# Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. In 2000 and 2001 the award was only given to Canadian actresses, the last few years every actress in a Canadian production can win the award.

## Winners
### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
| 2000 | Marie-Josée Croze | Maelström | Bibiane Champagne |
| 2000 | Liane Balaban | New Waterford Girl | Moonie Pottie |
| 2000 | Nancy Sivak | Protection and No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed | Jane/Claire |
| 2001 | Frida Betrani | Last Wedding | Zipporah |
| 2001 | Katharine Isabelle | Ginger Snaps and Turning Paige | Ginger Fitzgerald / Paige Fleming |
| 2001 | Mia Kirshner | Century Hotel | Dominique |
| 2002 | Sonja Bennett | Punch | Ariel |
| 2002 | Jane McGregor | Flower & Garnet | Flower |
| 2002 | Lisa Ray | Bollywood/Hollywood | Sunita Singh |
| 2003 | Sarah Polley | My Life Without Me | Ann |
| 2003 | Marie-Josée Croze | The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) | Nathalie |
| 2003 | Nadia Litz | Love That Boy | Phoebe |
| 2004 | Joely Collins | The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess | Gillian Guess |
| 2004 | Liane Balaban | Seven Times Lucky | Fiona |
| 2004 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Childstar | Suzanne Burnbaum |
| 2005 | Lisa Ray | Water | Kalyani |
| 2005 | Arsinée Khanjian | Sabah | Sabah |
| 2005 | Lauren Lee Smith | Lie with Me | Leila |
| 2006 | Carrie-Anne Moss | Fido | Helen Robinson |
| 2006 | Julie Christie | Away from Her | Fiona |
| 2006 | Tracy Wright | Monkey Warfare | Linda |
| 2007 | Elliot Page | The Tracey Fragments | Tracey Berkowitz |
| 2007 | Ellen Burstyn | The Stone Angel | Hagar Shipley |
| 2007 | Naomi Watts | Eastern Promises | Anna Ivanovna Khitrova |
| 2008 | Marianne Fortier | Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) | Élise Gauvin |
| 2008 | Julianne Moore | Blindness | The Doctor's Wife |
| 2008 | Preity Zinta | Heaven on Earth | Chand |
| 2009 | Emily Blunt | The Young Victoria | Queen Victoria |
| 2009 | Anne Dorval | I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) | Chantale Lemming |
| 2009 | Nisreen Faour | Amreeka | Muna Farah |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
| 2010 | Lubna Azabal | Incendies | Nawal Marwan |
| 2010 | Molly Parker | Trigger | Kat |
| 2010 | Tracy Wright | Trigger | Vic |
| 2011 | Michelle Williams | Take This Waltz | Margot |
| 2011 | Keira Knightley | A Dangerous Method | Sabina Spielrein |
| 2011 | Vanessa Paradis | Café de Flore | Jacqueline |
| 2011 | Ingrid Veninger | I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person | Ruby |
| 2011 | Rachel Weisz | The Whistleblower | Kathryn Bolkovac |
| 2012 | Rachel Mwanza | War Witch (Rebelle) | Komona |
| 2012 | Suzanne Clément | Laurence Anyways | Frédérique "Fred" Bellair |
| 2012 | Stéphanie Lapointe | Liverpool | Émilie |
| 2013 | Sophie Desmarais | Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course) | Sarah |
| 2013 | Michelle Giroux | Blood Pressure | Nicole Trestman |
| 2013 | Tatiana Maslany | Picture Day | Claire |
| 2014 | Julianne Côté | You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) | Nicole |
| 2014 | Anne Dorval | Mommy | Diane Després |
| 2014 | Dagny Backer Johnsen | Violent | Dagny |
| 2015 | Brie Larson | Room | Joy Newsome |
| 2015 | Marie Brassard | The Heart of Madame Sabali (Le Coeur de Madame Sabali) | Jeannette |
| 2015 | Julia Sarah Stone | Wet Bum | Sam |
| 2016 | Bhreagh MacNeil | Werewolf | Vanessa |
| 2016 | Deragh Campbell | Never Eat Alone | Audrey Benac |
| 2016 | Tatiana Maslany | The Other Half | Emily |
| 2017 | Shirley Henderson | Never Steady, Never Still | Judy |
| 2017 | Deragh Campbell | Fail to Appear | Isolde |
| 2017 | Rose-Marie Perreault | Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages) | Mag |
| 2018 | Arlen Aguayo-Stewart | Roads in February (Les routes en février) | Sara |
| 2018 | Troian Bellisario | Clara | Clara |
| 2018 | Jennifer Hardy CK | Spice It Up | Rene |
| 2018 | Michaela Kurimsky | Firecrackers | Lou |
| 2019 | Deragh Campbell | Anne at 13,000 Ft. | Anne |
| 2019 | Violet Nelson | The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open | Rosie |
| 2019 | Kacey Rohl | White Lie | Katie Arneson |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
| 2020 | Madeleine Sims-Fewer | Violation | Miriam |
| 2020 | Carrie Coon | The Nest | Alison O'Hara |
| 2020 | Andrea Riseborough | Possessor | Tasya Vos |
| 2021 | Alison Pill | All My Puny Sorrows | Yoli Von Riessen |
| 2021 | Piercey Dalton | Be Still | Hannah Maynard |
| 2021 | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers | Night Raiders | Niska |
| 2022 | Choi Seung-yoon | Riceboy Sleeps | So-Young |
| 2022 | Grace Glowicki | Until Branches Bend | Robin |
| 2022 | Hayley Law | Door Mouse | Mouse |
| 2023 | Sara Montpetit | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) | Sasha |
| 2023 | Rachel Sennott | I Used to Be Funny | Sam |
| 2023 | Amanda Seyfried | Seven Veils | Jeanine |
| 2024 | Maisy Stella | My Old Ass | Elliott LaBrant |
| 2024 | Deragh Campbell | Matt and Mara | Mara |
| 2024 | Amy Forsyth | Inedia | Cora |
| 2024 | Keira Jang | Can I Get a Witness? | Kiah |