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Silver Bear for Best Actress

{{Short description|Discontinued award presented by the Berlin International Film Festival}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Silver Bear for Best Actress

| subheader = {{native name|de|Silberner Bär/Beste Darstellerin}}

| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress

| presenter = Berlin International Film Festival

| country = Germany

| image = Shirley MacLaine - 1976.jpg

| alt =

| image_upright = 0.8

| caption = Shirley MacLaine is the only actress to win the award twice

| year = 1956

| year2 = 2020

| holder = Paula Beer
Undine (2020)

| website = {{url|http://www.berlinale.de/}}

}}

The Silver Bear for Best Actress ({{langx|de|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

File:Elsa Martinelli portrait.jpg, the first recipient of this award for Donatella (1956)]]

File:Studio publicity Shirley MacLaine.jpg won twice for Ask Any Girl (1959), and Desperate Characters (1971)]]

File:Bibi Andersson (1961) (cropped).jpg won for The Mistress (1962)]]

File:Gena-Rowlands-55.jpg won for Opening Night (1977)]]

File:Isabelle Adjani Cannes 2018.jpg won for Camille Claudel (1988)]]

File:Juliette Binoche, 2022 (cropped).jpg won for The English Patient (1996)]]

File:Halle Berry by Gage Skidmore.jpg won for Monsters Ball (2001)]]

File:Meryl Streep December 2018 (cropped).jpg won with her co-stars Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore for The Hours (2002)]]

File:Charlotte Rampling cropped 2009.jpg won for 45 Years (2015)]]

File:Kim Minhee at Berlinale 2022 (cropped).jpg won for On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)]]

File:MJK 335158 Paula Beer (NRW-Empfang, Berlinale 2019).jpg, the last winner of the Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress in 2020]]

= 1950s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:3%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Actress

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Role(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center"| 1956

| {{sortname|Elsa|Martinelli}}

| Donatella

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Donatella|Donatella}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=6th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1956|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistraeger_1956/03_Preistraeger_1956.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140530/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistraeger_1956/03_preistraeger_1956.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1957

| {{sortname|Yvonne|Mitchell}}

| {{sortname|Amy|Preston|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Woman in a Dressing Gown|Woman in a Dressing Gown}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=7th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1957|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1957/03_preistraeger_1957/03_Preistraeger_1957.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140531/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1957/03_preistraeger_1957/03_preistraeger_1957.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1958

| {{sortname|Anna|Magnani}}

| Gioia

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Wild Is the Wind|Wild Is the Wind}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=8th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1958|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistraeger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140533/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistraeger_1958/03_preistraeger_1958.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1959

| {{sortname|Shirley|MacLaine}}

| {{sortname|Meg|Wheeler|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Ask Any Girl|Ask Any Girl}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=9th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1959|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1959/03_preistraeger_1959/03_Preistraeger_1959.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140532/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1959/03_preistraeger_1959/03_preistraeger_1959.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

=== 1960s ===

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:3%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Actress

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Role(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 1960

| {{sortname|Juliette|Mayniel}}

| Annette

| {{sort|Hora da Fair|The Fair}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=10th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1960|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1960/03_preistraeger_1960/03_Preistraeger_1960.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140537/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1960/03_preistraeger_1960/03_preistraeger_1960.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1961

| {{sortname|Anna|Karina}}

| {{sortname|Angela|Récamier|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Woman Is a Woman|A Woman Is a Woman}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=11th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1961|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1961/03_preistraeger_1961/03_Preistraeger_1961.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215115716/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1961/03_preistraeger_1961/03_preistraeger_1961.html|archive-date=15 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1962

| {{sortname|Rita|Gam}}

| {{sortname|Estelle|Rigault|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" rowspan="2" | {{sort|No Exit|No Exit}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=12th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1962|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1962/03_preistraeger_1962/03_Preistraeger_1962.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140535/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1962/03_preistraeger_1962/03_preistraeger_1962.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Viveca|Lindfors}}

| {{sortname|Inès|Serrano|nolink=1}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1963

| {{sortname|Bibi|Andersson}}

| {{sort|Girl|The Girl}}

| {{sort|Mistress|The Mistress}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=13th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1963|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1963/03_preistraeger_1963/03_Preistraeger_1963.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140537/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1963/03_preistraeger_1963/03_preistraeger_1963.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1964

| rowspan=2| {{sortname|Sachiko|Hidari}} {{ref label|Multiple|A}}

| {{sortname|Tome|Matsuki|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Insect Woman|The Insect Woman}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=14th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1964|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1964/03_preistraeger_1964/03_Preistraeger_1964.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140540/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1964/03_preistraeger_1964/03_preistraeger_1964.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Naoko|Ishikawa|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|She and He|She and He}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1965

