European Film Award for Best Actress

1980s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
1988	Carmen Maura Carmen Maura Carmen García Maura is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.-Early life:...	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas...	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
	Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir is an Icelandic actress. She has appeared in twelve films since 1981. She starred in As in Heaven, which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. She is the sister of actor Hrafn Gunnlaugsson.-External links:...	Shadow of the Raven	Í skugga hrafnsins
	Ornella Muti Ornella Muti Ornella Muti is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Russian mother. Her maternal grandparents immigrated from Leningrad , Russia, to Estonia...	Private Access	Codice privato
	Carol Scanlan	Reefer and the Model
1989	Ruth Sheen Ruth Sheen Ruth Sheen is an English actress.Born in London, Sheen began her career by training at the East 15 Acting School, and has appeared regularly on British television and in British films since 1988. On television, she had recurring roles as Nanny Simmons in Berkeley Square , and as Nurse Ethel Carr...	High Hopes
	Sabine Azéma Sabine Azéma Sabine Azéma is a French actress. Born in Paris, she graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, and began her film career in 1975...	Life and Nothing But Life and Nothing But -Synopsis:Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Dellaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. Dellaplane forms a relationship with a woman who is looking for her missing husband, but a dilemma begins when he learns that her husband may...	La vie et rien d'autre
	Snežana Bogdanović	Kuduz Kuduz Kuduz is a 1989 film, set in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Abdullah Sidran and Ademir Kenović, who also directed the film. It was nominated for three European Film Awards in 1989: Best Young Film, Best Actress , and Best Composer...
	Corinna Harfouch	Treffen in Travers Treffen in Travers Treffen in Travers is a 1988 German drama film directed by Michael Gwisdek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Hermann Beyer - Georg Forster* Corinna Harfouch - Therese Forster...
	Natalya Negoda Natalya Negoda Natalya Negoda is a Soviet and Russian actress probably best known for her portrayal of Vera in the film Malenkaya Vera .-Selected filmography:* Tomorrow Was the War * Little Vera...	Little Vera Little Vera Little Vera , produced at the Gorky Film Studio and released in 1988, is a film by Russian film director Vasili Pichul. The title in Russian is ambiguous and can also mean "Little Faith," symbolizing the characters' lack of hope ....	Malenkaya Vera

1990s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
1990	Carmen Maura Carmen Maura Carmen García Maura is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.-Early life:...	¡Ay Carmela!
	Anne Brochet Anne Brochet Anne Brochet is a French comedienne and actress. She has appeared in such films as Cyrano de Bergerac, Le temps des porte-plumes, 30 ans, Une journée de merde! and Tous les matins du monde. She has also appeared in several episodes the television show Voici venir l'orage......	Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist. He is now best remembered for the works of fiction which have been woven, often very loosely, around his life story, most notably the 1897 play by Edmond Rostand...
