Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress

It is given to honour an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a Hong Kong film.

Firstly, prospective nominees are marked with a weight of 50% each from HKFA voters and a hundred professional adjudicators, contributing towards a final score with which the top five nominees advance to the second round of voting.

The winner is then selected via a scoring process where 55% of the vote comes from 55 professional adjudicators, 25% from representatives of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild and 20% from all other HKFA Executive Committee Members.

[2] Maggie Cheung holds the title of the most awards received having been honoured on 5 separate occasions.

At the first incarnation of the ceremony in 1982 awards were presented to winners with no nominees selected.

Photo of Kara Hui at the world premiere of the Hong Kong film Happiness in 2015.
Kara Wai was the first to win the award for her role in My Young Auntie (1981).
Photo of Maggie Cheung at Shanghai movie festival in 2007.
Maggie Cheung won the award five times for her roles in A Fishy Story (1989), Center Stage (1991), Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996), The Soong Sisters (1997) and In the Mood for Love (2000).
Photo of Sylvia Chang at Hong Kong International Film Festival 2011.
Sylvia Chang won the award twice for her roles in Passion (1986) and Forever and Ever (2002).
Photo of Brigitte at the 2008 Dubai International Film Festival.
Brigitte Lin was nominated for her role in Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain as well as on three other occasions.
Photo of Sandra Ng in Bangkok 2007.
Sandra Ng won in 1998 for Portland Street Blues .
Photo of Anita Yuen.
Anita Yuen won the award for 2 years in a row for her roles in C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993) and He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994).
Photo of Faye Wong in Kuala Lumpur 2011.
Faye Wong was nominated for her roles in Chungking Express (1995) and Chinese Odyssey 2002 .
Photo of Cecilia Cheung in 2009.
Cecilia Cheung won in 2004 for Lost in Time .
Photo of Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi won in 2005 for 2046 and in 2014 for The Grandmaster .
Photo of Zhou Xun at CCTV-MTV music award ceremony in Beijing in July 2002.
Zhou Xun won in 2006 for Perhaps Love .
Photo of Faye Wong in Kuala Lumpur 2011.
Karen Mok was nominated for her roles in The God of Cookery (1997) and Wait 'til You're Older (2006).
Photo of Gong Li at Cannes Film Festival in 2011.
Gong Li won in 2008 for Curse of the Golden Flower .
Photo of Shu Qi at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Shu Qi was nominated for the award in both 2010 and 2012.
Photo of Gao Yuanyuan in Seoul 2011.
Gao Yuanyuan was nominated in 2012 for her role in Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Photo of Karen Mok in Taipei 2007.
Deanie Ip won in 2012 for A Simple Life .
Photo of Miriam Yeung at SINA Music 2006.
Miriam Yeung won in 2013 for Love in the Buff .
Photo of Zhao Wei at the Huabiao Awards in 2007.
Zhao Wei won in 2015 for her role in Dearest .
Photo of Zhou Dongyu.
Teresa Mo won in 2017 for her role in Tomorrow Is Another Day .
Photo of Chloe Maayan.
Chloe Maayan won in 2018 for her role in Three Husbands .
Photo of Teresa Mo.
Zhou Dongyu won in 2020 for her role in Better Days .
Cya Liu won in 2022 for her role in Limbo .
Sammi Cheng won in 2023 for her role in Lost Love .