International Emmy Award for Best Actress

International Emmy Award for Best Actress
The 2025 recipient: Anna Maxwell Martin
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
First awardNovember 21, 2005
Currently held byAnna Maxwell Martin,
Until I Kill You (2025)
Most awardsJulie Walters, (2)
Websiteiemmys.tv/

The International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress is presented annually by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS). The award honors the best performance by an actress in a made-for-television fiction program (i.e., a movie, miniseries, drama series, telenovela, or comedy series).

Since its inception, the award has been given to twenty actresses. Anna Maxwell Martin is the current recipient, for her portrayal of Delia Balmer in Until I Kill You. Julie Walters holds the record for the most wins in this category, with two awards.