Annex: Goya Award for Best Leading Female Performance

The Goya Awards were created by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 1986.

The actress who has won the greatest number of Goya awards for the «best leading female performance» is Carmen Maura, with three awards, followed by Verónica Forqué, Cecilia Roth, Penélope Cruz, Lola Dueñas, Maribel Verdú and Emma Suárez with two.

Victoria Abril holds the record for the most consecutive nominations in any acting category, with 6 (from 1986 to 1991, all as the lead), although she did not win the award on any of those occasions. She got it in 1995 with her seventh nomination for No one will talk about us when we're dead.

Penelope Cruz is the actress with the highest number of nominations for the «best leading female performance», with twelve nominations, followed by Victoria Abril and Maribel Verdú with eight each. Victoria Abril only got it once, in 1995, while Penélope Cruz has won the award twice: the first in 1998 thanks to her portrayal of Macarena Granada in La niña de tus ojos, and the second in 2006, for her portrayal of Raimunda in Volver, a role for which she also earned her first Oscar nomination. Maribel Verdú also won it on two occasions, for Siete mesas de billiards francés and Snow White. Penélope Cruz is also the actress with the most nominations counting all acting categories, with fourteen, followed by Maribel Verdú with eleven.

The actresses who have won the Goya award for "best leading female performance" and "best supporting female performance" are: Verónica Forqué, Candela Peña, Carmen Maura, Penélope Cruz, Laia Marull, Emma Suárez, Nathalie Poza and Nora Navas. The only performers who have won both awards in the same edition have been Verónica Forqué (in the second edition of 1987, for La vida alegre and Moros y cristianos, respectively) and Emma Suárez (in the XXXI edition of 2016, for Julieta and La próxima piel respectively).

The only two actresses who have managed to win the "Goya for Best Leading Female Performance" after having previously won the "Goya for Best New Actress" are Laia Marull (Best New Actress in 2000 and Best Leading Actress in 2003), and Natalia de Molina (best new actress in 2013 and best leading actress in 2015). Marull is also the only performer who has won Goya awards for "best lead performance", "best supporting performance" and "best newcomer": she won the award for best newcomer in 2000 for Fugitivas, the award for the best leading female performance in 2003 for Te doy mis ojos, and the award for the best supporting female performance in 2010 for Pa negre.

The only sisters candidates for the Goya award for the «best leading female performance» are Irene Gutiérrez Caba (in the second edition of 1987) and Julia Gutiérrez Caba (in the twelfth edition of 1997), although neither won the award.

Six actresses have been nominated despite not speaking Spanish and having to be dubbed in their films: Nicole Kidman, Sarah Polley, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Juliette Binoche and Emily Mortimer.

In the 9th edition of the 1994 Goya Awards, Ruth Gabriel was nominated for the "best leading role" for the same role and for the "best revelation" for the film Días contados.

Award-winning interpreters and younger and older candidates

• Premiada de menor: Pilar López de Ayala, con 23 años, por Juana la Loca (XVI edition, 2001).
• Older woman: Rafaela Aparicio, 83, by The sea and time (IV edition, 1989).
• A minor candidate: Penelope Cruz, 17 years old, by Ham, ham (VII edition, 1992).
• Older singer: Rafaela Aparicio, 83, by The sea and time (IV edition, 1989).

Categories

Numerous performers have also been awarded the Goya Award of honor (since 1986).

Winners

1980s

Winner	Candidates
I edition - 1986
	Amparo Rivelles for Laura García in We have to undo the house.	Victoria April by Dorita in Time of silence Angela Molina by Rosa in Half of the sky
II edition - 1987
	Veronica Forqué (1) for Ana Chamorro in Joyful life	Victoria April by Consuelo García «La Chelo» in The Lute: Walk or shine Irene Gutiérrez Caba for Bernarda Alba in The House of Bernarda Alba
III edition - 1988
	Carmen Maura (1) for Pepa Marcos in Women on the verge of a nerve attack	Victoria April by Ana Alonso in Baton Rouge Anne Bethlehem Alejandra Barrachina in Miss Caribbean Maria Fernanda D'Ocon Sor Mercedes in Ways of chalk Angela Molina by Charo in Lights and shadows
IV edition - 1989
	Rafaela Aparicio for Grandma in The sea and time	Victoria April by Menchu / Aurora Nin / Ramona in If they tell you I fell Anne Bethlehem Paloma in The flight of the dove Veronica Forqué by Chusa in Get down to the morose Angela Molina by Pepita Morán in The things of wanting

