Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
| Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress | |
| Awarded for | Performance by an actress in a leading role |
| Presented by | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| First awarded | 1982 (for performances in films released in 1981/1982) |
| First winner |
Kara Hui My Young Auntie |
| Currently held by |
Jessie Li Port of Call (2016) |
| Most awards | Maggie Cheung (5 awards) |
| Most nominations | Sylvia Chang (10 nominations) |
| Most nominations in a single year | Sammi Cheng (3 noms, 2002) |
| Official website | |
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The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually at the Hong Kong Film Awards. It is given in honour of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a Hong Kong film. The 1st Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony was held in 1982 with Kara Hui receiving the award for her roles in My Young Auntie. After the first award ceremony all subsequent awards began using a nomination system in which actresses are scored by Professional Adjudicators, HKFA committee members and members of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong. Since its inception 78 actresses have been nominated for the award with 25 actresses winning at least one of the 35 awards.
Maggie Cheung hold the title of the most awards received having been honoured on 5 separate occasions. Sylvia Chang hold the record for the most nominated actresses with 10 nominations. As of 2016's 35th Award ceremony Jessie Li is the most recent winner for her role in Port of Call.
In the following table award nominees are listed by year corresponding to the Hong Kong Film Awards' annual presentation ceremony. At the first incarnation of the ceremony in 1982 awards were presented to winners with no nominees selected, thereafter the winner is chosen from a list of nominees from the chosen category.
The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards:
The following individuals received five or more Best Actress nominations:
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