Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress
| Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress | |
|---|---|
| Location | Taiwan |
| Presented by | Golden Horse Awards |
| Currently held by | Alyssa Chia for The Falls (2021) |
| Website | http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw  |
The Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress is given at the Golden Horse Film Awards.
Superlatives[]
| Superlative | Actress | |
|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Maggie Cheung | 4 |
| Actress with most nominations | Sylvia Chang | 9 |
| Actress with most nominations without ever winning |
Cora Miao Cherie Chung Rene Liu Sandrine Pinna Sammi Cheng Tang Wei |
3 |
| Oldest winner | 81 years old (2020) | |
| Youngest winner | Li Xiaolu | 17 years old (1998) |
| Oldest Nominee | 81 years old (2020) | |
| Youngest Nominee | Wen Qi | 14 years old (2017) |
The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:
| Wins | Actress |
|---|---|
| 4 | Maggie Cheung |
| 2 | Sylvia Chang |
| 2 | Gua Ah-leh |
| 2 | Loretta Yang |
| 2 | Hsu Feng |
| 2 | Lisa Lu |
| 2 | Li Li-hua |
| 2 | Josephine Siao |
| 2 | Joan Chen |
The following individuals received four or more Best Actress nominations:
| Nominations | Actress |
|---|---|
| 9 | Sylvia Chang |
| 7 | Shu Qi |
| 5 | Maggie Cheung |
| 4 | Anita Mui |
| Zhou Xun | |
| Gwei Lun-mei |
Winners and nominees[]
1960s[]
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 (1st) |
You Min | Sun, Moon and Star | 星星月亮太陽 | Zhu Lan |
| 1963 (2nd) |
Betty Loh Ti | The Love Eterne | 梁山伯與祝英台 | Zhu Ying-tai |
| 1965 (3rd) |
Li Li-Hua | Between Tears and Smiles | 故都春夢 | Shen Feng-hsien / Ho Li-xia |
| 1966 (4th) |
Gua Ah-leh | The Rain of Sorrow | 煙雨濛濛 | Lu Yi-ping |
| 1967 (5th) |
Chiang Ching | Many Enchanting Nights | 幾度夕陽紅 | Lee Meng-ju |
| 1968 (6th) |
Ivy Ling Po | Too Late for Love | 烽火萬里情 | Su-fen |
| 1969 (7th) |
Li Li-Hua | Storm over the Yangtze River | 揚子江風雲 | Cho Chien-Chen |
1970s[]
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (8th) |
Gua Ah-leh | Home, Sweet Home | 家在台北 | Feng Shu-heng |
| 1971 (9th) |
Lisa Lu | The Arch | 董夫人 | Madame Tung |
| 1972 (10th) |
Judy Ongg | True and False Daughter | 真假千金 | |
| 1973 (11th) |
Shangguan Ling-feng | Back Alley Princess | 馬路小英雄 | Zai La-jiao |
| 1975 (12th) |
Lisa Lu | The Empress Dowager | 傾國傾城 | Empress Dowager Cixi |
| 1976 (13th) |
Hsu Feng | Assassin | 刺客 | |
| 1977 (14th) |
Chelsia Chan | Chelsia My Love | 秋霞 | Chelsia |
| 1978 (15th) | ||||
| Tien Niu | Didi's Diary | 蒂蒂日記 | Lin Didi | |
| Joan Lin | He Never Gives Up | 汪洋中的一條船 | Wu Ji-chuan | |
