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2019 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Little Joe Emily Beecham](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/little-joe-jessica-hausner-image.jpg)
Little Joe
Emily Beecham
2018 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Ayka Samal Yeslyamova](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ayka-sergei-dvortsevoy-image.jpg)
Ayka
Samal Yeslyamova
2017 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![In the Fade Diane Kruger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-fade-fatih-akin-image.jpg)
In the Fade
Diane Kruger
2016 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Ma' Rosa Jaclyn Jose](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Ma’ Rosa
Jaclyn Jose
2015 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Carol Rooney Mara](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/carol-todd-haynes-image.jpg)
Carol
Rooney Mara
2015 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![My King Emmanuelle Bercot](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-king-maiwenn-image.jpg)
My King
Emmanuelle Bercot
2014 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Maps to the Stars Julianne Moore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/maps-to-the-stars-david-cronenberg-image.jpg)
Maps to the Stars
Julianne Moore
2013 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Past Bérénice Bejo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-past-image.jpg)
The Past
Bérénice Bejo
2012 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Beyond the Hills Cristina Flutur](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/beyond-the-hills-cristian-mungiu-image.jpg)
Beyond the Hills
Cristina Flutur
2011 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Melancholia Kirsten Dunst](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/melancholia-lars-von-trier-image.jpg)
Melancholia
Kirsten Dunst
2010 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Certified Copy Juliette Binoche](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/certified-copy-abbas-kiarostami-image.jpg)
Certified Copy
Juliette Binoche
2009 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Antichrist Charlotte Gainsbourg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/antichrist-lars-von-trier-image.jpg)
Antichrist
Charlotte Gainsbourg
2008 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Linha de Passe Sandra Corveloni](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/linha-de-passe-walter-salles-daniela-thomas-image.jpg)
Linha de Passe
Sandra Corveloni
2007 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Secret Sunshine Do-yeon Jeon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/secret-sunshine-chang-dong-lee-image.jpg)
Secret Sunshine
Do-yeon Jeon
2006 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Volver Penélope Cruz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/volver-pedro-almodovar-image.jpg)
Volver
Penélope Cruz
2005 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Free Zone Hana Laslo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/free-zone-amos-gitai-image.jpg)
Free Zone
Hana Laslo
2004 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Clean Maggie Cheung](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/clean-olivier-assayas-image.jpg)
Clean
Maggie Cheung
2003 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Barbarian Invasions Marie-Josée Croze](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-barbarian-invasions-denys-arcand-image.jpg)
The Barbarian Invasions
Marie-Josée Croze
2002 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Man Without a Past Kati Outinen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-man-without-a-past-image.jpg)
The Man Without a Past
Kati Outinen
2001 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Piano Teacher Isabelle Huppert](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-piano-teacher-michael-haneke-image.jpg)
The Piano Teacher
Isabelle Huppert
2000 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Dancer in the Dark Björk](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dancer-in-the-dark-lars-von-trier-image.jpg)
Dancer in the Dark
Björk
1999 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![L'humanité Séverine Caneele](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lhumanite-bruno-dumont-image.jpg)
L’humanité
Séverine Caneele
1999 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Rosetta Émilie Dequenne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rosetta-jean-pierre-dardenne-luc-dardenne-image.jpg)
Rosetta
Émilie Dequenne
1998 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Dreamlife of Angels Élodie Bouchez](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-dreamlife-of-angels-erick-zonca-image.jpg)
The Dreamlife of Angels
Élodie Bouchez
1997 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Nil by Mouth Kathy Burke](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/nil-by-mouth-gary-oldman-image.jpg)
Nil by Mouth
Kathy Burke
1996 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Secrets & Lies Brenda Blethyn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/secrets-and-lies-mike-leigh-image.jpg)
Secrets & Lies
Brenda Blethyn
1995 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Madness of King George Helen Mirren](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-madness-of-king-george-nicholas-hytner-image.jpg)
The Madness of King George
Helen Mirren
1994 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Queen Margot Virna Lisi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/queen-margot-patrice-chereau-image.jpg)
Queen Margot
Virna Lisi
1993 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Piano Holly Hunter](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-piano-jane-campion-image.jpg)
The Piano
Holly Hunter
1992 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Best Intentions Pernilla August](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-best-intentions-bille-august-image.jpg)
The Best Intentions
Pernilla August
1991 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Double Life of Véronique Irène Jacob](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-double-life-of-veronique-krzysztof-kieslowski-image.jpg)
The Double Life of Véronique
Irène Jacob
1990 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Interrogation Krystyna Janda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/interrogation-ryszard-bugajski-image.jpg)
Interrogation
Krystyna Janda
1989 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![A Cry in the Dark Meryl Streep](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-cry-in-the-dark-fred-schepisi-image.jpg)
A Cry in the Dark
Meryl Streep
1988 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![A World Apart Barbara Hershey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-world-apart-chris-menges-image.jpg)
A World Apart
Barbara Hershey
1987 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Shy People Barbara Hershey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shy-people-image.jpg)
Shy People
Barbara Hershey
1986 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Love Me Forever or Never Fernanda Torres](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/love-me-forever-or-never-arnaldo-jabor-image.jpg)
Love Me Forever or Never
Fernanda Torres
1986 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Rosa Luxemburg Barbara Sukowa](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rosa-luxemburg-margarethe-von-trotta-image.jpg)
Rosa Luxemburg
Barbara Sukowa
1985 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Mask Cher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mask-peter-bogdanovich-image.jpg)
Mask
Cher
1985 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Official Story Norma Aleandro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-official-story-luis-puenzo-image.jpg)
The Official Story
Norma Aleandro
1984 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Cal Helen Mirren](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cal-pat-oconnor-image.jpg)
