César Award for Best Actress

César de la meilleure actrice
César Award for Best Actress
2026 recipient: Léa Drucker
Awarded forBest Actress in a Leading Role
CountryFrance
Presented byAcadémie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
First award1976
Currently held byLéa Drucker for Case 137 (2026)
Websiteacademie-cinema.org

The César Award for Best Actress (French: César de la meilleure actrice) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of an actress who has worked within the French film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. Nominees and winner are selected via a run-off voting by all the members of the Académie.