# Ariel Award for Best Actress

The Ariel Award for Best Actress (Spanish: Premio Ariel a Mejor Actriz) is an award presented by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMACC) in Mexico. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the Mexican film industry. In 1947, the 1st and 2nd Ariel Awards were held, with Dolores del Río and María Félix winning for the films Las Abandonadas and Enamorada, respectively. With the exception of the years 1959 to 1971, when the Ariel Awards were suspended, the award has been given annually. Nominees and winners are determined by a committee formed every year consisting of academy members (active and honorary), previous winners and individuals with at least two Ariel nominations; the committee members submit their votes through the official AMACC website.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 51 actresses. Blanca Guerra is the most awarded performer, with four accolades; Del Río, Félix, and María Rojo had received three Ariels, each; while Irene Azuela, Mónica del Carmen, Marga López, Silvia Pinal, Patricia Reyes Spíndola and Adriana Roel, had been awarded twice. Rojo is the most nominated performer, with eight nominations. The category has resulted in a tie on four occasions: Guerra and Norma Herrera (1980), Guerra and Rojo (1988), Ximena Ayala and Ana Bertha Espín (2001), and Elizabeth Cervantes and Maribel Verdú (2007). In two instances an actress has been nominated twice the same year: in 1983, Rojo was nominated for La Pachanga and La Víspera, and lost the award to Beatriz Sheridan for Confidencias; and at the 38th Ariel Awards, Patricia Reyes Spíndola was nominated twice in the category for La Reina de la Noche and Mujeres Insumisas, and won for the former film. In 1984, Isela Vega won for La Viuda Negra, filmed in 1977 and censored seven years because of its content.
Ten films have featured two nominated performances for Best Actress, the episode "Nosotros" from the anthology film Tú, Yo, Nosotros (Julissa and Rita Macedo), De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas (Patricia Aspillaga and Rocío Brambila), Naufragio (Ana Ofelia Murguía and María Rojo), Veneno Para Las Hadas (Elsa María Gutiérrez and Ana Patricia Rojo), Como Agua Para Chocolate (Lumi Cavazos and Regina Torné), Principio y Fin (Julieta Egurrola and Lucía Muñoz), Novia Que Te Vea (Claudette Maillé and Maya Mishalska), El Callejón de los Milagros (Salma Hayek and Margarita Sanz), Nicotina (Rosa María Bianchi and Carmen Madrid), and Familia (Cassandra Ciangherotti and Ilse Salas); Macedo, Brambila, Rojo, Torné, Muñoz, Sanz and Bianchi won the award. 14 performers have won both the Ariel Award for Best Actress and the accolade for Best Supporting Actress; Margarita Sanz and Patricia Reyes Spíndola had received the aforementioned awards and the Ariel for Best Actress in a Minor Role. Ana Ofelia Murguía is the most nominated actress without a win, with five unsuccessful nominations. As of the 2024 ceremony, Adriana Llabrés is the most recent winner in this category for her role in Todo El Silencio.

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
| Year | Nominees | Film |
| 1947 (1st) | Dolores del Río‡ | Las Abandonadas |