	Krystyna Janda	Interrogation Interrogation (film) Interrogation is a 1982 Polish crime film directed by Ryszard Bugajski. Due to its anti-communist themes, the Polish communist government banned the film from public viewing for over seven years, until the 1989 dissolution of the Eastern Bloc allowed it to see the light of day...	Przesluchanie
1991	Clotilde Courau	The Little Gangster The Little Gangster The Little Gangster is a 1990 French drama film directed by Jacques Doillon. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.-Cast:* Richard Anconina as Le flic, Gérard...	Le petit criminel
	Julie Delpy Julie Delpy Julie Delpy is a French-American actress, director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, including Europa Europa , The Voyager , Three Colors: White , Before Sunrise...	Voyager Homo faber Homo faber is a philosophical concept articulated by Hannah Arendt and Max Scheler that refers to humans as controlling the environment through tools...	Homo Faber
	Sigríður Hagalín	Children of Nature Children of Nature Children of Nature is a 1991 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. A man becomes too old to run his farm and he is made unwelcome in his daughter and son-in-law's urban dwelling. Dumped in a home for the elderly, he meets an old girlfriend from his youth, and they elope to the wilds...	Börn náttúrunnar
1992	Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...	The Lovers on the Bridge	Les amants du Pont-Neuf
	Johanna ter Steege Johanna ter Steege Johanna ter Steege is a Dutch actress.She won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in The Vanishing...	Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe	Édes Emma, drága Böbe
	Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa is a German theatre and film actress.- Work :Sukowa's stage debut was in Berlin in 1971, in a production of Peter Handke's Der Ritt über den Bodensee. Günter Beelitz invited her to join the ensemble of the Darmstädter National Theatre in the same year...	Europa
1993	Maia Morgenstern Maia Morgenstern Maia Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". In the English-speaking world, she is probably best known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ...	The Oak The Oak The Oak is a 1992 Romanian drama film directed by Lucian Pintilie. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Maia Morgenstern as Nela* Răzvan Vasilescu as Mitica* Victor Rebengiuc as Village mayor...	Balanta
	Carla Gravina Carla Gravina Carla Gravina is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1957 and 1998. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in La terrazza at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...	The Long Silence	Il lungo silenzio
	Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. She has appeared in a number of films including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Burn After Reading, The Beach, We Need to Talk About Kevin and was nominated for a Golden Globe for her...	Orlando Orlando (film) Orlando is a 1992 film based on Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth. It was directed by Sally Potter....
1994	No award given
1995	No award given
1996	Emily Watson Emily Watson Emily Watson is an English actress. She gave an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.- Early life :...	Breaking the Waves Breaking the Waves Breaking the Waves is a 1996 film directed by Lars von Trier and starring Emily Watson. Set in the Scottish Highlands in the early 1970s, it tells the story of an unusual young woman, Bess McNeill, and of the love she has for Jan, her husband. The film is an international co-production led by Lars...
1997	Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...	The English Patient The English Patient (film) The English Patient is a 1996 romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. The film, written for the screen and directed by Anthony Minghella, won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture...
	Katrin Cartlidge Katrin Cartlidge Katrin Cartlidge was an English actress. She first appeared on screen as Lucy Collins in the Liverpool soap opera Brookside from 1982 to 1988 and later became well known for her film work with directors such as Mike Leigh and Lars von Trier.- Biography :Cartlidge was born in London to an English...	Career Girls Career Girls Career Girls is a 1997 film by Mike Leigh which tells the story of two women, who reunite after six years apart. The film stars Katrin Cartlidge and Lynda Steadman...
	Brigitte Roüan Brigitte Roüan Brigitte Roüan is a French film director and actress.-Early life and career:Rouan was born into a French naval family in Toulon in 1946. She was orphaned at age six and spent her childhood in Algeria and Senegal. At age 12, she left for convent school in Paris.Her acting career began at age 21, on...	Post Coitum	Post coïtum animal triste
	Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Emma Thompson is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. Her first major film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. In 1992, Thompson won multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her performance in the British drama Howards End...	The Winter Guest The Winter Guest The Winter Guest was British actor Alan Rickman's debut as a director, and stars Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.-Plot:Set in Scotland on one wintry day, the film focuses on eight people: a mother and daughter, Elspeth and Frances ; two young boys skipping school, Sam and Tom ; two old women who...