| {{sortname|Madhur|Jaffrey}}

| Manjula

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Shakespeare Wallah|Shakespeare Wallah}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=15th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1965|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1965/03_preistraeger_1965/03_Preistraeger_1965.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140538/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1965/03_preistraeger_1965/03_preistraeger_1965.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1966

| {{sortname|Lola|Albright}}

| {{sortname|Marie|Greene|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Lord Love a Duck|Lord Love a Duck}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=16th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1966|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1966/03_preistraeger_1966/03_Preistraeger_1966.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140532/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1966/03_preistraeger_1966/03_preistraeger_1966.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1967

| {{sortname|Edith|Evans}}

| {{sortname|Maggie|Ross|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Whisperers|The Whisperers}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=17th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1967|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1967/03_preistraeger_1967/03_Preistraeger_1967.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140539/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1967/03_preistraeger_1967/03_preistraeger_1967.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1968

| {{sortname|Stéphane|Audran}}

| Frédérique

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Biches|Les Biches}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=18th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1968|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1968/03_preistraeger_1968/03_Preistraeger_1968.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140536/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1968/03_preistraeger_1968/03_preistraeger_1968.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

=== 1970s ===

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:3%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Actress

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Role(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row", rowspan=2, style="text-align:center"| 1971

| {{sortname|Shirley|MacLaine}}

| {{sortname|Sophie|Bentwood|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Desperate Characters|Desperate Characters}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|title=21st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1971|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1971/03_preistraeger_1971/03_Preistraeger_1971.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140535/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1971/03_preistraeger_1971/03_preistraeger_1971.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Simone|Signoret}}

| {{sortname|Clémence|Bouin|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Chat|Le Chat}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1972

| {{sortname|Elizabeth|Taylor}}

| {{sortname|Jimmie Jean|Jackson|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Hammersmith Is Out|Hammersmith Is Out}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=22nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1972|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1972/03_preistraeger_1972/03_Preistraeger_1972.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140551/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1972/03_preistraeger_1972/03_preistraeger_1972.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1975

| {{sortname|Kinuyo|Tanaka}}

| {{sortname|Osaki|Yamakawa|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Sandakan No. 8|Sandakan No. 8}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=25th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1975|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1975/03_preistraeger_1975/03_Preistraeger_1975.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140732/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1975/03_preistraeger_1975/03_preistraeger_1975.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1976

| {{sortname|Jadwiga|Barańska}}

| {{sortname|Barbara|Niechcic|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Nights and Days|Nights and Days}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=26th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1976|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1976/03_preistraeger_1976/03_Preistraeger_1976.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140654/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1976/03_preistraeger_1976/03_preistraeger_1976.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1977

| {{sortname|Lily|Tomlin}}

| {{sortname|Margo|Sperling|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Late Show|The Late Show}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=27th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1977|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1977/03_preistraeger_1977/03_Preistraeger_1977.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140646/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1977/03_preistraeger_1977/03_preistraeger_1977.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1978

| {{sortname|Gena|Rowlands}}

| {{sortname|Myrtle|Gordon|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Opening Night|Opening Night}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=28th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1978|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1978/03_preistraeger_1978/03_Preistraeger_1978.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140529/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1978/03_preistraeger_1978/03_preistraeger_1978.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1979

| {{sortname|Hanna|Schygulla}}

| {{sortname|Maria|Braun|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Marriage of Maria Braun|The Marriage of Maria Braun}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=29th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1979|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1979/03_preistraeger_1979/03_Preistraeger_1979.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140738/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1979/03_preistraeger_1979/03_preistraeger_1979.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

= 1980s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:3%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Actress

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Role(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 1980

| {{sortname|Renate|Krößner}}

| {{sortname|Ingrid “Sunny”|Sommer|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Solo Sunny|Solo Sunny}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=30th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1980|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1980/03_preistraeger_1980/03_Preistraeger_1980.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140555/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1980/03_preistraeger_1980/03_preistraeger_1980.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1981

| {{sortname|Barbara|Grabowska}}

| Kama

| {{sort|Fever|Fever}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=31st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1981|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1981/03_preistraeger_1981/03_Preistraeger_1981.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210225637/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1981/03_preistraeger_1981/03_preistraeger_1981.html|archive-date=10 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1982

