Silver Shell for Best Actress

The Silver Shell for Best Actress (Spanish: Concha de Plata a la mejor actriz; Basque: Aktore onenaren Zilarrezko Maskorra) was one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival to the Best Actress of a competing film.^[1] The last of this award was given out in 2020, after which it was replaced with a gender-neutral Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance and Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance the following year.^[2]

Winners


Year	Actress	Film Title	Ref
1953	Julita Martínez	There's a Road on the Right
1954	Marisa de Leza	La patrulla	^[3]
1956	Luisa Della Noce	The Railroad Man	^[4]
1957	Giulietta Masina	Nights of Cabiria	^[5]
1958	Jacqueline Sassard	March's Child	^[6]
1959	Audrey Hepburn	The Nun's Story	^[7]
1960	Joanne Woodward	The Fugitive Kind	^[8]
1961	Pina Pellicer	One-Eyed Jacks	^[9]
1962	Anne Bancroft	The Miracle Worker	^[10]
1963	Lee Remick	Days of Wine and Roses	^[11]
1964	Ava Gardner	The Night of the Iguana	^[12]
1965	Lilli Palmer	Operation Crossbow	^[13]
1966	Evangelina Salazar	Arm in Arm Down the Street
1967	Serena Vergano	A Love Story	^[14]
1968	Monica Vitti	The Girl with the Pistol
1969	Stefania Sandrelli	The Bandit
1969	Ludmila Tchoursina	Zhuravusha
1970	Stéphane Audran	Le Boucher	^[15]
1971	Graciela Borges	Crónica de una Señora	^[16]
1972	Mia Farrow	Follow Me!	^[17]
1973	Glenda Jackson	A Touch of Class	^[18]
1973	Françoise Fabian	La bonne année	^[18]
1974	Sophia Loren	The Voyage	^[19]
1975	Gena Rowlands	A Woman Under the Influence	^[20]
1976	Helen Morse	Caddie	^[21]
1977	Katherine Hunter	The Girl's War
1978	Carol Burnett	A Wedding	^[22]
1979	Laura Betti	Il piccolo Archimede	^[23]
1985	Mercedes Sampietro	Extramuros	^[24]
1986	Angela Molina	Half of Heaven
1987	Victoria Abril	El Lute (Run for Your Life)	^[25]
1988	Cipe Lincovski	The Girlfriend	^[26]
1988	Liv Ullmann	The Girlfriend	^[26]
1989	Mirjana Jokovic	Eversmile, New Jersey	^[27]
1990	Margherita Buy	The Week of the Sphinx	^[28]
1991	Deborra-Lee Furness	Waiting
	Noni Hazlehurst
	Helen Jones
	Fiona Press
1992	Krystyna Janda	Zwolnieni z zycia	^[29]
1993	Niki Karimi	Sara	^[30]
1994	Ning Jing	Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker	^[31]
1995	Victoria Abril	Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead	^[25]^[32]
1996	Norma Aleandro	Autumn Sun	^[16]
1997	Julie Christie	Afterglow	^[33]
1998	Jeanne Balibar	Late August, Early September	^[34]
1999	Aitana Sánchez-Gijón	Volavérunt	^[35]
2000	Carmen Maura	La Comunidad	^[36]
2001	Pilar López de Ayala	Mad Love	^[37]
2002	Mercedes Sampietro	Common Ground	^[38]
2003	Laia Marull	Take My Eyes	^[39]
2004	Connie Nielsen	Brødre	^[40]
2005	Ana Geislerová	Something Like Happiness	^[41]
2006	Nathalie Baye	Mon fils à moi	^[42]
2007	Blanca Portillo	Seven Billiard Tables	^[43]
2008	Melissa Leo	Frozen River	^[44]
2008	Tsilla Chelton	Pandora's Box	^[44]
2009	Lola Dueñas	Me Too	^[45]
2010	Nora Navas	Black Bread	^[46]
2011	María León	The Sleeping Voice	^[47]
2012	Macarena Garcia	Blancanieves	^[48]
2012	Katie Coseni	Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang	^[48]
2013	Marian Álvarez	Wounded	^[49]
2014	Paprika Steen	Silent Heart	^[50]
2015	Yordanka Ariosa	The King of Havana	^[51]
2016	Fan Bingbing	I Am Not Madam Bovary	^[52]
2017	Sofia Gala Castiglione	Alanis	^[53]
2018	Pia Tjelta	Blind Spot	^[26]
2019	Greta Fernández	A Thief's Daughter	^[54]^[55]
2019	Nina Hoss	The Audition	^[54]^[55]
2020	Ia Sukhitashvili	Beginning	^[56]

