# Golden Lotus Award for Best Actress

Golden Lotus Award for Best Actress (simplified Chinese: 金莲花奖最佳女主角; traditional Chinese: 金蓮花獎最佳女主角) is the main category of Competition of Golden Lotus Awards, awarding to leading actress(es) who have outstanding performance in motion pictures.

## Award winners and nominees
### 2000s
#### 2009 (1st)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2009 | Amatha Bhukya | 马马泰·布基亚 | Vanaja | 《瓦纳加》 |
| 2009 | Ariel Aisin-Gioro | 爱新觉罗·启星 | Love in Macau | 《濠情岁月》 |
| 2009 | Wu Yue | 吴越 | Former Wife | 《前妻》 |
| 2009 | Jiang Yiyan | 江一燕 | Bao Gui's Secret | 《宝贵的秘密》 |

### 2010s
#### 2010 (2nd)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2010 | Renee Yuan | 苑新雨 | More Than Close | 《近在咫尺》 |
| 2010 | Huang Shengyi | 黄圣依 | A Singing Fairy | 《寻找刘三姐》 |
| 2010 | Peggy Zeng | 曾佩瑜 | Revenge of the Factory Woman | 《与爱别离》 |
| 2010 | Ju Wenpei | 居文沛 | A Tibetan Love Song | 《康定情歌》 |
| 2010 | Tarcy Su | 苏慧伦 | You and Me | 《我和你》 |

#### 2011 (3rd)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2011 | Huang Yi | 黄奕 | The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake | 《镜湖女侠秋瑾》 |
| 2011 | Sun Li | 孙俪 | The Lost Bladesman | 《关云长》 |
| 2011 | Kelly Lin | 林熙蕾 | The Devil Inside Me | 《夺命心跳》 |
| 2011 | Vivian Hsu | 徐若瑄 | Dancing Without You | 《背着你跳舞》 |
| 2011 | Chie Tanaka | 田中千绘 | All's Well, Ends Well 2011 | 《2012来了》 |

#### 2012 (4th)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2012 | Barbie Shu | 徐熙媛 | Million Dollar Crocodile | 《百万巨鳄》 |
| 2012 | Tai Lihua | 邰丽华 | My Dream | 《我的梦》 |
| 2012 | Huang Shengyi | 黄圣依 | One Night To Be Star | 《一夜成名》 |
| 2012 | Ning Jing | 宁静 | Happy Hotel | 《乐翻天》 |
| 2012 | Chrissie Chau | 周秀娜 | Cold Pupil | 《冷瞳》 |

#### 2013 (5th)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2013 | Liu Yifei | 刘亦菲 | The Assassins | 《铜雀台》 |
| 2013 | Joey Yung | 容祖儿 | Diva | 《华丽之后》 |
| 2013 | Charlene Choi | 蔡卓妍 | The Midas Touch | 《超级经理人》 |
| 2013 | Xu Fan | 徐帆 | Saving General Yang | 《忠烈杨家将》 |

#### 2014 (6th)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2014 | Charlene Choi | 蔡卓妍 | Sara | 《雏妓》 |
| 2014 | Gong Li | 巩俐 | Coming Home | 《归来》 |
| 2014 | Gao Yuanyuan | 高圆圆 | But Always | 《一生一世》 |
| 2014 | Liu Shishi | 刘诗诗 | Five Minutes to Tomorrow | 《深夜前的五分钟》 |
| 2014 | Tong Liya | 佟丽娅 | Beijing Love Story | 《北京爱情故事》 |

#### 2015 (7th)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2015 | Kara Hui | 惠英紅 | Happiness | 《幸運是我》 |
| 2015 | Ann Hsu | 許瑋甯 | Dream Flight | 《想飛》 |
| 2015 | Wang Luodan | 王珞丹 | To the Fore | 《破風》 |
| 2015 | Irene Wan | 溫碧霞 | Love in Late Autumn | 《愛在深秋》 |
| 2015 | Ariel Aisin-Gioro | 愛新覺羅·啟星 | See Your Voice | 《看見你的聲音》 |

#### 2016 (8th)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2016 | Zhou Dongyu | 周冬雨 | Never Said Goodbye | 《谎言西西里》 |
| 2016 | Angelababy | 杨颖 | Kill Time | 《谋杀似水年华》 |
| 2016 | Shu Qi | 舒淇 | My Best Friend's Wedding | 《我最好朋友的婚礼》 |
| 2016 | Tiffany Tang | 唐嫣 | A Chinese Odyssey Part Three | 《大话西游III》 |
| 2016 | Ady An | 安以轩 | Perfect Imperfection | 《我是处女座》 |
| 2016 | Wang Luodan | 王珞丹 | My War | 《我的战争》 |

#### 2017 (9th)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2017 | Zhang Ziyi | 章子怡 | The Wasted Times | 《罗曼蒂克消亡史》 |
| 2017 | Jiang Yiyan | 江一燕 | Seventy-Seven Days | 《七十七天》 |
| 2017 | Zhu Xijuan | 祝希娟 | A Loner | 《大雪冬至》 |
| 2017 | Liu Yifei | 刘亦菲 | Once Upon a Time | 《三生三世十里桃花》 |
| 2017 | Ni Ni | 倪妮 | Wu Kong | 《悟空传》 |

#### 2018 (10th)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2018 | Zhang Ziyi | 章子怡 | Forever Young | 《无问西东》 |
| 2018 | Zhou Yun | 周韵 | Hidden Man | 《邪不压正》 |
| 2018 | Ma Yili | 马伊琍 | Entering the Forbidden City | 《进京城》 |
| 2018 | Hai Qing | 海清 | Operation Red Sea | 《红海行动》 |
| 2018 | Ren Suxi | 任素汐 | A Cool Fish | 《无名之辈》 |

#### 2019 (11th)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2019 | Charlene Choi | 蔡卓妍 | The Lady Improper | 《 非分熟女》 |
| 2019 | Ada Liu | 柳岩 | My Dear Liar | 《受益人》 |
| 2019 | Ma Yili | 马伊琍 | The Road Not Taken | 《未择之路》 |
| 2019 | Jiao Junyan | 焦俊艳 | Hunt Down | 《长安道》 |
| 2019 | Ren Suxi | 任素汐 | Looking Up | 《银河补习班》 |

#### 2020 (12th)

| Year | Winner and nominees (English) | Winner and nominees (Mandarin) | English title | Original title |
| 2020 | Zhong Chuxi | 钟楚曦 | August Never Ends | 《 八月未央》 |
| 2020 | Zhao Wei | 赵薇 | Two Tigers | 《两只老虎》 |
| 2020 | Joan Chen | 陈冲 | Sheep Without a Shepherd | 《误杀》 |
| 2020 | Ma Sichun | 马思纯 | Wild Grass | 《荞麦疯长》 |
| 2020 | Sammi Cheng | 鄭秀文 | Fatal Visit | 《聖荷西謀殺案》 |