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

YearWinnerProgramCountry
2005He LinSlave Mother
2005Anneke von der LippeVed kongens bord
2005Carolina OliveiraHoje É Dia de Maria
2005Catherine TateThe Catherine Tate Show
2006Maryam HassouniOffers
2006Heike MakatschMargarete Steiff – A Story of Courage
2006Imelda StauntonMy Family and Other Animals
2006Lucy CohuThe Queen's Sister
2007Muriel RobinThe Poisoner
2007Lília CabralPáginas da Vida
2007Brenda NgxoliHome Affairs
2007Victoria WoodHousewife, 49
2008Lucy CohuForgiven
2008Irene RavacheEterna Magia
2008Sofie GråbølThe Killing
2008Zhibo YuanWait for the Birth of the Husband
2009Julie WaltersA Short Stay in Switzerland
2009Cecilia SuárezCapadocia
2009Angel LocsinLobo
2009Emma de CaunesRien dans les poches
2010Helena Bonham CarterEnid
2010Lília CabralViver a Vida
2010Iris BerbenKrupp
2010Lerato MvelaseHome Affairs
2011Julie WaltersMo
2011Adriana Esteves'
2011Noomi RapaceMillennium
2011Athena ChuA Wall-less World
2012Cristina BanegasTelevisión por la inclusión
2012Sidse Babett KnudsenBorgen
2012Rina SaZhong guo di
2012Joanna VanderhamThe Runaway
2013Fernanda MontenegroSweet Mother
2013Sun LiThe Legend of Zhen Huan
2013Sheridan SmithMrs Biggs
2013Lotta Tejle30° i februari
2014Bianca KrijgsmanDe Nieuwe Wereld
2014Tuba Büyüküstün20 Dakika
2014Olivia ColmanBroadchurch
2014Romina GaetaniTelevisión por la justicia
2015Anneke von der LippeEyewitness
2015Fernanda MontenegroSweet Mother
2015Sheridan SmithCilla
2016Christiane PaulUnterm Radar
2016Grazi MassaferaHidden Truths
2016Jodi Sta. MariaPangako Sa 'Yo
2016Judi DenchRoald Dahl's Esio Trot
2017Anna FrielMarcella
2017Adriana EstevesJustiça
2017Sonja GerhardtKu'damm 56
2017Thuso MbeduIs'Thunzi
2018Anna SchudtEin Schnupfen hätte auch gereicht
2018Thuso MbeduIs'Thunzi
2018Emily WatsonApple Tree Yard
2018Denise WeinbergPsi
2019Marina Gera'Eternal Winter
2019Radhika ApteLust Stories
2019Jenna ColemanThe Cry
2019Marjorie EstianoSob Pressão''

Multiple wins

;Most awards won by a female
NumberActress
2Julie Walters

;Most awards won by a country
NumberCountry
5
2
2