References

^ "San Sebastian Film Festival". sansebastianfestival. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
^ Tom Grater (22 June 2021). "San Sebastian Becomes Latest Festival To Introduce Gender Neutral Acting Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ Ama, Santiago del (2007). Santiago Valiente: Una Historia Real (in Spanish). Carlos del Ama. ISBN 978-1-4343-2000-1.
^ The Railroad Man, retrieved 2020-01-20
^ Nights of Cabiria, retrieved 2020-01-20
^ Bertarelli, Massimo (2004). Il cinema italiano in 100 film: i 100 film da salvare (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-8440-340-7.
^ Heatley, Michael (May 2017). Audrey Hepburn: In Words and Pictures. Book Sales. ISBN 978-0-7858-3534-9.
^ Shelley, Peter (2019-09-06). Joanne Woodward: Her Life and Career. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3697-9.
^ Univision. "La tragedia de Pina Pellicer: la estrella que se mató por soledad". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Shelley, Peter (2017-07-21). Anne Bancroft: The Life and Work. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2858-5.
^ Ohmart, Ben (2012-11-15). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. BearManor Media.
^ "Ten Afro-Cuban Actresses You Must Know". Panamerican World. 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Spanish Newsletter. Communication Affiliates Incorporated. 1965.
^ Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9.
^ "Italian Film Wins Top Prize At San Sebastian Festiva". The New York Times. 1970-07-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ ^a ^b "Anahí Berneri's ALANIS Wins Best Director and Best Actress Awards at San Sebastian". Cinema Tropical. October 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Mia Farrow turns 70: Her career in pics". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Glenda Jackson: 2-Time Best Actress Oscar Winner, Former MP Comeback". Alt Film Guide. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Capri, Hollywood to Honor Sophia Loren, Open With Greta Gerwig's 'Little Women'". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Wisconsin Facts | Famous Wisconsinites | Gena Rowlands". www.authenticwisconsin.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Radford, Tim (2014-10-20). "Picnic at Hanging Rock star promotes film in London: from the archive, 20 October 1976". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Thompson, David (2011-04-07). Altman on Altman. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-26164-2.
^ Gianni Amelio : un posto al cinema. Scalzo, Domenico, 1957- (1. ed.). Torino: Lindau. 2001. ISBN 88-7180-363-9. OCLC 48161309.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Sloan, Jane (2007-03-26). Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-7082-7.
^ ^a ^b Bono, Ferran (2012-07-06). "What pains Victoria Abril about Spain". El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ ^a ^b "Pia Tjelta Wins The Silver Shell At San Sebastian". NORDIC DRAMA. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Mirjana Jokovic | TEDxCalArts". 14 February 2013. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Morahan, Christopher Thomas, (9 July 1929–7 April 2017), television, film and theatre director", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.27998
^ "Well done, Ma'am! Dame of Polish cinema gets best actress award at Sundance". www.thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Admin (2016-07-08). "Niki Karimi". Persian Film Festival Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Stack, Peter (1995-03-19). "Sensual Fireworks In Romantic Import / Chinese director He Ping". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Mira, Alberto (2010-04-28). Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7375-9.
^ Malcolm, Derek (1998-10-02). "Nolte but nice". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Rooney, David (1998-09-28). "Going, going, 'Gone'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Spanish actress Aitana Sanchez-Gijon raises the Silver Shell award for the best actress during the c." Adobe Stock. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "San Sebastian to Honor Carmen Maura With Lifetime Achievement Award". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Sour end to Spanish film festival". 2001-09-30. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Rooney, David (2002-09-29). "Spanish-lingo features top San Seb". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Hopewell, John; Young, Deborah (2003-09-28). "'Gun' wins fest shell nod". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Danish actress Connie Nielsen receives the 52nd San Sebastian..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Hopewell, John (2005-09-25). "Fest likes 'Happiness'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Young, Deborah; Hopewell, John (2006-10-01). "Pair share top spot in San Sebastian". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Holland, Jonathan; Hopewell, John (2007-09-29). "'Good Prayers' wins Golden Shell". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Holland, Jonathan; Hopewell, John (2008-09-27). "San Sebastian picks 'Pandora's Box'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Hopewell, John (2009-09-26). "'City' scoops up the Golden Shell". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Spanish actress Nora Navas receives the best actress Silver Shell..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Spanish actress Maria Leon is kissed by Chinese actress Bai Ling..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Ewan McGregor, Penelope Cruz, Dustin Hoffmann, Ricardo Darin and other stars in photos from 2012 San Sebastian Film Festival". Montreal Gazette. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Barraclough, Leo; Hopewell, John (2013-09-28). "'Bad Hair' Tops San Sebastian Fest". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Keslassy, Elsa; De Pablos, Emiliano (2014-09-27). "'Magical Girl' Tops San Sebastian Fest". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Mayorga, Emilio; Hopewell, John (2015-09-26). "Runar Runarsson's 'Sparrows' Tops San Sebastian". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Fan Bingbing won the Best Actress award". GBTIMES. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ Lang, Jamie; Hopewell, John (2017-09-30). "James Franco's 'The Disaster Artist' Wins San Sebastian". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "San Sebastian Film Festival". 2019-09-03. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
^ Lang, Jamie; Hopewell, John (2019-09-28). "'Pacified' Wins Golden Shell at San Sebastian". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Official Awards - FIAPF". 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-09-26.

