# Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress

The Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress is given at the Golden Horse Film Awards.

## Superlatives

| Superlative | Actress | Actress |
| Oldest winner | Chen Shu-fang | 81 years old (2020) |
| Youngest winner | Audrey Lin | 12 years old (2023) |
| Oldest Nominee | Chen Shu-fang | 81 years old (2020) |
| Youngest Nominee | Audrey Lin | 12 years old (2023) |
The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:
| Wins | Actress |
| 4 | Maggie Cheung |
| 3 | Sylvia Chang |
| 2 | Gua Ah-leh |
| 2 | Loretta Yang |
| 2 | Hsu Feng |
| 2 | Lisa Lu |
| 2 | Li Li-hua |
| 2 | Josephine Siao |
| 2 | Joan Chen |
The following individuals received four or more Best Actress nominations:
| Nominations | Actress |
| 11 | Sylvia Chang |
| 7 | Shu Qi |
| 5 | Maggie Cheung |
| 4 | Anita Mui |
| 4 | Zhou Xun |
| 4 | Gwei Lun-mei |
| 4 | Chen Shiang-chyi |
| 4 | Sandra Ng |

## Winners and nominees
### 1960s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
| 1962 (1st) | You Min | Sun, Moon and Star | 星星月亮太陽 | Zhu Lan |
| 1963 (2nd) | Betty Loh Ti | The Love Eterne | 梁山伯與祝英台 | Zhu Ying-tai |
| 1965 (3rd) | Li Li-Hua | Between Tears and Smiles | 故都春夢 | Shen Feng-hsien / Ho Li-xia |
| 1966 (4th) | Gua Ah-leh | The Rain of Sorrow | 煙雨濛濛 | Lu Yi-ping |
| 1967 (5th) | Chiang Ching | Many Enchanting Nights | 幾度夕陽紅 | Lee Meng-ju |
| 1968 (6th) | Ivy Ling Po | Too Late for Love | 烽火萬里情 | Su-fen |
| 1969 (7th) | Li Li-Hua | Storm over the Yangtze River | 揚子江風雲 | Cho Chien-Chen |

### 1970s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
| 1970 (8th) | Gua Ah-leh | Home, Sweet Home | 家在台北 | Feng Shu-heng |
| 1971 (9th) | Lisa Lu | The Arch | 董夫人 | Madame Tung |
| 1972 (10th) | Judy Ongg | True and False Daughter | 真假千金 | |
| 1973 (11th) | Shangguan Ling-feng | Back Alley Princess | 馬路小英雄 | Zai La-jiao |
| 1975 (12th) | Lisa Lu | The Empress Dowager | 傾國傾城 | Empress Dowager Cixi |
| 1976 (13th) | Hsu Feng | Assassin | 刺客 | |
| 1977 (14th) | Chelsia Chan | Chelsia My Love | 秋霞 | Chelsia |
| 1978 (15th) |
| 1978 (15th) | Tien Niu | Didi's Diary | 蒂蒂日記 | Lin Didi |
| 1978 (15th) | Joan Lin | He Never Gives Up | 汪洋中的一條船 | Wu Ji-chuan |
| 1978 (15th) | Zhen Zhen | The Glory of the Sunset | 煙水寒 | |
| 1979 (16th) |
| 1979 (16th) | Joan Lin | The Story of a Small Town | 小城故事 | Ah-Xiu |
| 1979 (16th) | Sibelle Hu | Your Smiling Face | 歡顏 | |
| 1979 (16th) | Hsu Feng | Legend of the Mountain | 山中傳奇 | Melody |

### 1980s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
| 1980 (17th) |
| 1980 (17th) | Hsu Feng | The Pioneers | 源 | |
| 1980 (17th) | Brigitte Lin | Magnificent 72 | 碧血黃花 | |
| 1980 (17th) | Sylvia Chang | White Jasmine | 茉莉花 | |
| 1981 (18th) |
| 1981 (18th) | Sylvia Chang | My Grandfather | 我的爺爺 | Hsu Yi-jen |
| 1981 (18th) | Sibelle Hu | The Coldest Winter in Peking | 皇天后土 | |
| 1981 (18th) | Ying Tsai-ling | The Unsinkable Miss Calabash | 小葫蘆 | |
| 1982 (19th) |
| 1982 (19th) | Wang Ping | Tiger Killer | 武松 | Pan Jinlian |
