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

Year	Actress	Film	Character
1948 1st
	Bodil Kjer	Soldaten og Jenny	Jenny Christensen
1949 2nd
	Karin Nellemose	Kampen mod uretten	Thyra Sabroe

1950s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
1950 3rd
	Astrid Villaume	Susanne	Susanne Drewes
1951 4th
	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1952 5th
	Bodil Kjer	Mød mig på Cassiopeia	Musen Polyhymnia
1953 6th
	Not awarded
1954 7th
	Tove Maës	Himlen er blaa	Grete
1955 8th
	Birgitte Federspiel	Ordet	Inger Borgen
1956 9th
	Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen	Altid ballade	Helga Nielsen[1]
1957 10th
	Birgit Sadolin	Tre piger fra Jylland	Johanne 'Joe' Hansen
1958 11th
	Clara Pontoppidan	En kvinde er overflødig	Enkefru Tang[2]
1959 12th
	Birgitte Federspiel	En fremmed banker på	Vibeke

1960s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
1960 13th
	Bodil Ipsen	Tro, håb og trolddom	Bedstemor Gunhild
1961 14th
	Lise Ringheim	Den sidste vinter	Eva Sørensen
1962 15th
	Not awarded
1963 16th
	Helle Virkner	Den kære familie	Emilie
1964 17th
	Laila Andersson	Gudrun	Gudrun
1965 18th
	Lone Hertz	Tine	Tine Bølling
1966 19th
	Not awarded
1967 20th
	Lone Hertz	Utro	Lene
1968 21st
	Harriet Andersson	Mennesker mødes og sød musik opstår i hjertet	Sofia Persson
1969 22nd
	Not awarded

1970s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
1970 23rd
	Anne-Lise Gabold	Midt i en jazztid	Vera Bagger
1971 24th
	Tove Maës	Det er nat med fru Knudsen	Gerda Knudsen
1972 25th
	Not awarded
1973 26th
	Lotte Tarp	Farlige kys	Birthe Kold
1974 27th
	Not awarded
1975 28th
	Agneta Ekmanner	Per	Marianne Lorentzen
1976 29th
	Ghita Nørby	Den korte sommer	Kirsten
1977 30th
	Not awarded
1978 31st
	Not awarded
1979 32nd
	Kirsten Olesen	Honning måne	Kirsten

1980s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
1980 33rd
	Not awarded
1981 34th
	Karen Lykkehus	Næste stop – Paradis	Dagmar Larsen
1982 35th#BDB76B
	Solbjørg Højfeldt	Slingrevalsen	Karen
1983 36th
	Tove Maës	Felix	Inger Marie Maage
1984 37th
	Line Arlien-Søborg	Skønheden og udyret	Mette
1985 38th
	Not awarded
1986 39th
	Stine Bierlich	Ofelia kommer til byen	Molly
1987 40th
	Kirsten Lehfeldt	Flamberede hjerter	Henriette 'Henry
1988 41st
	Not awarded
1989 42nd
	Karin Skands	Himmel og Helvede	Maria

1990s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
1990 43rd
	Ghita Nørby	Dansen med Regitze	Regitze
1991 44th
	Trine Dyrholm	Springflod	Pauline
1992 45th
	Ghita Nørby	Freud flytter hjemmefra	Rosha Cohen
1993 46th
	Anne Louise Hassing	Kærlighedens smerte	Kirsten
1994 47th
	Sofie Gråbøl	Sort høst	Clara Uldahl-Ege
1995 48th
	Kirsten Rolffes	Riget	Sigrid Drusse
1996 49th
	Puk Scharbau	Kun en pige	Lise (20-30 years)
	Michelle Bjørn-Andersen	Menneskedyret	Frederiks mor
	Charlotte Sieling	Elsker elsker ikke...	Hannah
1997 50th
	Emily Watson	Breaking the Waves	Bess McNeill
1998 51st
	Sidse Babett Knudsen	Let's Get Lost	Julie
	Amalie Dollerup	Nonnebørn	Johanne
	Anneke von der Lippe	Barbara	Barbara
1999 52nd
	Bodil Jørgensen	Idioterne	Karen

2000s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
2009 63rd
	Charlotte Gainsbourg	Antichrist	She
	Lærke Winther Andersen	Velsignelsen	Katrine
	Stephanie León	Se min kjole	Charlotte
	Malou Reymann	Se min kjole	Barbara
	Paprika Steen	Applause	Thea Barfoed

2010s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
2010 64th
	Trine Dyrholm	Hævnen	Marianne
	Julie Brochorst Andersen	Hold om mig	Sara
	Ellen Hillingsø	Eksperimentet	Nurse Gert
	Bodil Jørgensen	Smukke mennesker	Ingeborg
	Mille Lehfeldt	Smukke mennesker	Anna
2011 65th
	Lene Maria Christensen	En familie	Ditte
	Frederikke Dahl Hansen	Frit fald	Louise
	Kirsten Dunst	Melancholia	Justine
	Emma Sehested Høeg	Magi i luften	Lina
2012 66th
	Sara Hjort Ditlevsen	Undskyld jeg forstyrrer	Helene
	Trine Dyrholm	Den skaldede frisør	Ida
	Alicia Vikander	En kongelig affære	Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
	Bodil Jørgensen	Hvidsten gruppen	Gudrun Fiil
	Julie Brochorst Andersen	You & Me Forever	Laura
2013 67th
	Charlotte Gainsbourg	Nymphomaniac	Joe
	Sofie Gråbøl	The Hour of the Lynx	Helen
	Stacy Martin	Nymphomaniac	Young Joe
	Helle Fagralíð	Sorrow and Joy	Signe

References

1. Morten Piil (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2.
2. Morten Piil (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. pp. 305–. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2.

External links

• Best Actor in Bodil Awards