Goya Award for Best Actress

Spanish film award

Goya Award for Best Actress

The 2025 recipient: Carolina Yuste

Awarded for| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country| Spain
Presented by| Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE)
First award| 1987
Most recent winner| Carolina Yuste
Undercover (2024)

The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the 1st Goya Awards ceremony held in 1987, Amparo Rivelles was the first winner of this award for her role as Laura in We Must Undo the House. Carmen Maura has received the most awards in this category with three wins. Penélope Cruz was nominated on twelve occasions, winning two times.

As of the 2025 ceremony, Carolina Yuste is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Mónica / Arantxa in Undercover.

## Winners and nominees

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In the following table, the years are listed as per the Spanish Film Academy convention, corresponding to year the ceremony was held.

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### 1980s

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Amparo Rivelles was the first winner in this category for her performance in We Must Undo the House (1987). Verónica Forqué has won twice, The Happy Life in 1988 and Kika in 1994. Carmen Maura won the most best actress awards, three, for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1989), Ay, Carmela! (1991) and Common Wealth (2001) Victoria Abril was nominated eight times and won once for her role in Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995) Emma Suárez has won best actress twice, for The Dog in the Manger in 1997 and Julieta in 2017. Cecilia Roth has won twice, for Martín (Hache) in 1998 and All About My Mother in 2000. Year  | Actress  | Role(s)  | English title  | Original title

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1987
(1st)
[1][2][3] | Amparo Rivelles ‡ | Laura García | We Must Undo the House | Hay que deshacer la casa
Victoria Abril | Dorita  | Time of Silence | Tiempo de silencio
Ángela Molina | Rosa  | Half of Heaven | La mitad del cielo
1988
(2nd) | Verónica Forqué ‡ | Ana Chamorro | The Happy Life | La vida alegre
Victoria Abril | Consuelo "Chelo" García  | El Lute: Run for Your Life | El lute: camina o revienta
Irene Gutiérrez Caba [es] | Bernarda Alba  | The House of Bernarda Alba | La casa de Bernada Alba
1989
(3rd) | Carmen Maura ‡ | Pepa Marcos | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Victoria Abril | Ana Alonso  | Baton Rouge
Ana Belén | Alejandra Barrachina  | Miss Caribe [ca]
María Fernanda D'Ocón [es] | Sor Mercedes  | Caminos de tiza [ca]
Ángela Molina | Charo  | Lights and Shadows | Luces y sombras

### 1990s

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1990
(4th) | Rafaela Aparicio ‡ | Grandmother | The Sea and the Weather | El mar y el tiempo
Victoria Abril | Ramona / Menchu / Aurora Nin  | If They Tell You I Fell | Si te dicen que caí
Ana Belén | Paloma  | The Flight of the Dove | El vuelo de la paloma
Verónica Forqué | Chusa  | Going South Shopping | Bajarse al moro
Ángela Molina | Pepita Morán  | The Things of Love | Las cosas del querer
1991
(5th) | Carmen Maura ‡ | Carmela | Ay, Carmela! | ¡Ay, Carmela!
Victoria Abril | Marina Osorio  | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | ¡Átame!
Charo López | Clara  | The Most Natural Thing | Lo más natural
1992
(6th) | Sílvia Munt ‡ | Carmen Galán | Butterfly Wings | Alas de mariposa
Victoria Abril | Luisa  | Lovers | Amantes
Maribel Verdú | Trini
1993
(7th) | Ariadna Gil ‡ | Violeta | Belle Époque
Penélope Cruz | Silvia  | Jamón Jamón
Assumpta Serna | Adela de Otero  | The Fencing Master | El maestro de esgrima
1994
(8th) | Verónica Forqué ‡ | Kika | Kika
Carmen Maura | Ana  | Shadows in a Conflict | Sombras en una batalla
Emma Suárez | Lisa / Sofía  | The Red Squirrel | La ardilla roja
1995
(9th) | Cristina Marcos ‡ | Yoli | All Men Are the Same | Todos los hombres sois iguales
Ana Belén | Desideria Oliván  | The Turkish Passion | La pasión turca
Ruth Gabriel | Charo  | Running Out of Time | Días contados
1996
(10th) | Victoria Abril ‡ | Gloria Duque | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto
Ariadna Gil | María  | Antarctica | Antártida
Marisa Paredes | Leo Macías  | The Flower of My Secret | La flor de mi secreto
1997
(11th) | Emma Suárez ‡ | Diana | The Dog in the Manger | El perro del hortelano
Ana Torrent | Ángela Márquez  | Thesis | Tesis
Concha Velasco | Palmira Gadea  | Beyond the Garden | Más allá del jardín
1998
(12th) | Cecilia Roth ‡ | Alicia | Martín (Hache)
Maribel Verdú | Marina  | The Lucky Star | La buena estrella
Julia Gutiérrez Caba | Lola  | The Color of the Clouds | El color de las nubes
1999
(13th) | Penélope Cruz ‡ | Macarena Granada | The Girl of Your Dreams | La niña de tus ojos
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo | Lucrecia Richmond  | The Grandfather | El abuelo
Najwa Nimri | Ana  | Lovers of the Arctic Circle | Los amantes del círculo polar
Leonor Watling | Carmen López  | A Time for Defiance | La hora de los valientes

