The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista'') is one of the
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain.
The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...
, Spain's principal national film awards.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the
1st Goya Awards
The 1st Goya Awards were presented at the Lope de Vega Theatre (Madrid), Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid on 17 March 1987, and was presented by Fernando Rey.
''Voyage to Nowhere'' won the award for Best Film.
Winners and nominees Major award nominee ...
ceremony held in 1987,
Amparo Rivelles
María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara Medal of Merit in Labour, MML (11 February 1925 – 7 November 2013), better known as Amparo Rivelles, was a Spanish Actor, actress.
She was the daughter of actor Rafael Rivelles and actress María Ferna ...
was the first winner of this award for her role as Laura in ''
We Must Undo the House''.
Carmen Maura
María del Carmen García Maura (born 15 September 1945) is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, she has starred in films such as ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', ''¡Ay Carmela!'', '' Common Wealth'', and ...
has received the most awards in this category with three wins.
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (; ; born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Known for her roles in films of several genres, particularly those in the Spanish language, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British A ...
was nominated on eleven occasions, winning two times.
As of the
2022 ceremony,
Blanca Portillo
Blanca Portillo Martínez de Velasco (born 15 June 1963) is a Spanish actress.
Career
Portillo started as an actress in several small theater productions before graduating in drama from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático.
One of he ...
is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Maixabel Lasa in ''
Maixabel''.
Winners and nominees
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.
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:
The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:
References
External links
Official siteIMDb: Goya Awards
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Actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...
Film awards for lead actress