Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance

The Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance (German: Silberner Bär/Beste Schauspielerische Leistung in einer Hauptrolle) is an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival for an outstanding performance in a leading role and chosen by the jury from the films in main competition at the festival.

Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
Silberner Bär/Bester Schauspielerische Leistung in einer Hauptrolle (German)
The 2025 recipient: Rose Byrne
Awarded for	Best Leading Performance
Country	Germany
Presented by	Berlin International Film Festival
First award	2021
Currently held by	Rose Byrne If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
Website	www.berlinale.de

It was first presented at the 2021 Festival to replace the Best Actor and Best Actress categories.^[1] Maren Eggert was the first recipient of this award for her role in I'm Your Man (2021). Rose Byrne is the most recent winner of this award for her performance in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025).

Winners

Sebastian Stan won for A Different Man (2024).

2020s

Year	Actor	Role	Title	Ref.
2021	Maren Eggert	Alma Felser	I'm Your Man	[2]
2022	Meltem Kaptan	Rabiye Kurnaz	Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush	[3]
2023	Sofía Otero	Lucía	20,000 Species of Bees	[4]
2024	Sebastian Stan	Edward	A Different Man	[5]
2025	Rose Byrne	Linda	If I Had Legs I'd Kick You	[6]

See also

• Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance