The Goya Award for Best New Actress () is one of the Goya Awards presented annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE) since the 9th edition of the awards in 1994. It is given in honor of an actress, in one of their first prominent film roles, who has delivered an outstanding leading or supporting performance in a Spanish film.
History Since its inception, the award has been given to 30 actresses. At the 9th Goya Awards ceremony held in 1995, Ruth Gabriel was the first winner of this award for her role in Running Out of Time.
Multiple winners and nominees in the category have gone on to win or be nominated for the other two female performance categories at the Goya Awards (Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress). Winner Natalia de Molina and nominees Candela Peña, Blanca Portillo, Malena Alterio, Nathalie Poza, and Bárbara Lennie have all won Best Actress. Additionally, the only actress who has won Goya awards in all three female acting categories is Laia Marull.
Since the 26th edition (2011) to be a candidate in any acting category, the only condition is to be over 16 years of age. Before that edition, four actresses under 16 years of age won the award: Ivana Baquero, Nerea Camacho, Marina Comas and María Valverde. Benedicta Sánchez is the oldest winner at the age of 84 for her role in Fire Will Come.
For the 39th ceremony, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain introduced a modification consisting of the requirement of an authorization signed by the actress accepting her participation in the Goya Awards. For the 41st ceremony, new regulations were established, setting as a requirement that candidates must not have appeared in more than four feature films released in commercial theaters as a supporting actress, and that they must not have worked professionally as a film actress for more than 10 years.
As of the 2026 ceremony, Miriam Garlo is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Ángela in Deaf.
Winners and nominees In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are always held the following year. + Table key Indicates the winner
1990s
Year Actress Role(s) English title Original title 1994 (9th) Charo Lourdes Vanesa 1995 (10th) Blanca Lucía Alma gitana Cata 1996 (11th) Helena Lucía Mari 1997 (12th) Lucía Cristina de León Mother 1998 (13th) Susi Carlota Violeta Rodríguez Nena MararíaMararía 1999 (14th) María Lola Cinta Agrado
2000s
Year Actress Role(s) English title Original title 2000 (15th) Tony Fugitives Rocío Julia Sister Francisca 2001 (16th) Lucía Violeta "Pecholata" Lucía Savages Anne Stewart 2002 (17th) Chelo Rancour Ana Carol Rosana 2003 (18th) María Juliana Patricia Lola 2004 (19th) Julia Laura Astronauts Lourdes FanyHéctor 2005 (20th) Zulema Isabel Lourdes Patri 2006 (21st) Ofelia / Princess Moanna Sezar Juani Consuelo 2007 (22nd) Ángela Vidal Lola Flores Emma Carmen 2008 (23rd) Camino Leila Milagros Dolores 2009 (24th) Irene Menéndez Hastings Ana After Sofía Fat People Gordos Léa
2010s
Year Actress Role(s) English title Original title 2010 (25th) Núria Natacha Natalia Mónica 2011 (26th) Pepita Sara Silvia Norma Ledgard 2012 (27th) Carmen Villalta / Snow White Blancanieves Carmina La Caoba Lola 2013 (28th) Belén Aledo Alexandra / Nina Marga 2014 (29th) Rocío Alex Yoli Natalia 2015 (30th) June Antonia Amaia Magda 2016 (31st) Alma Belén Ana Sònia 2017 (32nd) Marga Irene Itziar Verónica 2018 (33rd) Violeta Collantes Carmen Lola 2019 (34th) Benedicta Lis Maravilla Enriqueta
2020s
Year Actress Role(s) English title Original title 2020 (35th) Ane Lidia Mila Ana 2021 (36th) María Soraya Liliana Libertad2022(37th) Sara Piggy Cerdita Ana Otín Dolors Alcarràs Luna Pamies Ana The Water El agua Valèria Sorolla Laura The Rite of Spring La consagración de la primavera Zoe Stein Diana Manticore Mantícora2023(38th) Janet Novás María The Rye Horn O corno Claudia Chinas, a Second Generation Story Chinas Yeju Ji Shul Mila Creatura María Margarita The Movie Teller La contadora de películas 2024(39th)Laura Weissmahr Maria Agirre Salve Maria Zoe Bonafonte Joana The 47 El 47 Mariela Carabajal Andrea Carabajal The Blue Star La estrella azul Marina Guerola Madalen Glimmers Los destellos Lucía Veiga I'm Nevenka Soy Nevenka 2025(40th)Miriam Garlo Ángela Deaf Sorda Nora Hernández María The Dinner La cena Blanca Soroa Ainara Sundays Los domingos Anabel The Exiles Los tortuga Llúcia Garcia Marina Romería
References
External links Official site IMDb: Goya Awards