| Lumières Award for Best Actress | |
| Presenter: | Académie des Lumières |
| Country: | France |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Holder: | Sandra Hüller for Anatomy of a Fall (2024) |
The Lumières Award for Best Actress (French: Prix Lumières de la meilleure actrice) is an annual award presented by the Académie des Lumières since 1996.
Winners are listed first with a blue background, followed by the other nominees.
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 (1st) | Isabelle Huppert | La Cérémonie | |
| 1997 (2nd) | Fanny Ardant | Ridicule | |
| 1998 (3rd) | Miou-Miou | Dry Cleaning | Nettoyage à sec |
| 1999 (4th) | Élodie Bouchez | The Dreamlife of Angels | La Vie rêvée des anges |
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (5th) | Karin Viard | Haut les cœurs! | |
| 2001 (6th) | Isabelle Huppert | Merci pour le chocolat | |
| 2002 (7th) | Audrey Tautou | Amélie | Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain |
| 2003 (8th) | Isabelle Carré | Beautiful Memories | Se souvenir des belles choses |
| 2004 (9th) | Sylvie Testud | Fear and Trembling | Stupeur et tremblements |
| 2005 (10th) | Emmanuelle Devos | Kings and Queen | Rois et Reine |
| 2006 (11th) | Isabelle Huppert | Gabrielle | |
| 2007 (12th) | Marina Hands | Lady Chatterley | |
| Nouvelle chance | |||
| Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs | ||
| Comedy of Power | L'Ivresse du pouvoir | ||
| Made in Paris | Je pense à vous | ||
| 2008 (13th) | Marion Cotillard | La Vie en Rose | La môme |
| Room of Death | La Chambre des morts | ||
| The Vanishing Point | Ce que mes yeux ont vu | ||
| A Girl Cut in Two | La Fille coupée en deux | ||
| Darling | |||
| 2009 (14th) | Yolande Moreau | Séraphine | |
| Mark of an Angel | L'Empreinte de l'ange | ||
| With a Little Help from Myself | Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera | ||
| I've Loved You So Long | Il y a longtemps que je t'aime | ||
| Sagan | |||
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (25th) | |||
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | ||
| La Belle Époque | |||
| Alice and the Mayor | Alice et le Maire | ||
| Proxima | |||
| Chanson douce | |||
| 2021 (26th) | |||
| Two of Us | Deux | ||
| Barbara Sukowa | |||
| My Donkey, My Lover & I | Antoinette dans les Cévennes | ||
| Perfumes | Les Parfums | ||
| Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | ||
| Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | ||
| 2022 (27th) | |||
| Happening | L'Événement | ||
| The Swarm | La Nuée | ||
| Benedetta | |||
| Aline | |||
| Everything Went Fine | Tout s'est bien passé | ||
| 2023 (28th) | |||
| Other People's Children | Les Enfants des autres | ||
| Vortex | |||
| The Innocent | L'Innocent | ||
| Between Two Worlds | Ouistreham | ||
| Full Time | À plein temps | ||
| 2024 (29th) | |||
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | ||
| Bernadette | |||
| Last Summer | L'Été dernier | ||
| All to Play For | Rien à perdre | ||
| The Rapture | Le Ravissement | ||