# Lumière Award for Best Actress

The Lumière Award for Best Actress (French: Lumière de la meilleure actrice) is an annual award presented by the Académie des Lumières since 1996.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first with a blue background, followed by the other nominees.

### 1990s

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 1996 (1st) | Isabelle Huppert | La Cérémonie | La Cérémonie |
| 1997 (2nd) | Fanny Ardant | Ridicule | Ridicule |
| 1998 (3rd) | Miou-Miou | Dry Cleaning | Nettoyage à sec |
| 1999 (4th) | Élodie Bouchez | The Dreamlife of Angels | La Vie rêvée des anges |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 2000 (5th) | Karin Viard | Haut les cœurs! | Haut les cœurs! |
| 2001 (6th) | Isabelle Huppert | Merci pour le chocolat | Merci pour le chocolat |
| 2002 (7th) | Audrey Tautou | Amélie | Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain |
| 2003 (8th) | Isabelle Carré | Beautiful Memories | Se souvenir des belles choses |
| 2004 (9th) | Sylvie Testud | Fear and Trembling | Stupeur et tremblements |
| 2005 (10th) | Emmanuelle Devos | Kings and Queen | Rois et Reine |
| 2006 (11th) | Isabelle Huppert | Gabrielle | Gabrielle |
| 2007 (12th) | Marina Hands | Lady Chatterley | Lady Chatterley |
| 2007 (12th) | Danielle Darrieux | Nouvelle chance | Nouvelle chance |
| 2007 (12th) | Sabine Azéma | Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs |
| 2007 (12th) | Isabelle Huppert | Comedy of Power | L'Ivresse du pouvoir |
| 2007 (12th) | Marina de Van | Made in Paris | Je pense à vous |
| 2008 (13th) | Marion Cotillard | La Vie en Rose | La môme |
| 2008 (13th) | Mélanie Laurent | Room of Death | La Chambre des morts |
| 2008 (13th) | Sylvie Testud | The Vanishing Point | Ce que mes yeux ont vu |
| 2008 (13th) | Ludivine Sagnier | A Girl Cut in Two | La Fille coupée en deux |
| 2008 (13th) | Marina Foïs | Darling | Darling |
| 2009 (14th) | Yolande Moreau | Séraphine | Séraphine |
| 2009 (14th) | Catherine Frot | Mark of an Angel | L'Empreinte de l'ange |
| 2009 (14th) | Felicite Wouassi | With a Little Help from Myself | Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera |
| 2009 (14th) | Kristin Scott Thomas | I've Loved You So Long | Il y a longtemps que je t'aime |
| 2009 (14th) | Sylvie Testud | Sagan | Sagan |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 2010 (15th) | Isabelle Adjani | La Journée de la jupe | La Journée de la jupe |
| 2010 (15th) | Sandrine Kiberlain | Mademoiselle Chambon | Mademoiselle Chambon |
| 2010 (15th) | Dominique Blanc | The Other One | L'Autre |
| 2010 (15th) | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Regrets | Les Regrets |
| 2010 (15th) | Audrey Tautou | Coco Before Chanel | Coco avant Chanel |
| 2011 (16th) | Kristin Scott Thomas | Sarah's Key | Elle s'appelait Sarah |
| 2011 (16th) | Catherine Deneuve | Potiche | Potiche |
| 2011 (16th) | Juliette Binoche | Certified Copy | Copie conforme |
| 2011 (16th) | Isabelle Carré | Romantics Anonymous | Les Émotifs anonymes |
| 2011 (16th) | Ludivine Sagnier | Lily Sometimes | Pieds nus sur les limaces |
| 2012 (17th) | Bérénice Bejo | The Artist | The Artist |
| 2012 (17th) | Catherine Deneuve | Beloved | Les Bien-aimés |
| 2012 (17th) | Karin Viard | Polisse | Polisse |
| 2012 (17th) | Chiara Mastroianni | Beloved | Les Bien-aimés |
| 2012 (17th) | Marina Foïs | Polisse | Polisse |
| 2012 (17th) | Valérie Donzelli | Declaration of War | La Guerre est déclarée |
| 2012 (17th) | Clotilde Hesme | Angel & Tony | Angèle et Tony |
| 2013 (18th) | Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | Amour |
| 2013 (18th) | Catherine Frot | Haute Cuisine | Les Saveurs du palais |
| 2013 (18th) | Noémie Lvovsky | Camille Rewinds | Camille Redouble |
| 2013 (18th) | Marion Cotillard | Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os |
| 2013 (18th) | Corinne Masiero | Louise Wimmer | Louise Wimmer |
| 2014 (19th) | Léa Seydoux | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 |
| Grand Central ||
| 2014 (19th) | Catherine Deneuve | On My Way | Elle s'en va |
| 2014 (19th) | Sandrine Kiberlain | 9 Month Stretch | 9 mois ferme |
| 2014 (19th) | Emmanuelle Seigner | Venus in Fur | La Vénus à la fourrure |
| 2014 (19th) | Christa Theret | Renoir | Renoir |
| 2015 (20th) | Karin Viard | The Bélier Family | La Famille Bélier |
| Lulu femme nue ||
| 2015 (20th) | Juliette Binoche | Clouds of Sils Maria | Sils Maria |
| 2015 (20th) | Emilie Dequenne | Not My Type | Pas son genre |
| 2015 (20th) | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Three Hearts | 3 cœurs |
| Samba ||