| 1947 (1st) | Anita Blanch | La Barraca |
| 1947 (1st) | María Félix | El Monje Blanco |
| 1947 (1st) | Esther Fernández | Flor de Durazno |
| 1947 (2nd) | María Félix‡ | Enamorada |
| 1947 (2nd) | Dolores del Río | La Otra |
| 1947 (2nd) | Rosita Díaz Gimeno | Pepita Jiménez |
| 1948 (3rd) | Blanca Estela Pavón‡ | Cuando Lloran los Valientes |
| 1948 (3rd) | María Teresa Esquella | El Yugo |
| 1948 (3rd) | María Elena Marqués | La Perla |
| 1949 (4th) | María Félix‡ | Río Escondido |
| 1949 (4th) | Gloria Marín | Si Adelita se fuera con otro |
| 1949 (4th) | Blanca Estela Pavón | Ustedes los Ricos |
| 1950 (5th) | Marga López‡ | Salón México |
| 1950 (5th) | Rosario Granados | El Dolor de los Hijos |
| 1950 (5th) | Carmen Montejo | Al Caer la Tarde |
| 1951 (6th) | María Félix‡ | Doña Diabla |
| 1951 (6th) | Dolores del Río | La Casa Chica |
| 1951 (6th) | Libertad Lamarque | Otra Primavera |
| 1952 (7th) | Dolores del Río‡ | Doña Perfecta |
| 1952 (7th) | Marga López | Negro es Mi Dolor |
| 1952 (7th) | Irasema Dilián | Paraíso robado |
| 1953 (8th) | Stella Inda‡ | El Rebozo de Soledad |
| 1953 (8th) | Libertad Lamarque | La Loca |
| 1953 (8th) | Marga López | Un Rincón Cerca del Cielo |
| 1954 (9th) | Dolores del Río‡ | El Niño y la Niebla |
| 1954 (9th) | Laura Hidalgo | Las Tres Perfectas Casadas |
| 1954 (9th) | Marga López | Un Divorcio |
| 1955 (10th) | Marga López‡ | La Entrega |
| 1955 (10th) | María Félix | Camelia |
| 1955 (10th) | Libertad Lamarque | Cuando Me Vaya |
| 1956 (11th) | Prudencia Grifell‡ | Una Mujer en la Calle |
| 1956 (11th) | Marga López | Después de la Tormenta |
| 1956 (11th) | Silvia Pinal | Un extraño en la escalera |
| 1957 (12th) | Silvia Pinal‡ | Locura Pasional |
| 1957 (12th) | Lilia Prado | Talpa |
| 1957 (12th) | Yolanda Varela | Los Amantes |
| 1958 (13th) | Silvia Pinal‡ | La Dulce Enemiga |
| 1958 (13th) | Marilú Elizaga | La Culta Dama |
| 1958 (13th) | Marga López | Feliz Año, Amor Mío |
| 1959—1971 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1972 (14th) | Rita Macedo‡ | "Nosotros" (episode from Tú, Yo, Nosotros) |
| 1972 (14th) | Julissa | "Nosotros" (episode from Tú, Yo, Nosotros) |
| 1972 (14th) | Isela Vega | Las Reglas del Juego |
| 1973 (15th) | Lucha Villa‡ | Mecánica Nacional |
| 1973 (15th) | Maritza Olivares | Los Meses y los Días |
| 1973 (15th) | Helena Rojo | Los Cachorros |
| 1974 (16th) | Katy Jurado‡ | "Caridad" (episode from Fé, Esperanza y Caridad) |
| 1974 (16th) | Ofelia Medina | El Cambio |
| 1974 (16th) | Lucha Villa | El Principio |
| 1975 (17th) | Pilar Pellicer‡ | La Choca |
| 1975 (17th) | Leticia Perdigón | La Otra Virginidad |
| 1975 (17th) | Isela Vega | Tráiganme la Cabeza de Alfredo García |
| 1976 (18th) | Rocío Brambila‡ | De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas |
| 1976 (18th) | Patricia Aspillaga | De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas |
| 1976 (18th) | Diana Bracho | Actas de Marusia |
| 1977 (19th) | Martha Navarro‡ | La Pasión Según Berenice |
| 1977 (19th) | Leonor Llausás | Las Poquianchis |
| 1977 (19th) | María Rojo | El Apando |
| 1978 (20th) | María Rojo‡ | Naufragio |
| 1978 (20th) | María Elena Marqués | El Jardín de los Cerezos |
