Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Gloria Mundi
Ariane Ascaride
2018 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Favourite
Olivia Colman
2017 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Hannah
Charlotte Rampling
2016 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
La La Land
Emma Stone
2015 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Anna
Valeria Golino
2014 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Hungry Hearts
Alba Rohrwacher
2013 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
A Street in Palermo
Elena Cotta
2012 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Fill the Void
Hadas Yaron
2011 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
A Simple Life
Deannie Ip
2010 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Attenberg
Ariane Labed
2009 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Double Hour
Kseniya Rappoport
2008 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Other One
Dominique Blanc
2007 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
I’m Not There
Cate Blanchett
2006 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Queen
Helen Mirren
2005 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Don’t Tell
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
2004 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Vera Drake
Imelda Staunton
2003 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Rosenstrasse
Katja Riemann
2002 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Far from Heaven
Julianne Moore
2001 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Light of My Eyes
Sandra Ceccarelli
2000 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Goddess of 1967
Rose Byrne
1999 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
An Affair of Love
Nathalie Baye
1998 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Place Vendôme
Catherine Deneuve
1997 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Niagara, Niagara
Robin Tunney
1996 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Ponette
Victoire Thivisol
1995 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
La cérémonie
Sandrine Bonnaire
1994 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Two Brothers, My Sister
Maria de Medeiros
1993 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Three Colors: Blue
Juliette Binoche
1992 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Story of Qiu Ju
Li Gong
1991 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Edward II
Tilda Swinton
1990 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Moon in the Mirror
Gloria Münchmeyer
1989 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Screen One
Peggy Ashcroft
1988 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Madame Sousatzka
Shirley MacLaine
1988 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Story of Women
Isabelle Huppert
1987 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Surrogate Woman
Soo-youn Kang
1986 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
A Tale of Love
Valeria Golino
1984 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Full Moon in Paris
Pascale Ogier
1983 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Black Shack Alley
Darling Légitimus
1968 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Teorema
Laura Betti
1967 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Dutchman
Shirley Knight
1966 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The First Teacher
Natalya Arinbasarova
1965 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Three Rooms in Manhattan
Annie Girardot
1964 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
To Love
Harriet Andersson
1963 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Muriel, or the Time of Return
Delphine Seyrig
1962 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Therese
Emmanuelle Riva
1961 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Suzanne Flon
1960 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Apartment
Shirley MacLaine
1959 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Leda
Madeleine Robinson
1958 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Black Orchid
Sophia Loren
1957 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Malva
Dzidra Ritenberga
1956 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Gervaise
Maria Schell
1953 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Four Poster
Lilli Palmer
1952 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Europe ’51
Ingrid Bergman
1942 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
The Golden City
Kristina Söderbaum
1941 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Annelie
Luise Ullrich
1938 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Marie Antoinette
Norma Shearer
1937 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Kid Galahad
Bette Davis
1936 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
Sacrifice d’honneur
Annabella
1935 Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup – Best Actress
