Best Actress — Every Winner and Nominee
Every film recognised in the Cannes Best Actress category in CineRoll's records: 64 films across 56 years, 64 of them winners.
The most recent winner is All of a Sudden (2026); the earliest on record is The Conjugal Bed (1963).
The last three winners were All of a Sudden (2026), The Little Sister (2025) and Emilia Pérez (2024).
The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.
Last updated
2026
Winner
2025
Winner
2024
Emilia Pérez(2024)Winner
2023
About Dry Grasses(2023)Winner
2022
Holy Spider(2022)Winner
2021
Winner
2019
Little Joe(2019)Winner
2018
Ayka(2018)Winner
2016
Ma' Rosa(2016)Winner
2015
2014
Maps to the Stars(2014)Winner
2012
Beyond the Hills(2012)Winner
2011
Melancholia(2011)Winner
2010
Certified Copy(2010)Winner
2009
Antichrist(2009)Winner
2008
Linha de Passe(2008)Winner
2007
Secret Sunshine(2007)Winner
2006
Volver(2006)Winner
2005
Free Zone(2005)Winner
2004
Clean(2004)Winner
2003
The Barbarian Invasions(2003)Winner
2002
The Man Without a Past(2002)Winner
2001
The Piano Teacher(2001)Winner
2000
Dancer in the Dark(2000)Winner
1999
1998
The Dreamlife of Angels(1998)Winner
1997
Nil by Mouth(1997)Winner
1996
Secrets & Lies(1996)Winner
1995
Winner
1994
Queen Margot(1994)Winner
1993
The Piano(1993)Winner
1992
The Best Intentions(1992)Winner
1990
Interrogation(1989)Winner
1989
Winner
1988
A World Apart(1988)Winner
1987
Shy People(1987)Winner
1986
Love Me Forever or Never(1986)Winner
Rosa Luxemburg(1986)Winner
1985
Mask(1985)Winner
The Official Story(1985)Winner
1984
Cal(1984)Winner
1982
Another Way(1982)Winner
1981
Possession(1981)Winner
Quartet(1981)Winner
1980
Winner
1979
Norma Rae(1979)Winner
1978
An Unmarried Woman(1978)Winner
Violette Nozière(1978)Winner
1977
3 Women(1977)Winner
J.A. Martin Photographer(1977)Winner
1976
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The Inheritance(1976)Winner
1975
Lenny(1974)Winner
1974
Violins at the Ball(1974)Winner
1972
Images(1972)Winner
1971
The Panic in Needle Park(1971)Winner
1970
Metello(1970)Winner
1969
Isadora(1968)Winner
1966
Morgan!(1966)Winner
1965
The Collector(1965)Winner
1964
The Pumpkin Eater(1964)Winner
1963
The Conjugal Bed(1963)Winner