Created in 2008, the GDA Foundation Film Actors Award aims to recognize the artistic merit and excellence of the work of Portuguese actors in fiction feature films.
It is therefore intended to promote and confer recognition to the work of featured performers in the accomplishment of their professional activity. The award contributes towards the appreciation of the profession through the creation of a public homage that symbolizes the prominence, meaning and impact associated with these professional activities and the potential they represent for the cultural, social and human development of societies.
What sets this award apart is that the entire process is accomplished exclusively by performers, making it an award attributed by peers: an acting award given by professionals from the same area.
Past Award Winners
2019 – 2020
Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Flávio Hamilton
for Os Dois Irmãos, by Francisco Manso
Sandra Faleiro
for Herdade, by Tiago Guedes
Sérgio Praia
for Variações, by João Maia
Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Catarina Wallenstein
for Mar, by Margarida Gil
Filipe Duarte
for Variações, by João Maia
João Pedro Mamede
for Herdade, by Tiago Guedes
Award for Best New Talent
Ana Vilela da Costa
for Herdade, by Tiago Guedes
Beatriz Brás
for Herdade, by Tiago Guedes
Igor Regalla
for Gabriel, by Nuno Bernardo
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Jury: Natália Luiza, Pompeu José, Rita Cabaço
2018 – 2019
Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Adriano Carvalho
for Vazante, by Daniela Thomas
Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ana Cristina Oliveira
for Carga, by Bruno Gascon
Award for Best New Talent
Miguel Moreira
for Djon Africa, by João Miller Guerra e Filipa Reis
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Jury: Diogo Dória, Joana Bárcia, João Reis
2017-2018
Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nuno Lopes
for São Jorge by de Marco Martins
Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Vera Barreto
for Fátima by João Canijo
Award for Best New Talent
Matamba Joaquim
for Comboio de Sal e Açucar by Licínio Azevedo
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Jury: Adriano Luz, Catarina Wallenstein, Cristina Carvalhal
2016-2017
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Joana Bárcia
for Cinzento e Negro by Luís Filipe Rocha
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
João Pedro Vaz
for Cartas da Guerra by Ivo M. Ferreira
Award for Best New Talent
Miguel Nunes
for Cartas da Guerra by Ivo M. Ferreira
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Jury: Maria João Luís, Miguel Seabra, Fernando Luís
2015-2016
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Luísa Cruz
for the segment in As Lágrimas da Juíza
in the second volume of the film As Mil e Uma Noites by Miguel Gomes
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
José Pinto
for Capitão Falcão by João Leitão
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Jury: António Capelo, Miguel Guilherme and Rita Blanco
2014-2015
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Maria do Céu Guerra
for Os Gatos não Têm Vertigens by António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Pedro Inês
for Os Maias by João Botelho
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Jury: André Gago, Beatriz Batarda and Leonor Silveira
2013-2014
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Rita Durão
for Em Segunda Mão by Catarina Ruivo
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Paulo Pires
for Até Amanhã Camaradas by Joaquim Leitão
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Jury: André Gago, Beatriz Batarda and Leonor Silveira
2012-2013
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Dalila do Carmo
for Florbela by Vicente Alves do Ó
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ângelo Torres
for Estrada de Palha by Rodrigo Areias
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Jury: André Gago, José Martins e João Perry
2011-2012
Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Fernando Luís
for America by João Nuno Pinto and Nuno Lopes
for Sangue do Meu Sangue by João Canijo
Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rita Martins
for Efeitos Secundários by Paulo Rebelo
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Jury: João Perry, António Rama and Maria Amélia Matta
2010-2011
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Leonor Baldaque
for A Religiosa Portuguesa by Eugène Green
Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
São José Correia
for O Inimigo Sem Rosto by José Farinha
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Jury: Antonino Solmer, André Gago and Isabel Ruth
2009-2010
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Soraia Chaves
for Salazar – A Vida Privada by Jorge Queiroga
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Virgílio Castelo
for Um Amor de Perdição by Mário Barroso
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Jury: João Perry, Antonino Solmer and André Gago
2008-2009
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Anabela Moreira
for Mal Nascida by João Canijo
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tiago Rodrigues
for Mal Nascida by João Canijo
2007-2008
Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Ivo Canelas
for Call Girl by António-Pedro Vasconcelos and O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra
by Jorge Paixão da Costa
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
José Eduardo
for Julgamento by Leonel Vieira,
Corrupção by João Botelho
and dot.com by Luís Galvão Teles