# Magritte Award for Best Actress

The Magritte Award for Best Actress (French: Magritte de la meilleure actrice) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.
The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Anne Coesens receiving the award for her role in Illegal. As of the 2022 ceremony, Jo Deseure is the most recent winner in this category for her role in Madly in Life.

## Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

### Superlatives

| Superlative | Best Actress | Best Actress | Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actress | Overall (including Most Promising Actress) | Overall (including Most Promising Actress) |
| Actress with most awards | Émilie Dequenne | 3 | Catherine Salée | 2 | Émilie Dequenne | 4 |
| Actress with most nominations | Lubna Azabal | 6 | Yolande Moreau | 5 | Yolande Moreau | 9 |
| Actress with most nominations without ever winning | Cécile de France | 5 | Claire Bodson | 3 | Cécile de France | 5 |
| Oldest winner | Jo Deseure | 74 | Yolande Moreau | 58 | Jo Deseure | 74 |
| Oldest nominee | Annie Cordy | 86 | Julienne Goeffers | 75 | Annie Cordy | 86 |
| Youngest winner | Pauline Étienne | 25 | Aurora Marion | 32 | Pauline Étienne | 25 |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | English title | Original title |
| 2010 (1st) | Anne Coesens | Illegal | Illégal |
| 2010 (1st) | Cécile de France | Sister Smile | Soeur Sourire |
| 2010 (1st) | Yolande Moreau | Mammuth | Mammuth |
| 2010 (1st) | Aylin Yay [fr; tr] | Motherly | Maternelle |
| 2011 (2nd) | Lubna Azabal | Incendies | Incendies |
| 2011 (2nd) | Cécile de France | The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo |
| 2011 (2nd) | Isabelle de Hertogh | Come as You Are | Hasta la Vista |
| 2011 (2nd) | Yolande Moreau | The Long Falling | Où va la nuit |
| 2012 (3rd) | Émilie Dequenne | Our Children | À perdre la raison |
| 2012 (3rd) | Christelle Cornil | Miles from Anywhere | Au cul du loup |
| 2012 (3rd) | Déborah François | A Checkout Girl's Big Adventures | Les Tribulations d'une caissière |
| 2012 (3rd) | Marie Gillain | All Our Desires | Toutes nos envies |
| 2013 (4th) | Pauline Étienne | The Nun | La Religieuse |
| 2013 (4th) | Lubna Azabal | Goodbye Morocco [fr] | Goodbye Morocco [fr] |
| 2013 (4th) | Déborah François | Populaire | Populaire |
| 2013 (4th) | Astrid Whettnall | In the Name of the Son | Au nom du fils |
| 2014 (5th) | Émilie Dequenne | Not My Type | Pas son genre |
| 2014 (5th) | Manah Depauw [fr] | Welcome Home [fr] | Welcome Home [fr] |
| 2014 (5th) | Pauline Étienne | Tokyo Fiancée | Tokyo Fiancée |
| 2014 (5th) | Déborah François | Maestro | Maestro |
| 2014 (5th) | Ben Riga | I'll Bury You | Je te survivrai |
| 2015 (6th) | Veerle Baetens | Un début prometteur [fr; ko; nl] | Un début prometteur [fr; ko; nl] |
| 2015 (6th) | Annie Cordy | Memories | Les Souvenirs |
| 2015 (6th) | Christelle Cornil | What Jacques Saw | Jacques a vu |
| 2015 (6th) | Yolande Moreau | Journey Through China | Voyage en Chine |
| 2016 (7th) | Virginie Efira | In Bed with Victoria | Victoria |
| 2016 (7th) | Astrid Whettnall | Road to Istanbul | La Route d'Istanbul |
| 2016 (7th) | Jo Deseure | Man Overboard | Un homme à la mer |
| 2016 (7th) | Marie Gillain | Mirage of Love | Mirage d'amour |
| 2017 (8th) | Émilie Dequenne | This Is Our Land | Chez nous |
| 2017 (8th) | Cécile de France | Just to Be Sure | Ôtez-moi d'un Doute |
| 2017 (8th) | Lucie Debay | King of the Belgians | King of the Belgians |
| 2017 (8th) | Fiona Gordon | Lost in Paris | Paris pieds nus |
| 2018 (9th) | Lubna Azabal | Above the Law | Tueurs |
| 2018 (9th) | Cécile de France | Mademoiselle de Joncquières | Mademoiselle de Joncquières |
| 2018 (9th) | Yolande Moreau | I Feel Good | I Feel Good |
| 2018 (9th) | Natacha Régnier | The Benefit of the Doubt | Une Part d'ombre |
| 2019 (10th) | Veerle Baetens | Mothers' Instinct | Duelles |
| 2019 (10th) | Lubna Azabal | Tel Aviv on Fire | Tel Aviv on Fire |
| 2019 (10th) | Anne Coesens | Mothers' Instinct | Duelles |
| 2019 (10th) | Cécile de France | A Bigger World [de; fr; ht] | Un monde plus grand |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | English title | Original title |
| 2020/21 (11th) | Jo Deseure | Madly in Life | Une vie démente |
| 2020/21 (11th) | Lubna Azabal | Adam | Adam |
| 2020/21 (11th) | Lucie Debay | Madly in Life | Une vie démente |
| 2020/21 (11th) | Virginie Efira | Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons |
| 2022 (12th) | Virginie Efira | Paris Memories | Revoir Paris |
| 2022 (12th) | Lubna Azabal | Rebel | Rebel |
| 2022 (12th) | Lucie Debay | Lucie Loses Her Horse | Lucie perd son cheval |
| 2022 (12th) | Babetida Sadjo | Juwaa | Juwaa |