Goya Award for Best New Actress

Since the 26th edition (2011) to be a candidate in any acting category, the only condition is to be over 16 years of age.

Before that edition, four actresses under 16 years of age won the award: Ivana Baquero, Nerea Camacho, Marina Comas and María Valverde.

Benedicta Sánchez is the oldest winner at the age of 84 for her role in Fire Will Come.

For the 39th ceremony, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain introduced a modification consisting of the requirement of an authorization signed by the actress accepting her participation in the Goya Awards.

As of the 2024 ceremony, Janet Novás is the most recent winner in this category for her role as María in The Rye Horn.

Ruth Gabriel was the first winner in this category for her performance in Running Out of Time (1994)
The only performer who has won Goya awards in all three acting categories is Laia Marull , who won best new actress in 2000 for Fugitives , best actress in 2003 for Take My Eyes , and best supporting actress in 2010 for Black Bread
Paz Vega won for Sex and Lucia (2001)
Ivana Baquero is the youngest recipient of the award at 12 years of age for her role in Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Macarena García won for her performance in Snow White (2012)
Natalia de Molina won for her role in Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013) and went on to win best actress award for Food and Shelter (2015)
Irene Escolar won for her performance in An Autumn Without Berlin (2015)
Eva Llorach won for her performance in Quién te cantará (2018).
María Cerezuela won for Maixabel (2021).
Laura Galán won for Piggy (2022).
Janet Novás [ es ] won for The Rye Horn (2023).