| 1978 (20th) | Ana Ofelia Murguía | Naufragio |
| 1979 (21st) | Adriana Roel‡ | Anacrusa |
| 1979 (21st) | Alma Muriel | Amor Libre |
| 1979 (21st) | Patricia Reyes Spíndola | México Norte |
| 1980 (22nd) | Norma Herrera‡ | Fuego en el Mar |
| 1980 (22nd) | Blanca Guerra‡ | Perro Callejero |
| 1980 (22nd) | Geraldine Chaplin | La Viuda de Montiel |
| 1981 (23rd) | Helena Rojo‡ | Misterio |
| 1981 (23rd) | Marissa Meli | Traficantes de Pánico |
| 1981 (23rd) | Tina Romero | Las Grandes Aguas |
| 1982 (24th) | Ninón Sevilla‡ | Noche de Carnaval |
| 1982 (24th) | Katy Jurado | La Seducción |
| 1982 (24th) | Alma Muriel | Retrato de Una Mujer Casada |
| 1983 (25th) | Beatriz Sheridan‡ | Confidencias |
| 1983 (25th) | María Rojo | La Pachanga |
| 1983 (25th) | María Rojo | La Víspera |
| 1984 (26th) | Isela Vega‡ | La Viuda Negra |
| 1984 (26th) | Delia Casanova | El Día que Murió Pedro Infante |
| 1984 (26th) | Blanca Guerra | Motel |
| 1985 (27th) | Ofelia Medina‡ | Frida |
| 1985 (27th) | Alma Muriel | Luna de Sangre |
| 1985 (27th) | Lucy Reina | De Veras Me Atrapaste |
| 1986 (28th) | Patricia Reyes Spíndola‡ | Los Motivos de Luz |
| 1986 (28th) | Elsa María Gutiérrez | Veneno Para Las Hadas |
| 1986 (28th) | Ana Patricia Rojo | Veneno Para Las Hadas |
| 1987 (29th) | Blanca Guerra‡ | El Imperio de la Fortuna |
| 1987 (29th) | Maribel Guardia | Terror y Encajes Negros |
| 1987 (29th) | Gabriela Roel | Amor a la Vuelta de la Esquina |
| 1988 (30th) | Blanca Guerra‡ | Días Dificiles |
| 1988 (30th) | María Rojo‡ | Lo Que Importa es Vivir |
| 1988 (30th) | Elizabeth Aguilar | Mariana, Mariana |
| 1989 (31st) | Delia Casanova‡ | Mentiras Piadosas |
| 1989 (31st) | Alma Delfina Martínez | El Costo de la Vida |
| 1989 (31st) | Martha Navarro | El Jinete de la Divina Providencia |
| 1990 (32nd) | Lourdes Elizarrarás‡ | La Ciudad al Desnudo |
| 1990 (32nd) | Carmen Cardenal | Tres Veces Mojado |
| 1990 (32nd) | Patricia Rivera | Rosa de Dos Aromas |
| 1991 (33rd) | María Rojo‡ | Rojo Amanecer |
| 1991 (33rd) | Gabriela Roel | Pueblo de Madera |
| 1992 (34th) | Regina Torné‡ | Como Agua Para Chocolate |
| 1992 (34th) | Lumi Cavazos | Como Agua Para Chocolate |
| 1992 (34th) | Helena Rojo | Muerte Ciega |
| 1993 (35th) | Beatriz Aguirre‡ | Los Años de Greta |
| 1993 (35th) | Ana Ofelia Murguía | Mi Querido Tom Mix |
| 1993 (35th) | Evangelina Sosa | Ángel de Fuego |
| 1994 (36th) | Lucía Muñoz‡ | Principio y Fin |
| 1994 (36th) | Socorro Bonilla | La Vida Conyugal |
| 1994 (36th) | Julieta Egurrola | Principio y Fin |
| 1994 (36th) | Claudette Maillé | Novia Que Te Vea |
| 1994 (36th) | Maya Mishalska | Novia Que Te Vea |
| 1995 (37th) | Margarita Sanz‡ | El Callejón de los Milagros |
| 1995 (37th) | Blanca Guerra | En Medio de la Nada |
| 1995 (37th) | Dolores Heredia | Dos Crimenes |
| 1995 (37th) | Salma Hayek | El Callejón de los Milagros |
| 1995 (37th) | María Rojo | Los Vuelcos del Corazón |
| 1996 (38th) | Patricia Reyes Spíndola‡ | La Reina de la Noche |
| 1996 (38th) | Angélica Aragón | Sucesos Distantes |
| 1996 (38th) | Diana Bracho | Entre Pancho Villa y Una Mujer Desnuda |
| 1996 (38th) | Ana Ofelia Murguía | El Anzuelo |
| 1996 (38th) | Patricia Reyes Spíndola | Mujeres Insumisas |
