Volpi Cup for Best Actress
The Volpi Cup for Best Actress is an award presented by the Venice Film Festival. It is given by the festival jury in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance from the films in the competition slate. It is named in honor of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the founder of the festival.[1] The 1st ceremony was held in 1932, when Helen Hayes received the Volpi Cup for the title role in The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)—this was the only time that the award was chosen by public voting.[2] From 1942 to 1945, the festival was suspended because of World War II. The student protests in May 1968 opened a period of institutional changes, with no prizes were awarded from 1969 to 1979.[2][3][4]
Volpi Cup for Best Actress | |
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Valeria Golino holding her second Volpi Cup for her performance in Per amor vostro (2015) | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress |
Country | Italy |
Presented by | Venice Film Festival |
First awarded | 1932 |
Currently held by | Vanessa Kirby Pieces of a Woman (2020) |
Website | labiennale |
The official name of the award has changed several times. In 1934, Katharine Hepburn was honored with the Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actress for her role in Little Women.[5] It was renamed the Volpi Cup for Best Actress the following year.[4] The awards given from 1947 to 1949 were named the International Award for the Best Actress. The Best Actress Award resumed in 1983, when Darling Légitimus became the first black woman to receive the award for her work Sugar Cane Alley.[6] In 1992, Ingrid Bergman was honored posthumously for her performance in Europe '51, which was denied by the jury in 1952 because her voice was dubbed from Swedish into Italian.[7][8] The award can be for lead or supporting roles with the exception of the period, when the additional award for Best Supporting Actress was given from 1993 to 1995.[2] At the age of four, Victoire Thivisol became the youngest recipient for the title role in Ponette in 1996.[3][9]
Since its inception, the award has been given to 67 actresses. Only three of them have won more than once: Shirley MacLaine, Isabelle Huppert, and Valeria Golino, who have each won the cup twice. Bette Davis is the only actress to win the award for her roles in two different films on the same competition; she won in 1937 for her contribution in Marked Woman and Kid Galahad. In 1988, the award was shared by two actresses in different films: Huppert in Story of Women and MacLaine in Madame Sousatzka. There have been two films, She's Been Away in 1989 and La Cérémonie in 1995, that garnered multiple winners in one year. As of 2020, Vanessa Kirby is the most recent winner in this category for her portrayal of Martha Weiss Carson in Pieces of a Woman.[10]
Winners
# | Indicates co-winners |
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Indicates the Best Supporting Actress winner |
Multiple winners
- 2 wins
- Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment (1960), Madame Sousatzka (1988)
- Isabelle Huppert – Story of Women (1988), La Cérémonie (1995)
- Valeria Golino – A Tale of Love (1986), Per amor vostro (2015)
See also
Notes
- The award was named Best Actress.
- The award was named the Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actress.[5]
- From 1947 to 1949, the award was named International Award for the Best Actress.
- Bergman's performance was denied by the jury because her voice was dubbed from Swedish into Italian. She was honored posthumously in 1992.
- From 1983 to 1987, the award was named Best Actress Award.
- From 1993 to 1995, the festival awarded a Best Supporting Actress prize.
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