IFTA Award for Best International Actress

IFTA Award for Best International Actress
The 2024 recipient: Demi Moore
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress
Country	Ireland
Presented by	Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA)
First award	2004
Most recent winner	Demi Moore, The Substance (2025)
Website	ifta.ie

The IFTA Award for Best International Actress is an award presented annually by the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA). It was first presented at the 2nd Irish Film & Television Awards ceremony in 2004 to a non-Irish actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a feature film.

The record for most wins is two, held by Meryl Streep and Emma Stone. The record for most nominations is four, held by Cate Blanchett. Demi Moore is the award's most recent winner, for The Substance (2024).

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as the year of film. The first three ceremonies were held at the end of the year, but since the 4th Irish Film & Television Awards the ceremonies have generally been held the following year. The award wasn't presented between the 16th and the 18th ceremonies, returning at the 19th ceremony in 2023.

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

2000s

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
2004 (2nd)	Keira Knightley ‡	King Arthur	[1]
		Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
	Cameron Diaz	Shrek 2
	Scarlett Johansson	Lost in Translation
	Charlize Theron	Monster
	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill: Volume 2
2005 (3rd)	Gillian Anderson ‡	The Mighty Celt	[2]
	Drew Barrymore	The Perfect Catch
	Dakota Fanning	War of the Worlds
	Natalie Portman	Garden State
2006 (4th)	Helen Mirren ‡	The Queen	[3]
	Penélope Cruz	Volver
	Eva Green	Casino Royale
	Kate Winslet	The Holiday
2007 (5th)	Hilary Swank ‡	P.S. I Love You	[4]
	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth: The Golden Age
	Jodie Foster	The Brave One
	Keira Knightley	Atonement
2008 (6th)	Meryl Streep ‡	Mamma Mia!	[5]
	Angelina Jolie	Changeling
	Kristin Scott Thomas	I've Loved You So Long
	Emma Thompson	Brideshead Revisited
2009 (7th)	Meryl Streep ‡	It's Complicated	[6]
	Marion Cotillard	Nine
	Penélope Cruz	Broken Embraces
	Anna Kendrick	Up in the Air

2010s

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
2010 (8th)	Annette Bening ‡	The Kids Are All Right	[7]
	Helena Bonham Carter	The King's Speech
	Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone
	Nataša Petrović	As If I Am Not There
2011 (9th)	Glenn Close ‡	Albert Nobbs	[8]
	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady
	Tilda Swinton	We Need to Talk About Kevin
	Kristen Wiig	Bridesmaids
2012 (10th)	Marion Cotillard ‡	Rust and Bone	[9]
	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook
	Andrea Riseborough	Shadow Dancer
	Emmanuelle Riva	Amour
2013 (11th)	Judi Dench ‡	Philomena	[10]
	Amy Adams	American Hustle
	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine
	Sandra Bullock	Gravity
2014 (12th)	Julianne Moore ‡	Still Alice	[11]
	Patricia Arquette	Boyhood
	Jessica Chastain	Miss Julie
	Toni Collette	Glassland
2015 (13th)	Brie Larson ‡	Room	[12]
	Cate Blanchett	Carol
	Rachel Griffiths	Mammal
	Charlotte Rampling	45 Years
2016 (14th)	Emma Stone ‡	La La Land	[13]
	Amy Adams	Arrival
	Viola Davis	Fences
	Natalie Portman	Jackie
2017 (15th)	Frances McDormand ‡	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	[14]
	Sally Hawkins	Maudie
		The Shape of Water
	Nicole Kidman	The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2020s

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
2022/23 (19th)	Cate Blanchett ‡	Tár	[15]
	Viola Davis	The Woman King
	Florence Pugh	The Wonder
	Emily Watson	God's Creatures
	Michelle Williams	The Fabelmans
	Letitia Wright	Aisha
2023 (20th)	Emma Stone ‡	Poor Things	[16]
	Annette Bening	Nyad
	Lily Gladstone	Killers of the Flower Moon
	Greta Lee	Past Lives
	Carey Mulligan	Maestro
	Margot Robbie	Barbie
2024 (21st)	Demi Moore ‡	The Substance	[17]
	Cynthia Erivo	Wicked
	Angelina Jolie	Maria
	Mikey Madison	Anora
	Florence Pugh	We Live in Time
	Emily Watson	Small Things Like These

Multiple awards and nominations

The following individuals have received two or more Best International Actress awards:

Wins	Actor	Nominations
2	Meryl Streep	3
	Emma Stone	2

The following individuals have received two or more Best International Actress nominations:

Nominations	Actor
4	Cate Blanchett
3	Meryl Streep
2	Amy Adams
	Annette Bening
	Marion Cotillard
	Penélope Cruz
	Viola Davis
	Sally Hawkins
	Angelina Jolie
	Keira Knightley
	Jennifer Lawrence
	Natalie Portman
	Florence Pugh
	Emma Stone
	Emily Watson

See also

• Academy Award for Best Actress
• BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress

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External links

• IFTA.ie (official IFTA website)