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President of India Pratibha Patil presenting the Best Actress award to Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja at the National Film Awards in 2011

This list of film awards for lead actress is an index to articles that describe awards given to the leading actresses in films, typically called the "Best Actress" award. The list is organized by region and country of the venue or sponsor of the award, but some awards are not limited to films or actresses from that country.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Africa

Country Award Venue / sponsor Notes
Nigeria Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Africa Film Academy

Americas

Country Award Venue / sponsor Notes
Canada Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
Canada Prix Iris for Best Actress Québec Cinéma
Canada Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Toronto Film Critics Association
Canada Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Canada Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Ibero-America Platino Award for Best Actress Platino Awards
Mexico Ariel Award for Best Actress Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas
United States Academy Award for Best Actress Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
United States BET Award for best Actor & Actress of the year BET African Americans
United States Black Reel Award for Best Actress Black Reel Awards African Americans
United States Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress Black Reel Awards African Americans
United States Bollywood Movie Award – Best Actress Bollywood Movie Awards
United States Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Boston Society of Film Critics
United States Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association
United States Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Critics' Choice Movie Awards
United States Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie Critics' Choice Movie Awards
United States Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress Critics' Choice Movie Awards
United States Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
United States Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Horror
United States Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Hollywood Foreign Press Association
United States Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Hollywood Foreign Press Association
United States Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress Golden Raspberry Awards
United States Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress Gotham Awards Independent film
United States Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Houston Film Critics Society
United States Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead Independent Spirit Awards
United States Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Los Angeles Film Critics Association
United States National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Board of Review
United States National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics
United States New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle
United States Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Online Film Critics Society
United States San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress San Diego Film Critics Society
United States San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
United States Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture International Press Academy
United States Saturn Award for Best Actress Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
United States Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild
United States Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress Chicago International Film Festival
United States St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress St. Louis Film Critics Association
United States Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress Tribeca Film Festival
United States Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
United States Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film Young Artist Award
United States NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Awards African-American

Asia

Country Award Venue / sponsor Notes
China Golden Goblet Award for Best Actress Shanghai International Film Festival
China Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress Golden Rooster Awards
China Huabiao Award for Outstanding Actress Huabiao Awards
China Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress China Film Association
China Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actress Shanghai Film Critics Awards
Hong Kong Asian Film Award for Best Actress Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hong Kong Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Hong Kong Film Award
India Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actress Award Bengal Film Journalists' Association
India Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil Cinema Express Awards Tamil
India Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada Filmfare
India Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam Filmfare
India Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil Filmfare
India Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Filmfare Telugu
India Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Hindi Filmfare Hindi
India IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) International Film Festival of India
India IIFA Award for Best Actress International Indian Film Academy Hindi
India IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Actress – Telugu International Indian Film Academy Telugu
India ITFA Best Actress Award International Tamil Film Awards
India Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Kerala State Film Awards Malayalam
India Nandi Award for Best Actress Nandi Awards Telugu
India National Film Award for Best Actress National Film Awards
India Santosham Best Actress Award Santosham Film Awards Telugu
India Screen Award for Best Actress (Critics) Screen Awards / StarPlus Hindi
India Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice) Screen Awards / StarPlus Hindi
India Screen Award for Best Actress Screen Awards / StarPlus Hindi
India SIIMA Award for Best Actress SIIMA Telugu
India Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Tamil
India Vijay Award for Best Actress Vijay Awards Tamil
India Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female Zee Entertainment Enterprises Hindi
Indonesia Citra Award for Best Leading Actress Indonesian Film Festival
Japan Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress Blue Ribbon Awards
Japan Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Japan Academy Film Prize
Japan Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress Mainichi Film Awards
Japan Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actress Nikkan Sports Film Award
Japan Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Actress Tokyo Sports Film Award
Macau Golden Lotus Award for Best Actress Macau International Movie Festival
Philippines Box Office Entertainment Award for Box Office Queen Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Philippines Box Office Entertainment Award for Phenomenal Box Office Star Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Philippines Gawad Urian for Best Actress Filipino Film Critics
Philippines Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Actress Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
Philippines Star Award for Movie Actress of the Year PMPC Star Awards for Movies
South Korea Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actress (Film) Baeksang Arts Awards
Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
Vietnam Best Actress Award (Vietnam Film Festival) Vietnam Film Festival

Europe

Country Award Venue / sponsor Notes
Europe European Film Award for Best Actress European Film Awards
Belgium Magritte Award for Best Actress Académie André Delvaux
Croatia Golden Arena for Best Actress Pula Film Festival
Denmark Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Danish Film Academy
France Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress Cannes Film Festival
France César Award for Best Actress Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
France Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actress French Press Association
France Lumières Award for Best Actress Académie des Lumières
Germany Bavarian Film Awards (Best Acting) State of Bavaria
Germany Silver Bear for Best Actress Berlin International Film Festival
Iceland Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress Edda Awards
Italy Annecy Film Festival Award for Best Actress Annecy Italian Film Festival
Italy David di Donatello for Best Actress Accademia del Cinema Italiano
Italy David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Accademia del Cinema Italiano
Italy Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani Film critics award
Netherlands Golden Calf for Best Actress Netherlands Film Festival
Poland Polish Academy Award for Best Actress Polish Film Awards
Russia Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actress National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Spain Goya Award for Best Actress Goya Awards
Sri Lanka Sarasaviya Best Actress Award Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
Sweden Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Swedish Film Institute
United Kingdom BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role British Academy of Film and Television Arts
United Kingdom BIFA for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film British Independent Film Awards
United Kingdom Empire Award for Best Actress Empire (film magazine)
United Kingdom Empire Award for Best British Actress Empire (film magazine)
United Kingdom London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year London Film Critics' Circle
United Kingdom London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year London Film Critics' Circle

Oceania

Country Award Venue / sponsor Notes
Australia AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
Australia AACTA International Award for Best Actress Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Film made outside Australia. From 2011
Australia Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts From 2005-2010

See also

References

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