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 SuperlativeBest ActressBest Supporting ActressOverall(including Most Promising Actress)Actress with most awardsLubna Azabal4Catherine Salée2Émilie DequenneLubna Azabal4Actress with most nominationsLubna Azabal6Yolande Moreau5Yolande Moreau9Actress with most nominationswithout ever winningCécile de France5Claire Bodson3Cécile de France5Oldest winnerJo Deseure74Yolande Moreau58Jo Deseure74Oldest nomineeAnnie Cordy86Julienne Goeffers75Annie Cordy86Youngest winnerPauline Étienne25Aurora Marion32Pauline Étienne25
2010s YearActressEnglish titleOriginal title 2010(1st) Anne Coesens Illegal Illégal Cécile de France Sister Smile Soeur Sourire Yolande Moreau Mammuth Motherly Maternelle 2011(2nd) Lubna Azabal Incendies Cécile de France The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo Isabelle de Hertogh Come as You Are Hasta la Vista Yolande Moreau The Long Falling Où va la nuit 2012(3rd) Émilie Dequenne Our Children À perdre la raison Christelle Cornil Miles from Anywhere Au cul du loup Déborah François A Checkout Girl's Big Adventures Les Tribulations d'une caissière Marie Gillain All Our Desires Toutes nos envies 2013(4th) Pauline Étienne The Nun La Religieuse Lubna Azabal Déborah François Populaire Astrid Whettnall In the Name of the Son Au nom du fils 2014(5th) Émilie Dequenne Not My Type Pas son genre Pauline Étienne Tokyo Fiancée Déborah François Maestro Ben Riga I'll Bury You Je te survivrai 2015(6th) Veerle Baetens Annie Cordy Memories Les Souvenirs Christelle Cornil What Jacques Saw Jacques a vu Yolande Moreau Journey Through China Voyage en Chine 2016(7th) Virginie Efira In Bed with Victoria Victoria Astrid Whettnall Road to Istanbul La Route d'Istanbul Jo Deseure Man Overboard Un homme à la mer Marie Gillain Mirage of Love Mirage d'amour 2017(8th) Émilie Dequenne This Is Our Land Chez nous Cécile de France Just to Be Sure Ôtez-moi d'un Doute Lucie Debay King of the Belgians Fiona Gordon Lost in Paris Paris pieds nus 2018(9th) Lubna Azabal Above the Law Tueurs Cécile de France Mademoiselle de Joncquières Yolande Moreau I Feel Good Natacha Régnier The Benefit of the Doubt Une Part d'ombre 2019(10th) Veerle Baetens Mothers' Instinct Duelles Lubna Azabal Tel Aviv on Fire Anne Coesens Mothers' Instinct Duelles Cécile de France Un monde plus grand
2020s YearActressEnglish titleOriginal title 2020/21(11th) Jo Deseure Madly in Life Une vie démente Lubna Azabal Adam Lucie Debay Madly in Life Une vie démente Virginie Efira Bye Bye Morons Adieu les cons 2022(12th) Virginie Efira Paris Memories Revoir Paris Lubna Azabal Rebel Lucie Debay Lucie Loses Her Horse Lucie perd son cheval Babetida Sadjo Juwaa 2023(13th) Lubna Azabal The Blue Caftan Le Bleu du caftan Lucie Debay The Experience of Love Le Syndrome des amours passées Yolande Moreau La Fiancée du poète Mara Taquin La Petite 2024(14th) Lubna Azabal Amal Selma Alaoui Through the Night Quitter la nuit Veerle Baetens Through the Night Quitter la nuit Emilie Dequenne TKT
References
External links Magritte Awards official website Magritte Award for Best Actress at AlloCiné