| 1997 (39th) | Regina Orozco‡ | Profundo Carmesí |
| 1997 (39th) | Arcelia Ramírez | Cilantro y Perejil |
| 1997 (39th) | Ana Ofelia Murguía | De Muerte Natural |
| 1998 (40th) | Leticia Huijara‡ | Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver |
| 1998 (40th) | Sherlyn González | Elisa Antes del Fin del Mundo |
| 1998 (40th) | María Rojo | De Noche Vienes, Esmeralda |
| 1999 (41st) | Blanca Guerra‡ | Un Embrujo |
| 1999 (41st) | Mariana Ávila | La Primera Noche |
| 1999 (41st) | Ana Claudia Talancón | El Cometa |
| 2000 (42nd) | Susana Zabaleta‡ | Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas |
| 2000 (42nd) | Dolores Heredia | Santitos |
| 2000 (42nd) | Arcelia Ramírez | En Un Claroscuro de la Luna |
| 2001 (43rd) | Ximena Ayala‡ | Perfume de Violetas (Nadie Te Oye) |
| 2001 (43rd) | Ana Bertha Espin‡ | Su Alteza Serenísima |
| 2001 (43rd) | Ana Ofelia Murguía | Escrito en el Cuerpo de la Noche |
| 2002 (44th) | Maya Zapata‡ | De la Calle |
| 2002 (44th) | Karina Gidi [es] | Demasiado Amor |
| 2002 (44th) | Lisa Owen | El Segundo Aire |
| 2003 (45th) | Carmen Beato‡ | Aro Tolbukhin: En la Mente del Asesino |
| 2003 (45th) | Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez | Ciudades Oscuras |
| 2003 (45th) | Ana Claudia Talancón | El Crimen del Padre Amaro |
| 2004 (46th) | Rosa María Bianchi‡ | Nicotina |
| 2004 (46th) | Magdalena Flores | Japón |
| 2004 (46th) | Carmen Madrid | Nicotina |
| 2005 (47th) | Danny Perea‡ | Temporada de Patos |
| 2005 (47th) | Vanessa Bauche | Digna... Hasta el Último Aliento |
| 2005 (47th) | Ana Paula Corpus | Manos Libres (Nadie te Habla) |
| 2005 (47th) | Leonor Varela | Voces Inocentes |
| 2006 (48th) | Mayahuel del Monte‡ | Noticias Lejanas |
| 2006 (48th) | Kate del Castillo | American Visa |
| 2006 (48th) | Ana Graham | Mezcal |
| 2007 (49th) | Elizabeth Cervantes‡ | Más Que a Nada en el Mundo |
| 2007 (49th) | Maribel Verdú‡ | El Laberinto del Fauno |
| 2007 (49th) | Sofia Espinosa | La Niña en la Piedra |
| 2008 (50th) | Irene Azuela‡ | Quemar las Naves |
| 2008 (50th) | Cecilia Suárez | Párpados Azules |
| 2008 (50th) | Miriam Toews | Luz Silenciosa |
| 2009 (51st) | Irene Azuela‡ | Bajo la Sal |
| 2009 (51st) | María Deschamps | I'm Gonna Explode |
| 2009 (51st) | Ariadna Gil | Sólo Quiero Caminar |
| 2010 (52nd) | Asur Zágada González‡ | Backyard: El Traspatio |
| 2010 (52nd) | Paulina Gaitán | Cosas Insignificantes |
| 2010 (52nd) | Teresa Ruíz | Viaje Redondo |
| 2011 (53rd) | Mónica del Carmen‡ | Año Bisiesto |
| 2011 (53rd) | Karina Gidi [es] | Abel |
| 2011 (53rd) | Maricel Álvarez | Biutiful |
| 2011 (53rd) | Úrsula Pruneda | Las Buenas Hierbas |
| 2012 (54th) | Magda Vizcaíno‡ | Martha |
| 2012 (54th) | Irán Castillo | Victorio |
| 2012 (54th) | Teresita Sánchez | Summer of Goliath |
| 2013 (55th) | Úrsula Pruneda‡ | El Sueño de Lú |
| 2013 (55th) | Roxana Blanco | La Demora |
| 2013 (55th) | Tessa Ia | Despues de Lucía |
| 2013 (55th) | Paula Galinelli Hertzog | El Premio |
| 2013 (55th) | Greisy Mena | La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas |
| 2014 (56th) | Adriana Roel‡ | No Quiero Dormir Sola |
| 2014 (56th) | Ximena Ayala | Los Insólitos Peces Gato |
| 2014 (56th) | Dolores Heredia | Huérfanos |
