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Volpi Cup for Best Actress

Venice Film Festival annual award

Venice Film Festival annual award

FieldValue
nameVolpi Cup for Best Actress
subheaderit
awarded_forBest Performance by an Actress
presenterVenice Film Festival
countryItaly
imageXin Zhilei.jpg
image_upright1.0
caption2025 recipient: Xin Zhilei
year1932
holderXin Zhilei
The Sun Rises on Us All (2025)
website

The Sun Rises on Us All (2025)

The Volpi Cup for Best Actress is an award presented by the Venice Film Festival. It is given by the festival jury in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance from the films in the competition slate. It is named in honor of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the founder of the festival. The first ceremony was held in 1932, when Helen Hayes received the Volpi Cup for the title role in The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)—this was the only time that the award was chosen by public voting. From 1942 to 1945, the festival was suspended because of World War II. The student protests in May 1968 opened a period of institutional changes, with no prizes were awarded from 1969 to 1979.

The official name of the award has changed several times. In 1934, Katharine Hepburn was honored with the Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actress for her role in Little Women. It was renamed the Volpi Cup for Best Actress the following year. The awards given from 1947 to 1949 were named the International Award for the Best Actress.

The Best Actress Award resumed in 1983. That year, Darling Légitimus became the first black woman to receive the award, for her work in Sugar Cane Alley. In 1992, Ingrid Bergman was honored posthumously for her performance in Europe '51, which was denied by the jury in 1952 because her voice was dubbed from Swedish into Italian (by Lydia Simoneschi). The award can be for lead or supporting roles with the exception of the period, when the additional award for Best Supporting Actress was given from 1993 to 1995. At the age of four, Victoire Thivisol became the youngest recipient for the title role in Ponette in 1996.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 67 actresses. Only four of them have won more than once: Shirley MacLaine, Isabelle Huppert, Valeria Golino and Cate Blanchett, who have each won the cup twice. Bette Davis is the only actress to win the award for her roles in two different films on the same competition; she won in 1937 for her contribution in Marked Woman and Kid Galahad. In 1988, the award was shared by two actresses in different films: Huppert in Story of Women and MacLaine in Madame Sousatzka. There have been two films, She's Been Away in 1989 and La Cérémonie in 1995, that garnered multiple winners in one year.

, Xin Zhilei is the most recent winner for The Sun Rises on Us All.

Winners

Julianne Moore won for Far from Heaven (2002)]]

Indicates the Best Supporting Actress winner

1930s

YearActressRole(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef.193219341935193619371938
Annabella

1940s

YearActressRole(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef.19411942194719481949
Annelie
Die goldene Stadt
L'onorevole Angelina
Ophelia

1950s

YearActressRole(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef.19501951195219531956195719581959
Europa '51
MalvaМальва
À double tour

1960s

YearActressRole(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef.196019611962196319641965196619671968
Tu ne tueras point
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour
LouiseAtt Älska
Trois chambres à Manhattan
AltynaiПервый учитель
Lula
Emilia

1980s

YearActressRole(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef.1981198319841985Not assigned{{efnThe jury deemed the best performances to be Sandrine Bonnaire in Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) and Jane Birkin in Dust, but decided against awarding the prize as both films won major awards. They also gave a special mention to three other actresses for their performances (Sonja Savić in Zivot je lep, Galya Novents in Mer mankutyan tangon, and Themis Bazaka in Petrina hronia).1986198719881989
Jutta LampeMarianneMarianne and JulianeDie bleierne Zeit
Barbara SukowaJuliane
M'Man-TineLa Rue Cases-Nègres
LouiseLes nuits de la pleine lune
Storia d'amore
{{sortnameKangSoo-yeonKang, Soo-yeon}}Ok-nyo씨받이
Une affaire de femmes

1990s

YearActressRole(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef.1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
LucreciaLa luna en el espejo
{{sortnameGongLiGong, Li}}{{sortnameQiuJuQiu, Junolink=1}}秋菊打官司
Trois couleurs: Bleu
MotherDove siete? Io sono qui
MariaTrês Irmãos
Vanessa Redgrave
Sophie
Jeanne
AndreinaRomanzo di un giovane povero
Ponette
Marcy
Her

2000s

YearActressRole(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef.2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
B.G.
MariaLuce dei miei occhi
SabinaLa bestia nel cuore
Anne-MarieL'Autre
SoniaLa doppia ora

2010s

YearActressRole(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef.2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Marina
桃姐
למלא את החלל
Via Castellana Bandiera
Mina
Anna
Hannah
Olivia Colman

2020s

YearActressRole(s)English TitleOriginal TitleRef.202020212022202320242025
Madres paralelas
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Xin ZhileiMeiyunThe Sun Rises on Us All日掛中天

Multiple winners

The following individuals have received multiple Best Actress awards:

Number of WinsActressNationalityFilms2
Shirley MacLaineUnited StatesThe Apartment (1960), Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Isabelle HuppertFranceStory of Women (1988), La Cérémonie (1995)
Valeria GolinoItalyA Tale of Love (1986), Per amor vostro (2015)
Cate BlanchettAustraliaI'm Not There (2007), Tár (2022)

Notes

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