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 | |
|---|---|
 The 2024 recipient: Malena Alterio | |
| 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.
Winners and nominees
editIn 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 |
|---|
1980s
edit
_Entrega_de_la_Medalla_internacional_de_las_Artes_de_la_Comunidad_de_Madrid_a_Carmen_Maura_(33552184358)_(cropped).jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
1990s
edit2000s
edit
.jpg)
.jpg)
2010s
edit
.jpg)
.jpg)
2020s
edit
Multiple wins and nominations
edit|
The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:
|
The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:
|
References
edit- ^ Alvarado, Esther (8 November 2013). "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles a los 88 años". Radiotelevisión Española (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "La actriz Amparo Rivelles muere a los 88 años". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Emily Mortimer, la soldado de Coixet para romper la maldición de las nominadas extranjeras". ABC (in Spanish). February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ^ "Najwa Nimri: "No esperaba estar nominada a los Goya"". Europa Press. Madrid. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ Zas Marcos, Mónica. "Dolor para Amenábar y gloria para Almodóvar en unos Goya 2020 que ignoraron a su niño mimado". eldiario.es. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Nominaciones Premios Goya 2021". premiosgoya.com (in Spanish). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (18 January 2021). "Adu, Las Ninas, Akelarre Lead Spain's Goya Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott; Szalai, Georg (18 January 2021). "Netflix Drama Leads Spain's Goya Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "'El buen patrón' bate el récord histórico de los Goya con 20 nominaciones". RTVE (in Spanish). Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "Nominaciones a los Premios Goya 2023, en directo: estos son los nominados". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Hopewell, John; Sandoval, Pablo (11 February 2023). "Rodrigo Sorogoyen's 'The Beasts' Sweeps Spain's Goya Awards". Variety.
- ^ "Nominaciones Premios Goya 2024: todas las películas y actores nominados, en directo". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 30 November 2023. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023.