Country United States Official website www.iemmys.tv Currently held by Christiane Paul | First awarded 2005 Instituted 2005 Category of International Emmy Awards | |
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Awarded for Best Performance by an Actress Presented by International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences People also search for International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor Winners & Nominees Christiane PaulUnterm Radar, Christiane Paul, Winner, Jodi SantamariaPangako Sa 'Yo, Jodi Santamaria, Nominee, Grazi MassaferaVerdades Secretas, Grazi Massafera, Nominee, Judi DenchRoald Dahl's Esio Trot, Judi Dench, Nominee, Anneke von der LippeEyewitness, Anneke von der Lippe, Winner, Sheridan SmithCilla, Sheridan Smith, Nominee, Fernanda MontenegroDoce de Mãe, Fernanda Montenegro, Nominee, Bianca KrijgsmanThe New World, Bianca Krijgsman, Winner, Romina GaetaniTelevisión por la Justicia, Romina Gaetani, Nominee, Olivia ColmanBroadchurch, Olivia Colman, Nominee, Tuba Büyüküstün20 Minutes, Tuba Büyüküstün, Nominee, Fernanda MontenegroSweet Mother, Fernanda Montenegro, Winner, Lotta Tejle30 Degrees in February, Lotta Tejle, Nominee, Sheridan SmithMrs Biggs, Sheridan Smith, Nominee, Sun LiEmpresses in the Palace, Sun Li, Nominee, Cristina BanegasTelevisión por la inclusión, Cristina Banegas, Winner, Joanna VanderhamThe Runaway, Joanna Vanderham, Nominee, Rina SaZhong Guo Di, Rina Sa, Nominee, Sidse Babett KnudsenBorgen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Nominee | ||
The International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress is a category of the International Emmy Awards, held since 2005 and which awards actresses outside the United States. The award ceremony takes place in New York City.
The first awarded with the trophy was He Lin by the his role in Slave Mother, a telefilm produced by CCTV6 channel. Dutch Maryam Hassouni won in 2006 for her performance as Laila al Gatawi in Offers, a drama thriller directed by Dana Nechushtan.
In 2007, the International Emmy for best actress went to French Muriel Robin for her role as Marie Besnard in the Belgian-French telefilm The Poisoner.
Lucy Cohu, Julie Walters and Helena Bonham Carter won in subsequent years, Walters is the only actress to win twice the prize in 2009, as Anne Turner in A Short Stay in Switzerland, repeating the feat in 2011 for her performance in the telefilm Mo, which tells the life story of the parliamentary Labour Party Mo Mowlam.
The first Emmy for best actress for Latin America was won by Argentina's Cristina Banegas for her role in the miniseries Televisión por la Inclusion. Followed by Brazil's Fernanda Montenegro in 2013.
In 2015, Dutch Bianca Krijgsman wins for his performance in De Nieuwe Wereld.
Germany's Christiane Paul won as best actress for the German show Unterm Radar.
Rules & Regulations
Best Performance by an Actress: A female individual’s performance in a madefor-television fiction program (i.e. movie, mini-series, drama series, Telenovela, or comedy series).