Gawad Urian for Best Actress
The Gawad Urian Best Actress,, is a movie award given by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino to lead actresses in a Philippine movie.
Legendary movie and box-office queen Vilma Santos is Gawad Urian's most decorated thespian. She won 8 best actress awards and holds the record for winning it three years in a row: Relasyon (1982), Broken Marriage (1983) and Sister Stella L. (1984).
The iconic Superstar and Grand Dame of Philippine Cinema Nora Aunor is the most nominated actress with 21 nominations and won 7 Gawad Urian Best Actress and the first winner of Gawad Urian Best Actress (1977, 1981, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2013)
Judy Ann Santos is Gawad Urian Best Actress in 2005.
Mylene Dizon is Gawad Urian Best Actress in 2009.
The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines presented since 1977 by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino, a film critic organization composed of critics, writers, and scholars. It is the regarded as the highest award for a film given by critics in the Philippines and is seen as the counterpart of the United States' New York Film Critics Circle.
Vilma Santos is Gawad Urian's most decorated thespian. She won awards in the Best Actress (1982, 1983, 1984), Actress of the Decade (1980s), and a Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as a Best Film (1979) as a producer.