Volpi Cup for Best Actress
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The Volpi Cup (Italian: Coppa Volpi alla miglior attrice or Coppa Volpi per la miglior interpretazione femminile) is the principal award given to actresses at the Venice Film Festival and is named in honor of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the founder of the festival. The award winner is selected by the festival jury from the films in the competition slate. The official name of the award has changed several times over the course of the years. From 1969 through 1978, there were no awards given at the festival for acting. The main Best Actress Award resumed in 1983. The awards given from 1983 to 1987 were not Coppa Volpis but rather square plaques. The award can be given for lead or supporting performances. There are additional awards given within the festival that recognize acting performances. From 1993 to 1995 the festival awarded a Best Supporting Actress prize that is included below.
‡ – indicates the performance was also nominated for an Academy Award
† – indicates the performance was also an Academy Award winner
Winners
The following actresses received the Volpi Cup or other major Best Actress Award:[1][2]
| Year | Actress | Role | Film | Nationality of actress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | ||||
| 1932 & 1934 - Awarded as "Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actress" | ||||
| 1932 | Helen Hayes (Special Award) | Madelon Claudet † | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | United States |
| 1934 | Katharine Hepburn[3] (Special Award) | Josephine "Jo" March | Little Women | United States |
| 1935-1942 - Awarded as "Volpi Cup" | ||||
| 1935 | Paula Wessely | Valerie Gärtner | Episode | Austria |
| 1936 | Annabella | Jeanne de Corlaix | Standby Weapons | France |
| 1937 | Bette Davis | Mary Dwight Strauber | Marked Woman | United States |
| Louise "Fluff" Phillips | Kid Galahad | |||
| 1938 | Norma Shearer | Marie Antoinette | Marie Antoinette | United States |
| 1939 | ||||
| 1940s | ||||
| 1940 | ||||
| 1941 | Luise Ullrich | Annelie Dörensen | Annelie | Germany |
| 1942 | Kristina Söderbaum | Anna Jobst | The Golden City | Sweden |
| 1947-1950 - Awarded as "International Award for the Best Actor" | ||||
| 1946 | ||||
| 1947 | Anna Magnani | Angelina Bianchi | The Honorable Angelina | Italy |
| 1948 | Jean Simmons | Ophelia | Hamlet | United Kingdom |
| 1949 | Olivia de Havilland | Virginia Stuart Cunningham ‡ | The Snake Pit | UK / USA |
| 1950s | ||||
| 1950 | Eleanor Parker | Marie Allen ‡ | Caged | United States |
| 1951-1968 - Awarded as "Volpi Cup" | ||||
| 1951 | Vivien Leigh | Blanche DuBois † | A Streetcar Named Desire | United Kingdom |
| 1952 | Ingrid Bergman[4][5] | Irene Girard | Europe '51 | Sweden |
| 1953 | Lili Palmer | Abby Edwards | The Four Poster Bed | Germany |
| 1954 | ||||
| 1955 | ||||
| 1956 | Maria Schell | Gervaise Macquart Coupeau | Gervaise | Austria |
| Anna Magnani (Special Award) | Letizia | The Awakening | Italy | |
| 1957 | Dzidra Ritenberga | Malva | Malva | Soviet Union |
| Eva Marie Saint (Special Award) | Celia Pope | A Hatful of Rain | United States | |
| 1958 | Sophia Loren | Rose Bianco | The Black Orchid | Italy |
| Jeanne Moreau (Special Award) | Jeanne Tournier | The Lovers | France | |
| 1959 | Madeleine Robinson | Thérèse Marcoux | Web of Passion | France |
| Carla Gravina (Special Award) | Esterina | Esterina | Italy | |
| Lucyna Winnicka (Special Award) | Marta | Night Train | Poland | |
| 1960s | ||||
| 1960 | Shirley Maclaine | Fran Kubelik ‡ | The Apartment | United States |
| 1961 | Suzanne Flon | Madame Cordier | Thou Shalt Not Kill | France |
| Geraldine Page (Special Award) | Alma Winemiller ‡ | Summer and Smoke | United States | |
| 1962 | Emmanuelle Riva | Thérèse Desqueyroux | Thérèse Desqueyroux | France |
| Anna Magnani (Special Award) | Mamma Roma | Mamma Roma | Italy | |
| 1963 | Delphine Seyrig | Hélène Aughain | Muriel | France |
| 1964 | Harriet Andersson | Louise | To Love | Sweden |
| 1965 | Annie Girardot | Kay Larsi | Three Rooms in Manhattan | France |
| 1966 | Natalya Arinbasarova | Altynai | The First Teacher | Soviet Union |
| 1967 | Shirley Knight | Lulu | Dutchman | United States |
| 1968 | Laura Betti | Emilia | Theorem | Italy |
| 1980s | ||||
| 1983–1987 - Awarded as "Best Actor Award" | ||||
| 1983 | Darling Légitimus | M'man-Tine | Sugar Cane Alley | France |
| 1984 | Pascale Ogier | Louise | Full Moon in Paris | France |
| 1985 | ||||
| 1986 | Valeria Golino | Bruna Assecondati | A Tale of Love | Italy |
| 1987 | Kang Soo-yeon | Ok-nyo | The Surrogate Woman | South Korea |
| 1988-present - Awarded as "Volpi Cup for the Best Actress" (also "Volpi Cup for the Best Supporting Actress") | ||||
| 1988 | Isabelle Huppert (Tie) | Marie-Louise Giraud | Story of Women | France |
| Shirley Maclaine (Tie) | Madame Sousatzka | Madame Sousatzka | United States | |
| 1989 | Peggy Ashcroft (Tie) | Lillian Huckle |
She's Been Away | United Kingdom |