| 1982 (19th) | Brigitte Lin | Hero vs Hero | 慧眼識英雄 | Shen Liangbai |
| 1982 (19th) | Tien Niu | Girls' School | 女子學校 | |
| 1983 (20th) |
| 1983 (20th) | Lu Hsiao-fen | A Flower in the Raining Night | 看海的日子 | Bai-mei |
| 1983 (20th) | Chang Chuen-fang | Growing Up | 小畢的故事 | Lin Hsiu-Ying |
| 1983 (20th) | Cherie Chung | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 男與女 | Man Si Sun |
| 1984 (21st) |
| 1984 (21st) | Loretta Yang | Teenage Fugitive | 小逃犯 | The mother |
| 1984 (21st) | Chang Chuen-Fang | Old Mao's Second Spring | 老莫的第二個春天 | Yumei |
| 1984 (21st) | Yao Wei | The Last Night of Madam Chin | 金大班的最後一夜 | Chin Ta Pan |
| 1985 (22nd) |
| 1985 (22nd) | Loretta Yang | Kuei-Mei, a Woman | 我這樣過了一生 | Kuei-Mei |
| 1985 (22nd) | Chang Ying-chen | Run Away | 策馬入林 | |
| 1985 (22nd) | Cora Miao | Women | 女人心 | Po-yee |
| 1986 (23rd) |
| 1986 (23rd) | Sylvia Chang | Passion | 最愛 | Wendy Pai |
| 1986 (23rd) | Loretta Yang | This Love of Mine | 我的愛 | Wei-liang |
| 1986 (23rd) | Cora Miao | Terrorizers | 恐怖分子 | Zhou Yufen |
| 1987 (24th) |
| 1987 (24th) | Anita Mui | Rouge | 胭脂扣 | Fleur |
| 1987 (24th) | Cherie Chung | An Autumn's Tale | 秋天的童話 | Jennifer Lee |
| 1987 (24th) | Hsiao Hung-Mei | Edelweiss | 白色酢漿草 | Lin Chiu-yun |
| 1988 (25th) |
| 1988 (25th) | Carol Cheng | Moon, Star and Sun | 月亮星星太陽 | Porsche |
| 1988 (25th) | Chiang Hsia | People Between Two China | 海峽兩岸 | Shu-yin |
| 1988 (25th) | Cora Miao | Love in a Fallen City | 傾城之戀 | Bai Liu-Su |
| 1989 (26th) |
| 1989 (26th) | Maggie Cheung | Full Moon in New York | 三個女人的故事 | Lee Fung-Jiau |
| 1989 (26th) | Sylvia Chang | Full Moon in New York | 三個女人的故事 | Wang Hsiung-Ping |
| 1989 (26th) | Cherie Chung | Wild Search | 伴我闖天涯 | Cher |

### 1990s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
| 1990 (27th) |
| 1990 (27th) | Brigitte Lin | Red Dust | 紅塵滾滾 | Shen Shao-Hua |
| 1990 (27th) | Cecilia Yip | This Thing Called Love | 婚姻勿語 | Yee |
| 1990 (27th) | Carol Cheng | Her Fatal Ways | 表姐，妳好嘢！ | Cheng Shih-nan |
| 1991 (28th) |
| 1991 (28th) | Maggie Cheung | Center Stage | 阮玲玉 | Ruan Lingyu |
| 1991 (28th) | Anita Mui | Au Revoir, Mon Amour | 何日君再來 | Mui Yee |
| 1991 (28th) | Lisa Yang | A Brighter Summer Day | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | Ming |
| 1991 (28th) | Carina Lau | Days of Being Wild | 阿飛正傳 | Leung Fung-ying |
| 1992 (29th) |
| 1992 (29th) | Lindzay Chan | To Liv(e) | 浮世戀曲 | Rubie |
| 1992 (29th) | Yang Kuei-mei | Hill of No Return | 無言的山丘 | A-jou |
| 1992 (29th) | Wang Yu-wen | Rebels of the Neon God | 青少年哪吒 | Ah Kuei |
| 1992 (29th) | Maggie Cheung | New Dragon Gate Inn | 新龍門客棧 | Jade |
| 1993 (30th) |
| 1993 (30th) | Carrie Ng | Remains of a Woman | 赤祼的誘惑 | Judy Yu |
| 1993 (30th) | Lu Hsiao-fen | 18 | 十八 | Ah-chiao |
| 1993 (30th) | Anita Yuen | C'est la vie, mon chéri | 新不了情 | Min |
| 1993 (30th) | Veronica Yip | A Touch of Class | 天台的月光 | Yip Hiu-Tung |
| 1994 (31st) |
| 1994 (31st) | Joan Chen | Red Rose White Rose | 紅玫瑰，白玫瑰 | Wang Jiao-Rui |
| 1994 (31st) | Ni Shu-Chun | A Confucian Confusion | 獨立時代 | Molly |