1998	Elodie Bouchez Élodie Bouchez Élodie Bouchez-Bangalter is a French actress. She is best known in the United States for her role as Renée Rienne on the fifth and final season of the television show Alias... Natacha Regnier Natacha Régnier Natacha Régnier is a Belgian actress.Born in the Ixelles section of Brussels, she was attracted to theatre from early adolescence. Her first screen role was in The Motorcycle Girl , a short film by Stéphan Carpiaux...	The Dreamlife of Angels The Dreamlife of Angels The Dreamlife of Angels is a 1998 French drama film directed by Erick Zonca.-Story:The film is about two working class women, Isa and Marie. Isa is a drifter and searching for a lover she had met during the summer. When she realizes that her search for him is futile and turns elsewhere she meets...	La vie rêvée des anges
	Dinara Drukarova Dinara Drukarova Dinara Drukarova is a Russian actress.She was born in St. Petersburg, and still lives there half the year, spending the other half in France, where she tends to pursue most of her film roles...	Of Freaks and Men Of Freaks and Men -Premise:Filmed entirely in sepia tone and set in turn of the century Russia, the story is centered on two families and their decline at the hands of one man, Johann, and his pornographic endeavours...	Pro urodov i lyudey
	Annet Malherbe	Little Tony Little Tony Little Tony is a 1998 Dutch comedy film drama directed by Alex van Warmerdam. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:Alex van Warmerdam ... BrandAnnet Malherbe ... Keet*Ariane Schluter ... Lena...	Kleine Teun
1999	Cecilia Roth Cecilia Roth Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress.Her father, Abrasha Rotenberg , a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Ukraine, is an editor and a journalist. He met Cecilia's mother, an Argentinian singer of Sephardic descent Dina Rot, in Argentina. Cecilia Roth has made appearances in numerous television series...	All About My Mother All About My Mother All About My Mother is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism....	Todo sobre mi madre
	Nathalie Baye Nathalie Baye Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye is a French film, television, and stage actress. After having dance and dramatic education, Baye began acting in 1970. She has appeared in more than 70 films. She won four César Awards for Sauve qui peut , Une étrange affaire , La Balance , and Le Petit Lieutenant...	A Pornographic Affair Une liaison pornographique Une liaison pornographique is a 1999 romantic drama film by Frédéric Fonteyne, and written by Philippe Blasband.-Cast:Nathalie Baye — HerSergi López — HimJacques Viala — Interviewer Paul Pavel — Joseph Lignaux...	Une liaison pornographique
	Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...	The Girl of Your Dreams	La niña de tus ojos
	Emilie Dequenne Émilie Dequenne Émilie Dequenne is a French-speaking Belgian actress.-Biography:She won the Best Actress award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for her debut film performance in the Palme d'Or-winning film Rosetta...	Rosetta Rosetta Rosetta is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. It is located east of Alexandria, in Beheira governorate. It was founded around AD 800....
	Iben Hjejle Iben Hjejle Iben Hjejle is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the John Cusack film High Fidelity . In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas and playing the girlfriend of Danish comedian Casper Christensen, her real life boyfriend...	Mifune's Last Song Mifune's Last Song Mifune's Last Song , 1999, is the third film to be made according to the "Dogme 95" group rules. It was directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. The film was a great success in Denmark and an international blockbuster, ranked among the ten best-selling Danish films worldwide.It was produced by Nimbus...	Mifune

2000s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
2000	Björk Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...	Dancer in the Dark Dancer in the Dark Dancer in the Dark is a 2000 Danish musical drama film directed by Lars von Trier and starring Icelandic singer Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Cara Seymour, Peter Stormare, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Joel Grey...
	Bibiana Beglau Bibiana Beglau Bibiana Beglau is a German actress.-Life:Bibiana Beglau began appearing on the stages of German-speaking theater immediately upon graduating from the Hamburg Hochschule for Music and Theater. Since the beginning of her career, she has worked with the directors responsible for transforming...	The Legend of Rita The Legend of Rita The Legend of Rita is a 2000 German film about fictionalised exiled West German radical left Red Army Faction members, though the fictional characters all have close parallels to several real-life RAF members...	Die Stille nach dem Schuß
	Lena Endre Lena Endre Lena Endre is a Swedish actress. She was born in Lidingö, Stockholm County, and grew up in Härnösand, Ångermanland and Trollbäcken, Tyresö. She had her breakthrough in the Swedish TV-series Varuhuset and Lorry in the 1980s. Since then she has acted in a number of TV-series and movies, both in...	Faithless	Trolösa
	Sylvie Testud Sylvie Testud Sylvie Testud is a French actress, writer and director. Her film career began in 1991. She was later highly acclaimed, and has twice won César Awards.-Biography:...	The Captive La Captive La Captive is a 2000 drama filmdirected by Chantal Akerman. It features Olivia Bonamy, Sylvie Testud and Stanislas Merhar. This French language film is loosely based on Marcel Proust's novel La Prisonnière. It the story of a wealthy man, Simon , who holds his romantic interest Ariane captive in a...	La captive
	Julie Walters Julie Walters Julie Walters, CBE is an English actress and novelist. She came to international prominence in 1983 for Educating Rita, performing in the title role opposite Michael Caine. It was a role she had created on the West End stage and it won her BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for Best Actress...	Billy Elliot Billy Elliot Billy Elliot is a 2000 British drama film written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. Set in the fictional town of "Everington" in the real County Durham, UK, it stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, an aspiring dancer, Gary Lewis as his coal miner father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older...