| Zhen Zhen | The Glory of the Sunset | 煙水寒 | ||
| 1979 (16th) | ||||
| Joan Lin | The Story of a Small Town | 小城故事 | Ah-Xiu | |
| Sibelle Hu | Your Smiling Face | 歡顏 | ||
| Hsu Feng | Legend of the Mountain | 山中傳奇 | Melody |
1980s[]
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (17th) | ||||
| Hsu Feng | The Pioneers | 源 | ||
| Brigitte Lin | Magnificent 72 | 碧血黃花 | ||
| Sylvia Chang | White Jasmine | 茉莉花 | ||
| 1981 (18th) | ||||
| Sylvia Chang | My Grandfather | 我的爺爺 | Hsu Yi-jen | |
| Sibelle Hu | The Coldest Winter in Peking | 皇天后土 | ||
| Ying Tsai-ling | The Unsinkable Miss Calabash | 小葫蘆 | ||
| 1982 (19th) | ||||
| Wang Ping | Tiger Killer | 武松 | Pan Jinlian | |
| Brigitte Lin | Hero vs Hero | 慧眼識英雄 | Shen Liangbai | |
| Tien Niu | Girls' School | 女子學校 | ||
| 1983 (20th) | ||||
| Lu Hsiao-fen | A Flower in The Raining Night | 看海的日子 | Bai-mei | |
| Chang Chuen-fang | Growing Up | 小畢的故事 | Lin Hsiu-Ying | |
| Cherie Chung | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 男與女 | Man Si Sun | |
| 1984 (21st) | ||||
| Loretta Yang | Teenage Fugitive | 小逃犯 | The mother | |
| Chang Chuen-Fang | Old Mao's Second Spring | 老莫的第二個春天 | Yumei | |
| Yao Wei | The Last Night of Madam Chin | 金大班的最後一夜 | Chin Ta Pan | |
| 1985 (22nd) | ||||
| Loretta Yang | Kuei-Mei, a Woman | 我這樣過了一生 | Kuei-Mei | |
| Chang Ying-chen | Run Away | 策馬入林 | ||
| Cora Miao | Women | 女人心 | Po-yee | |
| 1986 (23rd) | ||||
| Sylvia Chang | Passion | 最愛 | Wendy Pai | |
| Loretta Yang | This Love of Mine | 我的愛 | Wei-liang | |
| Cora Miao | Terrorizers | 恐怖分子 | Zhou Yufen | |
| 1987 (24th) | ||||
| Anita Mui | Rouge | 胭脂扣 | Fleur | |
| Cherie Chung | An Autumn's Tale | 秋天的童話 | Jennifer Lee | |
| Hsiao Hung-Mei | Edelweiss | 白色酢漿草 | Lin Chiu-yun | |
| 1988 (25th) | ||||
| Carol Cheng | Moon, Star and Sun | 月亮星星太陽 | Porsche | |
| Chiang Hsia | People Between Two China | 海峽兩岸 | Shu-yin | |
| Cora Miao | Love in a Fallen City | 傾城之戀 | Bai Liu-Su | |
| 1989 (26th) | ||||
| Maggie Cheung | Full Moon in New York | 三個女人的故事 | Lee Fung-Jiau | |
| Sylvia Chang | Full Moon in New York | 三個女人的故事 | Wang Hsiung-Ping | |
| Cherie Chung | Wild Search | 伴我闖天涯 | Cher |
1990s[]
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (27th) | ||||
| Brigitte Lin | Red Dust | 紅塵滾滾 | Shen Shao-Hua | |
| Cecilia Yip | This Thing Called Love | 婚姻勿語 | Yee | |
| Carol Cheng | Her Fatal Ways | 表姐，妳好嘢！ | Cheng Shih-nan | |
| 1991 (28th) | ||||
| Maggie Cheung | Center Stage | 阮玲玉 | Ruan Lingyu | |
| Anita Mui | Au Revoir, Mon Amour | 何日君再來 | Mui Yee | |
| Lisa Yang | A Brighter Summer Day | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | Ming | |
