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The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.
Goya Award for Best Actress | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
Country | Spain |
Presented by | Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE) |
First awarded | 1987 (for performance in films released during the 1986 film season) |
Most recent winner | Malena Alterio Something Is About to Happen (2023) |
Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the 1st Goya Awards ceremony held in 1987, Amparo Rivelles was the first winner of this award for her role as Laura in We Must Undo the House. Carmen Maura has received the most awards in this category with three wins. Penélope Cruz was nominated on twelve occasions, winning two times.
As of the 2024 ceremony, Malena Alterio is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Lucía in Something Is About to Happen.
In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are always held the following year.
‡ | Indicates the winner |
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Year | Actress | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
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1986 (1st) [1][2][3] |
Amparo Rivelles ‡ | Laura García | We Must Undo the House | Hay que deshacer la casa |
Victoria Abril | Dorita | Time of Silence | Tiempo de silencio | |
Ángela Molina | Rosa | Half of Heaven | La mitad del cielo | |
1987 (2nd) |
Verónica Forqué ‡ | Ana Chamorro | The Happy Life | La vida alegre |
Victoria Abril | Consuelo "Chelo" García | El Lute: Run for Your Life | El lute: camina o revienta | |
Irene Gutiérrez Caba | Bernarda Alba | The House of Bernarda Alba | La casa de Bernada Alba | |
1988 (3rd) |
Carmen Maura ‡ | Pepa Marcos | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios |
Victoria Abril | Ana Alonso | Baton Rouge | ||
Ana Belén | Alejandra Barrachina | Miss Caribe | ||
María Fernanda D'Ocón | Sor Mercedes | Caminos de tiza | ||
Ángela Molina | Charo | Lights and Shadows | Luces y sombras | |
1989 (4th) |
Rafaela Aparicio ‡ | Grandmother | The Sea and the Weather | El mar y el tiempo |
Victoria Abril | Ramona / Menchu / Aurora Nin | If They Tell You I Fell | Si te dicen que caí | |
Ana Belén | Paloma | The Flight of the Dove | El vuelo de la paloma | |
Verónica Forqué | Chusa | Going South Shopping | Bajarse al moro | |
Ángela Molina | Pepita Morán | The Things of Love | Las cosas del querer | |
The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:
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The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:
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