Goya Award for Best Actress
| Goya Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
 The 2022 recipient: Blanca Portillo | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | Spain |
| Presented by | Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE) |
| First awarded | 1987 (for performance in films released during the 1986 film season) |
| Most recent winner | Blanca Portillo Maixabel (2021) |
| Website | www |
The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the 1st Goya Awards ceremony held in 1987, Amparo Rivelles was the first winner of this award for her role as Laura in We Must Undo the House. Carmen Maura has received the most awards in this category with three wins. Penélope Cruz was nominated on eleven occasions, winning two times.
As of the 2022 ceremony, Blanca Portillo is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Maixabel Lasa in Maixabel.
Winners and nominees[]
In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are always held the following year.
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Indicates the winner |
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1980s[]
Amparo Rivelles was the first winner in this category for her performance in We Must Undo the House (1986).
Carmen Maura won the most best actress awards, three, for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Ay, Carmela! (1990) and Common Wealth (2000)
Victoria Abril was nominated eight times and won once for her role in Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995)
| Year | Actress | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 (1st) [1][2][3] |
Amparo Rivelles
|
Laura | We Must Undo the House | Hay que deshacer la casa |
| Victoria Abril | Dorita | Time of Silence | Tiempo de silencio | |
| Ángela Molina | Rosa | Half of Heaven | La mitad del cielo | |
| 1987 (2nd) |
Verónica Forqué
|
Ana | The Happy Life | La vida alegre |
| Victoria Abril | Chelo | El Lute: Run for Your Life | El lute: camina o revienta | |
| Irene Gutiérrez Caba | Bernarda Alba | The House of Bernarda Alba | La casa de Bernada Alba | |
| 1988 (3rd) |
Carmen Maura
|
Pepa Marcos | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios |
| Victoria Abril | Ana Alonso | Baton Rouge | ||
| Ana Belén | Alejandra | Miss Caribe | ||
| María Fernanda d'Ocón | Sor Mercedes | Caminos de Tiza | ||
| Ángela Molina | Charo | Lights and Shadows | Luces y sombras | |
| 1989 (4th) |
Rafaela Aparicio
|
Grandmother | The Sea and the Weather | El mar y el tiempo |
| Victoria Abril | Ramona / Menchu / Aurora Nin | If They Tell You I Fell | Si te dicen que caí | |
| Ana Belén | Paloma | The Flight of the Dove | El vuelo de la paloma | |
| Verónica Forqué | Chusa | Going South Shopping | Bajarse al moro | |
| Ángela Molina | Pepita | The Things of Love | Las cosas del querer | |
1990s[]
| Year | Actress | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (5th) |
Carmen Maura
|
Carmela | Ay, Carmela! | ¡Ay, Carmela! |
| Victoria Abril | Marina Osorio | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | ¡Átame! | |
| Charo López | Clara | The Most Natural Thing | Lo más natural | |
| 1991 (6th) |
Sílvia Munt
|
Carmen | Butterfly Wings | Alas de mariposa |
| Victoria Abril | Luisa | Lovers | Amantes | |
| Maribel Verdú | Trini | |||
| 1992 (7th) |
Ariadna Gil
|
Violeta | Belle Époque | |
| Penélope Cruz | Silvia | Jamón Jamón | ||
| Assumpta Serna | Adela de Otero | The Fencing Master | El maestro de esgrima | |
| 1993 (8th) |
Verónica Forqué
|
Kika | Kika | |
| Carmen Maura | Ana | Shadows in a Conflict | Sombras en una batalla | |
| Emma Suárez | Lisa / Sofía | The Red Squirrel | La ardilla roja | |
| 1994 (9th) |
Cristina Marcos
|
Yoli | All Men Are the Same | Todos los hombres sois iguales |
| Ana Belén | Desideria | The Turkish Passion | La pasión turca | |
| Ruth Gabriel | Charo | Running Out of Time | Días contados | |
| 1995 (10th) |
Victoria Abril
|
Gloria Duque | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto |
| Ariadna Gil | María | Antarctica | Antárdida | |
| Marisa Paredes | Leo Macías | The Flower of My Secret | La flor de mi secreto | |
| 1996 (11th) |
Emma Suárez
|
Diana | The Dog in the Manger | El perro del hortelano |
| Ana Torrent | Ángela Márquez | Thesis | Tesis | |
| Concha Velasco | Palmira | Beyond the Garden | Más allá del jardín | |
| 1997 (12th) |
Cecilia Roth
|
Alicia | Martín (Hache) | |
| Maribel Verdú | Marina | The Lucky Star | La buena estrella | |
