The Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress is one of the awards presented annually by the Chicago International Film Festival to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance. The jury chooses the winner from the films competing at the festival. It was first awarded in 1965; the award for Best Actress was given under the Golden Plaque section for a few years in the 1980s, and its winners are included in this category.

List of winners

Year Actress Film
1965 Waheeda Rehman The Guide India
1967 Barbara Ludwizanka[1] Sublokator Poland
1969 Gila Almagor Matzor Israel
1970 Pallavi Mehta Kanku India
1971 Simone Signoret Le Chat France
1979[a][2] Julie Vincent A Scream from Silence Canada
Vera Pap Angi Vera Hungary
1980 Marie Tifo[3] Les Bons débarras Canada
1984 Louise Marleau[4] A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) Canada
1985 Norma Aleandro The Official Story Argentina
1986[b] Anna Lindén Love Me! Sweden
1988[c] Natalya Negoda Little Vera Soviet Union
1989[d] Imogen Stubbs The Rainbow United Kingdom
1990 Lena Stolze The Nasty Girl Germany
1992 Maggie Cheung Center Stage British Hong Kong
1993 Siqin Gaowa Woman Sesame Oil Maker China
1994 Crissy Rock Ladybird, Ladybird United Kingdom
1995 Anna Bonaiuto Nasty Love Italy
1996 Shabana Azmi Fire IndiaCanada
1997 Pernilla August Private Confessions Sweden
1998 Alessandra Martines Hasards ou coïncidences FranceCanada
1999 Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry United States
2000 Hannelore Elsner Die Unberührbare Germany
2001 Nicole Garcia,
Sandrine Kiberlain 		Betty Fisher et autres histoires France
2003 Ludivine Sagnier Little Lili France
2005 Inka Friedrich,
Nadja Uhl 		Summer in Berlin Germany
2006 Viktoriya Isakova,
Darya Moroz,
Anna Ukolova[5] 		The Spot Russia
2007 Yu Nan Tuya's Marriage China
2008 Preity Zinta Heaven on Earth IndiaCanada
2009 Giovanna Mezzogiorno Vincere Italy
2010 Liana Liberato Trust United States
2011 Olivia Colman[6] Tyrannosaur United Kingdom
2012 Ulla Skoog The Last Sentence Sweden
2013 Nadeshda Brennicke Banklady [de] Germany
2014 Geraldine Chaplin [7] Sand Dollars Dominican Republic
2015 Lizzie Brocheré[8] Full Contact France
2016 Rebecca Hall[9] Christine United Kingdom
2017 Jowita Budnik
Eliane Umuhire 		Birds Are Singing in Kigali Poland
2018 Zhao Tao Ash Is Purest White China
2019 Debbie Honeywood Sorry We Missed You United Kingdom
2021[e] Michelle Fairley Nobody Has to Know

Notes

  1. ^ Golden Plaque
  2. ^ Best Performance
  3. ^ Golden Plaque
  4. ^ Golden Plaque
  5. ^ Best Performance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chicago International Film Festival (1967)l". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Chicago Film Festival Celebrates 15th Year". American Cinematographer. No. 61. 1980. p. 177. Julie Vincent in the Canadian presentation Scream from Silence and Veronika Papp in Angi Vera tied for Best Actress. Each will receive a Golden Plaque for her performance.
  3. ^ Peacock, Bruce (28 Nov 1980). "Stage Screen". The Leader-Post. Marie Tifo was awarded a Silver Hugo as best actress at the recent Chicago Film Festival for her role in the critically-acclaimed Quebec film Les Bons Debarras
  4. ^ "Marleau takes best actress prize". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 1984.
  5. ^ "2006— 42nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  6. ^ "2011— 47th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  7. ^ "Highest Standards of Filmmaking Celebrated at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival's Awards Night". chicagofilmfestival.com. October 17, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  8. ^ Byrge, Duane (October 24, 2015). "'A Childhood' won the dramatic competition; 'Volta A Terra' prevailed in the documentary competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  9. ^ Phillips, Michael (October 22, 2016). "Rule, Romania: 'Sieranevada,' 'Graduation' win big at Chicago Film Fest". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 29, 2016.

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