Best Actress
Top female performer
Best Actress is an award category recognizing outstanding female lead performances in film or television.
The term most often refers to the Academy Award for Best Actress, but appears across major ceremonies: She won Best Actress at Cannes, the Golden Globe for Best Actress.
The category has faced scrutiny as some advocate for gender-neutral acting awards.
- OscarAcademy's golden award
- Academy AwardsAnnual film achievement honors
- awardHonor given for merit
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- leading rolePrincipal character's part
performance · leading · role · trophy · nominee · winner · Meryl Streep · movie star · golden · gold statue · statuette · ceremony · envelope · acceptance speech · speech · tears · gown · red carpet
- Venice Film Festivalaward ceremony
- actingact, performing, playacting, auditioning, casting
- awardsaward, awards, winner, winners, prize