| {{sortname|Katrin|Sass}}

| {{sortname|Nina|Kern|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Bürgschaft für ein Jahr|Bürgschaft für ein Jahr}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=32nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1982|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1982/03_preistraeger_1982/03_Preistraeger_1982.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140806/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1982/03_preistraeger_1982/03_preistraeger_1982.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1983

| {{sortname|Yevgeniya|Glushenko}}

| {{sortname|Vera|Silkova|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Love by Request|Love by Request}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=33rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1983|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1983/03_preistraeger_1983/03_Preistraeger_1983.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140646/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1983/03_preistraeger_1983/03_preistraeger_1983.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1984

| {{sortname|Inna|Churikova}}

| Vera Nikolaevna

| {{sort|Wartime Romance|Wartime Romance}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=34th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1984|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1984/03_preistraeger_1984/03_Preistraeger_1984.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140554/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1984/03_preistraeger_1984/03_preistraeger_1984.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1985

| {{sortname|Jo|Kennedy}}

| Mary

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Wrong World|Wrong World}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=35th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1985|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1985/03_preistraeger_1985/03_Preistraeger_1985.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140633/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1985/03_preistraeger_1985/03_preistraeger_1985.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1986

| {{sortname|Marcélia|Cartaxo}}

| Macabéa

| {{sort|Hour of the Star|Hour of the Star}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=36th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1986|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1986/03_preistraeger_1986/03_Preistraeger_1986.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204183551/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1986/03_preistraeger_1986/03_preistraeger_1986.html|archive-date=4 December 2019|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Charlotte|Valandrey}}

| Nadia

| {{sort|Red Kiss|Red Kiss}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1987

| {{sortname|Ana Beatriz|Nogueira}}

| {{sortname|Vera|Bauer|link=Anderson Bigode Herzer}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Vera|Vera}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=37th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1987|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1987/03_preistraeger_1987/03_Preistraeger_1987.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140818/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1987/03_preistraeger_1987/03_preistraeger_1987.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1988

| {{sortname|Holly|Hunter}}

| {{sortname|Jane|Craig|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Broadcast News|Broadcast News}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=38th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1988|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1988/03_preistraeger_1988/03_Preistraeger_1988.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140735/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1988/03_preistraeger_1988/03_preistraeger_1988.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1989

| {{sortname|Isabelle|Adjani}}

| {{sortname|Camille|Claudel}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Camille Claudel|Camille Claudel}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=39th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1989|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1989/03_preistraeger_1989/03_Preistraeger_1989.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140649/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1989/03_preistraeger_1989/03_preistraeger_1989.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

= 1990s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:3%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Actress

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Role(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 1991

| {{sortname|Victoria|Abril}}

| Luisa

| {{sort|Lovers|Lovers}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=41st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1991|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1991/03_preistraeger_1991/03_Preistraeger_1991.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140612/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1991/03_preistraeger_1991/03_preistraeger_1991.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1992

| {{sortname|Maggie|Cheung}}

| {{sortname|Ruan|Lingyu||Ruan, Lingyu}}

| {{sort|Center Stage|Center Stage}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=42nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1992|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1992/03_preistraeger_1992/03_Preistraeger_1992.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140650/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1992/03_preistraeger_1992/03_preistraeger_1992.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1993

| {{sortname|Michelle|Pfeiffer}}

| {{sortname|Lurene|Hallett|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Love Field|Love Field}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=43rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1993|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1993/03_preistraeger_1993/03_Preistraeger_1993.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140736/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1993/03_preistraeger_1993/03_preistraeger_1993.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| {{sortname|Crissy|Rock}}

| {{sortname|Maggie|Conlan|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Ladybird, Ladybird|Ladybird, Ladybird}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=44th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1994|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1994/03_preistraeger_1994/03_Preistraeger_1994.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140801/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1994/03_preistraeger_1994/03_preistraeger_1994.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1995

| {{sortname|Josephine|Siao}}

| {{sortname|May|Sun|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Summer Snow|Summer Snow}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=45th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1995|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1995/03_preistraeger_1995/03_Preistraeger_1995.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140757/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1995/03_preistraeger_1995/03_preistraeger_1995.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1996

| {{sortname|Anouk|Grinberg}}

| {{sortname|Marie|Abarth|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|My Man|My Man}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=46th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1996|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1996/03_preistraeger_1996/03_Preistraeger_1996.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140610/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1996/03_preistraeger_1996/03_preistraeger_1996.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1997

| {{sortname|Juliette|Binoche}}

| Hana

| colspan="1" | {{sort|English Patient|The English Patient}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=47th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1997|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1997/03_preistraeger_1997/03_Preistraeger_1997.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140556/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1997/03_preistraeger_1997/03_preistraeger_1997.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 1998

