Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

The Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Danish: Bodilprisen for bedste kvindelige hovedrolle) is one of the merit categories presented by the Danish Film Critics Association at the annual Bodil Awards. Created in 1948, it is one of the oldest film awards in Europe, and it honours the best performance by an actress in a leading role in a Danish produced film. The jury can decide not to hand out the award; this has happened 12 times since 1953.

Honorees

1940s

1948: Bodil Kjer won for her role as Jenny Christensen in Jenny and the Soldier
1949: Karin Nellemose won for her role as Thyra Sabroe in Kampen mod uretten

1950s

1950: Astrid Villaume won for her role as Susanne Drewes in Susanne
1951: Not awarded
1952: Bodil Kjer won for her role as Musen Polyhymnia in Mød mig på Cassiopeia
1953: Not awarded
1954: Tove Maës won for her role as in Himlen er blaa
1955: Birgitte Federspiel won for her role as Inger Borgen in Ordet
1956: Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen won for her role as Helga Nielsen in Altid ballade
1957: Birgit Sadolin won for her role as Johanne 'Joe' Hansen in Tre piger fra Jylland
1958: Clara Pontoppidan won for her role as Enkefru Tang in En kvinde er overflødig
1959: Birgitte Federspiel won for her role as Vibeke in En fremmed banker på

1960s

1960: Bodil Ipsen won for her role as Bedstemor Gunhild in Tro, håb og trolddom
1961: Lise Ringheim won for her role as Eva Sørensen in Den sidste vinter
1962: Not awarded
1963: Helle Virkner won for her role as Emilie in Den kære familie
1964: Laila Andersson won for her role as Gudrun in Gudrun
1965: Lone Hertz won for her role as Tine Bølling in Tine
1966: Not awarded
1967: Lone Hertz won for her role as Lene in Utro
1968: Harriet Andersson won for her role as Sofia Persson in Mennesker mødes og sød musik opstår i hjertet
1969: Not awarded

1970s

1970: Anne-Lise Gabold won for her role as Vera Bagger in Jazz All Around
1971: Tove Maës won for her role as Gerda Knudsen in Det er nat med fru Knudsen
1972: Not awarded
1973: Lotte Tarp won for her role as Birthe Kold in Farlige kys
1974: Not awarded
1975: Agneta Ekmanner won for her role as Marianne Lorentzen in Per
1976: Ghita Nørby won for her role as Kirsten in Den korte sommer
1977: Not awarded
1978: Not awarded
1979: Kirsten Olesen won for her role as Kirsten in In My Life

1980s

1980: Not awarded
1981: Karen Lykkehus won for her role as Dagmar Larsen in Next Stop Paradise
1982: Solbjørg Højfeldt won for her role as Karen in Slingrevalsen
1983: Tove Maës won for her role as Inger Marie Maage in Felix
1984: Line Arlien-Søborg won for her role as Mette in Beauty and the Beast
1985: Not awarded
1986: Stine Bierlich won for her role as Molly in Ofelia kommer til byen
1987: Kirsten Lehfeldt won for her role as Henriette 'Henry in Cœurs flambés
1988: Not awarded
1989: Karina Skands won for her role as Maria in Himmel og helvede

1990s

1990: Ghita Nørby won for her role as Regitze in Waltzing Regitze
1991: Trine Dyrholm won for her role as Pauline in Springflod
1992: Ghita Nørby won for her role as Rosha Cohen in Freud's Leaving Home
1993: Anne Louise Hassing won for her role as Kirsten in Pain of Love
1994: Sofie Gråbøl won for her role as Clara Uldahl-Ege in Black Harvest
1995: Kirsten Rolffes won for her role as Sigrid Drusse in The Kingdom
1996: Puk Scharbau won for her role as Lise (20-30 years) in Kun en pige
- Michelle Bjørn-Andersen was nominated for her role as Frederik's mother in Menneskedyret
- Charlotte Sieling was nominated for her role as Hannah in Elsker elsker ikke...
1997: Emily Watson won for her role as Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves
1998: Sidse Babett Knudsen won for her role as Julie in Let's Get Lost
- Amalie Dollerup was nominated for her role as Johanne in Nonnebørn
- Anneke von der Lippe was nominated for her role as Barbara in Barbara
1999: Bodil Jørgensen won for her role as Karen in The Idiots

2000s

2000: Sidse Babett Knudsen won for her role as Sus in The One and Only
2001: Björk won for her role as Selma in Dancer in the Dark
2002: Stine Stengade won for her role as Kira in Kira's Reason: A Love Story
2003: Paprika Steen won for her role as Nete in Okay
2004: Birthe Neumann won for her role as Sara in Move Me
2005: Connie Nielsen won for her role in Brothers
2006: Trine Dyrholm won for her role as My Larsen in Fluerne på væggen
2007: Trine Dyrholm won for her role as Charlotte in A Soap
2008: Noomi Rapace won for her role in Daisy Diamond
2009: Lene Maria Christensen won for her role in Terribly Happy

2010s

2010: Charlotte Gainsbourg won for her role as She in Antichrist
- Lærke Winther Andersen was nominated for her role as Katrine in The Blessing
- Stephanie León was nominated for her role as Charlotte in Hush Little Baby
- Malou Reymann was nominated for her role as Barbara in Se min kjole
- Paprika Steen was nominated for her role as Thea Barfoed in Applause
2011: Trine Dyrholm won for her role as Marianne in Hævnen
- Julie Brochorst Andersen was nominated for her role as Sara in Hold Me Tight
- Ellen Hillingsø was nominated for her role as Nurse Gert in Eksperimentet
- Bodil Jørgensen was nominated for her role as Ingeborg in Smukke mennesker
- Mille Lehfeldt was nominated for her role in Smukke mennesker
2012: Lene Maria Christensen won for her role as Ditte in En familie
- Frederikke Dahl Hansen was nominated for her role as Louise in Frit fald
- Kirsten Dunst was nominated for her role as Justine in Melancholia
- Emma Sehested Høeg was nominated for her role as Lina in Magi i luften
2013: Sara Hjort Ditlevsen won for her role as Helene in Undskyld jeg forstyrrer
- Trine Dyrholm was nominated for her role as Ida in Den skaldede frisør
- Alicia Vikander was nominated for her role as Caroline Matilda of Great Britain in En kongelig affære
- Bodil Jørgensen was nominated for her role as Gudrun Fiil in Hvidsten gruppen
- Julie Brochorst Andersen was nominated for her role as Laura in You & Me Forever
2014: Charlotte Gainsbourg won for her role as Joe in Nymphomaniac
- Sofie Gråbøl was nominated for her role as Helen in The Hour of the Lynx
- Stacy Martin was nominated for her role as Young Joe in Nymphomaniac
- Helle Fagralíð was nominated for her role as Signe in Sorrow and Joy
2015: Danica Curcic won for her role in Silent Heart
2016: Mille Lehfeldt won for her role as Ellen in Lang historie kort
2017: Trine Dyrholm won for her role in The Commune
2018: Amanda Collin won for her role in En frygtelig kvinde
2019: Victoria Carmen Sonne won for her role in Holiday

2020s

2020: Trine Dyrholm won for her role in Queen of Hearts
2021: Kaya Toft Loholt won for her role in A Perfectly Normal Family
2022: Birthe Neumann won for her role in Pagten