Magnolia Award for Best Actress is awarded under the Shanghai Television Festival.
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[1] | Zhou Xun[2] [3] | Imperfect Victim | 不完美受害人 |
| Ren Suxi | There Will Be Ample Time | 故乡，别来无恙 | |
| Tang Yan | Blossoms Shanghai | 繁花 | |
| Lost You Forever | 长相思 第一季 | ||
| Yan Ni | Grandma's New World | 外婆的新世界 | |
| 2022-2023[4] | Wu Yue [5] | Bright Future | 县委大院 |
| Tan Zhuo | Enemy | 对手 | |
| A Lifelong Journey | 人世间 | ||
| Sun Li | The Ideal City | 理想之城 | |
| Zhao Liying | Wild Bloom | 野蛮生长 | |
| 2021[6] | Tong Yao | Nothing But Thirty | 三十而已 |
| My Best Friend's Story | 流金岁月 | ||
| Minning Town | 山海情 | ||
| Yan Ni | The Stage | 装台 | |
| Tan Songyun | Go Ahead | 以家人之名 | |
| 2020 | Yan Ni | Growing Pains | 少年派 |
| I Will Find You a Better Home | 安家 | ||
| On the Road | 在远方 | ||
| A Little Reunion | 小欢喜 | ||
| Qin Hailu | The Legendary Tavern | 老酒馆 | |
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Jiang Wenli | The Story of Zheng Yang Gate | 正阳门下小女人 | |
| Liu Pei | Memories of Peking | 芝麻胡同 | ||
| Wan Qian | Lost in 1949 | 脱身 | ||
| Yao Chen | All Is Well | 都挺好 | ||
| Zhao Liying | The Story of Minglan | 知否知否应是红肥绿瘦 | ||
| 2018 | Ma Yili | The First Half of My Life | 我的前半生 | |
| The Love of Courtyard | 情满四合院 | |||
| Qin Hailu | White Deer Plain | 白鹿原 | ||
| Sun Li | Nothing Gold Can Stay | 那年花开月正圆 | ||
| Yuan Quan | The First Half of My Life | 我的前半生 | ||
| 2017 | Yin Tao | Feather Flies To The Sky | 鸡毛飞上天 | |
| Hai Qing | A Love For Separation | 小别离 | ||
| Jiang Xin | Ode to Joy | 欢乐颂 | ||
| Liu Tao | Ode to Joy | 欢乐颂 | ||
| Ma Yili | Chinese Style Relationship | 中国式关系 | ||
| 2016[7] [8] | Sun Li | The Legend of Mi Yue | 芈月传 | |
| Song Jia | Young Marshall | 少帅 | ||
| Yan Ni | Wang Dahua's Legendary Career | 王大花的革命生涯 | ||
| Zhao Liying | The Journey of Flower | 花千骨 | ||
| Zhao Wei | Tiger Mom | 虎妈猫爸 | ||
| 2015[9] [10] | Zhou Xun | Red Sorghum | 红高粱 | |
| Niu Li | The Chinese Old Peasant | 老农民 | ||
| Tong Liya | The Ordinary World | 平凡的世界 | ||
| Yan Ni | A Servant of Two Masters | 一仆二主 | ||
| Yao Chen | Divorce Lawyers | 离婚律师 | ||
| 2014[11] [12] | Sun Li | Hot Mom | 辣妈正传 | |
| Mei Ting | Romance of our Parents | 父母爱情 | ||
| Li Xiaoran | May December Love | 大丈夫 | ||
| Gao Yuanyuan | Let's Get Married | 咱们结婚吧 | ||
| If You Were Deceived by Life | 假如生活欺骗了你 | |||
| 2013[13] [14] | Song Dandan | The Happy Life of Jin Tai Lang | 金太狼的幸福生活 | |
| Bai Baihe | Floating and Sinking | 浮沉 | ||
| Chen Shu | Zheng Zhe Wu Di | 正者无敌 | ||
| Hai Qing | Xin Shu | 心术 | ||
| Jiang Wenli | Mother Will Marry | 娘要嫁人 | ||
| 2012[15] [16] | Song Jia | The Brink | 悬崖 | |
| Jiang Wenli | Love Comes Knocking on the Door | 幸福来敲门 | ||
| Cecilia Liu | Scarlet Heart | 步步惊心 | ||
| Sun Li | Empresses in the Palace | 甄嬛传 | ||
| Xi Meijuan | The Family and Love | 儿女情更长 | ||
| 2011[17] | Chen Shu | Iron Pear | 铁梨花 | |
| Sheren Tang | No Regrets | 巾帼枭雄之义海豪情 | ||
| Sarina | My Child, My Home | 我的孩子我的家 | ||
| Wang Luodan | A Story of Lala's Promotion | 杜拉拉升职记 | ||
| Yang Mi | Palace | 宫 | ||
| 2010[18] | Bai Han | A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era | 媳妇的美好时代 | |
| Chen Xiaoyi | Beauty in North | 北方有佳人 | ||
| Zhu Lin | Luo Gu Xiang | 锣鼓巷 | ||
| Wang Luodan | My Youthfulness | 我的青春谁做主 | ||
| Hai Qing | Dwelling Narrowness | 蜗居 |
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Song Dandan | Ma Wen's Battle | 马文的战争 |
| Yan Ni | The North Wind Blows | 北风那个吹 | |
| Yuan Li | The King of Shanghai | 上海王 | |
| Luo Haiqiong | Wanton and Luxurious Living | 纸醉金迷 | |
| Ada Choi | The Gem of Life | 珠光寶氣 | |
| 2008 | Jiang Wenli | Golden Marriage | 金婚 |
| Barbie Hsu | Corner with Love | 轉角＊遇到愛 | |
| Liu Jia | Gobi Mother | 戈壁母亲 | |
| Yin Tao | The Woman's Lifetime | 女人一辈子 | |
| Yan Bingyan | |||
| 2007 | Rene Liu | New Age of Marriage | 新结婚时代 |
| Chae Rim | Dal-ja's Spring | 달자의 봄 | |
| Zheng Zhenyao | Red Streamer | 红幡 | |
| Chen Xiaoyi | Remarriage of A Police Woman | 半路夫妻 | |
| Sun Li | Shanghai Bund | 新上海滩 | |
| 2006 | Emma Lung | Stranded | |
| Kelly Macdonald | The Girl in the Café | ||
| Felicitas Woll | Dresden | Dresden - das Inferno | |
| Iwona Sitkowska | The Feast of Saint Barbara | Barbórka | |
| Aglaia Szyszkowitz | Der Todestunnel | 1200º: La Verità della Tunnel della Morte | |
| 2005 | Zhang Shaohua | Mystery | 秘密 |
| 2004 | Anat Waxman | Round Trip | Al HaKav |
| 2001 | Anne-Marie Duff | Sinners | |
| 2000 | Chen Jin | Xiang yi nian nian | 相依年年 |
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sa Rina | Trams in Midnight | 午夜有轨电车 |
| 1996 | Catherine Jacob | Sur un air de mambo | |
| 1994 | Ingrid Timková | The Angel of Mercy | Anjel Milosrdenstva |
| 1992 | Eszter Nagy-Kálózy | Édes Anna | |
| 1990 | Wang Pin | A Year after Marriage | 结婚一年间 |