Cal
Helen Mirren
1983 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Story of Piera Hanna Schygulla](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-story-of-piera-marco-ferreri-image.jpg)
The Story of Piera
Hanna Schygulla
1982 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Another Way Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/another-way-karoly-makk-image.jpg)
Another Way
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak
1981 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Quartet Isabelle Adjani](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/quartet-james-ivory-image.jpg)
Quartet
Isabelle Adjani
1980 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![A Leap in the Dark Anouk Aimée](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-leap-in-the-dark-marco-bellocchio-image.jpg)
A Leap in the Dark
Anouk Aimée
1979 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Norma Rae Sally Field](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/norma-rae-martin-ritt-image.jpg)
Norma Rae
Sally Field
1978 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![An Unmarried Woman Jill Clayburgh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/an-unmarried-woman-paul-mazursky-image.jpg)
An Unmarried Woman
Jill Clayburgh
1978 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Violette Isabelle Huppert](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/violette-claude-chabrol-image.jpg)
Violette
Isabelle Huppert
1977 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![3 Women Shelley Duvall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3-women-robert-altman-image.jpg)
3 Women
Shelley Duvall
1977 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![J.A. Martin photographe Monique Mercure](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/j.a.-martin-photographe-jean-beaudin-image.jpg)
J.A. Martin photographe
Monique Mercure
1976 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![A löcsei fehér asszony Mari Töröcsik](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
A löcsei fehér asszony
Mari Töröcsik
1976 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Inheritance Dominique Sanda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-inheritance-mauro-bolognini-image.jpg)
The Inheritance
Dominique Sanda
1975 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Lenny Valerie Perrine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lenny-bob-fosse-image.jpg)
Lenny
Valerie Perrine
1974 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Les violons du bal Marie-José Nat](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/les-violons-du-bal-michel-drach-image.jpg)
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](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-effect-of-gamma-rays-on-man-in-the-moon-marigolds-paul-newman-image.jpg)
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Joanne Woodward
1972 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Images Susannah York](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/images-robert-altman-image.jpg)
Images
Susannah York
1971 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Panic in Needle Park Kitty Winn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-panic-in-needle-park-jerry-schatzberg-image.jpg)
The Panic in Needle Park
Kitty Winn
1970 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Metello Ottavia Piccolo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Metello
Ottavia Piccolo
1969 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Isadora Vanessa Redgrave](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/isadora-karel-reisz-image.jpg)
Isadora
Vanessa Redgrave
1967 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Elvira Madigan Pia Degermark](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/elvira-madigan-bo-widerberg-image.jpg)
Elvira Madigan
Pia Degermark
1966 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Morgan! Vanessa Redgrave](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/morgan-karel-reisz-image.jpg)
Morgan!
Vanessa Redgrave
1965 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Collector Samantha Eggar](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-collector-william-wyler-image.jpg)
The Collector
Samantha Eggar
1964 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![One Potato, Two Potato Barbara Barrie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-potato-two-potato-larry-peerce-image.jpg)
One Potato, Two Potato
Barbara Barrie
1964 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Pumpkin Eater Anne Bancroft](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-pumpkin-eater-jack-clayton-image.jpg)
The Pumpkin Eater
Anne Bancroft
1963 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Conjugal Bed Marina Vlady](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-conjugal-bed-marco-ferreri-image.jpg)
The Conjugal Bed
Marina Vlady
1962 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![A Taste of Honey Rita Tushingham](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-taste-of-honey-tony-richardson-image.jpg)
A Taste of Honey
Rita Tushingham
1962 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Long Day's Journey Into Night Katharine Hepburn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/long-days-journey-into-night-sidney-lumet-image.jpg)
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Katharine Hepburn
1961 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Two Women Sophia Loren](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/two-women-vittorio-de-sica-image.jpg)
Two Women
Sophia Loren
1960 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Never on Sunday Melina Mercouri](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/never-on-sunday-jules-dassin-image.jpg)
Never on Sunday
Melina Mercouri
1960 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Seven Days... Seven Nights Jeanne Moreau](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/seven-days...-seven-nights-peter-brook-image.jpg)
Seven Days… Seven Nights
Jeanne Moreau
1959 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Room at the Top Simone Signoret](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/room-at-the-top-jack-clayton-image.jpg)
Room at the Top
Simone Signoret
1958 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Brink of Life Bibi Andersson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brink-of-life-ingmar-bergman-image.jpg)
Brink of Life
Bibi Andersson
1957 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Nights of Cabiria Giulietta Masina](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/nights-of-cabiria-federico-fellini-image.jpg)
Nights of Cabiria
Giulietta Masina
1956 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![I'll Cry Tomorrow Susan Hayward](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ill-cry-tomorrow-daniel-mann-image.jpg)
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
Susan Hayward
1955 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Bolshaya semya Elena Dobronravova](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bolshaya-semya-iosif-kheifits-image.jpg)
Bolshaya semya
Elena Dobronravova
1952 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Detective Story Lee Grant](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/detective-story-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Detective Story
Lee Grant
1951 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![All About Eve Bette Davis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-about-eve-joseph-l.-mankiewicz-image.jpg)
All About Eve
Bette Davis
1949 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![The Walls of Malapaga Isa Miranda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-walls-of-malapaga-rene-clement-image.jpg)
The Walls of Malapaga
Isa Miranda
1946 Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress
![Pastoral Symphony Michèle Morgan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pastoral-symphony-jean-delannoy-image.jpg)