In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|
1990
(5th) | Carmen Maura (European Film Award for Best Actress) | ¡Ay, Carmela! |
| Victoria Abril | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | ¡Átame! |
| Charo López | Lo más natural |
1991
(6th) | Sílvia Munt | Butterfly Wings | Alas de mariposa |
| Victoria Abril (Silver Bear for Best Actress) | Lovers | Amantes |
| Maribel Verdú | Lovers | Amantes |
1992
(7th) | Ariadna Gil | The Age of Beauty | Belle époque |
| Penélope Cruz | Jamón, jamón |
| Assumpta Serna | The Fencing Master | El maestro de esgrima |
1993
(8th) | Verónica Forqué | Kika |
| Carmen Maura | Shadows in a Conflict | Sombras en una batalla |
| Emma Suárez | The Red Squirrel | La ardilla roja |
1994
(9th) | Cristina Marcos | All Men Are the Same | Todos los hombres sois iguales |
| Ana Belén | Turkish Passion | La pasión turca |
| Ruth Gabriel | Running Out of Time | Días contados |
1995
(10th) | Victoria Abril (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto |
| Ariadna Gil | Antárdida |
| Marisa Paredes | The Flower of My Secret | La flor de mi secreto |
1996
(11th) | Emma Suárez | The Dog in the Manger | El perro del hortelano |
| Ana Torrent | Thesis | Tesis |
| Concha Velasco | Beyond the Garden | Más allá del jardín |
1997
(12th) | Cecilia Roth (Silver Condor for Best Actress) | Martín (Hache) |
| Maribel Verdú | The Lucky Star | La buena estrella |
| Julia Gutiérrez | The Colour of the Clouds | El color de las nubes |
1998
(13th) | Penélope Cruz (Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress) | The Girl of Your Dreams | La niña de tus ojos |
| Cayetana Guillén | The Grandfather | El abuelo |
| Najwa Nimri | Lovers of the Arctic Circle | Los amantes del círculo polar |
| Leonor Watling | A Time for Defiance | La hora de los valientes |
1999
(14th) | Cecilia Roth (European Film Award for Best Actress) | All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre |
| Ariadna Gil | Black Tears | Lágrimas negras |
| Carmen Maura | Lisbon | Lisboa |
| Mercedes Sampietro | By My Side Again | Cuando vuelvas a mi lado |
|
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|
2000
(15th) | Carmen Maura (European Film Award for Best Actress) | Common Wealth | La comunidad |
| Icíar Bollaín | Leo |
| Lydia Bosch (Cartagena Film Festival Award for best actress) | You're the One | Una historia de entonces |
| Adriana Ozores | Plenilune | Plenilunio |
2001
(16th) | Pilar López de Ayala (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Mad Love | Juana la Loca |
| Victoria Abril | Don't Tempt Me | Sin noticias de Dios |
| Nicole Kidman (nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama) (nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) (Saturn Award for best actress) | The Others |
| Paz Vega | Mine Alone | Sólo mía |
2002
(17th) | Mercedes Sampietro (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Common Places | Lugares comunes |
| Ana Fernández | Story of a Kiss | Historia de un beso |
| Adriana Ozores (Seminci Award for best actress) | Nobody's Life | La vida de nadie |
| Leonor Watling (Cartagena Film Festival Award for best actress) | My Mother Likes Women | A mi madre le gustan las mujeres |
2003
(18th) | Laia Marull (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Take My Eyes | Te doy mis ojos |
| Ariadna Gil | Soldiers of Salamina | Soldados de Salamina |
| Adriana Ozores | Sleeping Luck | La suerte dormida |
| Sarah Polley | My Life Without Me | Mi vida sin mí |
2004
(19th) | Lola Dueñas | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro |
| Pilar Bardem (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | María querida |
| Ana Belén | Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena |
| Penélope Cruz (David di Donatello for Best Actress) (nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress) | Don't Move | Non ti muovere |
2005
(20th) | Candela Peña | Princesses | Princesas |