| {{sortname|Fernanda|Montenegro}}

| {{sortname|Isadora|Teixeira|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Central Station|Central Station}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=48th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1998|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1998/03_preistraeger_1998/03_Preistraeger_1998.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140650/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1998/03_preistraeger_1998/03_preistraeger_1998.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1999

| {{sortname|Juliane|Köhler}}

| {{sortname|Lilly|Wust (Aimée)|Lilly Wust}}

| colspan="1" rowspan="2" | {{sort|Aimée & Jaguar|Aimée & Jaguar}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=49th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 1999|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1999/03_preistraeger_1999/03_Preistraeger_1999.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140759/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1999/03_preistraeger_1999/03_preistraeger_1999.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Maria|Schrader}}

| {{sortname|Felice|Schragenheim (Jaguar)|Felice Schragenheim}}

= 2000s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:3%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Actress

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Role(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row", rowspan=2, style="text-align:center"| 2000

| {{sortname|Bibiana|Beglau}}

| {{sortname|Rita|Vogt|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="2"| {{sort|Legend of Rita|The Legend of Rita}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=50th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2000|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2000/03_preistraeger_2000/03_Preistraeger_2000.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140649/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2000/03_preistraeger_2000/03_preistraeger_2000.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Nadja|Uhl}}

| Tatjana

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2001

| {{sortname|Kerry|Fox}}

| Claire

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Intimacy|Intimacy}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=51st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2001|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2001/03_preistraeger_2001/03_Preistraeger_2001.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140608/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2001/03_preistraeger_2001/03_preistraeger_2001.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2002

| {{sortname|Halle|Berry}}

| {{sortname|Leticia|Musgrove|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Monster's Ball|Monster's Ball}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=52nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2002|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2002/03_preistraeger_2002/03_Preistraeger_2002.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217170331/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2002/03_preistraeger_2002/03_preistraeger_2002.html|archive-date=17 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 2003

| {{sortname|Nicole|Kidman}}

| {{sortname|Virginia|Woolf}}

| colspan="1" rowspan="3" | {{sort|Hours|The Hours}}

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=53rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2003|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2003/03_preistraeger_2003/03_Preistraeger_2003.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140554/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2003/03_preistraeger_2003/03_preistraeger_2003.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Julianne|Moore}}

| {{sortname|Laura|Brown|nolink=1}}

{{sortname|Meryl|Streep}}

| {{sortname|Clarissa|Vaughn|nolink=1}}

scope="row", rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2004

| {{sortname|Catalina|Sandino Moreno}}

| {{sortname|María|Álvarez|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Maria Full of Grace|Maria Full of Grace}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=54th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2004|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2004/03_preistraeger_2004/03_Preistraeger_2004.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140611/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2004/03_preistraeger_2004/03_preistraeger_2004.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Charlize|Theron}}

| {{sortname|Aileen|Wuornos}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Monster|Monster}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2005

| {{sortname|Julia|Jentsch}}

| {{sortname|Sophie|Scholl}}

| {{sort|Sophie Scholl – The Final Days|Sophie Scholl – The Final Days}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=55th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2005|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2005/03_preistraeger_2005/03_Preistraeger_2005.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140636/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2005/03_preistraeger_2005/03_preistraeger_2005.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2006

| {{sortname|Sandra|Hüller}}

| {{sortname|Michaela|Klingler|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Requiem|Requiem}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=56th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2006|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2006/03_preistraeger_2006/03_Preistraeger_2006.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140631/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2006/03_preistraeger_2006/03_preistraeger_2006.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2007

| {{sortname|Nina|Hoss}}

| {{sortname|Yella|Fichte|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Yella|Yella}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=57th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2007|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2007/03_preistraeger_2007/03_Preistraeger_2007.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140647/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2007/03_preistraeger_2007/03_preistraeger_2007.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2008

| {{sortname|Sally|Hawkins}}

| {{sortname|Pauline "Poppy"|Cross|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Happy-Go-Lucky|Happy-Go-Lucky}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=58th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2008|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2008/03_preistraeger_2008/03_Preistraeger_2008.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140644/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2008/03_preistraeger_2008/03_preistraeger_2008.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2009

| {{sortname|Birgit|Minichmayr}}

| Gitti

| {{sort|Everyone Else|Everyone Else}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=59th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2009|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2009/03_preistraeger_2009/03_Preistraeger_2009.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140557/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2009/03_preistraeger_2009/03_preistraeger_2009.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