| 1994 (31st) | Veronica Yip | Red Rose White Rose | 紅玫瑰，白玫瑰 | Meng Yen Li |
| 1994 (31st) | Faye Wong | Chungking Express | 重慶森林 | Faye |
| 1995 (32nd) |
| 1995 (32nd) | Josephine Siao | Summer Snow | 女人四十 | May Sun |
| 1995 (32nd) | Gua Ah-leh | Maiden Rosé | 一罈女兒紅 | Zhou Hua-Diao |
| 1995 (32nd) | Rene Liu | Siao Yu | 少女小漁 | Lin Siao-Yu |
| 1995 (32nd) | Annie Yi | Good Men, Good Women | 好男好女 | Liang Ching / Chiang Bi-Yu |
| 1996 (33rd) |
| 1996 (33rd) | Josephine Siao | Hu-Du-Men | 虎度門 | Lang Kim-Sum |
| 1996 (33rd) | Tao Shu | Red Persimmon | 紅柿子 | Grandma |
| 1996 (33rd) | Ning Jing | In the Heat of the Sun | 陽光燦爛的日子 | Milan |
| 1996 (33rd) | Sandra Ng | 4 Faces of Eve | 四面夏娃 | Gam Mo / Chan Giu / Miu Si / Mei Mei |
| 1997 (34th) |
| 1997 (34th) | Maggie Cheung | Comrades: Almost a Love Story | 甜蜜蜜 | Qiao Li |
| 1997 (34th) | Shu Qi | Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke | 飛一般的愛情小說 | Sandy Lee |
| 1997 (34th) | Karen Mok | The God of Cookery | 食神 | Turkey |
| 1997 (34th) | Annie Yi | Wolves Cry Under the Moon | 國道封閉 | Jade |
| 1998 (35th) |
| 1998 (35th) | Li Xiaolu | Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl | 天浴 | Xiu Xiu |
| 1998 (35th) | Rene Liu | The Personals | 徵婚啟事 | Du Jia-zhen |
| 1998 (35th) | Yang Kuei-mei | The Hole | 洞 | The woman downstairs |
| 1998 (35th) | Sandra Ng | Portland Street Blues | 古惑仔情義篇之洪興十三妹 | Tsui Siu Siu |
| 1999 (36th) |
| 1999 (36th) | Loletta Lee | Ordinary Heroes | 千言萬語 | Sow |
| 1999 (36th) | Gigi Leung | Tempting Heart | 心動 | Sheo-rou |
| 1999 (36th) | Athena Chu | The Boss Up There | 生命楂fit人 | Fong Hei-tung |
| 1999 (36th) | Lee Kang-i | Darkness and Light | 黑暗之光 | Kang-i |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title | Role(s) |
| 2000 (37th) |
| 2000 (37th) | Maggie Cheung | In the Mood for Love | 花樣年華 | Su Li-zhen |
| 2000 (37th) | Zhang Ziyi | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 臥虎藏龍 | Jen Yu |
| 2000 (37th) | Michelle Yeoh | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 臥虎藏龍 | Yu Shu-Lien |
| 2000 (37th) | Sammi Cheng | Needing You... | 孤男寡女 | Kinki Kwok |
| 2001 (38th) |
| 2001 (38th) | Qin Hailu | Durian Durian | 榴槤飄飄 | Qin Yan |
| 2001 (38th) | Anita Mui | Midnight Fly | 慌心假期 | Michelle |
| 2001 (38th) | Sylvia Chang | Forever and Ever | 地久天長 | Lee huey-jen |
| 2001 (38th) | Shu Qi | Millennium Mambo | 千禧曼波 | Vicky |
| 2002 (39th) |
| 2002 (39th) | Lee Sin-je | The Eye | 見鬼 | Wong Kar Mun |
| 2002 (39th) | Sammi Cheng | My Left Eye Sees Ghosts | 我左眼見到鬼 | May Ho |
| 2002 (39th) | Zhou Xun | Hollywood Hong Kong | 香港有個荷里活 | Hung Hung / Tong Tong |
| 2002 (39th) | Anita Mui | July Rhapsody | 男人四十 | Chan Man-Ching |
| 2003 (40th) |
| 2003 (40th) | Sandra Ng | Golden Chicken | 金雞 | Kam |
| 2003 (40th) | Ariel Lin | Love Me, If You Can | 飛躍情海 | Lin Xiao-ying |
| 2003 (40th) | Lu Yi-ching | The Missing | 不見 | Grandma |
| 2003 (40th) | Chen Shiang-chyi | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | 不散 | The ticket woman |
| 2004 (41st) |
| 2004 (41st) | Yang Kuei-mei | The Moon Also Rises | 月光下，我記得 | Pao-chai |