| Adriana Ozores (Montreal World Film Festival Award for best actress) | Heroine | Heroína |
| Nathalie Poza | Hard Times | Malas temporadas |
| Emma Vilarasau | Para que no me olvides |
2006
(21st) | Penélope Cruz (Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)) (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress) (European Film Award for Best Actress) (nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) (nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama) | Volver |
| Silvia Abascal (Málaga Film Festival for best actress) | La Dama Boba |
| Marta Etura | Dark Blue Almost Black | Azuloscurocasinegro |
| Maribel Verdú (Ariel Award for Best Actress) | Pan's Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno |
2007
(22nd) | Maribel Verdú | Seven Billiard Tables | Siete mesas de billar francés |
| Blanca Portillo (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Seven Billiard Tables | Siete mesas de billar francés |
| Belén Rueda (nominated for the Saturn Award for best actress) | The Orphanage | El orfanato |
| Emma Suárez | Under the Stars | Bajo las estrellas |
2008
(23rd) | Carme Elías | Camino |
| Verónica Echegui | My Prison Yard | El patio de mi cárcel |
| Ariadna Gil (nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Actress) | Just Walking | Sólo quiero caminar |
| Maribel Verdú | The Blind Sunflowers | Los girasoles ciegos |
2009
(24th) | Lola Dueñas (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Me Too | Yo, también |
| Penélope Cruz | Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos |
| Maribel Verdú | Tetro |
| Rachel Weisz | Agora | Ágora |
|
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | {{Abbr|Ref.|References |
|---|
2010
(25th) | Nora Navas (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) | Black Bread | Pa negre (Pan negro) |
| Elena Anaya | Room in Rome | Room in Rome |
| Emma Suárez (Seminci Award for Best Actress) | The Mosquito Net | La mosquitera |
| Belén Rueda | Julia's Eyes | Los ojos de Julia |
2011
(26th) | Elena Anaya (nominated for the Saturn Award for best supporting actress) | The Skin I Live In | La piel que habito |
| Verónica Echegui | Kathmandu Lullaby | Katmandú. Un espejo en el cielo |
| Salma Hayek | As Luck Would Have It | La chispa de la vida |
| Inma Cuesta | The Sleeping Voice | La voz dormida |
2012
(27th) | Maribel Verdú | Blancanieves |
| Penélope Cruz | Twice Born | Venuto al mondo |
| Aida Folch | The Artist and the Model | El artista y la modelo |
| Naomi Watts (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress) (nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama) | The Impossible | Lo imposible |
2013
(28th) | Marian Álvarez (San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for the best actress) (Mar del Plata Film Festival Award for Best Actress) | Wounded | La herida |
| Inma Cuesta | Three Many Weddings | Tres bodas de más |
| Aura Garrido | Stockholm |
| Nora Navas | Tots Volem el Millor Per a Ella |
2014
(29th) | Bárbara Lennie | Magical Girl |
| María León | Marsella |
| Macarena Gómez | Shrew's Nest | Musarañas |
| Elena Anaya | Todos Están Muertos |
2015
(30th) | Natalia de Molina | Techo y comida |
| Inma Cuesta | The Bride | La novia |
| Penélope Cruz | Ma Ma |
| Juliette Binoche | Nobody Wants the Night | Nadie quiere la noche |
2016
(31st) | Emma Suárez | Julieta |
| Penélope Cruz | The Queen of Spain | La reina de España |
| Bárbara Lennie | María (y los demás) |
| Carmen Machi | La puerta abierta |
2017
(32nd) | Nathalie Poza | Can't Say Goodbye | No puedo decir adiós |
| Emily Mortimer | The Bookshop | [7] |
| Penélope Cruz | Loving Pablo |
| Maribel Verdú | Abracadabra |
2018
(33rd) | Susi Sánchez | Sunday's Illness | La enfermedad del domingo |
| Najwa Nimri | Quién te cantará | [8] |
| Penélope Cruz | Everybody Knows | Todos lo saben |
| Lola Dueñas | Journey to a Mother's Room | Viaje al cuarto de una madre |
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