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2019 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Sibel Damla Sönmez](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sibel-guillaume-giovanetti-çagla-zencirci-image.jpg)
Sibel
Damla Sönmez
2018 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Eighth Grade Elsie Fisher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/eighth-grade-bo-burnham-image.jpg)
Eighth Grade
Elsie Fisher
2017 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Sami Blood Lene Cecilia Sparrok](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sami-blood-image.jpg)
Sami Blood
Lene Cecilia Sparrok
2016 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Between Sea and Land Vicky Hernández](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/between-sea-and-land-carlos-del-castillo-image.jpg)
Between Sea and Land
Vicky Hernández
2015 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Phoenix Nina Hoss](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/phoenix-christian-petzold-image.jpg)
Phoenix
Nina Hoss
2014 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Boyhood Patricia Arquette](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/boyhood-richard-linklater-image.jpg)
Boyhood
Patricia Arquette
2013 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Decoding Annie Parker Samantha Morton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/decoding-annie-parker-steven-bernstein-image.jpg)
Decoding Annie Parker
Samantha Morton
2012 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Eden Jamie Chung](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/eden-megan-griffiths-image.jpg)
Eden
Jamie Chung
2011 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![As If I Am Not There Natasha Petrovic](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/as-if-i-am-not-there-juanita-wilson-image.jpg)
As If I Am Not There
Natasha Petrovic
2010 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Winter's Bone Jennifer Lawrence](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/winters-bone-debra-granik-image.jpg)
Winter’s Bone
Jennifer Lawrence
2008 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Jolene Jessica Chastain](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jolene-dan-ireland-image.jpg)
Jolene
Jessica Chastain
2007 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![La Vie En Rose Marion Cotillard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-vie-en-rose-olivier-dahan-image.jpg)
La Vie En Rose
Marion Cotillard
2006 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![L'iceberg Fiona Gordon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/liceberg-dominique-abel-fiona-gordon-bruno-romy-image.jpg)
L’iceberg
Fiona Gordon
2005 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Yes Joan Allen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/yes-sally-potter-image.jpg)
Yes
Joan Allen
2004 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Maria Full of Grace Catalina Sandino Moreno](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/maria-full-of-grace-joshua-marston-image.jpg)
Maria Full of Grace
Catalina Sandino Moreno
2003 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Oasis So-Ri Moon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/oasis-chang-dong-lee-image.jpg)
Oasis
So-Ri Moon
2002 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – 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
2001 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Ghost World Thora Birch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghost-world-terry-zwigoff-image.jpg)
Ghost World
Thora Birch
2000 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Venus Beauty Nathalie Baye](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/venus-beauty-tonie-marshall-image.jpg)
Venus Beauty
Nathalie Baye
1999 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![The Mao Game Piper Laurie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
The Mao Game
Piper Laurie
1998 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![The Opposite of Sex Christina Ricci](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-opposite-of-sex-don-roos-image.jpg)
The Opposite of Sex
Christina Ricci
1997 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Loved Robin Wright](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/loved-erin-dignam-image.jpg)
Loved
Robin Wright
1996 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![I Shot Andy Warhol Lili Taylor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/i-shot-andy-warhol-mary-harron-image.jpg)
I Shot Andy Warhol
Lili Taylor
1995 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![To Die For Nicole Kidman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/to-die-for-gus-van-sant-image.jpg)
To Die For
Nicole Kidman
1994 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Reflections on a Crime Mimi Rogers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reflections-on-a-crime-jon-purdy-image.jpg)
Reflections on a Crime
Mimi Rogers
1993 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Orlando Tilda Swinton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/orlando-sally-potter-image.jpg)
Orlando
Tilda Swinton
1992 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Martha et moi Marianne Sägebrecht](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/martha-et-moi-jiri-weiss-image.jpg)
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](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-search-for-signs-of-inteligent-life-in-the-universe-john-bailey-image.jpg)
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](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bye-bye-blues-anne-wheeler-image.jpg)
Bye Bye Blues
Rebecca Jenkins
1988 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress
![Shame Deborra-Lee Furness](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shame-steve-jodrell-image.jpg)