| 2004 (41st) | Sylvia Chang | Rice Rhapsody | 海南雞飯 | Jen |
| 2004 (41st) | Zhang Ziyi | 2046 | 2046 | Bai Ling |
| 2004 (41st) | Wang Chuan | Autumn of Blue | 秋天的藍調 | Ghio Shing-Jhih |
| 2005 (42nd) |
| 2005 (42nd) | Shu Qi | Three Times | 最好的時光 | May / Courtesan / Jing |
| 2005 (42nd) | Michelle Krusiec | Saving Face | 面子 | Wilhelmina Pang |
| 2005 (42nd) | Miriam Yeung | Drink-Drank-Drunk | 千杯不醉 | Siu Min |
| 2005 (42nd) | Chen Shiang-chyi | The Wayward Cloud | 天邊一朵雲 | Shiang-chyi |
| 2006 (43rd) |
| 2006 (43rd) | Zhou Xun | Perhaps Love | 如果·愛 | Sun Na |
| 2006 (43rd) | Siqin Gaowa | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | 姨媽的後現代生活 | Ye Rutang |
| 2006 (43rd) | Lee Sin-je | Re-cycle | 鬼域 | Tsui Ting-yin |
| 2006 (43rd) | Carina Lau | Curiosity Kills the Cat | 好奇害死貓 | Rose Feng |
| 2007 (44th) |
| 2007 (44th) | Joan Chen | The Home Song Stories | 意 | Rose |
| 2007 (44th) | Li Bingbing | The Knot | 雲水謠 | Wang Jindi |
| 2007 (44th) | Tang Wei | Lust, Caution | 色，戒 | Wong Chia-chi |
| 2007 (44th) | Rene Liu | Kidnap | 綁架 | Ho Yuan-chun |
| 2008 (45th) |
| 2008 (45th) | Prudence Liew | True Women for Sale | 我不賣身．我賣子宮 | Lai Chung-chung |
| 2008 (45th) | Monica Mok | Ocean Flame | 一半海水，一半火燄 | Li Chuan |
| 2008 (45th) | Karena Lam | Claustrophobia | 親密 | Pearl |
| 2008 (45th) | Sandrine Pinna | Miao Miao | 渺渺 | Chen Ai-yuan |
| 2009 (46th) |
| 2009 (46th) | Li Bingbing | The Message | 風聲 | Li Ningyu |
| 2009 (46th) | Zhou Xun | The Message | 風聲 | Gu Xiaomeng |
| 2009 (46th) | Yuan Quan | Like A Dream | 如夢 | Ai-lin / Yi-yi |
| 2009 (46th) | Sandrine Pinna | Yang Yang | 陽陽 | Zhang Xin Yang |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title |
| 2010 (47th) | Lü Liping | City Monkey | 玩酷青春 |
| 2010 (47th) | Tang Wei | Crossing Hennessy | 月滿軒尼詩 |
| 2010 (47th) | Xu Fan | Aftershock | 唐山大地震 |
| 2010 (47th) | Sylvia Chang | Buddha Mountain | 觀音山 |
| 2011 (48th) | Deanie Ip | A Simple Life | 桃姐 |
| 2011 (48th) | Michelle Chen | You Are the Apple of My Eye | 那些年，我們一起追的女孩 |
| 2011 (48th) | Shu Qi | A Beautiful Life | 不再讓你孤單 |
| 2011 (48th) | Qin Hailu | The Piano in a Factory | 鋼的琴 |
| 2012 (49th) | Gwei Lun-mei | Girlfriend, Boyfriend | 女朋友。男朋友 |
| 2012 (49th) | Bai Baihe | Love Is Not Blind | 失戀33天 |
| 2012 (49th) | Hao Lei | Mystery | 浮城謎事 |
| 2012 (49th) | Sandrine Pinna | Touch of the Light | 逆光飛翔 |
| 2012 (49th) | Denise Ho | Life Without Principle | 奪命金 |
| 2013 (50th) | Zhang Ziyi | The Grandmaster | 一代宗師 |
| 2013 (50th) | Cherry Ngan | The Way We Dance | 狂舞派 |
| 2013 (50th) | Gwei Lun-mei | Christmas Rose | 聖誕玫瑰 |
| 2013 (50th) | Shu Qi | Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons | 西遊·降魔篇 |
| 2013 (50th) | Sammi Cheng | Blind Detective | 盲探 |
| 2014 (51st) | Chen Shiang-chyi | Exit | 迴光奏鳴曲 |
| 2014 (51st) | Gwei Lun-mei | Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 |
| 2014 (51st) | Gong Li | Coming Home | 歸來 |
| 2014 (51st) | Tang Wei | The Golden Era | 黃金時代 |