2001	Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...	The Piano Teacher The Piano Teacher The Piano Teacher is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel. The film is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004.- Plot :...	La pianiste
	Ariane Ascaride Ariane Ascaride Ariane Ascaride is a French actress and screenwriter. She has appeared in such films as Marius et Jeannette , Ma vraie vie à Rouen and À la place du coeur...	The Town Is Quiet	La ville est tranquille
	Laura Morante Laura Morante Laura Morante is an Italian film actress.She was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto , and is the niece of renowned Italian novelist Elsa Morante.-Career:...	The Son's Room The Son's Room The Son's Room is a 2001 Italian film directed by Nanni Moretti. It depicts the psychological effects on a family and their life after the death of their son...	La stanza del figlio
	Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling, OBE is an English actress. Her career spans four decades in English-language as well as French and Italian cinema.- Early life :...	Under the Sand	Sous le sable
	Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the commedia all'Italiana, starting from 1960s. She was 15 years old when she starred in Divorce, Italian Style, as Marcello Mastroianni's cousin, Angela.She was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. She had a long relationship with...	The Last Kiss L'ultimo bacio L'ultimo bacio is a 2001 Italian comedy-drama movie directed by Gabriele Muccino.It was remade into The Last Kiss in 2006 by Tony Goldwyn starring Zach Braff and Rachel Bilson....	L'ultimo bacio
	Audrey Tautou Audrey Tautou Audrey Justine Tautou is a French model and film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel...	Amélie Amélie Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre...	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
2002	Cast of 8 Women Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that... , Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most... , Emmanuelle Béart Emmanuelle Béart Emmanuelle Béart is a French film actress, who has appeared in over 50 film and television productions since 1972. Béart won a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Manon des Sources . She has been nominated a further seven times for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress.- Early... , Fanny Ardant Fanny Ardant Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty motion pictures since 1976. Ardant won the César Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her performance in Pédale douce.-Early life:... , Virginie Ledoyen Virginie Ledoyen Virginie Fernandez , known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen, is a French actress.-Life and career:She was born in Aubervilliers, Paris, the daughter of Olga, a restaurateur, and Bernard Fernandez, a merchant who sold cleaning products. Her paternal grandfather was Spanish... , Danielle Darrieux Danielle Darrieux Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux is a French actress and singer, who has appeared in more than 110 films since 1931. She is one of France's great movie stars and her eight-decade career is among the longest in film history.... , Ludivine Sagnier Ludivine Sagnier Ludivine Sagnier is a French actress and model, who has appeared in 33 films since 1989. She was nominated for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Swimming Pool and Un secret .-Early life:... , Firmine Richard Firmine Richard Firmine Richard is a Guadeloupean actress based in mainland France. Her film credits include 8 Women and Hunting and Gathering....	8 Women	8 femmes
	Oksana Akinshina Oksana Akinshina Oksana Aleksandrovna Akinshina , also known as Oksana Akinsjina, is a Russian actress. She is probably the best known for her roles in films Sisters, Lilya 4-ever, The Bourne Supremacy and Hipsters.- Early and personal life :...	Lilja 4-Ever
	Emmanuelle Devos Emmanuelle Devos Emmanuelle Devos is a French actress. Devos was born to daughter of actress Marie Henriau in Paris. She appeared in 50 films between 1986 and 2009. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in Sur mes lèvres, directed by Jacques Audiard...	Read My Lips Sur mes lèvres Sur mes lèvres is a 2001 French film by Jacques Audiard, co-written with Tonino Benacquista. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Paul, an ex-con on parole, and Emmanuelle Devos as Carla, a nearly deaf secretary whose colleagues treat her disrespectfully, causing her to suffer...	Sur mes lèvres
	Martina Gedeck Martina Gedeck Martina Gedeck is a German actress. She came to broader, international attention due to her roles in films such as Mostly Martha, The Lives of Others, and The Baader Meinhof Complex...	Mostly Martha Mostly Martha (film) Bella Martha is a 2001 German romantic comedy drama film directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. The American movie No Reservations is heavily based on this. It is about a skilled chef in Hamburg, Germany. When her sister dies, she is left taking care of her niece, who gives her problems...	Bella Martha