### 2000s

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Lola Dueñas won twice, for The Sea Inside (2005) and Me Too (2010) Penélope Cruz was nominated twelve times and won twice for The Girl of Your Dreams (1999) and Volver (2007) Candela Peña won for Princesas in 2006. Maribel Verdú was nominated eight times and won twice for Seven Billiard Tables in 2008 and Snow White in 2013 Year  | Actress  | Role(s)  | English title  | Original title

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2000
(14th) | Cecilia Roth ‡ | Manuela Coleman | All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre
Ariadna Gil | Isabel  | Black Tears | Lágrimas negras
Carmen Maura | Berta  | Lisbon | Lisboa
Mercedes Sampietro | Gloria  | By My Side Again | Cuando vuelvas a mi lado
2001
(15th) | Carmen Maura ‡ | Julia García | Common Wealth | La comunidad
Icíar Bollaín | Leo  | Leo
Lydia Bosch | Julia  | You're the One | Una historia de entonces
Adriana Ozores | Susana Grey  | Plenilune | Plenilunio
2002
(16th) | Pilar López de Ayala ‡ | Joanna of Castile | Mad Love | Juana la Loca
Victoria Abril | Lola Nevado  | Don't Tempt Me | Sin noticias de Dios
Nicole Kidman | Grace Stewart  | The Others | The Others
Paz Vega | Angela  | Mine Alone | Sólo mía
2003
(17th) | Mercedes Sampietro ‡ | Liliana Rovira | Common Ground | Lugares comunes
Ana Fernández | Andrea  | Story of a Kiss | Historia de un beso
Adriana Ozores | Ágata  | Nobody's Life | La vida de nadie
Leonor Watling | Elvira  | My Mother Likes Women | A mi madre le gustan las mujeres
2004
(18th) | Laia Marull ‡ | Pilar Pérez Villar | Take My Eyes | Te doy mis ojos
Ariadna Gil | Lola Cercas  | Soldiers of Salamis | Soldados de Salamina
Adriana Ozores | Amparo  | Sleeping Luck | La suerte dormida
Sarah Polley | Ann  | My Life Without Me
2005
(19th) | Lola Dueñas ‡ | Rosa | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro
Pilar Bardem | María Zambrano | Dearest Maria | María querida
Ana Belén | Hortensia Ocaña  | Things That Make Living Worthwhile | Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena
Penélope Cruz | Italia  | Don't Move | Non ti muovere
2006
(20th) | Candela Peña ‡ | Caye | Princesas
Adriana Ozores | Pilar  | Heroine | Heroína
Nathalie Poza | Ana  | Hard Times | Malas temporadas
Emma Vilarasau | Irene  | Something to Remember Me By | Para que no me olvides
2007
(21st) | Penélope Cruz ‡ | Raimunda | Volver
Silvia Abascal | Finea  | The Idiot Maiden | La dama boba
Marta Etura | Paula  | Dark Blue Almost Black | Azuloscurocasinegro
Maribel Verdú | Mercedes  | Pan's Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno
2008
(22nd) | Maribel Verdú ‡ | Ángela Montero | Seven Billiard Tables | Siete mesas de billar francés
Belén Rueda | Laura García  | The Orphanage | El orfanato
Blanca Portillo | Charo Gil  | Seven Billiard Tables | Siete mesas de billar francés
Emma Suárez | Nines  | Under the Stars | Bajo las estrellas
2009
(23rd) | Carme Elías ‡ | Gloria Usaola | Camino
Verónica Echegui | Isa  | My Prison Yard | El patio de mi cárcel
Ariadna Gil | Aurora Rodríguez  | Just Walking | Sólo quiero caminar
Maribel Verdú | Elena Vadillo  | The Blind Sunflowers | Los girasoles ciegos