| Carina Lau | Days of Being Wild | 阿飛正傳 | Leung Fung-ying | |
| 1992 (29th) | ||||
| Lindzay Chan | To Liv(e) | 浮世戀曲 | Rubie | |
| Yang Kuei-mei | Hill of No Return | 無言的山丘 | A-jou | |
| Wang Yu-wen | Rebels of the Neon God | 青少年哪吒 | Ah Kuei | |
| Maggie Cheung | New Dragon Gate Inn | 新龍門客棧 | Jade | |
| 1993 (30th) | ||||
| Carrie Ng | Remains of a Woman | 赤祼的誘惑 | Judy Yu | |
| Lu Hsiao-fen | Eighteen | 十八 | Ah-chiao | |
| Anita Yuen | C'est la vie, mon chéri | 新不了情 | Min | |
| Veronica Yip | A Touch of Class | 天台的月光 | Yip Hiu-Tung | |
| 1994 (31st) | ||||
| Joan Chen | Red Rose White Rose | 紅玫瑰，白玫瑰 | Wang Jiao-Rui | |
| Ni Shu-Chun | A Confucian Confusion | 獨立時代 | Molly | |
| Veronica Yip | Red Rose White Rose | 紅玫瑰，白玫瑰 | Meng Yen Li | |
| Faye Wong | Chungking Express | 重慶森林 | Faye | |
| 1995 (32nd) | ||||
| Josephine Siao | Summer Snow | 女人四十 | May Sun | |
| Gua Ah-leh | Maiden Rosé | 一罈女兒紅 | Zhou Hua-Diao | |
| Rene Liu | Siao Yu | 少女小漁 | Lin Siao-Yu | |
| Annie Yi | Good Men, Good Women | 好男好女 | Liang Ching / Chiang Bi-Yu | |
| 1996 (33rd) | ||||
| Josephine Siao | Hu-Du-Men | 虎度門 | Lang Kim-Sum | |
| Tao Shu | Red Persimmon | 紅柿子 | Grandma | |
| Ning Jing | In the Heat of the Sun | 陽光燦爛的日子 | Milan | |
| Sandra Ng | 4 Faces of Eve | 四面夏娃 | Gam Mo / Chan Giu / Miu Si / Mei Mei | |
| 1997 (34th) | ||||
| Maggie Cheung | Comrades: Almost a Love Story | 甜蜜蜜 | Qiao Li | |
| Shu Qi | Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke | 飛一般的愛情小說 | Sandy Lee | |
| Karen Mok | The God of Cookery | 食神 | Turkey | |
| Annie Yi | Wolves Cry Under the Moon | 國道封閉 | Jade | |
| 1998 (35th) | ||||
| Li Xiaolu | Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl | 天浴 | Xiu Xiu | |
| Rene Liu | The Personals | 徵婚啟事 | Du Jia-zhen | |
| Yang Kuei-mei | The Hole | 洞 | The woman downstairs | |
| Sandra Ng | Portland Street Blues | 古惑仔情義篇之洪興十三妹 | Tsui Siu Siu | |
| 1999 (36th) | ||||
| Loletta Lee | Ordinary Heroes | 千言萬語 | Sow | |
| Gigi Leung | Tempting Heart | 心動 | Sheo-rou | |
| Athena Chu | The Boss Up There | 生命楂fit人 | Fong Hei-tung | |
| Lee Kang-i | Darkness and Light | 黑暗之光 | Kang-i |
2000s[]
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (37th) | ||||
| Maggie Cheung | In the Mood for Love | 花樣年華 | Su Li-zhen | |
| Zhang Ziyi | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 臥虎藏龍 | Jen Yu | |
| Michelle Yeoh | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 臥虎藏龍 | Yu Shu-Lien | |
| Sammi Cheng | Needing You... | 孤男寡女 | Kinki Kwok | |
| 2001 (38th) | ||||
| Qin Hailu | Durian Durian | 榴槤飄飄 | Qin Yan | |
