The European Film Award for Best Actress is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film industry. The awards are presented by the European Film Academy (EFA) and was first presented in 1988.
Winners and nominees
2000s
| Year |
Winner and nominees |
English title |
Original title |
2000
(13th) |  Björk[C] | Dancer in the Dark |
 Bibiana Beglau[B] | The Legend of Rita | Die Stille nach dem Schuß |
 Lena Endre | Faithless | Trolösa |
 Sylvie Testud | The Captive | La captive |
 Julie Walters | Billy Elliot |
2001
(14th) | Isabelle Huppert[C] | The Piano Teacher | La pianiste |
| Ariane Ascaride | The Town Is Quiet | La ville est tranquille |
 Laura Morante | The Son's Room | La stanza del figlio |
| Charlotte Rampling | Under the Sand | Sous le sable |
| Stefania Sandrelli | The Last Kiss | L'ultimo bacio |
| Audrey Tautou | Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain |
2002
(15th) | Cast of 8 Women
Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert,
Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant,
Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux,
Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard | 8 Women | 8 femmes |
 Oksana Akinshina | Lilja 4-Ever |
| Emmanuelle Devos | Read My Lips | Sur mes lèvres |
| Martina Gedeck | Mostly Martha | Bella Martha |
| Laura Morante | A Journey Called Love | Un viaggio chiamato amore |
| Samantha Morton | Morvern Callar |
 Kati Outinen | The Man Without a Past | Mies vailla menneisyyttä |
2003
(16th) | Charlotte Rampling | Swimming Pool |
 Diana Dumbrava | Maria |
| Helen Mirren | Calendar Girls |
| Anne Reid | The Mother |
| Katja Riemann | Rosenstrasse |
| Katrin Sass | Good Bye, Lenin! |
2004
(17th) | Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake |
| Sarah Adler | Our Music | Notre musique |
| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | 5x2 |
 Penélope Cruz | Don't Move | Non ti muovere |
| Sibel Kekilli | Head-On | Gegen die Wand |
 Asi Levi | Stones | Avanim |
2005
(18th) | Julia Jentsch[B] | Sophie Scholl - The Final Days | Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage |
| Juliette Binoche | Caché |
| Sandra Ceccarelli | The Life I Want | La vita che vorrei |
 Connie Nielsen | Brothers | Brødre |
| Natalie Press | My Summer of Love |
| Audrey Tautou | A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles |
2006
(19th) | Penélope Cruz[C] | Volver |
| Nathalie Baye | The Young Lieutenant | Le petit lieutenant |
| Martina Gedeck | The Lives Of Others | Das Leben der Anderen |
| Sandra Hüller[B] | Requiem |
 Mirjana Karanović | Esma's Secret: Grbavica | Grbavica |
 Sarah Polley | The Secret Life of Words |
2007
(20th) | Helen Mirren[V] | The Queen |
| Marion Cotillard | La Vie en Rose | La môme |
| Marianne Faithfull | Irina Palm |
 Carice van Houten | Black Book | Zwartboek |
| Anamaria Marinca | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile |
| Kseniya Rappoport | The Unknown Woman | La sconosciuta |
2008
(21st) | Kristin Scott Thomas | I've Loved You So Long | Il y a longtemps que je t'aime |
| Hiam Abbass | Lemon Tree | Etz Limon |
 Arta Dobroshi | Lorna's Silence | Le silence de Lorna |
| Sally Hawkins[B] | Happy-Go-Lucky |
| Belén Rueda | The Orphanage | El orfanato |
| Ursula Werner | Cloud Nine | Wolke Neun |
2009
(22nd) | Kate Winslet | The Reader |
| Penélope Cruz | Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg[C] | Antichrist |
| Katie Jarvis | Fish Tank |
.svg.png) Yolande Moreau | Séraphine |
| Noomi Rapace | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Män som hatar kvinnor |
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| Main movie awards | |
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| Performance awards | |
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| Audience awards | |
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| Special awards | |
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| Defunct awards | |
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| Planned awards |
- Best Special and Visual Effects
- Best Sound Editing
- Best Sound Mixing
- Best Choreography
- Best Action Film
- Best Thriller
- Best Original Song
- Best Short Form Music Video
- Best Long Form Music Video
- Best Fictional Short Drama
- Best Short Animation
- Best Documentary Short Film
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Original Screenplay
- Innovation Award for Best Experimental Film
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Winners
and nominees
by nationality |
- Czechoslovak
- East German
- Soviet
- Yugoslav
- West German
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