	Laura Morante Laura Morante Laura Morante is an Italian film actress.She was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto , and is the niece of renowned Italian novelist Elsa Morante.-Career:...	A Journey Called Love	Un viaggio chiamato amore
	Samantha Morton Samantha Morton Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and film director. She began her performing career with guest roles in television shows such as Soldier Soldier and Boon before making her film debut in the 1997 drama film This Is the Sea, playing the character of Hazel Stokes...	Morvern Callar Morvern Callar Morvern Callar was the debut novel by Scottish author Alan Warner, first published in 1995. Narrated in the first person, it tells the story of Morvern, who wakes up near Christmas to find her boyfriend dead in the kitchen:...
	Kati Outinen Kati Outinen Anna Katriina Outinen is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films.Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under Jouko Turkka during his "reign" of drama studies in Finland, she nevertheless has never been associated with the "turkkalaisuus" school...	The Man Without a Past The Man Without a Past The Man Without a Past is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä. It is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Drifting Clouds and Lights in the Dusk...	Mies vailla menneisyyttä
2003	Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling, OBE is an English actress. Her career spans four decades in English-language as well as French and Italian cinema.- Early life :...	Swimming Pool Swimming Pool (film) Swimming Pool is a 2003 thriller film directed by François Ozon and starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier. The plot focuses on a British crime novelist, Sarah Morton, who travels to her publisher's upscale summer house in Southern France for solitude to work on her next book...
	Diana Dumbrava	Maria María (film) María is a 1938 Mexican film. It was directed byChano Urueta....
	Helen Mirren Helen Mirren Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...	Calendar Girls Calendar Girls Calendar Girls is a 2003 comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Buena Vista International and Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi based on a true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia...
	Anne Reid Anne Reid Anne Reid, MBE is a BAFTA Award-nominated English film and television actress from Newcastle upon Tyne, best known for her roles as Valerie Tatlock in Coronation Street and Jean in dinnerladies....	The Mother The Mother (film) -Plot:May is an ordinary grandmother from Northern England. When her husband dies on a family visit to London, she recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives. Trapped in an unfamiliar city, far from home, May fears that she has become another invisible old lady whose...
	Katja Riemann Katja Riemann Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann is a German actress.- Life and work :Born as the daughter of two teachers, Katja Riemann spent her childhood in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater...	Rosenstrasse Rosenstrasse (film) Rosenstraße is a 2003 film directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Maria Schrader and Katja Riemann. It deals with the Rosenstrasse protest of 1943.- Plot :In the present day, a widow mourns the death of her husband...
	Katrin Sass	Good Bye, Lenin!
2004	Imelda Staunton Imelda Staunton Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the British comedy television series Up the Garden Path, the Harry Potter film series and Vera Drake...	Vera Drake Vera Drake Vera Drake is a 2004 British drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, telling the story of a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal abortions...
	Sarah Adler Sarah Adler Sarah Adler is a French Israeli actress. She is probably the best known for her roles in films Stones , directed by her husband Raphael Nadjari; Our Music , directed by Jean-Luc Godard; and Marie Antoinette...	Our Music Notre musique Notre musique is a 2004 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The film reflects on violence, morality, and the representation of violence in film, and touches especially on past colonialism and the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict...	Notre musique
	Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, also spelled Bruni-Tedeschi, is an Italian-French actress.-Personal life:...	5x2 5x2 5x2 is a 2004 French film directed by François Ozon, which uncovers the back story to the gradual disintegration of a middle class marriage by depicting five key moments in the relationship, but in reverse order.-Plot:...
	Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...	Don't Move	Non ti muovere
	Sibel Kekilli	Head-On Head-On Head-On is a 2004 film written and directed by Fatih Akın.-Synopsis:Cahit Tomruk is a Turkish German in his 40s. He has given up on life after the death of his wife and seeks solace in cocaine and alcohol. One night, he intentionally drives his car head-on into a wall, and barely survives...	Gegen die Wand
	Asi Levi	Stones Avanim Avanim is Raphael Nadjari's fourth feature film. It was shot in and around Tel Aviv in 2003, in HDCam. The film was presented in the Berlin Film Festival as a Panorama: Special presentation in 2004.- Plot :...	Avanim
2005	Julia Jentsch Julia Jentsch Julia Jentsch is a Silver Bear, two-time European Film Award, and Lola winning German actress. She is best known as the title character in Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, Jule in The Edukators and, Liza in I Served the King of England.-Career:Jentsch was born to a family of lawyers in Berlin and...	Sophie Scholl - The Final Days	Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage
	Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...	Hidden Caché (film) Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:...	Caché
	Sandra Ceccarelli Sandra Ceccarelli Sandra Ceccarelli is an Italian film actress.Daughter of Franco Ceccarelli, guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s Italian rock group Equipe 84, and Sandra von Glasersfeld , Ceccarelli had her film debut at the age of sixteen in Giuseppe Bertolucci's 1985 film Segreti segreti.Between 1995 and 1997 she...	The Life I Want	La vita che vorrei
	Connie Nielsen	Brothers	Brødre
	Natalie Press Natalie Press Natalie Press is an English actress, perhaps best known for her award-winning performance in the 2004 film My Summer of Love and a number of short and feature length independent films, including Wasp, which won the 2005 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.-Personal life:Press is from North...	My Summer of Love My Summer of Love My Summer of Love is a 2004 British drama film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and co-written by Pawel Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne. Based on the novel of the same name by Helen Cross, the film explores the relationship between two young women from different classes and backgrounds...
	Audrey Tautou Audrey Tautou Audrey Justine Tautou is a French model and film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel...	A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement is a 2004 French romantic war film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed on the battle of the Somme, during World War I...	Un long dimanche de fiançailles
2006	Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...	To Return Volver Volver is a 2006 Spanish dramatic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film features an ensemble cast starring Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave...	Volver
	Nathalie Baye Nathalie Baye Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye is a French film, television, and stage actress. After having dance and dramatic education, Baye began acting in 1970. She has appeared in more than 70 films. She won four César Awards for Sauve qui peut , Une étrange affaire , La Balance , and Le Petit Lieutenant...	The Young Lieutenant	Le petit lieutenant
	Martina Gedeck Martina Gedeck Martina Gedeck is a German actress. She came to broader, international attention due to her roles in films such as Mostly Martha, The Lives of Others, and The Baader Meinhof Complex...	The Lives Of Others The Lives of Others The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police...	Das Leben der Anderen
	Sandra Hüller Sandra Hüller Sandra Hüller is a German actress. She studied theater from 1996-2000 at the Hochschule Für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch", Berlin. She appeared from 1999-2001 at the Jena Theater, Thuringia and then for one year at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig...	Requiem Requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead or Mass of the dead , is a Mass celebrated for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal...
	Mirjana Karanović Mirjana Karanovic Mirjana Karanović is a Serbian actress known for many important roles in former Yugoslav films during the past quarter of a century....	Esma's Secret: Grbavica Grbavica (film) Grbavica is a 2006 film by Jasmila Žbanić about the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo in the aftermath of systematic rapes of Bosniak women by Serbian troops during the war...	Grbavica
	Sarah Polley Sarah Polley Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...	The Secret Life of Words The Secret Life of Words The Secret Life of Words is a 2005 Spanish film, directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley and Tim Robbins. The film was released on December 15, 2006 and grossed a worldwide total of $6,410,058.-Plot:...