1990s

Winner	Candidates
V edition - 1990
	Carmen Maura (2) for Carmela in Oh, Carmela!	Victoria April by Marina Osorio in Attack me! Charo Lopez for Clara in The most natural
VI edition - 1991
	Silvia Munt for Carmen Galán in Butterfly wings	Victoria April by Luisa in Love Maribel Verdú for Trini in Love
VII edition - 1992
	Ariadna Gil for Violeta in Belle Époque	Penelope Cruz by Silvia in Ham, ham Assumpta Serna by Adela de Otero in The teacher of fencing
VIII edition - 1993
	Veronica Forqué (2) for Kika in Kika	Carmen Maura for Ana in Shadows in a Battle Emma Suarez for Lisa in The red squirrel
IX edition - 1994
	Cristina Marcos for Yoli in All men are equal	Anne Bethlehem Desideria Oliván in Turkish passion Ruth Gabriel for Charo in Days counted
X edition - 1995
	Victoria for Gloria Duque in No one will talk about us when we're dead.	Ariadna Gil for the Mary in Antarctica Marisa Paredes by Leocadia «Leo» Macías in The flower of my secret
XI edition - 1996
	Emma Suárez (1) for Diana, Countess of Belflor in The Hortelane Dog	Ana Torrent for Angela Marquez in Thesis Concha Velasco Palmira Gadea in Beyond the garden
XII edition - 1997
	Cecilia Roth (1) for Alicia in Martin (Hache)	Julia Gutiérrez Caba for Lola in The color of the clouds Maribel Verdú for Marina, "La tuerta" in The good star
XIII edition - 1998
	Penelope Cruz (1) for Macarena Granada in The girl in your eyes	Cayetana Guillén Cuervo Doña Lucrecia Richmond in Grandpa Najwa Nimri by Ana in Lovers of the Polar Circle Leonor Watling for Carmen López in The hour of the mighty
XIV edition - 1999
	Cecilia Roth (2) for Manuela Coleman in All about my mother	Ariadna Gil for Isabel in Black tears Carmen Maura for Berta in Lisbon Mercedes Sampietro Glory in When you come back to me

2000s

Winner	Candidates
XV edition - 2000
	Carmen Maura (3) for Julia García in The community	I would go Bollain for Leo in Leo Lydia Bosch by Julia in You're the One (a story then) Adriana Ozores by Susana Grey in Plenilunio
XVI edition - 2001
	Pilar López de Ayala for Juana I de Castilla in Juana la Loca	Victoria April by Lola Nevado in No news from God Nicole Kidman for Grace Stewart in The others Paz Vega for Angela in Only mine
XVII edition - 2002
	Mercedes Sampietro for Liliana Rovira in Common locations	Ana Fernández por Andrea in Story of a kiss Adriana Ozores by Agate in Nobody's life Leonor Watling for Elvira in My mother likes women
XVIII edition - 2003
	Laia Marull for Pilar Pérez Villar in I give you my eyes	Ariadna Gil for Lola Cercas in Salamina Soldiers Adriana Ozores by Amparo in Luck asleep Sarah Polley for Ann in My life without me
XIX edition - 2004
	Lola Dueñas (1) for Rosa in Sea in	Pilar Bardem for Maria Zambrano in Mary dear Anne Bethlehem Hortensia Ocaña in Things that make life worth Penelope Cruz by Italy in Don't move.
XX edition - 2005
	Candela Peña for Cayetana «Caye» in Princesses	Adriana Ozores by Pilar in Heroin Nathalie Poza by Ana in Bad seasons Emma Vilarasau for Irene in So you don't forget me
XXI edition - 2006
	Penelope Cruz (2) for Raimunda in Back (interpretation from Oscar to the best actress)	Silvia Abascal by Finea in The lady boba Marta Etura by Paula in BlueOscuroNegro Maribel Verdú for Mercedes in The Labyrinth of Fauna
XXII edition - 2007
	Maribel Verdú (1) for Angela Montero in Seven French billiard tables	White Portillo Charo Gil Sánchez in Seven French billiard tables Bethlehem Rueda Laura García in The orphanage Emma Suarez for Nine in Under the stars
XXIII edition - 2008
	Carme Elías for Gloria Usaola in Camino	Veronica Echegui by Isa in The courtyard of my prison Ariadna Gil for Aurora in I just want to walk. Maribel Verdú for Elena Vadillo in The blind sunflowers
XXIV edition - 2009
	Lola Dueñas (2) for Laura Valiente in Me, too.	Penelope Cruz by Lena in Broken hugs Maribel Verdú for Miranda in Tetro Rachel Weisz for Hipatia of Alexandria in Agora

