Goya Award for Best Actress
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.
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
Winners and nominees
1980s
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 (1st) | Amparo Rivelles | Hay que deshacer la casa | |
| Victoria Abril | Time of Silence | Tiempo de silencio | |
| Ángela Molina (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Half of Heaven | La mitad del cielo | |
| 1987 (2nd) | Verónica Forqué | The Happy Life | La vida alegre |
| Victoria Abril | El Lute: Run for Your Life | El lute: camina o revienta | |
| Irene Gutiérrez Caba | The House of Bernarda Alba | La casa de Bernada Alba | |
| 1988 (3rd) | Carmen Maura (European Film Award for Best Actress) | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios |
| Victoria Abril | Bâton Rouge | ||
| Ana Belén | Miss Caribe | ||
| María Fernanda d'Ocón | Caminos de tiza | ||
| Ángela Molina | Lights and Shadows | Luces y sombras | |
| 1989 (4th) | Rafaela Aparicio | The Sea and the Weather | El mar y el tiempo |
| Victoria Abril | If They Tell You I Fell | Si te dicen que caí | |
| Ana Belén | The Flight of the Dove | El vuelo de la paloma | |
| Verónica Forqué | Going South Shopping | Bajarse al moro | |
| Ángela Molina | The Things of Love | Las cosas del querer | |
1990s
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (5th) | Carmen Maura (European Film Award for Best Actress) | ¡Ay, Carmela! | |
| Victoria Abril | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | ¡Átame! | |
| Charo López | Lo más natural | ||
| 1991 (6th) | Silvia Munt | Butterfly Wings | Alas de mariposa |
| Victoria Abril (Silver Bear for Best Actress) | Lovers | Amantes | |
| Maribel Verdú | Lovers | Amantes | |
| 1992 (7th) | Ariadna Gil | The Age of Beauty | Belle époque |
| Penélope Cruz | Jamón, jamón | ||
| Assumpta Serna | The Fencing Master | El maestro de esgrima | |
| 1993 (8th) | Verónica Forqué | Kika | |
| Carmen Maura | Shadows in a Conflict | Sombras en una batalla | |
| Emma Suárez | The Red Squirrel | La ardilla roja | |
| 1994 (9th) | Cristina Marcos | All Men Are the Same | Todos los hombres sois iguales |
| Ana Belén | Turkish Passion | La pasión turca | |
| Ruth Gabriel | Running Out of Time | Días contados | |
| 1995 (10th) | Victoria Abril (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto |
| Ariadna Gil | Antárdida | ||
| Marisa Paredes | The Flower of My Secret | La flor de mi secreto | |
| 1996 (11th) | Emma Suárez | The Dog in the Manger | El perro del hortelano |
| Ana Torrent | Thesis | Tesis | |
| Concha Velasco | Beyond the Garden | Más allá del jardín | |
| 1997 (12th) | Cecilia Roth (Silver Condor for Best Actress) | Martín (Hache) | |
| Maribel Verdú | The Lucky Star | La buena estrella | |
| Julia Gutiérrez | The Colour of the Clouds | El color de las nubes | |
| 1998 (13th) | Penélope Cruz (Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress) | The Girl of Your Dreams | La niña de tus ojos |
| Cayetana Guillén | The Grandfather | El abuelo | |
| Najwa Nimri | Lovers of the Arctic Circle | Los amantes del círculo polar | |
| Leonor Watling | A Time for Defiance | La hora de los valientes | |
| 1999 (14th) | Cecilia Roth (European Film Award for Best Actress) | All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre |
| Ariadna Gil | Black Tears | Lágrimas negras | |
| Carmen Maura | Lisbon | Lisboa | |
| Mercedes Sampietro | By My Side Again | Cuando vuelvas a mi lado | |
2000s
2010s
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (25th) | Nora Navas (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Black Bread | Pa negre |
| Elena Anaya | Room in Rome | Room in Rome | |
| Emma Suárez (Seminci Award for Best Actress) | The Mosquito Net | La mosquitera | |
| Belén Rueda | Julia's Eyes | Los ojos de Julia | |
| 2011 (26th) | Elena Anaya (nominated for the Saturn Award for best supporting actress) | The Skin I Live In | La piel que habito |
| Verónica Echegui | Kathmandu Lullaby | Katmandú. Un espejo en el cielo | |
| Salma Hayek | As Luck Would Have It | La chispa de la vida | |
| Inma Cuesta | The Sleeping Voice | La voz dormida | |
| 2012 (27th) | Maribel Verdú | Blancanieves | |
| Penélope Cruz | Twice Born | Venuto al mondo | |
| Aida Folch | The Artist and the Model | El artista y la modelo | |
| Naomi Watts (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress) (nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama) | The Impossible | Lo imposible | |
| 2013 (28th) | Marian Álvarez (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) (Mar del Plata Film Festival Award for best actress) | Wounded | La herida |
| Inma Cuesta | Three Many Weddings | Tres bodas de más | |
| Aura Garrido | Stockholm | ||
| Nora Navas | Tots Volem el Millor Per a Ella | ||
| 2014 (29th) | Bárbara Lennie | Magical Girl | |
| María León | Marsella | ||
| Macarena Gómez | Shrew's Nest | Musarañas | |
| Elena Anaya | Todos Están Muertos | ||
Trivia
Actress with more than 1 Award in the category
- 3 wins: Carmen Maura , 5 nominations
- 2 wins: Maribel Verdú , 7 nominations
- 2 wins: Penelope Cruz , 6 nominations
- 2 wins: Verónica Forqué , 3 nominations
- 2 wins: Cecilia Roth , 2 nominations
- 2 wins: Lola Dueñas , 2 nominations
Actress with more than 1 Nomination in the category
- 8 nominations: Victoria Abril
- 7 nominations: Maribel Verdú
- 6 nominations: Penelope Cruz
- 5 nominations: Carmen Maura
- 5 nominations: Ariadna Gil
- 4 nominations: Emma Suárez
- 4 nominations: Ana Belén
- 4 nominations: Adriana Ozores
- 3 nominations: Verónica Forqué
- 3 nominations: Ángela Molina
- 3 nominations: Elena Anaya
- 2 nominations: Lola Dueñas
- 2 nominations: Cecilia Roth
- 2 nominations: Mercedes Sampietro
- 2 nominations: Leonor Watling
- 2 nominations: Belén Rueda
- 2 nominations: Verónica Echegui
- 2 nominations: Nora Navas
- 2 nominations: Inma Cuesta
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