2007	Helen Mirren Helen Mirren Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...	The Queen The Queen (film) The Queen is a 2006 British drama film directed by Stephen Frears, written by Peter Morgan, and starring Helen Mirren as the title role, HM Queen Elizabeth II...
	Marion Cotillard Marion Cotillard Marion Cotillard is a French actress and singer. She garnered critical acclaim for her roles in films such as La Vie en Rose, My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument, Taxi, Furia and Jeux d'enfants...	La Vie en Rose La vie en rose "La Vie en Rose" was the signature song of French singer Édith Piaf.-Signature song of Édith Piaf:Édith Piaf first popularized La Vie en Rose in 1946. The lyrics were written by Piaf and the melody of the song by "Louiguy" . Initially, Piaf's peers and her songwriting team did not think the song...	La môme
	Marianne Faithful	Irina Palm Irina Palm Irina Palm is a tragicomedy film starring Marianne Faithfull and Miki Manojlović. It is a co-production of five countries . The film premiered, to great acclaim, at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival...
	Carice van Houten	Black Book	Zwartboek
	Anamaria Marinca Anamaria Marinca Anamaria Marinca is a Romanian actress. She made her debut with the Channel 4 film Sex Traffic, for which she won British Academy Television Award for Best Actress...	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a 2007 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival....	4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile
	Kseniya Rappoport Kseniya Rappoport Kseniya Aleksandrovna Rappoport is a Russian actress. She graduated in 2000 from Saint Petersburg's Academy of Theatrical Arts and was immediately invited to join the...	The Unknown La sconosciuta La sconosciuta also The Unknown Woman or The Other Woman is an enigmatic Italian psychological thriller mystery film, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore that depicts a woman alone in a foreign country, haunted by a horrible past, and in search of a lost daughter.- Plot :Irena , a Ukrainian...	La sconosciuta
2008	Kristin Scott Thomas Kristin Scott Thomas Kristin A. Scott Thomas, OBE is an English actress who has also acquired French nationality. She gained international recognition in the 1990s for her roles in Bitter Moon, Four Weddings and a Funeral and The English Patient....	I've Loved You So Long I've Loved You So Long I've Loved You So Long is a 2008 French-language drama film written and directed by Philippe Claudel. It tells the story of a woman struggling to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.-Plot:...	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
	Hiam Abbass Hiam Abbass Hiam Abbass , also known as Hiam Abbas or Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and an Arab citizen of Israel. She is known for her roles in the films Satin Rouge , Haifa , Paradise Now , The Syrian Bride , Free Zone , Dawn of the World , The Visitor , Lemon Tree , and Amreeka...	Lemon Tree Lemon Tree (film) Lemon Tree is a 2008 Israeli drama movie directed by Eran Riklis and codirected by his cousin Ira Riklis. It stars Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman, Danny Leshman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Tarik Kopty, Amos Lavi, Lana Zreik and Amnon Wolf...	Etz Limon
	Arta Dobroshi	Lorna's Silence	Le silence de Lorna
	Sally Hawkins Sally Hawkins Sally Cecilia Hawkins is an English actress. Her performance as Poppy in the 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky won her several international awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy...	Happy-Go-Lucky Happy-Go-Lucky Happy-Go-Lucky is a 2008 British Comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. The screenplay focuses on a cheerful and optimistic primary-school teacher and her relationships with those around her...
