David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress

The David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress (Italian: David di Donatello per la migliore attrice straniera) is a category in the David di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy's answer to the Oscars".^[1] It was awarded by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of non-Italian film actresses during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was created during the second edition of the ceremony, in 1957, and cancelled after the 1996 event.^[2] The award was not granted in 1958.

Audrey Hepburn and Jodie Foster, with three awards each, are the record-holders in this category.

Winners

1950s

1957

• Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia

1958

• Not awarded

1959

• Deborah Kerr – Separate Tables

1960s

1960

• Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story

1961

• Brigitte Bardot – The Truth

1962

• Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany's

1963

• Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth

1964

• Shirley MacLaine – Irma la Douce

1965

• Audrey Hepburn – My Fair Lady

1966

• Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music

1967

• Julie Christie – Doctor Zhivago (ex aequo)
• Elizabeth Taylor – The Taming of the Shrew

1968

• Faye Dunaway – Bonnie and Clyde (ex aequo)
• Katharine Hepburn – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1969

• Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl (ex aequo)
• Mia Farrow – Rosemary's Baby

1970s

1970

• Liza Minnelli – The Sterile Cuckoo

1971

• Ali MacGraw – Love Story

1972

• Elizabeth Taylor – X Y & Zee

1973

• Liza Minnelli – Cabaret

1974

• Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were (ex aequo)
• Tatum O'Neal – Paper Moon

1975

• Liv Ullmann – Scenes from a Marriage

1976

• Isabelle Adjani – The Story of Adele H. (ex aequo)
• Glenda Jackson – Hedda

1977

• Annie Girardot – Cours après moi que je t'attrape (ex aequo)
• Faye Dunaway – Network

1978

• Jane Fonda – Julia (ex aequo)
• Simone Signoret – The Life Before Us

1979

• Ingrid Bergman – Autumn Sonata (ex aequo)
• Liv Ullmann – Autumn Sonata

1980s

1980

• Isabelle Huppert – The Lacemaker

1981

• Catherine Deneuve – The Last Metro

1982

• Diane Keaton – Reds

1983

• Julie Andrews – Victor/Victoria

1984

• Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment

1985

• Meryl Streep – Falling in Love

1986

• Meryl Streep – Out of Africa

1987

• Norma Aleandro – The Official Story

1988

• Cher – Moonstruck

1989

• Jodie Foster – The Accused

1990s

1990

• Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy

1991

• Anne Parillaud – La Femme Nikita

1992

• Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs

1993

• Emmanuelle Béart – A Heart in Winter (ex aequo)
• Tilda Swinton – Orlando (ex aequo)
• Emma Thompson – Howards End

1994

• Emma Thompson – The Remains of the Day

1995

• Jodie Foster – Nell

1996

• Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking

References

External links

• David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress at IMDb
• David di Donatello official website
• Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

This page was last edited on 29 January 2024, at 01:32