### 2010s

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Nora Navas won for Black Bread in 2011. Marian Álvarez won for Wounded in 2014. Bárbara Lennie won for Magical Girl in 2015. Natalia de Molina won for Food and Shelter in 2016. Year  | Actress  | Role(s)  | English title  | Original title

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2010
(24th) | Lola Dueñas ‡ | Laura Valiente | Me Too | Yo, también
Penélope Cruz | Magdalena Rivas  | Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos
Maribel Verdú | Miranda  | Tetro
Rachel Weisz | Hypatia | Agora | Ágora
2011
(25th) | Nora Navas ‡ | Florència | Black Bread | Pa negre
Elena Anaya | Alba  | Room in Rome | Habitación en Roma
Emma Suárez | Alícia  | The Mosquito Net | La mosquitera
Belén Rueda | Julia Levin / Sara  | Julia's Eyes | Los ojos de Julia
2012
(26th) | Elena Anaya ‡ | Vera Cruz / Gal Ledgard | The Skin I Live In | La piel que habito
Verónica Echegui | Laia  | Kathmandu Lullaby | Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo
Salma Hayek | Luisa Gómez  | As Luck Would Have It | La chispa de la vida
Inma Cuesta | Hortensia Rodríguez  | The Sleeping Voice | La voz dormida
2013
(27th) | Maribel Verdú ‡ | Encarna | Blancanieves
Penélope Cruz | Gemma  | Twice Born | Venuto al mondo
Aida Folch | Mercè  | The Artist and the Model | El artista y la modelo
Naomi Watts | María Bennet | The Impossible | The Impossible
2014
(28th) | Marian Álvarez ‡ | Ana | Wounded | La herida
Inma Cuesta | Ruth Belloso  | Three Many Weddings | Tres bodas de más
Aura Garrido | Ella  | Stockholm | Stockholm
Nora Navas | Geni Moncada  | We All Want What's Best for Her | Tots volem el millor per a ella
2015
(29th) | Bárbara Lennie ‡ | Bárbara | Magical Girl
María León | Sara  | Marseille | Marsella
Macarena Gómez | Montse  | Shrew's Nest | Musarañas
Elena Anaya | Lupe  | They Are All Dead | Todos Están Muertos
2016
(30th) | Natalia de Molina ‡ | Rocío Gómez | Food and Shelter | Techo y comida
Inma Cuesta | The Bride  | The Bride | La novia
Penélope Cruz | Magda  | Ma Ma | Ma ma
Juliette Binoche | Josephine Peary | Nobody Wants the Night | Nadie quiere la noche
2017
(31st) | Emma Suárez ‡ | Julieta Arcos | Julieta
Penélope Cruz | Macarena Granada  | The Queen of Spain | La reina de España
Bárbara Lennie | María Funes  | María (and Everybody Else) | María (y los demás)
Carmen Machi | Rosa  | The Open Door | La puerta abierta
2018
(32nd)
[4] | Nathalie Poza ‡ | Carla Miralles  | Can't Say Goodbye | No sé decir adiós
Emily Mortimer | Florence Green  | The Bookshop
Penélope Cruz | Virginia Vallejo | Loving Pablo
Maribel Verdú | Carmen  | Abracadabra
2019
(33rd)
[5] | Susi Sánchez ‡ | Anabel Barnuevo | Sunday's Illness | La enfermedad del domingo
Najwa Nimri | Lila Cassen  | Quién te cantará
Penélope Cruz | Laura  | Everybody Knows | Todos lo saben
Lola Dueñas | Estrella Aranda  | Journey to a Mother's Room | Viaje al cuarto de una madre

### 2020s

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Belén Cuesta won for The Endless Trench in 2020. Patricia López Arnaiz won for Ane Is Missing in 2021 Laia Costa won for Lullaby in 2023 Malena Alterio won for Something Is About to Happen in 2024 Year  | Actress  | Role(s)  | English title  | Original title

