Lumière Award for Best Actress
| Lumière Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
2026 recipient: Léa Drucker | |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Lumières |
| First award | 1996 |
| Currently held by | Léa Drucker for Case 137 (2026) |
| Website | academiedeslumieres |
The Lumière Award for Best Actress (French: Lumière de la meilleure actrice) is an annual award presented by the Académie des Lumières since 1996.
Isabelle Huppert was the first winner for La Cérémonie in 1996, while Léa Drucker is the most recent winner for Case 137 in 2026.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first with a blue background, followed by the other nominees.
1990s
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 (1st) |
Isabelle Huppert | La Cérémonie | |
| 1997 (2nd) |
Fanny Ardant | Ridicule | |
| 1998 (3rd) |
Miou-Miou | Dry Cleaning | Nettoyage à sec |
| 1999 (4th) |
Élodie Bouchez | The Dreamlife of Angels | La Vie rêvée des anges |
2000s
2010s
2020s
Trivia
Multiple awards
4 awards
2 awards
Multiple nominees
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
- Fanny Ardant
- Élodie Bouchez
- Laure Calamy
- Isabelle Carré
- Marina Foïs
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Hafsia Herzi
- Noémie Merlant
- Ludivine Sagnier
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Audrey Tautou
- Mélanie Thierry
- Anamaria Vartolomei