Goya Award for Best Actress

The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.

At the 1st Goya Awards ceremony held in 1987, Amparo Rivelles was the first winner of this award for her role as Laura in We Must Undo the House.

Carmen Maura has received the most awards in this category with three wins.

Penélope Cruz was nominated on twelve occasions, winning two times.

As of the 2025 ceremony, Carolina Yuste is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Mónica / Arantxa in Undercover.

Amparo Rivelles was the first winner in this category for her performance in We Must Undo the House (1986).
Verónica Forqué has won twice, The Happy Life in 1987 and Kika in 1993.
Carmen Maura won the most best actress awards, three, for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Ay, Carmela! (1990) and Common Wealth (2000)
Victoria Abril was nominated eight times and won once for her role in Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995)
Emma Suárez has won best actress twice, for The Dog in the Manger in 1996 and Julieta in 2016.
Cecilia Roth was won twice, for Martín (Hache) in 1997 and All About My Mother in 1999.
Lola Dueñas won twice, for The Sea Inside (2004) and Me Too (2009)
Penélope Cruz was nominated twelve times and won twice for The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) and Volver (2006)
Candela Peña won for Princesas in 2005.
Maribel Verdú was nominated eight times and won twice for Seven Billiard Tables (2007) and Snow White (2012)
Nora Navas won for Black Bread in 2010.
Marian Álvarez won for Wounded in 2013.
Bárbara Lennie won for Magical Girl in 2014.
Natalia de Molina won for Food and Shelter in 2015.
Belén Cuesta won for The Endless Trench in 2019.
Patricia López Arnaiz won for Ane Is Missing (2020)
Laia Costa won for Lullaby (2022)
Malena Alterio won for Something Is About to Happen (2023)