| Julia Gutiérrez Caba | Lola | The Color of the Clouds | El color de las nubes | |
| 1998 (13th) |
Penélope Cruz
|
Macarena Granada | The Girl of Your Dreams | La niña de tus ojos |
| Cayetana Guillén Cuervo | Lucrecia | The Grandfather | El abuelo | |
| Najwa Nimri | Ana | Lovers of the Arctic Circle | Los amantes del círculo polar | |
| Leonor Watling | Carmen | A Time for Defiance | La hora de los valientes | |
| 1999 (14th) |
Cecilia Roth
|
Manuela | All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre |
| Ariadna Gil | Isabel | Black Tears | Lágrimas negras | |
| Carmen Maura | Berta | Lisbon | Lisboa | |
| Mercedes Sampietro | Gloria | By My Side Again | Cuando vuelvas a mi lado | |
2000s[]
Penélope Cruz was nominated eleven times and won twice for The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) and Volver (2006)
Maribel Verdú was nominated eight times and won twice for Seven Billiard Tables (2007) and Snow White (2012)
| Year | Actress | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (15th) |
Carmen Maura
|
Julia | Common Wealth | La comunidad |
| Icíar Bollaín | Leo | Leo | ||
| Lydia Bosch | Julia | You're the One | Una historia de entonces | |
| Adriana Ozores | Susana Grey | Plenilune | Plenilunio | |
| 2001 (16th) |
Pilar López de Ayala
|
Joanna of Castile | Mad Love | Juana la Loca |
| Victoria Abril | Lola Nevado | Don't Tempt Me | Sin noticias de Dios | |
| Nicole Kidman | Grace Stewart | The Others | The Others | |
| Paz Vega | Angela | Mine Alone | Sólo mía | |
| 2002 (17th) |
Mercedes Sampietro
|
Liliana Rovira | Common Ground | Lugares comunes |
| Ana Fernández | Andrea | Story of a Kiss | Historia de un beso | |
| Adriana Ozores | Ágata | Nobody's Life | La vida de nadie | |
| Leonor Watling | Elvira | My Mother Likes Women | A mi madre le gustan las mujeres | |
| 2003 (18th) |
Laia Marull
|
Pilar | Take My Eyes | Te doy mis ojos |
| Ariadna Gil | Lola | Soldiers of Salamis | Soldados de Salamina | |
| Adriana Ozores | Amparo | Sleeping Luck | La suerte dormida | |
| Sarah Polley | Ann | My Life Without Me | ||
| 2004 (19th) |
Lola Dueñas
|
Rosa | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro |
| Pilar Bardem | María Zambrano | Dear Maria | María querida | |
| Ana Belén | Hortensia | Things That Make Living Worthwhile | Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena | |
| Penélope Cruz | Italia | Don't Move | Non ti muovere | |
| 2005 (20th) |
Candela Peña
|
Caye | Princesas | |
| Adriana Ozores | Pilar | Heroine | Heroína | |
| Nathalie Poza | Ana | Hard Times | Malas temporadas | |
| Emma Vilarasau | Irene | Forget Me Not | Para que no me olvides | |
| 2006 (21st) |
Penélope Cruz
|
Raimunda | Volver | |
| Silvia Abascal | Finea | Lady Nitwit | La dama boba | |
| Marta Etura | Paula | Dark Blue Almost Black | Azuloscurocasinegro | |
| Maribel Verdú | Mercedes | Pan's Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno | |
| 2007 (22nd) |
Maribel Verdú
|
Ángela | Seven Billiard Tables | Siete mesas de billar francés |
| Belén Rueda | Laura | The Orphanage | El orfanato | |
| Blanca Portillo | Charo | Seven Billiard Tables | Siete mesas de billar francés | |
| Emma Suárez | Nines | Under the Stars | Bajo las estrellas | |
| 2008 (23rd) |
Carme Elías
|
Gloria | Camino | |
| Verónica Echegui | Isa | My Prison Yard | El patio de mi cárcel | |
| Ariadna Gil | Aurora Rodríguez | Just Walking | Sólo quiero caminar | |
| Maribel Verdú | Elena | The Blind Sunflowers | Los girasoles ciegos | |
| 2009 (24th) |
Lola Dueñas
|
Laura Valiente | Me Too | Yo, también |
| Penélope Cruz | Magdalena Rivas | Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos | |
| Maribel Verdú | Miranda | Tetro | ||
| Rachel Weisz | Hypatia | Agora | Ágora | |
2010s[]
Natalia de Molina won for her performance in Food and Shelter (2015)
| Year | Actress | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (25th) |
Nora Navas
|
Florència | Black Bread | Pa negre |
| Elena Anaya | Alba | Room in Rome | Habitación en Roma | |
| Emma Suárez | Alícia | The Mosquito Net | La mosquitera | |
| Belén Rueda | Julia Levin / Sara | Julia's Eyes | Los ojos de Julia | |
| 2011 (26th) |
Elena Anaya
|
Vera Cruz / Gal Ledgard | The Skin I Live In | La piel que habito |
| Verónica Echegui | Laia | Kathmandu Lullaby | Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo | |
| Salma Hayek | Luisa Gómez | As Luck Would Have It | La chispa de la vida | |
