TheDavid di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress (Italian:David di Donatello per la migliore attrice straniera) is a category in theDavid di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy's answer to theOscars".^[1] It was awarded by theAccademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI,Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of non-Italian film actresses during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was created during the second edition of the ceremony, in 1957, and cancelled after the 1996 event.^[2] The award was not granted in 1958.

Audrey Hepburn andJodie Foster, with three awards each, are the record-holders in this category.

1957

• Ingrid Bergman –Anastasia

1958

• Not awarded

1959

• Deborah Kerr –Separate Tables

1960

• Audrey Hepburn –The Nun's Story

1961

• Brigitte Bardot –The Truth

1962

• Audrey Hepburn –Breakfast at Tiffany's

1963

• Geraldine Page –Sweet Bird of Youth

1964

• Shirley MacLaine –Irma la Douce

1965

• Audrey Hepburn –My Fair Lady

1966

• Julie Andrews –The Sound of Music

1967

• Julie Christie –Doctor Zhivago (ex aequo)
• Elizabeth Taylor –The Taming of the Shrew

1968

• Faye Dunaway –Bonnie and Clyde (ex aequo)
• Katharine Hepburn –Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1969

• Barbra Streisand –Funny Girl (ex aequo)
• Mia Farrow –Rosemary's Baby

1970

• Liza Minnelli –The Sterile Cuckoo

1971

• Ali MacGraw –Love Story

1972

• Elizabeth Taylor –X Y & Zee

1973

• Liza Minnelli –Cabaret

1974

• Barbra Streisand –The Way We Were (ex aequo)
• Tatum O'Neal –Paper Moon

1975

• Liv Ullmann –Scenes from a Marriage

1976

• Isabelle Adjani –The Story of Adele H. (ex aequo)
• Glenda Jackson –Hedda

1977

• Annie Girardot –Cours après moi que je t'attrape (ex aequo)
• Faye Dunaway –Network

1978

• Jane Fonda –Julia (ex aequo)
• Simone Signoret –The Life Before Us

1979

• Ingrid Bergman –Autumn Sonata (ex aequo)
• Liv Ullmann –Autumn Sonata

1980

• Isabelle Huppert –The Lacemaker

1981

• Catherine Deneuve –The Last Metro

1982

• Diane Keaton –Reds

1983

• Julie Andrews –Victor/Victoria

1984

• Shirley MacLaine –Terms of Endearment

1985

• Meryl Streep –Falling in Love

1986

• Meryl Streep –Out of Africa

1987

• Norma Aleandro –The Official Story

1988

• Cher –Moonstruck

1989

• Jodie Foster –The Accused

1990

• Jessica Tandy –Driving Miss Daisy

1991

• Anne Parillaud –La Femme Nikita

1992

• Jodie Foster –The Silence of the Lambs

1993

• Emmanuelle Béart –A Heart in Winter (ex aequo)
• Tilda Swinton –Orlando (ex aequo)
• Emma Thompson –Howards End

1994

• Emma Thompson –The Remains of the Day

1995

• Jodie Foster –Nell

1996

• Susan Sarandon –Dead Man Walking

• David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress atIMDb
• David di Donatello official website
• Enrico Lancia.I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998.ISBN 8877422211.

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