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Magritte Award for Best Actress

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Magritte Award for Best Actress
Presented byAcadémie André Delvaux
First awarded2011
Currently held byLubna Azabal, The Blue Caftan (2023)
Websitelesmagritteducinema.com

The Magritte Award for Best Actress (French: Magritte de la meilleure actrice) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.[1]

The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Anne Coesens receiving the award for her role in Illegal.[2] As of the 2022 ceremony, Jo Deseure is the most recent winner in this category for her role in Madly in Life.

Winners and nominees

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In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

Superlatives

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Superlative Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Overall
(including Most Promising Actress)
Actress with most awards Émilie Dequenne 3 Catherine Salée 2 Émilie Dequenne 4
Actress with most nominations Lubna Azabal 6 Yolande Moreau 5 Yolande Moreau 9
Actress with most nominations
without ever winning
Cécile de France 5 Claire Bodson 3 Cécile de France 5
Oldest winner Jo Deseure 74 Yolande Moreau 58 Jo Deseure 74
Oldest nominee Annie Cordy 86 Julienne Goeffers 75 Annie Cordy 86
Youngest winner Pauline Étienne 25 Aurora Marion 32 Pauline Étienne 25

2010s

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Year Actress English title Original title
2010
(1st)
Anne Coesens Illegal Illégal
Cécile de France Sister Smile Soeur Sourire
Yolande Moreau Mammuth
Aylin Yay [fr; tr] Motherly Maternelle
2011
(2nd)
Lubna Azabal Incendies
Cécile de France The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Isabelle de Hertogh Come as You Are Hasta la Vista
Yolande Moreau The Long Falling Où va la nuit
2012
(3rd)
Émilie Dequenne Our Children À perdre la raison
Christelle Cornil Miles from Anywhere Au cul du loup
Déborah François A Checkout Girl's Big Adventures Les Tribulations d'une caissière
Marie Gillain All Our Desires Toutes nos envies
2013
(4th)
Pauline Étienne The Nun La Religieuse
Lubna Azabal Goodbye Morocco [fr]
Déborah François Populaire
Astrid Whettnall In the Name of the Son Au nom du fils
2014
(5th)
Émilie Dequenne Not My Type Pas son genre
Manah Depauw [fr] Welcome Home [fr]
Pauline Étienne Tokyo Fiancée
Déborah François Maestro
Ben Riga I'll Bury You Je te survivrai
2015
(6th)
Veerle Baetens Un début prometteur [fr; ko; nl]
Annie Cordy Memories Les Souvenirs
Christelle Cornil What Jacques Saw Jacques a vu
Yolande Moreau Journey Through China Voyage en Chine
2016
(7th)
Virginie Efira In Bed with Victoria Victoria
Astrid Whettnall Road to Istanbul La Route d'Istanbul
Jo Deseure Man Overboard Un homme à la mer
Marie Gillain Mirage of Love Mirage d'amour
2017
(8th)
Émilie Dequenne This Is Our Land Chez nous
Cécile de France Just to Be Sure Ôtez-moi d'un Doute
Lucie Debay King of the Belgians
Fiona Gordon Lost in Paris Paris pieds nus
2018
(9th)
Lubna Azabal Above the Law Tueurs
Cécile de France Mademoiselle de Joncquières
Yolande Moreau I Feel Good
Natacha Régnier The Benefit of the Doubt Une Part d'ombre
2019
(10th)
Veerle Baetens Mothers' Instinct Duelles
Lubna Azabal Tel Aviv on Fire
Anne Coesens Mothers' Instinct Duelles
Cécile de France A Bigger World [de; fr; ht] Un monde plus grand

2020s

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Year Actress English title Original title
2020/21
(11th)
Jo Deseure Madly in Life Une vie démente
Lubna Azabal Adam
Lucie Debay Madly in Life Une vie démente
Virginie Efira Bye Bye Morons Adieu les cons
2022
(12th)
Virginie Efira Paris Memories Revoir Paris
Lubna Azabal Rebel
Lucie Debay Lucie Loses Her Horse Lucie perd son cheval
Babetida Sadjo Juwaa

References

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  1. ^ Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l'œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Le cinéma belge était à l'honneur lors de la Première édition des Magritte du cinéma belge francophone". Moniteur du film (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
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