	Belén Rueda Belén Rueda María Belén Rueda García-Porrero is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her roles as Lucía in the TV series Los Serrano, as Julia in The Sea Inside, for which she won a Goya Award and as Laura in The Orphanage for which she received another Goya Award nomination...	The Orphanage The Orphanage (2007 film) The Orphanage is a 2007 Spanish-Mexican horror film and the debut feature of Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona. The film stars Belén Rueda as Laura, Fernando Cayo as her husband, Carlos, and Roger Príncep as their adopted son Simón. The plot centers on Laura, who returns to her childhood home, an...	El orfanato
	Ursula Werner Ursula Werner Ursula Werner is a German actress born September 28, 1943 in Eberswalde, Germany. Her film credits include Wolke Neun At the Other End , Willenbrock, Die Polizistin and Insel der Schwäne . Her television credits include Schloss Einstein and Einzug ins Paradies...	Cloud Nine	Wolke Neun
2009	Kate Winslet Kate Winslet Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader...	The Reader
	Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...	Broken Embraces	Los abrazos rotos
	Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...	Antichrist Antichrist (film) Antichrist is a 2009 arthouse-horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It follows horror film conventions and tells the story of a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where the man experiences strange...
	Katie Jarvis Katie Jarvis Katie Jarvis is an English actress, known for her role as Mia in the film Fish Tank. She was spotted by a casting agent, following an argument with her boyfriend at Tilbury Town railway station.-Acting career:...	Fish Tank Fish Tank (film) Fish Tank is a 2009 British drama film directed by Andrea Arnold. The film won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It also won the 2010 BAFTA for Best British Film. It was filmed in the Mardyke Estate in Havering, the town of Tilbury, and the A13, and funded by BBC Films and the UK...
	Yolande Moreau Yolande Moreau Yolande Moreau is a Belgian comedienne, actress and film director.-Biography:She has won two César Awards for Best Actress, in 2005 for When the Sea Rises and in 2009 for Séraphine....	Séraphine Séraphine (film) Séraphine is a 2008 French-Belgian film directed by Martin Provost and written by Marc Abdelnour and Provost. It stars Yolande Moreau as the French painter Séraphine Louis and Ulrich Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde. It won the 2009 César Award for Best Film.-Plot:...
	Noomi Rapace Noomi Rapace Noomi Rapace is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish/Danish film adaptations of the "Millennium series": The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest...	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Män som hatar kvinnor

2010s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
2010	Sylvie Testud Sylvie Testud Sylvie Testud is a French actress, writer and director. Her film career began in 1991. She was later highly acclaimed, and has twice won César Awards.-Biography:...	Lourdes Lourdes (film) Lourdes is a 2009 film directed by Jessica Hausner. It received the 2009 Vienna International Film Festival's Vienna Film Prize for best film.-Plot:Christine is a wheelchair-using woman with severe multiple sclerosis...
	Zrinka Cvitešić Zrinka Cvitešic Zrinka Cvitešić is a film, television and theatre actress.As a theatre actress, she has been a member of the Croatian National Theatre since 2005. In addition to acting, she is also an accomplished dancer...	\|On the Path On the Path On the Path is a 2010 Bosnian and Herzegovinan drama film directed by Jasmila Žbanić.-Plot:Luna and Amar are a young Bosnian couple living in Sarajevo. Both have traumatic memories from the Bosnian War of the 1990's. Luna had seen her parents killed by an anti-Muslim militia in Bijeljina, and had...	Na putu
	Sibel Kekilli	When We Leave When We Leave When We Leave is a 2010 German drama film, produced, written and directed by Feo Aladag, which highlights the problem of honour killings by depicting the drama of a Turkish family living in Germany.-Cast:* Sibel Kekilli - Umay* Nizam Schiller - Cem...	Die Fremde
	Lesley Manville Lesley Manville Lesley Manville is an award-winning English actress.-Early life:Born in Brighton, Manville was raised in Hove, East Sussex, one of three daughters of a taxicab driver. Training as a soprano singer from age 8, she twice became under-18 champion of Sussex...	Another Year
	Lotte Verbeek Lotte Verbeek Lotte Verbeek is a Dutch actress born in Venlo, the Netherlands. She won the Leopard for the best actress at the Locarno International Film Festival 2009 for her role in Nothing Personal...	Nothing Personal Nothing Personal (2009 film) Nothing Personal is a 2009 film directed by Urszula Antoniak. It was presented at the Locarno International Film Festival for the international competition...

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