International Emmy Award for Best Actress
The International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress is an award presented annually by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The award honors the best performance by an actress in a made for-television fiction program.
The first awarded with the trophy was He Lin for her role in Slave Mother, a telefilm produced by CCTV6 channel. Dutch Maryam Hassouni won in 2006 for her performance as Laila al Gatawi in Offers, a drama thriller directed by Dana Nechushtan.
In 2007, the International Emmy for best actress went to French Muriel Robin for her role as Marie Besnard in the Belgian-French telefilm The Poisoner.
Lucy Cohu, Julie Walters and Helena Bonham Carter won in subsequent years, Walters is the only actress to win twice the prize in 2009, as Anne Turner in A Short Stay in Switzerland, repeating the feat in 2011 for her performance in the telefilm Mo, which tells the life story of the parliamentary Labour Party Mo Mowlam.
The first Emmy for best actress for Latin America was won by Argentina's Cristina Banegas for her role in the miniseries Televisión por la inclusión. Followed by Brazil's Fernanda Montenegro in 2013.
In 2015, Dutch Bianca Krijgsman wins for her performance in De Nieuwe Wereld.
Currently, UK's Anna Friel won as best actress for the British show Marcella''.
Winners
Year | Winner | Program | Country |
2005 | He Lin | Slave Mother | |
2005 | Anneke von der Lippe | Ved kongens bord | |
2005 | Carolina Oliveira | Hoje É Dia de Maria | |
2005 | Catherine Tate | The Catherine Tate Show | |
2006 | Maryam Hassouni | Offers | |
2006 | Heike Makatsch | Margarete Steiff – A Story of Courage | |
2006 | Imelda Staunton | My Family and Other Animals | |
2006 | Lucy Cohu | The Queen's Sister | |
2007 | Muriel Robin | The Poisoner | |
2007 | Lília Cabral | Páginas da Vida | |
2007 | Brenda Ngxoli | Home Affairs | |
2007 | Victoria Wood | Housewife, 49 | |
2008 | Lucy Cohu | Forgiven | |
2008 | Irene Ravache | Eterna Magia | |
2008 | Sofie Gråbøl | The Killing | |
2008 | Zhibo Yuan | Wait for the Birth of the Husband | |
2009 | Julie Walters | A Short Stay in Switzerland | |
2009 | Cecilia Suárez | Capadocia | |
2009 | Angel Locsin | Lobo | |
2009 | Emma de Caunes | Rien dans les poches | |
2010 | Helena Bonham Carter | Enid | |
2010 | Lília Cabral | Viver a Vida | |
2010 | Iris Berben | Krupp | |
2010 | Lerato Mvelase | Home Affairs | |
2011 | Julie Walters | Mo | |
2011 | Adriana Esteves | ' | |
2011 | Noomi Rapace | Millennium | |
2011 | Athena Chu | A Wall-less World | |
2012 | Cristina Banegas | Televisión por la inclusión | |
2012 | Sidse Babett Knudsen | Borgen | |
2012 | Rina Sa | Zhong guo di | |
2012 | Joanna Vanderham | The Runaway | |
2013 | Fernanda Montenegro | Sweet Mother | |
2013 | Sun Li | The Legend of Zhen Huan | |
2013 | Sheridan Smith | Mrs Biggs | |
2013 | Lotta Tejle | 30° i februari | |
2014 | Bianca Krijgsman | De Nieuwe Wereld | |
2014 | Tuba Büyüküstün | 20 Dakika | |
2014 | Olivia Colman | Broadchurch | |
2014 | Romina Gaetani | Televisión por la justicia | |
2015 | Anneke von der Lippe | Eyewitness | |
2015 | Fernanda Montenegro | Sweet Mother | |
2015 | Sheridan Smith | Cilla | |
2016 | Christiane Paul | Unterm Radar | |
2016 | Grazi Massafera | Hidden Truths | |
2016 | Jodi Sta. Maria | Pangako Sa 'Yo | |
2016 | Judi Dench | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | |
2017 | Anna Friel | Marcella | |
2017 | Adriana Esteves | Justiça | |
2017 | Sonja Gerhardt | Ku'damm 56 | |
2017 | Thuso Mbedu | Is'Thunzi | |
2018 | Anna Schudt | Ein Schnupfen hätte auch gereicht | |
2018 | Thuso Mbedu | Is'Thunzi | |
2018 | Emily Watson | Apple Tree Yard | |
2018 | Denise Weinberg | Psi | |
2019 | Marina Gera' | Eternal Winter | |
2019 | Radhika Apte | Lust Stories | |
2019 | Jenna Coleman | The Cry | |
2019 | Marjorie Estiano | Sob Pressão'' |
Multiple wins
;Most awards won by a femaleNumber | Actress |
2 | Julie Walters |
;Most awards won by a country
Number | Country |
5 | |
2 | |
2 |