Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Little Joe
Emily Beecham
2018 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Ayka
Samal Yeslyamova
2017 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
In the Fade
Diane Kruger
2016 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Ma’ Rosa
Jaclyn Jose
2015 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Carol
Rooney Mara
2015 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
My King
Emmanuelle Bercot
2014 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Maps to the Stars
Julianne Moore
2013 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Past
Bérénice Bejo
2012 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Beyond the Hills
Cristina Flutur
2011 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Melancholia
Kirsten Dunst
2010 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Certified Copy
Juliette Binoche
2009 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Antichrist
Charlotte Gainsbourg
2008 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Linha de Passe
Sandra Corveloni
2007 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Secret Sunshine
Do-yeon Jeon
2006 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Volver
Penélope Cruz
2005 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Free Zone
Hana Laslo
2004 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Clean
Maggie Cheung
2003 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Barbarian Invasions
Marie-Josée Croze
2002 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Man Without a Past
Kati Outinen
2001 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Piano Teacher
Isabelle Huppert
2000 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Dancer in the Dark
Björk
1999 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
L’humanité
Séverine Caneele
1999 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Rosetta
Émilie Dequenne
1998 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Dreamlife of Angels
Élodie Bouchez
1997 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Nil by Mouth
Kathy Burke
1996 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Secrets & Lies
Brenda Blethyn
1995 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Madness of King George
Helen Mirren
1994 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Queen Margot
Virna Lisi
1993 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Piano
Holly Hunter
1992 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Best Intentions
Pernilla August
1991 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Double Life of Véronique
Irène Jacob
1990 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Interrogation
Krystyna Janda
1989 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
A Cry in the Dark
Meryl Streep
1988 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
A World Apart
Barbara Hershey
1987 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Shy People
Barbara Hershey
1986 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Love Me Forever or Never
Fernanda Torres
1986 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Rosa Luxemburg
Barbara Sukowa
1985 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Mask
Cher
1985 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Official Story
Norma Aleandro
1984 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Cal
Helen Mirren
1983 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Story of Piera
Hanna Schygulla
1982 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Another Way
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak
1981 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Quartet
Isabelle Adjani
1980 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
A Leap in the Dark
Anouk Aimée
1979 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Norma Rae
Sally Field
1978 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
An Unmarried Woman
Jill Clayburgh
1978 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Violette
Isabelle Huppert
1977 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
3 Women
Shelley Duvall
1977 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
J.A. Martin photographe
Monique Mercure
1976 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
A löcsei fehér asszony
Mari Töröcsik
1976 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Inheritance
Dominique Sanda
1975 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Lenny
Valerie Perrine
1974 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Les violons du bal
Marie-José Nat
1973 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Joanne Woodward
1972 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Images
Susannah York
1971 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Panic in Needle Park
Kitty Winn
1970 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Metello
Ottavia Piccolo
1969 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Isadora
Vanessa Redgrave
1967 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Elvira Madigan
Pia Degermark
1966 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Morgan!
Vanessa Redgrave
1965 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Collector
Samantha Eggar
1964 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
One Potato, Two Potato
Barbara Barrie
1964 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Pumpkin Eater
Anne Bancroft
1963 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Conjugal Bed
Marina Vlady
1962 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
A Taste of Honey
Rita Tushingham
1962 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Katharine Hepburn
1961 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Two Women
Sophia Loren
1960 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Never on Sunday
Melina Mercouri
1960 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Seven Days… Seven Nights
Jeanne Moreau
1959 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Room at the Top
Simone Signoret
1958 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Brink of Life
Bibi Andersson
1957 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Nights of Cabiria
Giulietta Masina
1956 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
Susan Hayward
1955 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Bolshaya semya
Elena Dobronravova
1952 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
Detective Story
Lee Grant
1951 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
All About Eve
Bette Davis
1949 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
The Walls of Malapaga
Isa Miranda
1946 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