2010s

Winner	Candidates
XXV edition - 2010
	Nora Navas for Florència in Pa negre (Pan negro)	Elena Anaya for Alba in Room in Rome Emma Suarez for Alícia in The mosquito net Bethlehem Rueda Julia Levin / Sara in Julia's eyes
XXVI edition - 2011
	Elena Anaya for Vera Cruz in The skin that I dwell in	Inma Cuesta for Hortensia Rodríguez in The voice asleep Veronica Echegui by Laia in Kathmandu, a mirror in the sky Salma Hayek by Luisa Gómez in The spark of life
XXVII edition - 2012
	Maribel Verdú (2) for Encarna / «La madrastra» in Snow White	Penelope Cruz by Gemma in Back to birth Aida Folch by Mercè in The artist and the model Naomi Watts for Maria Bennett in The impossible (interpretation from Oscar to the best actress)
XXVIII edition - 2013
	Marian Alvarez for Ana in The wound	Inma Cuesta for Ruth Belloso in 3 more weddings Aura Garrido by She in Stockholm Nora Navas for Eugènia «Geni» Moncada in We all want the best for her.
XXIX edition - 2014
	Barbara Lennie for Barbara in Magical Girl	Macarena Gómez by Montse in Musarañas Elena Anaya for Lupe in They're all dead. María León by Sara in Marseille
XXX edition - 2015
	Natalia de Molina for Rocío Gómez in Ceiling and food	Inma Cuesta for Bride in The bride Penelope Cruz by Magda in Ma Juliette Binoche for Josephine Peary in Nobody wants the night
XXXI edition - 2016
	Emma Suárez (2) for Julieta Arcos in Julieta	Carmen Machi for Rosa in The door open Penelope Cruz by Macarena Granada in The Queen of Spain Barbara Lennie for Maria Funes in Mary (and others)
XXXII edition - 2017
	Nathalie Poza for Carla Miralles in I can't say goodbye.	Maribel Verdú for Carmen in Abracadabra Emily Mortimer for Florence Green in The bookstore Penelope Cruz by Virginia Vallejo in Loving Pablo
XXXIII edition - 2018
	Susi Sánchez for Anabel Barnuevo in The sickness of Sunday	Penelope Cruz by Laura. in Everyone knows. Lola Dueñas by Star Aranda in Travel to a mother's room Najwa Nimri by Lila Cassen in Who will sing to you
XXXIV edition - 2019
	Bethlehem Cuesta for Rosa Domínguez in The infinite trench	Penelope Cruz by Jacinta Mallo in Pain and glory Greta Fernández by Sara Garrido in The daughter of a thief Marta Nieto for Elena in Mother

Decade 2020

Winner	Candidates
XXXV edition - 2020
	Patricia López Arnaiz for Lide Sagasti in Ane	Amaia Aberasturi Ana Ibarguren in Akelarre Kiti Mánver for Lola Cruz in The inconvenience Candela Peña for Rosa Román in Rosa's wedding
XXXVI edition - 2021
	White Portillo for Maixabel Lasa in Maixabel	Emma Suarez for Berta in Josefina Penelope Cruz by Janis Martínez Moreno in Parallel mothers (interpretation from Oscar to the best actress) Petra Martínez by Mary in Life was that.
XXXVII edition - 2022
		Marina Foïs by Olga Denis in As bestas Laia Costa Amaia in Five lobes Anna Castillo by Julia in Wild sunflowers Barbara Lennie for Alice Gould in God's twisted lines Vicky Luengo for Elena in South

Statistics

Actresses with the most Goya awards for best leading role.