=== 2010s ===

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:3%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Actress

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Role(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2010

| {{sortname|Shinobu|Terajima}}

| {{sortname|Shigeko|Kurokawa|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Caterpillar|Caterpillar}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=60th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2010|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2010/03_preistraeger_2010/03_Preistraeger_2010.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140655/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2010/03_preistraeger_2010/03_preistraeger_2010.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 2011

| {{sortname|Leila|Hatami}} {{ref label|Cast|B}}

| Simin

| rowspan="4" | {{sort|Separation|A Separation}}

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=61st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2011|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2011/03_preistraeger_2011/03_preistraeger_2011.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140811/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2011/03_preistraeger_2011/03_preistraeger_2011.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Sareh|Bayat}} {{ref label|Cast|B}}

| Razieh

{{sortname|Sarina|Farhadi}} {{ref label|Cast|B}}

| Termeh

{{sortname|Kimia|Hosseini}} {{ref label|Cast|B}}

| Somayeh

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2012

| {{sortname|Rachel|Mwanza}}

| Komona

| {{sort|War Witch|War Witch}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=62nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2012|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2012/03_preistraeger_2012/03_preistraeger_2012.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140639/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2012/03_preistraeger_2012/03_preistraeger_2012.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2013

| {{sortname|Paulina|García}}

| {{sortname|Gloria|Cumplido|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Gloria|Gloria}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=63rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2013|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2013/03_preistraeger_2013/03_preistraeger_2013.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140648/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2013/03_preistraeger_2013/03_preistraeger_2013.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2014

| {{sortname|Haru|Kuroki}}

| {{sortname|Taki|Nunomiya|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Little House|The Little House}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=64th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2014|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2014/03_preistraeger_2014/preistraeger_2014.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140652/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2014/03_preistraeger_2014/preistraeger_2014.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2015

| {{sortname|Charlotte|Rampling}}

| {{sortname|Kate|Mercer|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|45 Years|45 Years}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=65th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2015|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2015/03_preistraeger_2015/03_preistraeger_2015.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140743/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2015/03_preistraeger_2015/03_preistraeger_2015.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2016

| {{sortname|Trine|Dyrholm}}

| Anna

| {{sort|Commune|The Commune}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=66th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2016|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2016/03_preistraeger_2016/03_preistraeger_2016.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140732/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2016/03_preistraeger_2016/03_preistraeger_2016.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| {{sortname|Kim|Min-hee|Kim Min-hee (actress, born 1982)||Kim, Min-hee}}

| Young-hee

| {{sort|On the Beach at Night Alone|On the Beach at Night Alone}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=67th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2017|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2017/03_preistraeger_2017/03_preistraeger_2017.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140644/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2017/03_preistraeger_2017/03_preistraeger_2017.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2018

| {{sortname|Ana|Brun}}

| Chela

| {{sort|Heiresses|The Heiresses}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=68th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2018|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2018/03_preistraeger_2018/03_preistraeger_2018.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223140740/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2018/03_preistraeger_2018/03_preistraeger_2018.html|archive-date=23 December 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row", style="text-align:center;" | 2019

| {{sortname|Yong|Mei||Yong, Mei}}

| {{sortname|Wang|Liyun||Wang, Liyun|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|So Long, My Son|So Long, My Son}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=69th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2019|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2019/03_preistraeger_2019/03_preistraeger_2019.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116163628/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2019/03_preistraeger_2019/03_preistraeger_2019.html|archive-date=16 November 2019|url-status=live}}

=== 2020s ===

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:3%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Actress

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Role(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2020

| {{sortname|Paula|Beer}}

| {{sortname|Undine|Wibeau|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Undine|Undine}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|title=70th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2020|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive-selection/archive-2020/awards.html|publisher=Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930093641/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive-selection/archive-2020/awards.html|archive-date=30 September 2020|url-status=live}}

Multiple winners

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" | Wins

! scope="col" | Actress

! scope="col" | Nationality

! scope="col" | Films

2

| Shirley MacLaine

| United States

| Ask Any Girl (1959),
Desperate Characters (1971)

See also

Notes

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

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

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References

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External links

{{Commons|Berlinale}}

  • [http://www.berlinale.de Berlinale website]
  • [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000091/2015 Berlin Film Festival at IMDb]

{{Berlin International Film Festival}}

{{Silver Bear for Best Actress}}

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Actress

Category:Awards disestablished in 2020

Category:Awards established in 1956

Category:Awards for actresses

Category:Film awards for lead actress

Category:Film awards for supporting actress

Silver Bear, Best Actress