The Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress is one of the awards presented annually by the Chicago International Film Festival to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance. The jury chooses the winner from the films competing at the festival. It was first awarded in 1965; the award for Best Actress was given under the Golden Plaque section for a few years in the 1980s, and its winners are included in this category.
List of winners Year ActressFilm 1965 Waheeda Rehman The Guide 1967 Barbara Ludwizanka Sublokator 1969Gila AlmagorMatzor 1970 Pallavi Mehta Kanku 1971 Simone Signoret Le Chat 1979Julie VincentA Scream from Silence Vera PapAngi Vera1980Marie TifoLes Bons débarras 1984 Louise Marleau"Marleau takes best actress prize". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 1984. A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) 1985Norma AleandroThe Official Story1986Anna LindénLove Me!1988Natalya NegodaLittle Vera1989Imogen StubbsThe Rainbow 1990 Lena Stolze The Nasty Girl 1992 Maggie Cheung Center Stage 1993 Siqin Gaowa Woman Sesame Oil Maker 1994 Crissy Rock Ladybird, Ladybird 1995 Anna Bonaiuto Nasty Love 1996 Shabana Azmi Fire 1997 Pernilla August Private Confessions 1998 Alessandra Martines Hasards ou coïncidences 1999 Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry 2000 Hannelore Elsner Die Unberührbare 2001 Nicole Garcia,Sandrine Kiberlain Betty Fisher et autres histoires 2003 Ludivine Sagnier Little Lili 2005 Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl Summer in Berlin 2006 Viktoriya Isakova, Darya Moroz, Anna Ukolova The Spot 2007 Yu Nan Tuya's Marriage 2008 Preity Zinta Heaven on Earth 2009 Giovanna Mezzogiorno Vincere 2010 Liana Liberato Trust 2011 Olivia Colman Tyrannosaur 2012 Ulla Skoog The Last Sentence 2013 Nadeshda Brennicke 2014 Geraldine Chaplin Sand Dollars 2015 Lizzie Brocheré Full Contact 2016 Rebecca Hall Christine 2017 Jowita BudnikEliane Umuhire Birds Are Singing in Kigali 2018 Zhao Tao Ash Is Purest White 2019 Debbie Honeywood Sorry We Missed You 2021 Michelle Fairley Nobody Has to Know 2025 Eszter Tompa Kontinental '25
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See also Chicago International Film Festival
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External links Chicago International Film Festival IMDb