Platino Award for Best Actress

It was first awarded in 2014, with Chilean actress Paulina García being the first recipient of the award, for her role as Gloria Cumplido in Gloria. Until the 7th edition in 2020, female supporting performances were included in this category. In 2021, the category for Best Supporting Actress was created.

Laia Costa became the first and only actress to win this award consecutively in 2023 and 2024 for Lullaby and Un amor, respectively. Penélope Cruz and Antonia Zegers hold the record for the most nominations in this category, each with three nods. Following closely behind are Paulina García, Laura de la Uz, Natalia Oreiro, Ilse Salas, Emma Suárez, Dolores Fonzi, Carolina Yuste, and Laia Costa, each with two nominations.

Spain holds the record of most wins in the category with three of the eight winners being Spanish actresses, followed by Brazil with three wins, while Argentina and Chile, each with two wins. 2022 nominee Penélope Cruz also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Parallel Mothers.

In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

Year	Actor	Role(s)	English title	Original title
2014 (1st) [1]	Paulina García	Gloria Cumplido	Gloria
	Karen Martínez	Sara	The Golden Dream	La Jaula de Oro
	Laura de la Uz	Ana	Ana's Movie	La película de Ana
	Marian Álvarez	Ana	Wounded	La Herida
	Nashla Bogaert	Natalie	Who's the Boss?	¿Quién manda?
	Natalia Oreiro	Eva	The German Doctor	Wakolda
2015 (2nd) [2]	Érica Rivas	Romina	Wild Tales	Relatos Salvajes
	Geraldine Chaplin	Anne	Sand Dollars	Dólares de Arena
	Laura de la Uz	Rosa Elena	Vestido de novia
	Leandra Leal	Rosa	A Wolf at the Door	O Lobo atrás da Porta
	Paulina García	Ximena	Illiterate	Las Analfabetas
	Samantha Castillo	Marta	Bad Hair	Pelo malo
2016 (3rd) [3]	Dolores Fonzi	Paulina	Paulina	La Patota
	Antonia Zegers	Mother Mónica	The Club	El club
	Elena Anaya	Amanda	The Memory of Water	La memoria del agua
	Inma Cuesta	The Bride	The Bride	La novia
	Penélope Cruz	Magda	Ma Ma
2017 (4th) [4]	Sônia Braga	Clara	Aquarius
	Angie Cepeda	María del Rosario Durán	The Seed of Silence	La semilla del silencio
	Emma Suárez	Julieta Arcos	Julieta
	Juana Acosta	Anna	Anna
	Natalia Oreiro	Gilda	I'm Gilda	Gilda, no me arrepiento de este amor
2018 (5th) [5]	Daniela Vega	Marina Vidal	A Fantastic Woman	Una mujer fantástica
	Antonia Zegers	Mariana	Los perros
	Emma Suárez	Abril	April's Daughter	Las hijas de Abril
	Maribel Verdú	Carmen	Abracadabra
	Sofía Gala	Alanis	Alanis
2019 (6th)
	Ana Brun	Chela	The Heiresses	Las herederas
	Marina de Tavira	Sofía	Roma
	Yalitza Aparicio	Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez
	Penélope Cruz	Laura	Everybody Knows	Todos lo saben

Year	Actor	Role(s)	English title	Original title
2020 (7th) [6]
	Carol Duarte	Eurídice Gusmão	The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão	A Vida Invisível
	Graciela Borges	Mara Ordaz	The Weasel's Tale	El cuento de las comadrejas
	Belén Cuesta	Rosa	The Endless Trench	La trinchera infinita
	Ilse Salas	Sofía	The Good Girls	Las niñas bien
2021 (8th) [7]	Candela Peña	Rosa	Rosa's Wedding	La boda de Rosa
	María Mercedes Coroy	Alma	La Llorona
	Regina Casé	Madalena dos Santos Marins	Three Summers	Três Verões
	Valeria Lois	Stella	Las siamesas
2022 (9th) [8][9]	Blanca Portillo	Maixabel Lasa	Maixabel
	Penélope Cruz	Janis Martínez Moreno	Parallel Mothers	Madres paralelas
	Ángela Molina	Charlotte	Charlotte
	Ilse Salas	Alicia	Plaza Catedral
2023 (10th) [10][11]	Laia Costa	Amaia	Lullaby	Cinco lobitos
	Aline Küppenheim	Carmen	1976
	Antonia Zegers	Ana	The Punishment	El castigo
	Laura Galán	Sara	Piggy	Cerdita
	Magnolia Núñez	Yarisa	Carajita
2024 (11th) [12][13]	Laia Costa	Nat	Un amor
	Carolina Yuste	Conchita	Jokes & Cigarettes	Saben aquell
	Dolores Fonzi	Blondi	Blondi
	Lola Amores	Yolanda	Wild Woman	La mujer salvaje
	Malena Alterio	Lucía	Something Is About to Happen	Que nadie duerma
2025 (12th) [14][15]	Fernanda Torres	Eunice Paiva	I'm Still Here	Ainda Estou Aqui
	Carolina Yuste	Mónica / Arantxa	Undercover	La infiltrada
	Sol Carballo	Woman	Memories of a Burning Body	Memorias de un cuerpo que arde
	Úrsula Corberó	Abril	Kill the Jockey	El jockey