Asian Film Award for Best Actress

Asian Film Award for Best Actress
Asian Film Award for Best Actress
	The 2025 recipient: Shahana Goswami
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Asian Cinema
Presented by	Asian Film Awards Academy
First award	2007
Most recent winner	Shahana Goswami; Santosh (2025)
Website	afa-academy.com

The Asian Film Award for Best Actress is presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA), a non-profit organization founded by Busan International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival with the shared goal of celebrating excellence in Asian cinema. It was first presented in 2007.

Quick Facts Awarded for, Presented by ...

Year	Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Ref.
2007	Miki Nakatani	Memories of Matsuko	嫌われ松子の一生, Kiraware Matsuko no Isshō	^[1] ^[2]
	Gong Li	Curse of the Golden Flower
	Kim Hye-soo	Tazza: The High Rollers	타짜 Tajja
	Im Soo-jung	I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK	싸이보그지만 괜찮아
	Rie Miyazawa	Hana	花よりもなほ Hana yori mo Naho
	Zhang Ziyi	The Banquet	夜宴 Yè Yàn
2008	Jeon Do-yeon	Secret Sunshine	밀양, Miryang	^[3] ^[4]
	Joan Chen	The Home Song Stories
	Kirin Kiki	Tokyo Tower	東京タワー〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜
	Yunjin Kim	Seven Days	세븐 데이즈
	Deepika Padukone	Om Shanti Om
	Tang Wei	Lust, Caution
2009	Zhou Xun	The Equation of Love and Death	李米的猜想, Lǐ mǐ de cāi xiǎng	^[5] ^[6]
	Eri Fukatsu	The Magic Hour	ザ・マジックアワー
	Jiang Wenli	And the Spring Comes	立春 Lì chūn
	Deepika Padukone	Chandni Chowk to China
	Sayuri Yoshinaga	Kabei: Our Mother	母べえ
	Zhao Wei	Painted Skin

Year	Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Ref.
2010	Kim Hye-ja	Mother	마더	^[7] ^[8]
	Li Bingbing	The Message	风声 Fēngshēng
	Bae Doona	Air Doll	空気人形 Kūki Ningyō
	Sandrine Pinna	Yang Yang	陽陽
	Takako Matsu	Villon's Wife	ヴィヨンの妻〜桜桃とタンポポ〜
2011	Xu Fan	Aftershock	唐山大地震	^[9] ^[10]
	Jeon Do-yeon	The Housemaid	하녀 Hanyeo
	Rinko Kikuchi	Norwegian Wood	ノルウェイの森 Noruwei no mori
	Takako Matsu	Confessions	告白 Kokuhaku
	Michelle Yeoh	Reign of Assassins
2012	Deanie Ip	A Simple Life	桃姐	^[11] ^[12]
	Vidya Balan	The Dirty Picture
	Michelle Chen	You Are the Apple of My Eye	那些年，我們一起追的女孩
	Eugene Domingo	The Woman in the Septic Tank	Ang Babae sa Septic Tank
	Leila Hatami	A Separation	جدایی نادر از سیمین Jodái-e Náder az Simin
2013	Nora Aunor	Thy Womb	Sinapupunan	^[13]
	Cho Min-soo	Pietà	피에타
	Golshifteh Farahani	The Patience Stone	سنگ صبور
	Gwei Lun-mei	Girlfriend, Boyfriend	女朋友。男朋友
	Hao Lei	Mystery
2014	Zhang Ziyi	The Grandmaster	一代宗師	^[14]
	Eugene Domingo	Barber's Tales	Mga Kuwentong Barbero
	Han Hyo-joo	Cold Eyes	감시자들
	Paw Hee-ching	Rigor Mortis	殭屍
	Yoko Maki	The Ravine of Goodbye	さよなら渓谷 Sayonara keikoku
2015	Bae Doona	A Girl at My Door	도희야	^[15]
	Gong Li	Coming Home	歸來
	Kalki Koechlin	Margarita With A Straw	Choone Chali Aasman
	Rie Miyazawa	Pale Moon	紙の月
	Tang Wei	The Golden Era	黃金時代
	Zhao Wei	Dearest	親愛的
2016	Shu Qi	The Assassin	刺客聶隱娘	^[16] ^[17]
	Haruka Ayase	Our Little Sister	海街diary
	Kim Hye-soo	Coin Locker Girl	차이나타운
	Karena Lam	Zinnia Flower	百日告別
	Zhao Tao	Mountains May Depart	山河故人
2017	Fan Bingbing	I Am Not Madame Bovary	我不是潘金莲	^[18] ^[19]
	Son Ye-jin	The Last Princess	덕혜옹주
	Haru Kuroki	A Bride for Rip Van Winkle	皆川七海
	Kara Hui	Happiness	幸運是我
	Charo Santos-Concio	The Woman Who Left	Ang Babaeng Humayo
2018	Sylvia Chang	Love Education	相爱相亲	^[20] ^[21]
	Yū Aoi	Birds Without Names	彼女がその名を知らない鳥たち
	Marsha Timothy	Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts	Marlina Si Pembunuh Dalam Empat Babak
	Kim Min-hee	The Day After	그
	Zhou Dongyu	This Is Not What I Expected	喜欢你
2019	Samal Yeslyamova	Ayka	Айка	^[22] ^[23]
	Zhao Tao	Ash Is Purest White	江湖儿女
	Han Ji-min	Miss Baek	미쓰백
	Ando Sakura	Shoplifters	万引き家族
	Chloe Maayan	Three Husbands	三夫

Year	Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Ref.
2020	Zhou Dongyu	Better Days	少年的你	^[24] ^[25]
	Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying	Happy Old Year	ฮาวทูทิ้ง..ทิ้งอย่างไรไม่ให้เหลือเธอ
	Jung Yu-mi	Kim Ji-young: Born 1982	82년생 김지영
	Mariko Tsutsui	A Girl Missing	よこがお
	Yeo Yann Yann	Wet Season	熱帶雨
	Yong Mei	So Long, My Son	地久天长
2021	Yū Aoi	Wife of a Spy	スパイの妻	^[26] ^[27]
	Jeon Jong-seo	The Call	콜
	Zhang Zifeng	Sister	我的姐姐
	Chen Shu-fang	Little Big Women	孤味
	Assel Sadvakassova	Ulbolsyn	Ұлболсын
2023	Tang Wei	Decision to Leave	헤어질 결심	^[28] ^[29]
	Sylvia Chang	A Light Never Goes Out	燈火闌珊
	Karena Lam	American Girl	美國女孩
	Happy Salma	Before, Now & Then	Nana
	Chieko Baisho	Plan 75	Mishi Kakutani
2024	Jiang Qinqin	Dwelling by the West Lake	草木人间	^[30]
	Jung Yu-mi	Sleep	잠
	Audrey Lin	Trouble Girl	小曉
	/ Zhou Dongyu	The Breaking Ice	燃冬
	Rinko Kikuchi	658km, Yoko no Tabi	陽子の旅
2025	Shahana Goswami	Santosh		^[31]
	Kani Kusruti	All We Imagine as Light
	Sylvia Chang	Daughter's Daughter	女兒的女兒
	Kim Go-eun	Exhuma	파묘
	Yuumi Kawai	Desert of Namibia	ナミビアの砂漠

Asian Film Award for Best Actress

Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also

References

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