| Anita Mui | Midnight Fly | 慌心假期 | Michelle | |
| Sylvia Chang | Forever and Ever | 地久天長 | Lee huey-jen | |
| Shu Qi | Millennium Mambo | 千禧曼波 | Vicky | |
| 2002 (39th) | ||||
| Lee Sin-je | The Eye | 見鬼 | Wong Kar Mun | |
| Sammi Cheng | My Left Eye Sees Ghosts | 我左眼見到鬼 | May Ho | |
| Zhou Xun | Hollywood Hong Kong | 香港有個荷里活 | Hung Hung / Tong Tong | |
| Anita Mui | July Rhapsody | 男人四十 | Chan Man-Ching | |
| 2003 (40th) | ||||
| Sandra Ng | Golden Chicken | 金雞 | Kam | |
| Ariel Lin | Love Me, If You Can | 飛躍情海 | Lin Xiao-ying | |
| Lu Yi-ching | The Missing | 不見 | Grandma | |
| Chen Shiang-chyi | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | 不散 | The ticket woman | |
| 2004 (41st) | ||||
| Yang Kuei-mei | The Moon Also Rises | 月光下，我記得 | Pao-chai | |
| Sylvia Chang | Rice Rhapsody | 海南雞飯 | Jen | |
| Zhang Ziyi | 2046 | 2046 | Bai Ling | |
| Wang Chuan | Autumn of Blue | 秋天的藍調 | Ghio Shing-Jhih | |
| 2005 (42nd) | ||||
| Shu Qi | Three Times | 最好的時光 | May / Courtesan / Jing | |
| Michelle Krusiec | Saving Face | 面子 | Wilhelmina Pang | |
| Miriam Yeung | Drink-Drank-Drunk | 千杯不醉 | Siu Min | |
| Chen Shiang-chyi | The Wayward Cloud | 天邊一朵雲 | Shiang-chyi | |
| 2006 (43rd) | ||||
| Zhou Xun | Perhaps Love | 如果·愛 | Sun Na | |
| Siqin Gaowa | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | 姨媽的後現代生活 | Ye Rutang | |
| Lee Sin-je | Re-cycle | 鬼域 | Tsui Ting-yin | |
| Carina Lau | Curiosity Kills the Cat | 好奇害死貓 | Rose Feng | |
| 2007 (44th) | ||||
| Joan Chen | The Home Song Stories | 意 | Rose | |
| Li Bingbing | The Knot | 雲水謠 | Wang Jindi | |
| Tang Wei | Lust, Caution | 色，戒 | Wong Chia-chi | |
| Rene Liu | Kidnap | 綁架 | Ho Yuan-chun | |
| 2008 (45th) | ||||
| Prudence Liew | True Women for Sale | 我不賣身．我賣子宮 | Lai Chung-chung | |
| Monica Mok | Ocean Flame | 一半海水，一半火燄 | Li Chuan | |
| Karena Lam | Claustrophobia | 親密 | Pearl | |
| Sandrine Pinna | Miao Miao | 渺渺 | Chen Ai-yuan | |
| 2009 (46th) | ||||
| Li Bingbing | The Message | 風聲 | Li Ningyu | |
| Zhou Xun | The Message | 風聲 | Gu Xiaomeng | |
| Yuan Quan | Like A Dream | 如夢 | Ai-lin / Yi-yi | |
| Sandrine Pinna | Yang Yang | 陽陽 | Zhang Xin Yang |
2010s[]
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (47th) |
Lü Liping | City Monkey | 玩酷青春 | [1] |
| Tang Wei | Crossing Hennessy | 月滿軒尼詩 | ||
| Xu Fan | Aftershock | 唐山大地震 | ||
| Sylvia Chang | Buddha Mountain | 觀音山 | ||
| 2011 (48th) |
Deanie Ip | A Simple Life | 桃姐 | [2] |
| Michelle Chen | You Are the Apple of My Eye | 那些年，我們一起追的女孩 | ||
| Shu Qi | A Beautiful Life | 不再讓你孤單 | ||
| Qin Hailu | The Piano in a Factory | 鋼的琴 | ||
| 2012 (49th) |
