Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress

• Year — Actress — Film • 1965 — Waheeda Rehman — The Guide — India • 1967 — Barbara Ludwizanka — Sublokator — Poland • 1969 — Gila Almagor — Matzor — Israel • 1970 — Pallavi Mehta — Kanku — India • 1971 — Simone Signoret — Le Chat — France • 1979 — Julie Vincent — A Scream from Silence — Canada • Vera Pap — Angi Vera — Hungary • 1980 — Marie Tifo — Les Bons débarras — Canada • 1984 — Louise Marleau — A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) — Canada • 1985 — Norma Aleandro — The Official Story — Argentina • 1986 — Anna Lindén — Love Me! — Sweden • 1988 — Natalya Negoda — Little Vera — USSR • 1989 — Imogen Stubbs — The Rainbow • 1990 — Lena Stolze — The Nasty Girl — Germany • 1992 — Maggie Cheung — Center Stage — British Hong Kong • 1993 — Siqin Gaowa — Woman Sesame Oil Maker — China • 1994 — Crissy Rock — Ladybird, Ladybird • 1995 — Anna Bonaiuto — Nasty Love — Italy • 1996 — Shabana Azmi — Fire — IndiaCanada • 1997 — Pernilla August — Private Confessions — Sweden • 1998 — Alessandra Martines — Hasards ou coïncidences — FranceCanada • 1999 — Hilary Swank — Boys Don't Cry • 2000 — Hannelore Elsner — Die Unberührbare — Germany • 2001 — Nicole Garcia, Sandrine Kiberlain — Betty Fisher et autres histoires — France • 2003 — Ludivine Sagnier — Little Lili — France • 2005 — Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl — Summer in Berlin — Germany • 2006 — Viktoriya Isakova, Darya Moroz, Anna Ukolova — The Spot — Russia • 2007 — Yu Nan — Tuya's Marriage — China • 2008 — Preity Zinta — Heaven on Earth — IndiaCanada • 2009 — Giovanna Mezzogiorno — Vincere — Italy • 2010 — Liana Liberato — Trust • 2011 — Olivia Colman — Tyrannosaur • 2012 — Ulla Skoog — The Last Sentence — Sweden • 2013 — Nadeshda Brennicke — Banklady — Germany • 2014 — Geraldine Chaplin — Sand Dollars — Dominican Republic • 2015 — Lizzie Brocheré — Full Contact — France • 2016 — Rebecca Hall — Christine • 2017 — Jowita Budnik Eliane Umuhire — Birds Are Singing in Kigali — Poland • 2018 — Zhao Tao — Ash Is Purest White — China • 2019 — Debbie Honeywood — Sorry We Missed You • 2021 — Michelle Fairley — Nobody Has to Know • 2025 — Eszter Tompa — Kontinental '25 — Romania