Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress

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	Actress	Film
1965	Waheeda Rehman	The Guide
1967	Barbara Ludwizanka[1]	Sublokator
1969	Gila Almagor	Matzor
1970	Pallavi Mehta	Kanku
1971	Simone Signoret	Le Chat
1979[a][2]	Julie Vincent	A Scream from Silence
	Vera Pap	Angi Vera
1980	Marie Tifo[3]	Les Bons débarras
1984	Louise Marleau[4]	A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel)
1985	Norma Aleandro	The Official Story
1986[b]	Anna Lindén	Love Me!
1988[c]	Natalya Negoda	Little Vera
1989[d]	Imogen Stubbs	The 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[5]	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[6]	Tyrannosaur
2012	Ulla Skoog	The Last Sentence
2013	Nadeshda Brennicke	Banklady [de]
2014	Geraldine Chaplin [7]	Sand Dollars
2015	Lizzie Brocheré[8]	Full Contact
2016	Rebecca Hall[9]	Christine
2017	Jowita Budnik Eliane Umuhire	Birds Are Singing in Kigali
2018	Zhao Tao	Ash Is Purest White
2019	Debbie Honeywood	Sorry We Missed You
2021[e]	Michelle Fairley	Nobody Has to Know

Notes

1. Golden Plaque
2. Best Performance
3. Golden Plaque
4. Golden Plaque
5. Best Performance

See also

• Chicago International Film Festival