| Platino Award for Best Actress | |
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| Presenter: | Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA) |
| Country: | Ibero-America |
| Holder: | Laia Costa for Un amor (2024) |
| Most Awards: | Laia Costa (2) |
| Most Nominations: | Penélope Cruz & Antonia Zegers (3) |
The Platino Award for Best Actress (Spanish: Premio Platino a la mejor actriz/Premio Platino a la mejor interpretación femenina) is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards presented annually by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA).
It was first awarded in 2014, with Chilean actress Paulina García being the first recipient of the award, for her role as Gloria Cumplido in Gloria. Until the 7th edition in 2020, female supporting performances were included in this category. In 2021, the category for Best Supporting Actress was created.
Laia Costa became the first and only actress to win this award consecutively in 2023 and 2024 for Lullaby and Un amor, respectively. Penélope Cruz and Antonia Zegers hold the record for the most nominations in this category, each with three nods. Following closely behind are Paulina García, Laura de la Uz, Natalia Oreiro, Ilse Salas, Emma Suárez, Dolores Fonzi, and Laia Costa, each with two nominations.
Spain holds the record of most wins in the category with three of the eight winners being Spanish actresses, followed by Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, each with two wins. 2022 nominee Penélope Cruz also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Parallel Mothers.
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 (1st) [1] |  Paulina García | Gloria Cumplido | Gloria | |
 Karen Martínez | Sara | The Golden Dream | La Jaula de Oro | |
| Ana | Ana's Movie | La película de Ana | ||
 Marian Álvarez | Ana | Wounded | La Herida | |
 Nashla Bogaert | Natalie | Who's the Boss? | ¿Quién manda? | |
 Natalia Oreiro | Eva | The German Doctor | Wakolda | |
| 2015 (2nd) [2] |  Érica Rivas | Romina | Wild Tales | Relatos Salvajes |
| Anne | Sand Dollars | Dólares de Arena | ||
| Rosa Elena | Vestido de novia | |||
| Rosa | A Wolf at the Door | O Lobo atrás da Porta | ||
| Ximena | Illiterate | Las Analfabetas | ||
| Marta | Bad Hair | Pelo malo | ||
| 2016 (3rd) [3] | Dolores Fonzi | Paulina | Paulina | La Patota |
| Mother Mónica | The Club | El club | ||
| Amanda | The Memory of Water | La memoria del agua | ||
| The Bride | The Bride | La novia | ||
| Magda | Ma Ma | |||
| 2017 (4th) [4] |  Sônia Braga | Clara | Aquarius | |
| María del Rosario Durán | The Seed of Silence | La semilla del silencio | ||
| Julieta Arcos | Julieta | |||
| Anna | Anna | |||
| Gilda | I'm Gilda | Gilda, no me arrepiento de este amor | ||
| 2018 (5th) [5] | Daniela Vega | Marina Vidal | A Fantastic Woman | Una mujer fantástica |
| Mariana | Los perros | |||
| Abril | April's Daughter | Las hijas de Abril | ||
| Carmen | Abracadabra | |||
| Alanis | Alanis | |||
| 2019 (6th) | ||||
 Ana Brun | Chela | The Heiresses | Las herederas | |
| Sofía | Roma | |||
| Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez | ||||
| Laura | Everybody Knows | Todos lo saben | ||
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (7th) [6] | ||||
| Carol Duarte | Eurídice Gusmão | The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A Vida Invisível | |
| Mara Ordaz | The Weasel's Tale | El cuento de las comadrejas | ||
| Rosa | The Endless Trench | La trinchera infinita | ||
| Sofía | The Good Girls | Las niñas bien | ||
| 2021 (8th) [7] | Candela Peña | Rosa | Rosa's Wedding | La boda de Rosa |
| Alma | La Llorona | |||
| Madalena dos Santos Marins | Three Summers | Três Verões | ||
| Valeria Lois | Stella | Las siamesas | ||
| 2022 (9th) [8] [9] | Blanca Portillo | Maixabel Lasa | Maixabel | |
| Janis Martínez Moreno | Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas | ||
| Charlotte | Charlotte | |||
| Alicia | Plaza Catedral | |||
| 2023 (10th) [10] [11] | Laia Costa | Amaia | Lullaby | Cinco lobitos |
| Carmen | ||||
| Ana | The Punishment | El castigo | ||
| Sara | Cerdita | |||
 Magnolia Núñez | Yarisa | Carajita | ||
| 2024 (11th) [12] [13] | Laia Costa | Nat | Un amor | |
| Conchita | Jokes & Cigarettes | Saben aquell | ||
| Blondi | Blondi | |||
 Lola Amores | Yolanda | Wild Woman | La mujer salvaje | |
| Lucía | Something Is About to Happen | Que nadie duerma | ||
The following actresses have received multiple Best Actress awards:
The following actresses received multiple Best Actress nominations:
| Nominations | Actress |
|---|---|
| 3 | Penélope Cruz |
| Antonia Zegers | |
| 2 | Laia Costa |
| Dolores Fonzi | |
| Paulina García | |
| Laura de la Uz | |
| Natalia Oreiro | |
| Ilse Salas | |
| Emma Suárez |