# Golden Arena for Best Actress

The following is a list of winners of the Golden Arena for Best Actress at the Pula Film Festival.

## List of winners
### Yugoslav Film Awards (1955–90)

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 1955 | Tamara Marković | The Girl and the Oak | Djevojka i hrast |
| 1956 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1957 | Ljubinka Bobić | Priests Ćira and Spira | Pop Ćira i pop Spira |
| 1958 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1959 | Olga Spiridonović | Miss Stone | Mis Ston |
| 1960 | Dušica Žegarac | The Ninth Circle | Deveti krug |
| 1961 | Duša Počkaj | Dancing in the Rain | Ples v dežju |
| 1962 | Milena Dravić | | Prekobrojna |
| 1963 | Majda Potokar | Wild Growth | Samorastniki |
| 1964 | Olivera Marković | | Službeni položaj |
| 1965 | Majda Potokar (2) | | Lažnivka |
| 1966 | Mira Stupica | | Roj |
| 1967 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1968 | Mia Oremović | I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers | Imam dvije mame i dva tate |
| 1969 | Radmila Andrić | | Moja strana svijeta |
| 1970 | Milena Dravić (2) | The Cyclists | Biciklisti |
| 1971 | Dušica Žegarac (2) | | Opklada |
| 1972 | Božidarka Frajt | | Živa istina |
| 1973 | Ružica Sokić | | Žuta |
| 1974 | Majda Grbac | | Let mrtve ptice |
| 1975 | Jagoda Kaloper | The House | Kuća |
| 1976 | Milena Zupančič | Idealist | Idealist |
| 1977 | Milena Zupančič (2) | The Widowhood of Karolina Zasler | Vdovstvo Karoline Žašler |
| 1978 | Svetlana Bojković | The Dog Who Loved Trains | Pas koji je voleo vozove |
| 1979 | Gorica Popović | National Class Category Up to 785 ccm | Nacionalna klasa do 785 cm$^3$ |
| 1980 | Mirjana Karanović | Petria's Wreath | Petrijin vijenac |
| 1981 | Mira Banjac | | Široko je lišće |
| 1982 | Jelisaveta Sablić | The Marathon Family | Maratonci trče počasni krug |
| 1983 | Ljiljana Međeši | Body Scent | Zadah tela |
| 1984 | Sonja Savić | Sugar Water | Šećerna vodica |
| 1985 | Mirjana Karanović (2) | When Father Was Away on Business | Otac na službenom putu |
| 1986 | Mira Furlan | The Beauty of Sin | Lepota poroka |
| 1987 | Anica Dobra | Reflections | Već viđeno |
| 1988 | Neda Arnerić | Aloa: Festivity of the Whores | Haloa - praznik kurvi |
| 1989 | Snežana Bogdanović | Kuduz | Kuduz |
| 1990 | Mirjana Joković | | Granica |

### Croatian Film Awards (1990–present)

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 1991 | Festival cancelled. | Festival cancelled. | Festival cancelled. |
| 1992 | Mirta Zečević | Luka | Luka |
| 1993 | Alma Prica | Countess Dora | Kontesa Dora |
| 1994 | National competition program cancelled. | National competition program cancelled. | National competition program cancelled. |
| 1995 | Katarina Bistrović-Darvaš | Washed Out | Isprani |
| 1996 | Nataša Dorčić | Prepoznavanje | Prepoznavanje |
| 1997 | Ena Begović | Treća žena | Treća žena |
| 1998 | Sandra Lončarić | Delusion | Zavaravanje |
| 1999 | Lucija Šerbedžija | Madonna | Bogorodica |
| 2000 | Dora Polić | Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside | Blagajnica hoće ići na more |
| 2001 | Lucija Šerbedžija (2) | Slow Surrender | Polagana predaja |
| 2002 | Leona Paraminski | Winter in Rio | Prezimiti u Riu |
| 2003 | Alma Prica (2) | Witnesses | Svjedoci |
| 2004 | Darija Lorenci | Sorry for Kung Fu | Oprosti za kung fu |
| 2005 | Anja Šovagović-Despot | What Iva Recorded | Što je Iva snimila 21. listopada 2003. |
| 2006 | Zrinka Cvitešić | What Is a Man Without a Moustache? | Što je muškarac bez brkova |
| 2007 | Nataša Dorčić (2) | I Have to Sleep, My Angel | Moram spavat', anđele |
| 2008 | Jadranka Đokić | Behind the Glass | Iza stakla |
| 2009 | Dijana Vidušin | Love Life of a Gentle Coward | Ljubavni život domobrana |
| 2010 | Marija Škaričić | Mother of Asphalt | Majka asfalta |
| 2011 | Mirela Brekalo | Kotlovina | Kotlovina |
| 2012 | Ana Karić | Night Boats | Noćni brodovi |
| 2013 | Nada Đurevska | A Stranger | Obrana i zaštita |
| 2014 | Areta Ćurković | Happy Endings | Happy Endings |
| 2015 | Tihana Lazović | The High Sun | Zvizdan |
| 2016 | Ksenija Marinković | On the Other Side | S one strane |
| 2017 | Mia Petričević | Quit Staring at My Plate | Ne gledaj mi u pijat |
| 2018 | Doris Šarić-Kukuljica | Lada Kamenski | Lada Kamenski |
| 2019 | Hristina Popović | The Last Serb in Croatia | Posljednji Srbin u Hrvatskoj |
| 2020 | Daria Lorenci Flatz (2) | Matriarch | Mater |
| 2021 | Vanja Ćirić | A Blue Flower | Plavi cvijet |
| 2022 | Lana Barić | The Head of a Big Fish | Glava velike ribe |
| 2023 | Tihana Lazović (2) | Only When I Laugh | Samo kad se smijem |
| 2024 | Lana Barić | This Is Not A Love Song | Šlager |

## Footnotes

    A. ^ Although the festival was opened on 26 July 1991 and a press screening of Zrinko Ogresta's film Fragments: Chronicle of a Vanishing was held, the festival board presided by Antun Vrdoljak decided to cancel the festival in protest against the violence of the Ten-Day War which was going on in Slovenia and the initial stages of the Croatian War of Independence. Nine films were supposed to be screened in the competition program.
    B. ^ : The awards ceremony was cancelled in 1994 as only one Croatian feature film was made in the preceding 12 months (The Price of Life directed by Bogdan Žižić). The festival was held in spite of this, but the usual national competition program was replaced with a retrospective of animated films produced by the Zagreb School of Animated Film and a selection of documentaries, while the main program featured premieres of six American wide release movies.

## Multiple winners

The following actresses have received multiple awards. The list is sorted by the number of total awards. Years in bold indicate wins in Yugoslav competition (1955–1990).