First awarded 2002 Instituted 2002 | Country Russia Category of Golden Eagle Award | |
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Awarded for Best Leading Actress of the Year Currently held by Elena Lyadova in Leviathan (2014) Official website Official site of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia Presented by National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia People also search for Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor Winners & Nominees Julia VysotskayaParadise, Julia Vysotskaya, Winner, Kseniya RappoportQueen of Spades, Kseniya Rappoport, Nominee, Viktoriya IsakovaThe Student, Viktoriya Isakova, Nominee, Yulia PeresildBattle for Sevastopol, Yulia Peresild, Winner, Mariya AronovaBattalion, Mariya Aronova, Nominee, Renata LitvinovaAbout Love, Renata Litvinova, Nominee, Elena LyadovaLeviathan, Elena Lyadova, Winner, Yulia PeresildWeekend, Yulia Peresild, Nominee, Darya MorozThe Fool, Darya Moroz, Nominee, Elena LyadovaThe Geographer Drank His Globe Away, Elena Lyadova, Winner, Svetlana IvanovaLegenda No 17, Svetlana Ivanova, Nominee, Yuliya AleksandrovaGorko!, Yuliya Aleksandrova, Nominee, Anna MikhalkovaLove with an Accent, Anna Mikhalkova, Winner, Roza KhayrullinaThe Horde, Roza Khayrullina, Nominee, Renata LitvinovaRita's Last Fairy Tale, Renata Litvinova, Nominee | ||
The Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actress (Russian: Премия «Золотой Орёл» за лучшую женскую роль в кино) is one of twenty award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia. It is one of the Golden Eagle Awards, which were conceived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the Nika Award established in 1987 by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences.
Each year the members of the academy choose three leading actresses and the film as a perception. The first actress to be awarded was Natalya Gundareva for the film Rostov-Papa. The most recent award was made to Elena Lyadova in Leviathan. Anna Mikhalkova holds the record for the most wins (with two out of three nominations). Chulpan Khamatova and Renata Litvinova were equally nominated, but have not received the award to date. Other actress with multiple nominations are Elena Lyadova (with two wins in a row), Kseniya Rappoport (with two wins) and Oksana Fandera (with 2 nominations).