| 2015 (20th) | Adèle Haenel | Love at First Fight | Les Combattants |
| 2015 (20th) | Adèle Haenel | In the Name of My Daughter | L'Homme qu'on aimait trop |
| 2015 (20th) | Sandrine Kiberlain | Elle l'adore | Elle l'adore |
| 2016 (21st) |
| 2016 (21st) | Catherine Frot | Marguerite | Marguerite |
| 2016 (21st) | Emmanuelle Bercot | Mon roi | Mon roi |
| 2016 (21st) | Clotilde Courau | In the Shadow of Women | L'Ombre des femmes |
| 2016 (21st) | Izïa Higelin | Summertime | La Belle Saison |
| 2016 (21st) | Isabelle Huppert | Valley of Love | Valley of Love |
| 2016 (21st) | Elsa Zylberstein | Un plus une | Un plus une |
| 2017 (22nd) |
| 2017 (22nd) | Isabelle Huppert | Elle | Elle |
| 2017 (22nd) | Judith Chemla | A Woman's Life | Une vie |
| 2017 (22nd) | Marion Cotillard | From the Land of the Moon | Mal de pierres |
| 2017 (22nd) | Virginie Efira | In Bed with Victoria | Victoria |
| 2017 (22nd) | Sidse Babett Knudsen | 150 Milligrams | La Fille de Brest |
| 2017 (22nd) | Soko | The Dancer | La Danseuse |
| 2018 (23rd) |
| 2018 (23rd) | Jeanne Balibar | Barbara | Barbara |
| 2018 (23rd) | Hiam Abbass | Insyriated | Une famille syrienne |
| 2018 (23rd) | Juliette Binoche | Let the Sunshine In | Un beau soleil intérieur |
| 2018 (23rd) | Emmanuelle Devos | Number One | Numéro une |
| 2018 (23rd) | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Promise at Dawn | La Promesse de l'aube |
| 2018 (23rd) | Karin Viard | Jalouse | Jalouse |
| 2019 (24th) |
| 2019 (24th) | Élodie Bouchez | In Safe Hands | Pupille |
| 2019 (24th) | Cécile de France | Mademoiselle de Joncquières | Mademoiselle de Joncquières |
| 2019 (24th) | Léa Drucker | Custody | Jusqu'à la garde |
| 2019 (24th) | Virginie Efira | An Impossible Love | Un amour impossible |
| 2019 (24th) | Mélanie Thierry | Memoir of War | La Douleur |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 2020 (25th) | Noémie Merlant | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu |
| 2020 (25th) | Fanny Ardant | La Belle Époque | La Belle Époque |
| 2020 (25th) | Anaïs Demoustier | Alice and the Mayor | Alice et le Maire |
| 2020 (25th) | Eva Green | Proxima | Proxima |
| 2020 (25th) | Karin Viard | Perfect Nanny | Chanson douce |
| 2021 (26th) | Martine Chevallier | Two of Us | Deux |
| 2021 (26th) | Barbara Sukowa | Two of Us | Deux |
| 2021 (26th) | Laure Calamy | My Donkey, My Lover & I | Antoinette dans les Cévennes |
| 2021 (26th) | Emmanuelle Devos | Perfumes | Les Parfums |
| 2021 (26th) | Virginie Efira | Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons |
| 2021 (26th) | Camélia Jordana | Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait |
| 2022 (27th) | Anamaria Vartolomei | Happening | L'Événement |
| 2022 (27th) | Suliane Brahim | The Swarm | La Nuée |
| 2022 (27th) | Virginie Efira | Benedetta | Benedetta |
| 2022 (27th) | Valérie Lemercier | Aline | Aline |
| 2022 (27th) | Sophie Marceau | Everything Went Fine | Tout s'est bien passé |
| 2023 (28th) | Virginie Efira | Other People's Children | Les Enfants des autres |
| 2023 (28th) | Françoise Lebrun | Vortex | Vortex |
| 2023 (28th) | Noémie Merlant | The Innocent | L'Innocent |
| 2023 (28th) | Juliette Binoche | Between Two Worlds | Ouistreham |
| 2023 (28th) | Laure Calamy | Full Time | À plein temps |
| 2024 (29th) | Sandra Hüller | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute |
| 2024 (29th) | Catherine Deneuve | Bernadette | Bernadette |
| 2024 (29th) | Léa Drucker | Last Summer | L'Été dernier |
| 2024 (29th) | Virginie Efira | All to Play For | Rien à perdre |
| 2024 (29th) | Hafsia Herzi | The Rapture | Le Ravissement |
| 2025 (30th) | Karla Sofía Gascón | Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez |
| 2025 (30th) | Hafsia Herzi | Borgo | Borgo |
| 2025 (30th) | Agnès Jaoui | This Life of Mine | Ma vie ma gueule |
| 2025 (30th) | Anamaria Vartolomei | Being Maria | Maria |
| 2025 (30th) | Hélène Vincent | When Fall Is Coming | Quand vient l'automne |

## Trivia
### Multiple awards
#### 4 awards

* Isabelle Huppert

#### 2 awards

* Élodie Bouchez
* Karin Viard

### Multiple nominees
#### 6 nominations

* Virginie Efira
* Isabelle Huppert

#### 5 nominations

* Karin Viard

#### 4 nominations

* Juliette Binoche
* Catherine Deneuve

#### 3 nominations

* Marion Cotillard
* Emmanuelle Devos
* Catherine Frot
* Sandrine Kiberlain
* Sylvie Testud

#### 2 nominations

* Fanny Ardant
* Élodie Bouchez
* Laure Calamy
* Isabelle Carré
* Léa Drucker
* Marina Foïs
* Charlotte Gainsbourg
* Hafsia Herzi
* Noémie Merlant
* Ludivine Sagnier
* Kristin Scott Thomas
* Audrey Tautou
* Anamaria Vartolomei