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Volpi Cup for Best Actress

The "Volpi Cup" for Best Actress is an award given out at the Venice Film Festival to the best actress.

A list of best actors can also be viewed at Volpi Cup for Best Actor.

List of Award Winners

  • 1932 – not awarded
  • 1934 – Katharine Hepburn for "Little Women"
  • 1935 – Paula Wessely for "Episode"
  • 1936 – Annabella for "Veille d’armes" (Sacrifice of Honor)
  • 1937 – Bette Davis for "Kid Galahad"
  • 1938 – Norma Shearer for "Marie Antoniette"
  • 1939 – not awarded
  • 1940 – not awarded
  • 1941 – Luise Ullrich for "Annelie"
  • 1942 – Kristina Söderbaum for "Die Goldene Stadt"
  • 1946 – not awarded
  • 1947 – Anna Magnani for "L’onorevole Angelina"
  • 1948 – Jean Simmons for "Hamlet"
  • 1949 – Olivia de Havilland for "The Snake Pit"
  • 1950 – Eleanor Parker for "Caged"
  • 1951 – Vivien Leigh for "A Streetcar Named Desire"
  • 1952 – not awarded
  • 1953 – Lilli Palmer for "The Four Poster"
  • 1954 – not awarded
  • 1955 – not awarded
  • 1956 – Maria Schell for "Gervaise"
  • 1957 – Dzidra Ritenberga for "Malva"
  • 1958 – Sophia Loren for "The Black Orchid"
  • 1959 – Madeleine Robinson for "A Double Tour"
  • 1960 – Shirley MacLaine for "The Apartment"
  • 1961 – Suzanne Flon for "Tu ne tueras point" (Thou Shalt Not Kill)
  • 1962 – Emanuelle Riva for "Thérèse Desqueyroux"
  • 1963 – Delphine Seyrig for "Muriel ou le temps d’un retour" (The Time of Return)
  • 1964 – Herriet Andersson for "Att älska" (To Love)
  • 1965 – Annie Girardot for "Trois chambres à Manhattan" (Three Rooms in Manhattan)
  • 1966 – Natalia Arinbasarova for "Pervyy uchitel"(The First Teacher)
  • 1967 – Shirley Knight for "Dutchman"
  • 1968 – Laura Betti for "Teorema"(Theorem)
  • 1980 – not awarded
  • 1981 – not awarded
  • 1982 – not awarded
  • 1983 – Darling Légitimus for "Rue cases nègres"(Sugar Cane Alley)
  • 1984 – Pascale Ogier for "Les nuits de la pleine lune"(Full Moon in Paris)
  • 1985 – not awarded
  • 1986 – Valeria Golino for "Storia d’amore"
  • 1987 – Kang Soo-Yeon for "Sibaji" (The Surrogate Woman)
  • 1988 –

    • Isabelle Huppert for "Une affaire de femmes"(Story of Women)
    • Shirley MacLaine for "Madame Souzatzka"
  • 1989 – Peggy Ashcroft and Geraldine James for "She’s Been Away"
  • 1990 – Gloria Münchmeyer for "La luna en el espejo"
  • 1991 – Tilda Swinton for "Edward II"
  • 1992 – Gong Li for "Qiu Ju da guan si" (Qiu Ju Goes to Court)
  • 1993 – Juliette Binoche for "Trois couleurs: Bleu"(Three Colors: Blue)
  • 1994 – Maria de Medeiros for "Três Irmãos" (Two Brothers, My Sister)
  • 1995 – Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire for "La Cérémonie" (A Judgement in Stone)
  • 1996 – Victoire Thivisol for "Ponette"
  • 1997 – Robin Tunney for "Niagara Niagara"
  • 1998 – Catherine Deneuve for "Place Vendôme"
  • 1999 – Nathalie Baye for "Une liaison pornographique"(An Affair of Love)
  • 2000 – Rose Byrne for "The Goddess Of 1967"
  • 2001 – Sandra Ceccarelli for "Luce dei miei occhi"(Light of My Eyes)
  • 2002 – Julianne Moore for "Far from Heaven"
  • 2003 – Katja Riemann for "Rosenstrasse"
  • 2004 – Imelda Staunton for "Vera Drake"
  • 2005 – Giovanna Mezzogiorno for "La bestia nel cuore"(Don’t Tell)
  • 2006 – Helen Mirren for “The Queen”
  • 2007 – Cate Blanchett for “I’m Not There”
  • 2008 – Dominique Blanc for “L’autre”
  • 2009 – Ksenia Rappoport for “La doppia ora (The double hour)”
  • 2010 – Ariane Labed for Attenberg
  • 2011 – Deannie Yip for “A Simple Life”
  • 2012 – Hadas Yaron for “Fill the Void”