David di Donatello for Best Actress

David di Donatello for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Awarded forBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Film
CountryItaly
Presented byAccademia del Cinema Italiano
First awarded1956 (for female lead acting in films released during the 1955/1956 film season)
Currently held byPaola Cortellesi — There's Still Tomorrow (2024)
Websitedaviddidonatello.it

The David di Donatello Award for Best Actress (Italian: David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of an actress who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony.[1] Nominees and winner are selected via run-off voting by all the members of the Accademia.

The award was first given in 1956.[2] Sophia Loren is the record holder in this category, with seven awards, followed by Margherita Buy and Monica Vitti, with five awards each.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference chrono was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema [The awards of cinema] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 251–252. ISBN 8877422211.
  3. ^ "David di Donatello: chi sono i più premiati di sempre?" [David di Donatello awards: who are the all-time most awarded?]. Sky TG24 (in Italian). 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.