Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
The Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance (Silberner Bär/Beste Schauspielerische Leistung in einer Hauptrolle) is an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival for an outstanding performance in a leading role and chosen by the jury from the films in main competition at the festival.
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• Name — Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance • Subheader — Silberner Bär/Bester Schauspielerische Leistung in einer Hauptrolle • Awarded For — Best Leading Performance • Presenter — Berlin International Film Festival • Country — Germany • Year — 2021 • Holder — Sandra Hüller Rose (2026) • Website — https: www.berlinale.de
History
History
At the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival, the Festival organization announced it would retire the Best Actor and Best Actress categories, adopting gender neutral categories alongside a Best Supporting Performance category. The move was met with controversy, but intensified the gender neutral categories debate in other awards shows and festivals. Maren Eggert was the first recipient of this award for her role as Alma in I'm Your Man (2021). Sandra Hüller is the most recent winner of this award for her performance in Rose (2026). In 2023, Sofía Otero became the prize's youngest winner for, at nine years old.
Winners
Winners
• Illustration — Sofía Otero won for 20,000 Species of Bees (2023). • Illustration — Sebastian Stan won for A Different Man (2024). • Illustration — Rose Byrne won for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025).
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2020s
• Year — Actor — Role — English Title — Original Title — Ref. Reference • 2021 — Maren — Alma — Ich bin dein Mensch • 2022 — Meltem — Rabiye — Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush • 2023 — Sofía — Lucía — 20.000 especies de abejas • 2024 — Sebastian — Edward • 2025 — Rose Byrne — Linda • 2026 — Sandra Hüller — Rose — Rose
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- 1.Berlinale. Berlinale 2021: Performance Awards Gender-Neutral.
- 2.Berlin Film Festival awards gender-neutral acting prize to Maren Eggert. www.bbc.com. 2021-03-05.
- 3.Berlinale. Awards & Juries 2021.
- 4.Berlinale. Awards & Juries 2022.
- 5.Berlinale. Awards & Juries 2023.
- 6.Berlinale. The Prizes of the International Jury.
- 7.Berlinale. The Prizes of the International Jury.
- 8.Lodge, Guy. Berlin Film Festival: İlker Çatak's 'Yellow Letters' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film (Full List of Winners). Variety. 21 February 2026.
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