Awards
| Year | Actress | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Elsa Martinelli | Donatella |
| 1957 | Yvonne Mitchell | Woman in a Dressing Gown |
| 1958 | Anna Magnani | Wild Is the Wind |
| 1959 | Shirley MacLaine | Ask Any Girl |
| 1960 | Juliette Mayniel | Kirmes |
| 1961 | Anna Karina | Une femme est une femme |
| 1962 | Rita Gam Viveca Lindfors |
No Exit |
| 1963 | Bibi Andersson | Älskarinnan |
| 1964 | Sachiko Hidari | Nippon Konchuki and Kanojo to kare |
| 1965 | Madhur Jaffrey | Shakespeare Wallah |
| 1966 | Lola Albright | Lord Love a Duck |
| 1967 | Edith Evans | The Whisperers |
| 1968 | Stéphane Audran | Les Biches |
| 1971 | Simone Signoret | Le Chat |
| Shirley MacLaine | Desperate Characters | |
| 1972 | Elizabeth Taylor | Hammersmith Is Out |
| 1975 | Kinuyo Tanaka | Sandakan hachibanshokan, bohkyo |
| 1976 | Jadwiga Barańska | Noce i dnie |
| 1977 | Lily Tomlin | The Late Show |
| 1978 | Gena Rowlands | Opening Night |
| 1979 | Hanna Schygulla | Die Ehe der Maria Braun |
| 1980 | Renate Krößner | Solo Sunny |
| 1981 | Barbara Grabowska | Gorączka |
| 1982 | Katrin Saß | Bürgschaft für ein Jahr |
| 1983 | Yevgeniya Glushenko | Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu |
| 1984 | Inna Churikova | Voenno-polevoy roman |
| 1985 | Jo Kennedy | Wrong World |
| 1986 | Charlotte Valandrey | Rouge Baiser |
| Marcélia Cartaxo | Hour of the Star | |
| 1987 | Ana Beatriz Nogueira | Vera |
| 1988 | Holly Hunter | Broadcast News |
| 1989 | Isabelle Adjani | Camille Claudel |
| 1991 | Victoria Abril | Amantes |
| 1992 | Maggie Cheung | Ruan Ling Yu |
| 1993 | Michelle Pfeiffer | Love Field |
| 1994 | Crissy Rock | Ladybird, Ladybird |
| 1995 | Josephine Siao | Nu ren si shi |
| 1996 | Anouk Grinberg | Mon homme |
| 1997 | Juliette Binoche | The English Patient |
| 1998 | Fernanda Montenegro | Central do Brasil |
| 1999 | Juliane Köhler Maria Schrader |
Aimée & Jaguar |
| 2000 | Bibiana Beglau Nadja Uhl |
Die Stille nach dem Schuß |
| 2001 | Kerry Fox | Intimacy |
| 2002 | Halle Berry | Monster's Ball |
| 2003 | / Nicole Kidman Julianne Moore Meryl Streep |
The Hours |
| 2004 | Charlize Theron | Monster |
| Catalina Sandino Moreno | Maria Full of Grace | |
| 2005 | Julia Jentsch | Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage |
| 2006 | Sandra Hüller | Requiem |
| 2007 | Nina Hoss | Yella |
| 2008 | Sally Hawkins | Happy-Go-Lucky |
| 2009 | Birgit Minichmayr | Alle Anderen |
| 2010 | Shinobu Terajima | Caterpillar |
| 2011 | Sareh Bayat Sarina Farhadi Leila Hatami Kimia Hosseini |
A Separation |
| 2012 | Rachel Mwanza | War Witch |
| 2013 | Paulina García | Gloria |
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