Silver Shell for Best Actress

Award at the San Sebastián Intl. Film Festival

The Silver Shell for Best Actress (Spanish: Concha de Plata a la mejor actriz; Basque: Aktore onenaren Zilarrezko Maskorra) was one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival to the Best Actress of a competing film.[1] The last of this award was given out in 2020, after which it was replaced with a gender-neutral Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance and Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance the following year.[2]

## Winners

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Year  | Actress  | Film Title  | Ref

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1953  | Julita Martínez | There's a Road on the Right |
1954  | Marisa de Leza | La patrulla | [3]
1956  | Luisa Della Noce | The Railroad Man | [4]
1957  | Giulietta Masina | Nights of Cabiria | [5]
1958  | Jacqueline Sassard | March's Child | [6]
1959  | Audrey Hepburn | The Nun's Story | [7]
1960  | Joanne Woodward | The Fugitive Kind | [8]
1961  | Pina Pellicer | One-Eyed Jacks | [9]
1962  | Anne Bancroft | The Miracle Worker | [10]
1963  | Lee Remick | Days of Wine and Roses | [11]
1964  | Ava Gardner | The Night of the Iguana | [12]
1965  | Lilli Palmer | Operation Crossbow | [13]
1966  | Evangelina Salazar | Arm in Arm Down the Street |
1967  | Serena Vergano | A Love Story | [14]
1968  | Monica Vitti | The Girl with the Pistol |
1969  | Stefania Sandrelli | L'amante di Gramigna |
Ludmila Tchoursina  | Zhuravusha
1970  | Stéphane Audran | Le Boucher | [15]
1971  | Graciela Borges | Crónica de una Señora | [16]
1972  | Mia Farrow | Follow Me! | [17]
1973  | Glenda Jackson | A Touch of Class | [18]
Françoise Fabian | La bonne année
1974  | Sophia Loren | The Voyage | [19]
1975  | Gena Rowlands | A Woman Under the Influence | [20]
1976  | Helen Morse | Caddie | [21]
1977  | Katherine Hunter | The Girl's War |
1978  | Carol Burnett | A Wedding | [22]
1979  | Laura Betti | Il piccolo Archimede | [23]
1985  | Mercedes Sampietro | Extramuros | [24]
1986  | Angela Molina | Half of Heaven |
1987  | Victoria Abril | El Lute (Run for Your Life) | [25]
1988  | Cipe Lincovski | The Girlfriend | [26]
Liv Ullmann
1989  | Mirjana Jokovic | Eversmile, New Jersey | [27]
1990  | Margherita Buy | The Week of the Sphinx | [28]
1991  | Deborra-Lee Furness | Waiting |
Noni Hazlehurst
Helen Jones
Fiona Press
1992  | Krystyna Janda | Zwolnieni z zycia | [29]
1993  | Niki Karimi | Sara | [30]
1994  | Ning Jing | Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker | [31]
1995  | Victoria Abril | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | [25][32]
1996  | Norma Aleandro | Autumn Sun | [16]
1997  | Julie Christie | Afterglow | [33]
1998  | Jeanne Balibar | Late August, Early September | [34]
1999  | Aitana Sánchez-Gijón | Volavérunt | [35]
2000  | Carmen Maura | La Comunidad | [36]
2001  | Pilar López de Ayala | Mad Love | [37]
2002  | Mercedes Sampietro | Common Ground | [38]
2003  | Laia Marull | Take My Eyes | [39]
2004  | Connie Nielsen | Brødre | [40]
2005  | Ana Geislerová | Something Like Happiness | [41]
2006  | Nathalie Baye | Mon fils à moi | [42]
2007  | Blanca Portillo | Seven Billiard Tables | [43]
2008  | Melissa Leo | Frozen River | [44]
Tsilla Chelton | Pandora's Box
2009  | Lola Dueñas | Me Too | [45]
2010  | Nora Navas | Black Bread | [46]
2011  | María León | The Sleeping Voice | [47]
2012  | Macarena Garcia | Blancanieves | [48]
Katie Coseni  | Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
2013  | Marian Álvarez | Wounded | [49]
2014  | Paprika Steen | Silent Heart | [50]
2015  | Yordanka Ariosa  | The King of Havana | [51]
2016  | Fan Bingbing | I Am Not Madam Bovary | [52]
2017  | Sofia Gala Castiglione | Alanis | [53]
2018  | Pia Tjelta | Blind Spot | [26]
2019  | Greta Fernández | A Thief's Daughter | [54][55]
Nina Hoss | The Audition
2020  | Ia Sukhitashvili | Beginning | [56]

## See also

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* Golden Shell for Best Film
* Silver Shell for Best Director
* Silver Shell for Best Actor
* Donostia Award
* Sebastiane Award

## References

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## External links

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* Official website
* SSIFF Award Archive
* Film Affinity

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Silver Shell for Best Actress

* Julita Martínez (1953)
* Marisa de Leza (1954)
* No Award (1955)
* Luisa Della Noce (1956)
* Giulietta Masina (1957)
* Jacqueline Sassard (1958)
* Audrey Hepburn (1959)
* Joanne Woodward (1960)
* Pina Pellicer (1961)
* Anne Bancroft (1962)
* Lee Remick (1963)
* Ava Gardner (1964)
* Lilli Palmer (1965)
* Evangelina Salazar (1966)
* Serena Vergano (1967)
* Monica Vitti (1968)
* Stefania Sandrelli / Ludmila Tchoursina (1969)
* Stéphane Audran (1970)
* Graciela Borges (1971)
* Mia Farrow (1972)
* Françoise Fabian / Glenda Jackson (1973)
* Sophia Loren (1974)
* Gena Rowlands (1975)
* Helen Morse (1976)
* Katherine Hunter (1977)
* Carol Burnett (1978)
* Laura Betti (1979)
* No Award (1980–1984)
* Mercedes Sampietro (1985)
* Ángela Molina (1986)
* Victoria Abril (1987)
* Cipe Lincovski / Liv Ullmann (1988)
* Mirjana Joković (1989)
* Margherita Buy (1990)
* Deborra-Lee Furness / Noni Hazlehurst / Helen Jones / Fiona Press (1991)
* Krystyna Janda (1992)
* Niki Karimi (1993)
* Ning Jing (1994)
* Victoria Abril (1995)
* Norma Aleandro (1996)
* Julie Christie (1997)
* Jeanne Balibar (1998)
* Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (1999)
* Carmen Maura (2000)
* Pilar López de Ayala (2001)
* Mercedes Sampietro (2002)
* Laia Marull (2003)
* Connie Nielsen (2004)
* Aňa Geislerová (2005)
* Nathalie Baye (2006)
* Blanca Portillo (2007)
* Tsilla Chelton / Melissa Leo (2008)
* Lola Dueñas (2009)
* Nora Navas (2010)
* María León (2011)
* Katie Coseni / Macarena García (2012)
* Marian Álvarez (2013)
* Paprika Steen (2014)
* Yordanka Ariosa (2015)
* Fan Bingbing (2016)
* Sofía Gala Castiglione (2017)
* PiaTjelta (2018)
* Greta Fernández / Nina Hoss (2019)
* Ia Sukhitashvili (2020)

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* Golden Shell
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* Silver Shell for Best Actor
* Silver Shell for Best Actress

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* Donostia Award

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