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2020
(34th)
[6] | Belén Cuesta ‡ | Rosa Domínguez | The Endless Trench | La trinchera infinita
Penélope Cruz | Jacinta  | Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria
Greta Fernández | Sara Garrido  | A Thief's Daughter | La hija de un ladrón
Marta Nieto | Elena  | Mother | Madre
2021
(35th)
[7][8][9] | Patricia López Arnaiz ‡ | Lide Sagasti | Ane Is Missing | Ane
Amaia Aberasturi | Ana Ibarguren  | Coven | Akelarre
Kiti Mánver | Lola Cruz  | One Careful Owner | El inconveniente
Candela Peña | Rosa Román  | Rosa's Wedding | La boda de Rosa
2022
(36th)
[10] | Blanca Portillo ‡ | Maixabel Lasa | Maixabel
Emma Suárez | Berta  | Josephine | Josefina
Petra Martínez | María  | That Was Life | La vida era eso
Penélope Cruz | Janis Martínez Moreno  | Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas
2023
(37th)
[11][12] | Laia Costa ‡ | Amaia | Lullaby | Cinco lobitos
Marina Foïs | Olga Denis | The Beasts | As bestas
Anna Castillo | Julia | Wild Flowers | Girasoles silvestres
Bárbara Lennie | Alice Gould | God's Crooked Lines | Los renglones torcidos de Dios
Vicky Luengo | Elena | Cork | Suro
2024
(38th)
[13] | Malena Alterio ‡ | Lucía | Something Is About to Happen | Que nadie duerma
Patricia López Arnaiz | Ane | 20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas
María Vázquez | Ramona | Matria
Laia Costa | Nat | Un amor
Carolina Yuste | Conchita | Jokes & Cigarettes | Saben aquell
2025

(39th)

[14] | Carolina Yuste ‡ | Mónica / Arantxa | Undercover | La infiltrada
Emma Vilarasau | Montse | A House on Fire | Casa en flames
Julianne Moore | Ingrid Parker | The Room Next Door | La habitación de al lado
Tilda Swinton | Martha Hunt | The Room Next Door | La habitación de al lado
Patricia López Arnaiz | Isabel | Glimmers | Los destellos

## Multiple wins and nominations

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The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:

| Wins  | Actress

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3  | Carmen Maura
2  | Cecilia Roth
Lola Dueñas
Verónica Forqué
Emma Suárez
Maribel Verdú
Penélope Cruz

The following individuals received three or more Best Actress nominations:

| Nominations  | Actress

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12  | Penélope Cruz
8  | Victoria Abril
Maribel Verdú
6  | Emma Suárez
5  | Carmen Maura
Ariadna Gil
4  | Ana Belén
Adriana Ozores
3  | Elena Anaya
Inma Cuesta
Lola Dueñas
Verónica Forqué
Bárbara Lennie
Ángela Molina
Patricia López Arnaiz

## References

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4. ^ "Emily Mortimer, la soldado de Coixet para romper la maldición de las nominadas extranjeras". ABC (in Spanish). February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
5. ^ "Najwa Nimri: "No esperaba estar nominada a los Goya"". Europa Press. Madrid. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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* Amparo Rivelles (1986)
* Verónica Forqué (1987)
* Carmen Maura (1988)
* Rafaela Aparicio (1989)
* Carmen Maura (1990)
* Sílvia Munt (1991)
* Ariadna Gil (1992)
* Verónica Forqué (1993)
* Cristina Marcos (1994)
* Victoria Abril (1995)
* Emma Suárez (1996)
* Cecilia Roth (1997)
* Penélope Cruz (1998)
* Cecilia Roth (1999)
* Carmen Maura (2000)
* Pilar López de Ayala (2001)
* Mercedes Sampietro (2002)
* Laia Marull (2003)
* Lola Dueñas (2004)
* Candela Peña (2005)
* Penélope Cruz (2006)
* Maribel Verdú (2007)
* Carme Elías (2008)
* Lola Dueñas (2009)
* Nora Navas (2010)
* Elena Anaya (2011)
* Maribel Verdú (2012)
* Marian Álvarez (2013)
* Bárbara Lennie (2014)
* Natalia de Molina (2015)
* Emma Suárez (2016)
* Nathalie Poza (2017)
* Susi Sánchez (2018)
* Belén Cuesta (2019)
* Patricia López Arnaiz (2020)
* Blanca Portillo (2021)
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