| 2014 (51st) | Zhao Wei | Dearest | 親愛的 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Karena Lam | Zinnia Flower | 百日告別 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Sylvia Chang | Office | 華麗上班族 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Vivian Sung | Our Times | 我的少女時代 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Shu Qi | The Assassin | 刺客聶隱娘 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Zhao Tao | Mountains May Depart | 山河故人 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Zhou Dongyu | Soul Mate | 七月與安生 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Ma Sichun | Soul Mate | 七月與安生 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Hsu Wei-ning | The Tag-Along | 紅衣小女孩 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Fan Bingbing | I Am Not Madame Bovary | 我不是潘金蓮 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Wu Ke-xi | The Road to Mandalay | 再見瓦城 |
| 2017 (54th) |
| 2017 (54th) | Kara Hui | The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | 血觀音 |
| 2017 (54th) | Shu Qi | The Village of No Return | 健忘村 |
| 2017 (54th) | Sylvia Chang | Love Education | 相愛相親 |
| 2017 (54th) | Vicky Chen | Angels Wear White | 嘉年華 |
| 2017 (54th) | Ivy Yin | The Island of River Flow | 川流之島 |
| 2018 (55th) |
| 2018 (55th) | Hsieh Ying-hsuan | Dear Ex | 誰先愛上他的 |
| 2018 (55th) | Zhou Xun | Last Letter | 你好，之华 |
| 2018 (55th) | Sun Li | Shadow | 影 |
| 2018 (55th) | Zhao Tao | Ash Is Purest White | 江湖儿女 |
| 2018 (55th) | Chloe Maayan | Three Husbands | 三夫 |
| 2019 (56th) |
| 2019 (56th) | Yeo Yann Yann | Wet Season | 熱帶雨 |
| 2019 (56th) | Angelica Lee | The Garden of Evening Mists | 夕霧花園 |
| 2019 (56th) | Gingle Wang | Detention | 返校 |
| 2019 (56th) | Lü Hsueh-feng | The Beloved Stranger | 那個我最親愛的陌生人 |
| 2019 (56th) | Samantha Ko | A Sun | 陽光普照 |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Original title |
| 2020 (57th) | Chen Shu-fang | Little Big Women | 孤味 |
| 2020 (57th) | Gwei Lun-mei | A Leg | 腿 |
| 2020 (57th) | Bai Ling | The Abortionist | 墮胎師 |
| 2020 (57th) | Nikki Hsieh | I WeirDo | 怪胎 |
| 2020 (57th) | Patty Lee | My Missing Valentine | 消失的情人節 |
| 2021 (58th) | Alyssa Chia | The Falls | 瀑布 |
| 2021 (58th) | Gingle Wang | The Falls | 瀑布 |
| 2021 (58th) | Chen Shiang-chyi | Increasing Echo | 修行 |
| 2021 (58th) | Karena Lam | American Girl | 美國女孩 |
| 2021 (58th) | Caitlin Fang | American Girl | 美國女孩 |
| 2022 (59th) | Sylvia Chang | A Light Never Goes Out | 燈火闌珊 |
| 2022 (59th) | Cya Liu | Limbo | 智齒 |
| 2022 (59th) | Tsai Hsuan-yen | Incantation | 咒 |
| 2022 (59th) | Angela Yuen | The Narrow Road | 窄路微塵 |
| 2022 (59th) | Hong Huifang | Ajoomma | 花路阿朱妈 |
| 2023 (60th) | Audrey Lin | Trouble Girl | 小曉 |
| 2023 (60th) | Hu Ling | Carp Leaping Over Dragon's Gate | 菠蘿，鳳梨 |
| 2023 (60th) | Chung Suet Ying | The Lyricist Wannabe | 填詞撚 |
| 2023 (60th) | Monica Lu | Day Off | 本日公休 |
| 2023 (60th) | Jennifer Yu | In Broad Daylight | 白日之下 |
| 2024 (61st) | Chung Suet Ying | The Way We Talk | 看我今天怎麼說 |
| 2024 (61st) | Patra Au | All Shall Be Well | 從今以後 |
| 2024 (61st) | Kimi Hsia | Yen and Ai-Lee | 小雁與吳愛麗 |
| 2024 (61st) | Sylvia Chang | Daughter's Daughter | 女兒的女兒 |
| 2024 (61st) | Sandra Ng | Love Lies | 我談的那場戀愛 |