Award "David di Donatello" for the best female role

Sophia Loren was awarded the record 6 times (1961, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1978)

Claudia Cardinale was awarded the prize in 1968 and 1972

Monica Vitti received the prize 5 times (1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1979)

Margherita Buy - 5 awards (1991, 1999, 2008, 2013, 2015)

Asia Argento received the prize in 1994 and 1997

Barbora Bobulova from Slovakia won the nomination in 2005

Russian actress Ksenia Rappoport won the award in 2007

The prize “David di Donatello” to the best actress ( Italian. David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista ) is one of the prizes of the Italian David film “ Donatello ”. The prize may be awarded to a foreign actress for his role in a film produced in Italy, or to an Italian actress in a foreign film. The last years in the nomination include 5 actresses, from which choose one winner.

In 1956, Gina Lollobrigida won the first prize for her role in the film “ The Most Beautiful Woman in the World ”.

6 times the award was divided between two actresses (1963, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1981).

Most often, the prize was awarded to Sophia Loren - 6 times. 5 awards for Monica Vitti and Margherita Buy ^[1] , 4 victories for Mariangela Melato and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi . Three times the best were recognized by Gina Lollobrigida and Sylvanas Mangano .

In 1988, the award was given to Soviet actress Elena Safonova for her role in the Soviet-Italian film by Nikita Mikhalkov “ Black Eyes ”. In 2007, Russian actress Ksenia Rappoport won the prize for the main role in the film “ Stranger ” by Giuseppe Tornatore .