# Platino Award for Best Actress

The Platino Award for Best Actress (Spanish: Premio Platino a la mejor actriz/Premio Platino a la mejor interpretación femenina) is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards presented annually by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA).

## History

It was first awarded in 2014, with Chilean actress Paulina García being the first recipient of the award, for her role as Gloria Cumplido in Gloria. Until the 7th edition in 2020, female supporting performances were included in this category. In 2021, the category for Best Supporting Actress was created.
Laia Costa became the first and only actress to win this award consecutively in 2023 and 2024 for Lullaby and Un amor, respectively. Penélope Cruz and Antonia Zegers hold the record for the most nominations in this category, each with three nods. Following closely behind are Paulina García, Laura de la Uz, Natalia Oreiro, Ilse Salas, Emma Suárez, Dolores Fonzi, Carolina Yuste, and Laia Costa, each with two nominations.
Spain holds the record of most wins in the category with three of the eight winners being Spanish actresses, followed by Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, each with two wins. 2022 nominee Penélope Cruz also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Parallel Mothers.
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2014 (1st) | Paulina García | Gloria Cumplido | Gloria | Gloria |
| 2014 (1st) | Karen Martínez | Sara | The Golden Dream | La Jaula de Oro |
| 2014 (1st) | Laura de la Uz | Ana | Ana's Movie | La película de Ana |
| 2014 (1st) | Marian Álvarez | Ana | Wounded | La Herida |
| 2014 (1st) | Nashla Bogaert | Natalie | Who's the Boss? | ¿Quién manda? |
| 2014 (1st) | Natalia Oreiro | Eva | The German Doctor | Wakolda |
| 2015 (2nd) | Érica Rivas | Romina | Wild Tales | Relatos Salvajes |
| 2015 (2nd) | Geraldine Chaplin | Anne | Sand Dollars | Dólares de Arena |
| 2015 (2nd) | Laura de la Uz | Rosa Elena | Vestido de novia | Vestido de novia |
| 2015 (2nd) | Leandra Leal | Rosa | A Wolf at the Door | O Lobo atrás da Porta |
| 2015 (2nd) | Paulina García | Ximena | Illiterate | Las Analfabetas |
| 2015 (2nd) | Samantha Castillo | Marta | Bad Hair | Pelo malo |
| 2016 (3rd) | Dolores Fonzi | Paulina | Paulina | La Patota |
| 2016 (3rd) | Antonia Zegers | Mother Mónica | The Club | El club |
| 2016 (3rd) | Elena Anaya | Amanda | The Memory of Water | La memoria del agua |
| 2016 (3rd) | Inma Cuesta | The Bride | The Bride | La novia |
| 2016 (3rd) | Penélope Cruz | Magda | Ma Ma | Ma Ma |
| 2017 (4th) | Sônia Braga | Clara | Aquarius | Aquarius |
| 2017 (4th) | Angie Cepeda | María del Rosario Durán | The Seed of Silence | La semilla del silencio |
| 2017 (4th) | Emma Suárez | Julieta Arcos | Julieta | Julieta |
| 2017 (4th) | Juana Acosta | Anna | Anna | Anna |
| 2017 (4th) | Natalia Oreiro | Gilda | I'm Gilda | Gilda, no me arrepiento de este amor |
| 2018 (5th) | Daniela Vega | Marina Vidal | A Fantastic Woman | Una mujer fantástica |
| 2018 (5th) | Antonia Zegers | Mariana | Los perros | Los perros |
| 2018 (5th) | Emma Suárez | Abril | April's Daughter | Las hijas de Abril |
| 2018 (5th) | Maribel Verdú | Carmen | Abracadabra | Abracadabra |
| 2018 (5th) | Sofía Gala | Alanis | Alanis | Alanis |
| 2019 (6th) |
| 2019 (6th) | Ana Brun | Chela | The Heiresses | Las herederas |
| 2019 (6th) | Marina de Tavira | Sofía | Roma | Roma |
| 2019 (6th) | Yalitza Aparicio | Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez | Roma | Roma |
| 2019 (6th) | Penélope Cruz | Laura | Everybody Knows | Todos lo saben |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2020 (7th) |
| 2020 (7th) | Carol Duarte | Eurídice Gusmão | The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A Vida Invisível |
| 2020 (7th) | Graciela Borges | Mara Ordaz | The Weasel's Tale | El cuento de las comadrejas |
| 2020 (7th) | Belén Cuesta | Rosa | The Endless Trench | La trinchera infinita |
| 2020 (7th) | Ilse Salas | Sofía | The Good Girls | Las niñas bien |
| 2021 (8th) | Candela Peña | Rosa | Rosa's Wedding | La boda de Rosa |
| 2021 (8th) | María Mercedes Coroy | Alma | La Llorona | La Llorona |
| 2021 (8th) | Regina Casé | Madalena dos Santos Marins | Three Summers | Três Verões |
| 2021 (8th) | Valeria Lois | Stella | Las siamesas | Las siamesas |
| 2022 (9th) | Blanca Portillo | Maixabel Lasa | Maixabel | Maixabel |
| 2022 (9th) | Penélope Cruz | Janis Martínez Moreno | Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas |
| 2022 (9th) | Ángela Molina | Charlotte | Charlotte | Charlotte |
| 2022 (9th) | Ilse Salas | Alicia | Plaza Catedral | Plaza Catedral |
| 2023 (10th) | Laia Costa | Amaia | Lullaby | Cinco lobitos |
| 2023 (10th) | Aline Küppenheim | Carmen | 1976 | 1976 |
| 2023 (10th) | Antonia Zegers | Ana | The Punishment | El castigo |
| 2023 (10th) | Laura Galán | Sara | Piggy | Cerdita |
| 2023 (10th) | Magnolia Núñez | Yarisa | Carajita | Carajita |
| 2024 (11th) | Laia Costa | Nat | Un amor | Un amor |
| 2024 (11th) | Carolina Yuste | Conchita | Jokes & Cigarettes | Saben aquell |
| 2024 (11th) | Dolores Fonzi | Blondi | Blondi | Blondi |
| 2024 (11th) | Lola Amores | Yolanda | Wild Woman | La mujer salvaje |
| 2024 (11th) | Malena Alterio | Lucía | Something Is About to Happen | Que nadie duerma |
| 2025 (12th) | Carolina Yuste | Mónica / Arantxa | Undercover | La infiltrada |
| 2025 (12th) | Fernanda Torres | Eunice Paiva | I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui |
| 2025 (12th) | Sol Carballo | Woman | Memories of a Burning Body | Memorias de un cuerpo que arde |
| 2025 (12th) | Úrsula Corberó | Abril | Kill the Jockey | El jockey |

## Multiple wins and nominations

| Wins | Actress |
| 2 | Laia Costa |
| Nominations | Actress |
| 3 | Penélope Cruz |
| 3 | Antonia Zegers |
| 2 | Laia Costa |
| 2 | Dolores Fonzi |
| 2 | Paulina García |
| 2 | Laura de la Uz |
| 2 | Natalia Oreiro |
| 2 | Ilse Salas |
| 2 | Emma Suárez |
| 2 | Carolina Yuste |