Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress
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Best Leading Actor or Actress is one of the most important categories at Edda Award. It has been given since 1999, annually.
1999-2003
From 1999 to 2003, there was one Edda Award to the best actor and other Edda Award to the best actress. No awards were held in 2009.
Winners - Best Actor:
- 1999 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Slurpurinn & Co
- 2000 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Englar alheimsins
- 2001 - Jón Gnarr for Fóstbræður
- 2002 - Gunnar Eyjólfsson for Hafið
- 2003 - Tómas Lemarquis for Nói albínói
- 2007 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, for Foreldrar
- 2008 - Hilmir Snær Guðnason, for Brúðguminn
- 2010 - Jón Gnarr, for Bjarnfreðarson og Fangavaktin
- 2011 - Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, for Rokland
- 2012 - Theodór Júlíusson, for Eldfjall
- 2013 - Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, for Djúpið
- 2014 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, for Hross í oss
- 2015 - Þorsteinn Bachmann, for Vonarstræti
- 2016 - Sigurður Sigurjónsson, for Hrútar
Winners - Best Actress:
- 1999 - Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir for Ungfrúin góða og húsið
- 2000 - Björk for Myrkradansarinn
- 2001 - Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir for Mávahlátur
- 2002 - Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir for Hafið
- 2003 - Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir for Stormviðri
- 2007 - Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, for Foreldrar
- 2008 - Sólveig Arnardóttir, for Svartir englar
- 2010 - Kristbjörg Kjeld, for Mamma Gógó
- 2011 - Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, for Brim
- 2012 - Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, for Eldfjall
- 2013 - Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, for Pressa 3
- 2014 - Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir, for Málmhaus
- 2015 - Hera Hilmarsdóttir, for Vonarstræti
- 2016 - Steinnunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir, for Réttur
2004-2006
Between 2004 and 2006, there was just one award to best actor/actress.
Winners:
- 2004 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Kaldaljós
- 2005 - Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir for Stelpurnar
- 2006 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Mýrin