Thursday, November 21

SIFF – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!

2019 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Sibel Damla Sönmez

Sibel

Damla Sönmez

2018 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Eighth Grade Elsie Fisher

Eighth Grade

Elsie Fisher

2017 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Sami Blood Lene Cecilia Sparrok

Sami Blood

Lene Cecilia Sparrok

2016 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Between Sea and Land Vicky Hernández

Between Sea and Land

Vicky Hernández

2015 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Phoenix Nina Hoss

Phoenix

Nina Hoss

2014 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Boyhood Patricia Arquette

Boyhood

Patricia Arquette

2013 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Decoding Annie Parker Samantha Morton

Decoding Annie Parker

Samantha Morton

2012 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Eden Jamie Chung

Eden

Jamie Chung

2011 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

As If I Am Not There Natasha Petrovic

As If I Am Not There

Natasha Petrovic

2010 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Winter's Bone Jennifer Lawrence

Winter’s Bone

Jennifer Lawrence

2008 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Jolene Jessica Chastain

Jolene

Jessica Chastain

2007 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

La Vie En Rose Marion Cotillard

La Vie En Rose

Marion Cotillard

2006 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

L'iceberg Fiona Gordon

L’iceberg

Fiona Gordon

2005 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Yes Joan Allen

Yes

Joan Allen

2004 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Maria Full of Grace Catalina Sandino Moreno

Maria Full of Grace

Catalina Sandino Moreno

2003 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Oasis So-Ri Moon

Oasis

So-Ri Moon

2002 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

The Piano Teacher Isabelle Huppert

The Piano Teacher

Isabelle Huppert

2001 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Ghost World Thora Birch

Ghost World

Thora Birch

2000 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Venus Beauty Nathalie Baye

Venus Beauty

Nathalie Baye

1999 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

The Mao Game Piper Laurie

The Mao Game

Piper Laurie

1998 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

The Opposite of Sex Christina Ricci

The Opposite of Sex

Christina Ricci

1997 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Loved Robin Wright

Loved

Robin Wright

1996 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

I Shot Andy Warhol Lili Taylor

I Shot Andy Warhol

Lili Taylor

1995 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

To Die For Nicole Kidman

To Die For

Nicole Kidman

1994 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Reflections on a Crime Mimi Rogers

Reflections on a Crime

Mimi Rogers

1993 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Orlando Tilda Swinton

Orlando

Tilda Swinton

1992 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Martha et moi Marianne Sägebrecht

Martha et moi

Marianne Sägebrecht

1991 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Lily Tomlin

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Lily Tomlin

1990 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Bye Bye Blues Rebecca Jenkins

Bye Bye Blues

Rebecca Jenkins

1988 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress

Shame Deborra-Lee Furness

Shame

Deborra-Lee Furness