Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

The Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Robert Prisen for årets kvindelige hovedrolle) is a Danish Film Academy award presented at the annual Robert Award ceremony to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Danish film.

1980s

 * 1984: Line Arlien-Søborg – Skønheden og udyret
 * 1985: Bodil Udsen – Min farmors hus
 * 1986: Stine Bierlich – Ofelia kommer til byen
 * 1987: Kirsten Lehfeldt – Coeurs flambés
 * 1988: Stéphane Audran – Babettes gæstebud
 * 1989: Karina Skands – Himmel og helvede

1990s

 * 1990: Ghita Nørby – Waltzing Regitze
 * 1991: Dorota Pomykała – Kajs fødselsdag
 * 1992: Ghita Nørby – Freud's Leaving Home
 * 1993: Louise Hassing Nielsen – Pain of Love
 * 1994: Sofie Gråbøl – Sort høst
 * 1995: Kirsten Rolffes – The Kingdom
 * 1996: Puk Scharbau – Kun en pige
 * 1997: Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
 * 1998: Sidse Babett Knudsen – Let's Get Lost
 * 1999: Bodil Jørgensen – The Idiots

2000s

 * 2000: Sidse Babett Knudsen – The One and Only
 * 2001: Björk for Dancer in the Dark
 * Marianne Frost nominated for Break Your Bounds
 * Ann Eleonora Jørgensen nominated for Italian for Beginners
 * Ghita Nørby nominated for A Place Nearby
 * Anette Støvelbæk nominated for Italian for Beginners
 * 2002: Stine Stengade for Kira's Reason: A Love Story
 * Sofie Gråbøl nominated for Grev Axel
 * Susanne Juhasz nominated for One-Hand Clapping
 * Sidse Babett Knudsen nominated for Mona's World
 * Charlotte Munck nominated for Shake It All About
 * 2003: Paprika Steen for Okay
 * Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis nominated for Halalabad Blues
 * Maria Bonnevie nominated for I Am Dina
 * Trine Dyrholm nominated for P.O.V. - Point of View (2003 film)
 * Sonja Richter nominated for Open Hearts
 * 2004: Birthe Neumann for Move Me
 * Iben Hjejle nominated for Skagerak
 * Susanne Juhasz nominated for Regel nr. 1
 * Sidse Babett Knudsen nominated for Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (film)
 * Stephanie Leòn nominated for Bagland
 * 2005: Sofie Gråbøl for Aftermath
 * Laura Drasbæk nominated for Lost Generation
 * Ann Eleonora Jørgensen nominated for In Your Hands
 * Lena Endre nominated for Day and Night
 * Sonja Richter nominated for Villa Paranoia
 * 2006: Sofie Gråbøl for Accused
 * Lene Maria Christensen nominated for Store Planer
 * Trine Dyrholm nominated for Flies on the Wall
 * Bryce Dallas Howard nominated for Manderlay
 * Birthe Neumann nominated for Solkongen
 * 2007: Trine Dyrholm for A Soap
 * Laura Bro nominated for Rene hjerter
 * Lene Maria Christensen nominated for Fidibus
 * Laura Christensen nominated for Råzone
 * Sidse Babett Knudsen nominated for After the Wedding
 * 2008: Noomi Rapace for Daisy Diamond
 * Rikke Louise Andersson nominated for White Night (2007 film)
 * Bodil Jørgensen nominated for Just like Home
 * Julie Kolbech nominated for The Art of Crying
 * Paprika Steen nominated for The Substitute
 * 2009: Lene Maria Christensen for Terribly Happy
 * Trine Dyrholm nominated for Little Soldier (2008 film)
 * Rosalinde Mynster nominated for Worlds Apart
 * Paprika Steen nominated for Fear Me Not
 * Julie Ølgaard nominated for Crying for Love

2010s

 * 2010: Paprika Steen for Applause
 * Charlotte Gainsbourg nominated for Antichrist
 * Birgitte Hjort Sørensen nominated for At World's End
 * Stephanie Leon nominated for Hush Little Baby (2009 film)
 * Simone Tang nominated for Aching Hearts
 * 2011: Trine Dyrholm for In a Better World
 * Julie Brochorst Andersen nominated for Hold om mig
 * Annette Heick nominated for Olsen Gang Gets Polished
 * Ellen Hillingsø nominated for The Experiment
 * Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt nominated for Smukke mennesker
 * 2012: Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia
 * Lene Maria Christensen nominated for A Family
 * Frederikke Dahl Hansen nominated for Frit fald
 * Barbara Garcia nominated for Rosa Morena
 * Tuva Novotny nominated for IDA
 * 2013: Bodil Jørgensen for Hvidstengruppen and Trine Dyrholm for Love Is All You Need
 * 2014: Helle Fagralid for Sorg og glæde
 * 2015: Bodil Jørgensen for All Inclusive
 * 2016: Tuva Novotny for A War
 * Bodil Jørgensen nominated for Mennesker bliver spist
 * Ghita Nørby nominated for Key House Mirror
 * Marie Tourell Søderberg nominated for Steppeulven
 * Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt nominated for Lang historie kort
 * 2017: Trine Dyrholm for Kollektivet
 * 2018: Amanda Collin for En frygtelig kvinde
 * 2019: Katrine Greis-Rosenthal for Lykke-Per

2020s

 * 2020: Trine Dyrholm for Dronningen
 * 2021: Andrea Heick Gadeberg for Riders of Justice
 * 2022: Birthe Neumann for The Pact
 * 2023: Zar Amir Ebrahimi for Holy Spider
 * 2024: Paprika Steen for Toves værelse