brink of Life (1958), A World Apart (1988), Volver (2006), and Emilia Pérez (2024).
Vanessa Redgrave, Barbara Hershey, Helen Mirren, and Isabelle Huppert have won the most awards in this category, each winning twice. Hershey is the only actress to win the award in consecutive years, for Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988).
Isabelle Adjani is the only actress to win a joint award for her roles in two different films in the same competition; she won in 1981 for her performances in Possession and Quartet.
The award can be for lead or supporting roles, with the exception of the period from 1979 to 1981, when the festival used to award a separate "Best Supporting Actress" prize. The jury also, on occasion, cites actresses with a special citation that is separate from the main award.
Winners
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Multiple winners
The following individuals have received multiple Best Actress awards:
See also
The following individuals have also received Best Actress award(s) at Venice or Berlin Film Festival.
Notes
A: This year the award was changed to Prix d'Interpretation (Acting Award), without gender differentiation.
B: The entire male and female cast of A Big Family (Больша́я семья́) was recipient of this award in a tie with Spencer Tracy for Bad Day at Black Rock.
C: This year award was given as Prix collectif d'interprétation féminine Un Certain Regard (Collective Female Acting Award – Un Certain Regard) to the female cast of Brink of Life (Nära livet).
D: This year award was given as Prix Le Premier Regard Un Certain Regard (Premiere Award – Un Certain Regard) to the lead male and female cast of Long Day's Journey into Night and A Taste of Honey (ex aequo).
E: Performer to receive a joint award which honor the outstanding work in multiple different films in the same official competition slate.
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Awards 1949: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226233748/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1949/allAward.html . 26 December 2013 . dmy.
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- Web site: Awards 1952: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151002085200/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1952/allAward.html . 2 October 2015 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1955: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131101164106/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1955/allAward.html . 1 November 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1956: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225160210/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1956/allAward.html . 25 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1957: All Awards . cinema-francais.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225160213/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1957/allAward.html . 25 December 2013 . dmy.
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- Web site: Awards 1958: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225140803/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1958/allAward.html . 25 December 2013 . dmy.
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- Web site: Awards 1960: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104153228/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1960/allAward.html . 4 November 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1961: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225125028/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1961/allAward.html . 25 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1962: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225122805/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1962/allAward.html . 25 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1962 : Competition. Cannes. 24 April 2018. https://archive.today/20210809065828/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/73-editions/retrospective/1962/palmares/all-awards. 9 August 2021. dead.
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- Web site: Awards 1973 : All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111627/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1973/allAward.html . 24 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1974 : All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101203074526/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/awardCompetition.html . 3 December 2010 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1975: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220054026/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1975/allAward.html . 20 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1976: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220024101/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/allAward.html . 20 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1977: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204120809/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1977/allAward.html . 4 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1978: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019172747/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1978/allAward.html . 19 October 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1979: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101052932/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1979/allAward.html . 1 November 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1979 : Competition . 26 May 2021 . Cannes . dead . https://archive.today/20210809070255/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/73-editions/retrospective/1979/palmares/all-awards . 9 August 2021 .
- Web site: Awards 1980: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217223915/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1980/allAward.html . 17 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1980 : Competition . 26 May 2021 . Cannes . dead . https://archive.today/20210809070610/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/73-editions/retrospective/1980/palmares/all-awards . 9 August 2021 .
- Web site: Awards 1981: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112171725/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1981/allAward.html . 12 November 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1981 : Competition. 26 May 2021. Cannes. https://archive.today/20210809070857/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/73-editions/retrospective/1981/palmares/all-awards. 9 August 2021. dead.
- Web site: Awards 1982: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216214854/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1982/allAward.html . 16 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1983: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190344/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1983/allAward.html . 16 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1984: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203035220/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1984/allAward.html . 3 February 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1985: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130114132202/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1985/allAward.html . 14 January 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1986: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112001527/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1986/allAward.html . 12 November 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1987: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140301134458/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1987/allAward.html . 1 March 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1988: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228211216/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1988/allAward.html . 28 December 2014 . dmy .
- Web site: Awards 1989: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140606211642/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1989/allAward.html . 6 June 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1990: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141011001632/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1990/allAward.html . 11 October 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1991: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114904/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1991/allAward.html . 26 August 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1992: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150221232525/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1992/allAward.html . 21 February 2015 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1993: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131214144648/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1993/allAward.html . 14 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1994: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012034010/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1994/allAward.html . 12 October 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1995: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150103061318/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1995/allAward.html . 3 January 2015 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1996: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120120064416/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1996/allAward.html . 20 January 2012 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1997: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119140627/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1997/allAward.html . 19 January 2012 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1998: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224506/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1998/allAward.html . 3 March 2016 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 1999: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206124056/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1999/allAward.html . 6 February 2015 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 2000: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018234059/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2000/allAward.html . 18 October 2014 . dmy.
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- Web site: Awards 2002: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150121170045/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2002/allAward.html . 21 January 2015 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 2003: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018154633/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2003/allAward.html . 18 October 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 2004: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018143447/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2004/allAward.html . 18 October 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 2005: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141026074942/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2005/allAward.html . 26 October 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 2006: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109174751/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2006/allAward.html . 9 November 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 2007: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222070149/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2007/allAward.html . 22 February 2014 . dmy.
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- Web site: Awards 2009: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120120000633/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2009/allAward.html . 20 January 2012 . dmy.
- Web site: Awards 2010: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204152623/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2010/allAward.html . 4 February 2012 .
- Web site: Awards 2011: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110821163642/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2011/allAward.html . 21 August 2011 .
- Web site: Awards 2012: All Awards . festival-cannes.com . Cannes Film Festival . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170207060814/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2012/allAward.html . 7 February 2017 .
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- Web site: Awards 2014 : All Awards . 25 May 2014 . Cannes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141010022424/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/2014/allAward.html . 10 October 2014 .
- Web site: Awards 2015 : All Awards . 25 May 2015 . Cannes . dead . 29 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150929000823/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2015/allAward.html .
- Web site: Awards 2016 : All Awards . 26 May 2016 . Cannes . dead . https://archive.today/20210809071322/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/73-editions/retrospective/2016/palmares/all-awards . 9 August 2021 .
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- Web site: Awards 2019 : All Awards . 26 May 2019 . Cannes . dead . https://archive.today/20210809072124/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/73-editions/retrospective/2019/palmares/all-awards . 9 August 2021 .
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