| Inma Cuesta | Hortensia | The Sleeping Voice | La voz dormida | |
| 2012 (27th) |
Maribel Verdú
|
Encarna | Blancanieves | |
| Penélope Cruz | Gemma | Twice Born | Venuto al mondo | |
| Aida Folch | Mercè | The Artist and the Model | El artista y la modelo | |
| Naomi Watts | María | The Impossible | The Impossible | |
| 2013 (28th) |
Marian Álvarez
|
Ana | Wounded | La herida |
| Inma Cuesta | Ruth | Three Many Weddings | Tres bodas de más | |
| Aura Garrido | Ella | Stockholm | Stockholm | |
| Nora Navas | Geni | We All Want What's Best for Her | Tots volem el millor per a ella | |
| 2014 (29th) |
Bárbara Lennie
|
Bárbara | Magical Girl | |
| María León | Sara | Marsella | ||
| Macarena Gómez | Montse | Shrew's Nest | Musarañas | |
| Elena Anaya | Lupe | They Are All Dead | Todos Están Muertos | |
| 2015 (30th) |
Natalia de Molina
|
Rocío | Food and Shelter | Techo y comida |
| Inma Cuesta | The Bride | The Bride | La novia | |
| Penélope Cruz | Magda | Ma Ma | Ma ma | |
| Juliette Binoche | Josephine Peary | Nobody Wants the Night | Nadie quiere la noche | |
| 2016 (31st) |
Emma Suárez
|
Julieta Arcos | Julieta | |
| Penélope Cruz | Macarena Granada | The Queen of Spain | La reina de España | |
| Bárbara Lennie | María | María (and Everybody Else) | María (y los demás) | |
| Carmen Machi | Rosa | The Open Door | La puerta abierta | |
| 2017 (32nd) [4] |
Nathalie Poza
|
Carla | Can't Say Goodbye | No sé decir adiós |
| Emily Mortimer | Florence Green | The Bookshop | ||
| Penélope Cruz | Virginia Vallejo | Loving Pablo | ||
| Maribel Verdú | Carmen | Abracadabra | ||
| 2018 (33rd) [5] |
Susi Sánchez
|
Anabel | Sunday's Illness | La enfermedad del domingo |
| Najwa Nimri | Lila | Quién te cantará | ||
| Penélope Cruz | Laura | Everybody Knows | Todos lo saben | |
| Lola Dueñas | Estrella | Journey to a Mother's Room | Viaje al cuarto de una madre | |
| 2019 (34th) [6] |
Belén Cuesta
|
Rosa | The Endless Trench | La trinchera infinita |
| Penélope Cruz | Jacinta | Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria | |
| Greta Fernández | Sara | A Thief's Daughter | La hija de un ladrón | |
| Marta Nieto | Elena | Mother | Madre | |
2020s[]
| Year | Actress | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (35th) [7][8][9] |
Patricia López Arnaiz | Lide | Ane Is Missing | Ane |
| Amaia Aberasturi | Ana | Coven | Akelarre | |
| Kiti Mánver | Lola | One Careful Owner | El inconveniente | |
| Candela Peña | Rosa | Rosa's Wedding | La boda de Rosa | |
| 2021 (36th) [10] |
Blanca Portillo | Maixabel Lasa | Maixabel | |
| Emma Suárez | Berta | Josephine | Josefina | |
| Petra Martínez | María | That Was Life | La vida era eso | |
| Penélope Cruz | Janis Martínez Moreno | Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas | |
Multiple wins and nominations[]
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The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:
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The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:
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References[]
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- ^ "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles a los 88 años". Radiotelevisión Española (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "La actriz Amparo Rivelles muere a los 88 años". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Emily Mortimer, la soldado de Coixet para romper la maldición de las nominadas extranjeras". ABC (in Spanish). February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ^ "Najwa Nimri: "No esperaba estar nominada a los Goya"". Europa Press. Madrid. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ Zas Marcos, Mónica. "Dolor para Amenábar y gloria para Almodóvar en unos Goya 2020 que ignoraron a su niño mimado". eldiario.es. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Nominaciones Premios Goya 2021". premiosgoya.com (in Spanish). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (18 January 2021). "Adu, Las Ninas, Akelarre Lead Spain's Goya Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott; Szalai, Georg (18 January 2021). "Netflix Drama Leads Spain's Goya Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "'El buen patrón' bate el récord histórico de los Goya con 20 nominaciones". RTVE (in Spanish). Retrieved November 29, 2021.
External links[]
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