Gwei Lun-mei | Girlfriend, Boyfriend | 女朋友。男朋友 | [3] |
| Bai Baihe | Love Is Not Blind | 失戀33天 | ||
| Hao Lei | Mystery | 浮城謎事 | ||
| Sandrine Pinna | Touch of the Light | 逆光飛翔 | ||
| Denise Ho | Life Without Principle | 奪命金 | ||
| 2013 (50th) |
Zhang Ziyi | The Grandmaster | 一代宗師 | [4] |
| Cherry Ngan | The Way We Dance | 狂舞派 | ||
| Gwei Lun-mei | Christmas Rose | 聖誕玫瑰 | ||
| Shu Qi | Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons | 西遊·降魔篇 | ||
| Sammi Cheng | Blind Detective | 盲探 | ||
| 2014 (51st) |
Chen Shiang-chyi | Exit | 迴光奏鳴曲 | [5] |
| Gwei Lun-mei | Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 | ||
| Gong Li | Coming Home | 歸來 | ||
| Tang Wei | The Golden Era | 黃金時代 | ||
| Zhao Wei | Dearest | 親愛的 | ||
| 2015 (52nd) |
Karena Lam | Zinnia Flower | 百日告別 | [6] |
| Sylvia Chang | Office | 華麗上班族 | ||
| Vivian Sung | Our Times | 我的少女時代 | ||
| Shu Qi | The Assassin | 刺客聶隱娘 | ||
| Zhao Tao | Mountains May Depart | 山河故人 | ||
| 2016 (53rd) |
Zhou Dongyu | Soul Mate | 七月與安生 | [7] |
| Ma Sichun | Soul Mate | 七月與安生 | ||
| Hsu Wei-ning | The Tag-Along | 紅衣小女孩 | ||
| Fan Bingbing | I Am Not Madame Bovary | 我不是潘金蓮 | ||
| Wu Ke-xi | The Road to Mandalay | 再見瓦城 | ||
| 2017 (54th) | ||||
| Kara Hui | The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | 血觀音 | [8] | |
| Shu Qi | The Village of No Return | 健忘村 | ||
| Sylvia Chang | Love Education | 相愛相親 | ||
| Vicky Chen | Angels Wear White | 嘉年華 | ||
| Ivy Yin | The Island of River Flow | 川流之島 | ||
| 2018 (55th) | ||||
| Hsieh Ying-hsuan | Dear Ex | 誰先愛上他的 | ||
| Zhou Xun | Last Letter | 你好，之华 | ||
| Sun Li | Shadow | 影 | ||
| Zhao Tao | Ash Is Purest White | 江湖儿女 | ||
| Chloe Maayan | Three Husbands | 三夫 | ||
| 2019 (56th) | ||||
| Yeo Yann Yann | Wet Season | 熱帶雨 | ||
| Angelica Lee | The Garden of Evening Mists | 夕霧花園 | ||
| Gingle Wang | Detention | 返校 | ||
| Lü Hsueh-feng | The Beloved Stranger | 那個我最親愛的陌生人 | ||
| Samantha Ko | A Sun | 陽光普照 |
2020s[]
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (57th) |
Little Big Women | 孤味 | [9] | |
| Gwei Lun-mei | A Leg | 腿 | ||
| Bai Ling | 墮胎師 | |||
| Nikki Shie | I WeirDo | 怪胎 | ||
| Patty Lee | My Missing Valentine | 消失的情人節 | ||
| 2021 (58th) |
Alyssa Chia | The Falls | 瀑布 | [10] |
| Gingle Wang | The Falls | 瀑布 | ||
| Chen Shiang-chyi | Increasing Echo | 修行 | ||
| Karena Lam | American Girl | 美國女孩 | ||
| Caitlin Fang | American Girl | 美國女孩 |
References[]
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
External links[]
- Official website (in Chinese)
- Official website (in English)
Categories:
- Golden Horse Film Awards
- Film awards for lead actress
- Awards established in 1962