| 2014 (56th) | María Renée Prudencio | Club Sandwich |
| 2014 (56th) | Arcelia Ramírez | Potosí |
| 2015 (57th) | Adriana Paz‡ | La Tirisia |
| 2015 (57th) | Irene Azuela | Las Oscuras Primaveras |
| 2015 (57th) | Cassandra Ciangherotti | Las Horas Contigo |
| 2015 (57th) | Karina Gidi [es] | La Guerra de Manuela Jankovic |
| 2015 (57th) | Ilse Salas | Güeros |
| 2016 (58th) | Sofía Espinosa‡ | Gloria |
| 2016 (58th) | Geraldine Chaplin | Dólares de Arena |
| 2016 (58th) | Flor Edwarda Gurrola [es] | El Placer es Mío |
| 2016 (58th) | Verónica Langer | Hilda |
| 2016 (58th) | Jana Raluy [es] | Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas |
| 2017 (59th) | Verónica Langer‡ | La Caridad |
| 2017 (59th) | Adriana Barraza | Todo lo Demas |
| 2017 (59th) | Ludwika Paleta | Rumbos Paralelos |
| 2017 (59th) | Maya Rudolph | Mr. Pig |
| 2017 (59th) | Claudia Sainte–Luce [es] | La Caja Vacía |
| 2018 (60th) | Karina Gidi [es]‡ | Los Adioses |
| 2018 (60th) | Ángeles Cruz | Tamara y la Catarina |
| 2018 (60th) | Cassandra Ciangherotti | Tiempo Compartido |
| 2018 (60th) | Angelina Peláez [es] | Tamara y la Catarina |
| 2018 (60th) | Arcelia Ramírez | Verónica |
| 2019 (61st) | Ilse Salas‡ | Las Niñas Bien |
| 2019 (61st) | Sophie Alexander-Katz | Los Días Más Oscuros de Nosotras |
| 2019 (61st) | Yalitza Aparicio | Roma |
| 2019 (61st) | Gabriela Cartol | La Camarista |
| 2019 (61st) | Concepción Márquez | Cría Puercos |
| 2020 (62nd) | Flor Edwarda Gurrola [es] | Luciérnagas |
| 2020 (62nd) | Cassandra Ciangherotti | Solteras |
| 2020 (62nd) | Verónica Langer | Clases de Historia |
| 2020 (62nd) | Mariana Treviño | Polvo |
| 2020 (62nd) | Giovanna Zacarías | Sonora |
| 2021 (63rd) | Mercedes Hernández | Sin señas particulares |
| 2021 (63rd) | Mabel Cadena | El baile de los 41 |
| 2021 (63rd) | Mónica del Carmen [es] | Nuevo Orden |
| 2021 (63rd) | Naian Gonzalez Norvind | Leona |
| 2021 (63rd) | Martha Reyes Arias | Los Lobos |
| 2022 (64th) | Mónica del Carmen [es] | Una Película de Policías |
| 2022 (64th) | Ana Cristina Ordóñez | Noche de Fuego |
| 2022 (64th) | Sylvia Pasquel | El Diablo Entre las Piernas |
| 2022 (64th) | Ilse Salas | Plaza Catedral |
| 2022 (64th) | Nora Velázquez [es] | Cosas Imposibles |
| 2023 (65th) | Arcelia Ramírez | La civil |
| 2023 (65th) | Marta Aura | Coraje |
| 2023 (65th) | Julieta Egurrola | Ruido |
| 2023 (65th) | Natalia Solián | Huesera |
| 2023 (65th) | Karla Souza | La caída |
| 2024 (66th) | Adriana Llabrés | Todo El Silencio |
| 2024 (66th) | Adriana Barraza | El Último Vagón |
| 2024 (66th) | Cassandra Ciangherotti | Familia |
| 2024 (66th) | Mónica Huarte | Señora Influencer |
| 2024 (66th) | Ilse Salas | Familia |

## Multiple wins and nominations

| Wins | Actress |
| 4 | Blanca Guerra |
| 3 | Dolores del Río |
| 3 | María Félix |
| 3 | María Rojo |
| 2 | Irene Azuela |
| 2 | Mónica del Carmen |
| 2 | Marga López |
| 2 | Silvia Pinal |
| 2 | Patricia Reyes Spíndola |
| 2 | Adriana Roel |
| Nominations | Actress |
| 8 | María Rojo |
| 7 | Marga López |
| 6 | Blanca Guerra |
| 5 | Dolores del Río |
| 5 | María Félix |
| 5 | Ana Ofelia Murguía |
| 5 | Arcelia Ramírez |
| 4 | Karina Gidi |
| 4 | Ilse Salas |
| 4 | Patricia Reyes Spíndola |