External links

[1] "San Sebastian Film Festival". sansebastianfestival. Retrieved 2019-10-01.

[2] Tom Grater (22 June 2021). "San Sebastian Becomes Latest Festival To Introduce Gender Neutral Acting Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[3] Ama, Santiago del (2007). Santiago Valiente: Una Historia Real (in Spanish). Carlos del Ama. ISBN 978-1-4343-2000-1.

[4] The Railroad Man, retrieved 2020-01-20

[5] Nights of Cabiria, retrieved 2020-01-20

[6] Bertarelli, Massimo (2004). Il cinema italiano in 100 film: i 100 film da salvare (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-8440-340-7.

[7] Heatley, Michael (May 2017). Audrey Hepburn: In Words and Pictures. Book Sales. ISBN 978-0-7858-3534-9.

[8] Shelley, Peter (2019-09-06). Joanne Woodward: Her Life and Career. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3697-9.

[9] Univision. "La tragedia de Pina Pellicer: la estrella que se mató por soledad". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[10] Shelley, Peter (2017-07-21). Anne Bancroft: The Life and Work. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2858-5.

[11] Ohmart, Ben (2012-11-15). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. BearManor Media.

[12] "Ten Afro-Cuban Actresses You Must Know". Panamerican World. 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[13] Spanish Newsletter. Communication Affiliates Incorporated. 1965.

[14] Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9.

[15] "Italian Film Wins Top Prize At San Sebastian Festiva". The New York Times. 1970-07-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[:0-16] "Anahí Berneri's ALANIS Wins Best Director and Best Actress Awards at San Sebastian". Cinema Tropical. October 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[17] "Mia Farrow turns 70: Her career in pics". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[18] "Glenda Jackson: 2-Time Best Actress Oscar Winner, Former MP Comeback". Alt Film Guide. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[19] "Capri, Hollywood to Honor Sophia Loren, Open With Greta Gerwig's 'Little Women'". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[20] "Wisconsin Facts | Famous Wisconsinites | Gena Rowlands". www.authenticwisconsin.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[21] Radford, Tim (2014-10-20). "Picnic at Hanging Rock star promotes film in London: from the archive, 20 October 1976". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[22] Thompson, David (2011-04-07). Altman on Altman. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-26164-2.