| Geraldine James (Tie) | Harriet Ambrose | |||
| 1990s | ||||
| 1990 | Gloria Münchmeyer | Lucrecia | The Moon in the Mirror | Chile |
| 1991 | Tilda Swinton | Isabella of France | Edward II | Scotland |
| 1992 | Gong Li | Qiu Ju | The Story of Qiu Ju | China |
| 1993 | Juliette Binoche | Julie Vignon de Courcy | Three Colors: Blue | France |
| Anna Bonaiuto (Supporting) | Mother | Where Are You? I'm Here | Italy | |
| 1994 | Maria de Medeiros | Maria | Three Brothers | Portugal |
| Vanessa Redgrave (Supporting) | Irina Shapira | Little Odessa | United Kingdom | |
| 1995 | Isabelle Huppert (Tie) | Jeanne | La Cérémonie | France |
| Sandrine Bonnaire (Tie) | Sophie | |||
| Isabella Ferrari (Supporting) | Andreina | Story of a Poor Young Man | Italy | |
| 1996 | Victoire Thivisol | Ponette | Ponette | France |
| 1997 | Robin Tunney | Marcy | Niagara, Niagara | United States |
| 1998 | Catherine Deneuve | Marianne Malivert | Place Vendôme | France |
| 1999 | Nathalie Baye | Her | A Pornographic Affair | France |
| 2000s | ||||
| 2000 | Rose Byrne | B.G. | The Goddess of 1967 | Australia |
| 2001 | Sandra Ceccarelli | Maria | Light of My Eyes | Italy |
| 2002 | Julianne Moore | Cathy Whitaker ‡ | Far from Heaven | United States |
| 2003 | Katja Riemann | Lena Fischer | Rosenstrasse | Germany |
| 2004 | Imelda Staunton | Vera Rose Drake ‡ | Vera Drake | United Kingdom |
| 2005 | Giovanna Mezzogiorno | Sabina | The Beast in the Heart | Italy |
| 2006 | Helen Mirren | Elizabeth II † | The Queen | United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Cate Blanchett | Jude Quinn ‡ | I'm Not There | Australia |
| 2008 | Dominique Blanc | Céleste Scriwaneck | The Other One | France |
| 2009 | Kseniya Rappoport | Sonia | The Double Hour | Russia |
| 2010s | ||||
| 2010 | Ariane Labed | Marina | Attenberg | France |
| 2011 | Deanie Ip | Sister Peach | A Simple Life | Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Hadas Yaron | Shira Mendelman | Fill the Void | Israel |
| 2013 | Elena Cotta | Samira Calafiore | Via Castellana Bandiera | Italy |
| 2014 | Alba Rohrwacher | Mina | Hungry Hearts | Italy |
| 2015 | Valeria Golino | Anna | Per amor vostro | Italy |
| 2016 | Emma Stone | Mia Dolan † | La La Land | United States |
| 2017 | Charlotte Rampling | Hannah | Hannah | United Kingdom |
| 2018 | Olivia Colman | Queen Anne | The Favourite | United Kingdom |
Multiple winners
- 2 wins
- Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment (1960), Madame Sousatzka (1988)
- Isabelle Huppert – Story of Women (1988), La Cérémonie (1995)
- Valeria Golino – A Tale of Love (1986), Per amor vostro (2015)
See also
References
- ^ "Coppa Volpi for best actors since 1935". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Volpi Cup for Best Actress". carnivalofvenice.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Hepburn received an award titled the Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actress"I divertimenti". La Stampa. 5 December 1934. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The Volpi Award for the Best Actress was not awarded to Ingrid Bergman in Europa '51 because her voice was dubbed." "La premiazione". La Stampa. 13 September 1952. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The Venice Film Festival will award Ingrid Bergman posthumously today for a movie made 40 years ago. Bergman's son, Roberto Rossellini, will accept the Volpi Cup for his mother's performance in a film called The Greatest Love in America and Europa '51 in Europe. Judges said Bergman was denied the award at the time because her voice was dubbed from Swedish into Italian." "Bergman's Son To Accept Honor For Mom". Orlando Sentinel. 12 September 1992. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "After long discussions, the jury has instead decided not to award the Best Actress prize." "A "Giulietta e Romeo" il Leone di San Marco" (PDF). L'Unità. 8 September 1954. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Judges at Venice's world film festival which ended last week just could not pick a best actress. [...] 'We didn't think any of them merited the Count Volpi cup,' a festival spokesman said today." "Judges at Festival Can't Find Actress". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 12 September 1955. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The jury, 'having acknowledged that the two most outstanding female performances - those by Sandrine Bonnaire in Vagabond and Jane Birkin in Dust - are included in the prizes bestowed on the two films as a whole,' has decided not to give the Best Actress Award." "Sant toit ni loi vince il leone d'oro". La Provincia. 7 September 1985. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
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- 2010 winner on deadline.com accessed 6-28-2015
- 2011 winner on blogs.wsj.com accessed 6-28-2015
- 2012 winner on haaretz.com accessed 6-28-2015
- 2013 winner on swide.com accessed 6-28-2015
- 2014 winners on hollywoodreporter.com accessed 6-28-2015