[23] Gianni Amelio : un posto al cinema. Scalzo, Domenico, 1957- (1. ed.). Torino: Lindau. 2001. ISBN 88-7180-363-9. OCLC 48161309.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[24] Sloan, Jane (2007-03-26). Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-7082-7.

[:2-25] Bono, Ferran (2012-07-06). "What pains Victoria Abril about Spain". El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[:1-26] "Pia Tjelta Wins The Silver Shell At San Sebastian". NORDIC DRAMA. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[27] "Mirjana Jokovic | TEDxCalArts". 14 February 2013. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[28] "Morahan, Christopher Thomas, (9 July 1929–7 April 2017), television, film and theatre director", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.27998

[29] "Well done, Ma'am! Dame of Polish cinema gets best actress award at Sundance". www.thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[30] Admin (2016-07-08). "Niki Karimi". Persian Film Festival Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[31] Stack, Peter (1995-03-19). "Sensual Fireworks In Romantic Import / Chinese director He Ping". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[32] Mira, Alberto (2010-04-28). Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7375-9.

[33] Malcolm, Derek (1998-10-02). "Nolte but nice". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[34] Rooney, David (1998-09-28). "Going, going, 'Gone'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[35] "Spanish actress Aitana Sanchez-Gijon raises the Silver Shell award for the best actress during the c." Adobe Stock. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[36] "San Sebastian to Honor Carmen Maura With Lifetime Achievement Award". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[37] "Sour end to Spanish film festival". 2001-09-30. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[38] Rooney, David (2002-09-29). "Spanish-lingo features top San Seb". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[39] Hopewell, John; Young, Deborah (2003-09-28). "'Gun' wins fest shell nod". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[40] "Danish actress Connie Nielsen receives the 52nd San Sebastian..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[41] Hopewell, John (2005-09-25). "Fest likes 'Happiness'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[42] Young, Deborah; Hopewell, John (2006-10-01). "Pair share top spot in San Sebastian". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[43] Holland, Jonathan; Hopewell, John (2007-09-29). "'Good Prayers' wins Golden Shell". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[44] Holland, Jonathan; Hopewell, John (2008-09-27). "San Sebastian picks 'Pandora's Box'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[45] Hopewell, John (2009-09-26). "'City' scoops up the Golden Shell". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[46] "Spanish actress Nora Navas receives the best actress Silver Shell..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[47] "Spanish actress Maria Leon is kissed by Chinese actress Bai Ling..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[48] "Ewan McGregor, Penelope Cruz, Dustin Hoffmann, Ricardo Darin and other stars in photos from 2012 San Sebastian Film Festival". Montreal Gazette. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[49] Barraclough, Leo; Hopewell, John (2013-09-28). "'Bad Hair' Tops San Sebastian Fest". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[50] Keslassy, Elsa; De Pablos, Emiliano (2014-09-27). "'Magical Girl' Tops San Sebastian Fest". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[51] Mayorga, Emilio; Hopewell, John (2015-09-26). "Runar Runarsson's 'Sparrows' Tops San Sebastian". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[52] "Fan Bingbing won the Best Actress award". GBTIMES. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[53] Lang, Jamie; Hopewell, John (2017-09-30). "James Franco's 'The Disaster Artist' Wins San Sebastian". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[54] "San Sebastian Film Festival". 2019-09-03. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

[55] Lang, Jamie; Hopewell, John (2019-09-28). "'Pacified' Wins Golden Shell at San Sebastian". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

[56] "Official Awards - FIAPF". 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-09-26.

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