Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. In 2000 and 2001 the award was only given to Canadian actresses, the last few years every actress in a Canadian production can win the award.

Winners

2000s

Year	Winner	Film	Role	Reference
2000	Marie-Josée Croze	Maelström	Bibiane Champagne	^[1]
	Liane Balaban	New Waterford Girl	Moonie Pottie	^[2]
	Nancy Sivak	Protection and No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed	Jane/Claire	^[2]
2001	Frida Betrani	Last Wedding	Zipporah	^[3]
	Katharine Isabelle	Ginger Snaps and Turning Paige	Ginger Fitzgerald / Paige Fleming	^[3]
	Mia Kirshner	Century Hotel	Dominique	^[3]
2002	Sonja Bennett	Punch	Ariel	^[4]
	Jane McGregor	Flower & Garnet	Flower	^[5]
	Lisa Ray	Bollywood/Hollywood	Sunita Singh	^[5]
2003	Sarah Polley	My Life Without Me	Ann	^[6]
	Marie-Josée Croze	The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)	Nathalie	^[6]
	Nadia Litz	Love That Boy	Phoebe	^[6]
2004	Joely Collins	The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess	Gillian Guess	^[7]
	Liane Balaban	Seven Times Lucky	Fiona
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Childstar	Suzanne Burnbaum
2005	Lisa Ray	Water	Kalyani	^[8]
	Arsinée Khanjian	Sabah	Sabah	^[9]
	Lauren Lee Smith	Lie with Me	Leila	^[9]
2006	Carrie-Anne Moss	Fido	Helen Robinson	^[10]
	Julie Christie	Away from Her	Fiona	^[11]
	Tracy Wright	Monkey Warfare	Linda	^[11]
2007	Elliot Page	The Tracey Fragments	Tracey Berkowitz	^[12]
	Ellen Burstyn	The Stone Angel	Hagar Shipley	^[13]
	Naomi Watts	Eastern Promises	Anna Ivanovna Khitrova	^[13]
2008	Marianne Fortier	Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur)	Élise Gauvin	^[14]
	Julianne Moore	Blindness	The Doctor's Wife	^[15]
	Preity Zinta	Heaven on Earth	Chand	^[15]
2009	Emily Blunt	The Young Victoria	Queen Victoria	^[16]
	Anne Dorval	I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)	Chantale Lemming	^[17]
	Nisreen Faour	Amreeka	Muna Farah	^[17]

2010s

Year	Winner	Film	Role	Reference
2010	Lubna Azabal	Incendies	Nawal Marwan	^[18]
	Molly Parker	Trigger	Kat	^[19]
	Tracy Wright	Trigger	Vic	^[19]
2011	Michelle Williams	Take This Waltz	Margot	^[20]
	Keira Knightley	A Dangerous Method	Sabina Spielrein	^[21]
	Vanessa Paradis	Café de Flore	Jacqueline	^[21]
	Ingrid Veninger	I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person	Ruby	^[21]
	Rachel Weisz	The Whistleblower	Kathryn Bolkovac	^[21]
2012	Rachel Mwanza	War Witch (Rebelle)	Komona	^[22]
	Suzanne Clément	Laurence Anyways	Frédérique "Fred" Bellair	^[23]
	Stéphanie Lapointe	Liverpool	Émilie	^[23]
2013	Sophie Desmarais	Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course)	Sarah	^[24]
	Michelle Giroux	Blood Pressure	Nicole Trestman	^[25]
	Tatiana Maslany	Picture Day	Claire	^[25]
2014	Julianne Côté	You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)	Nicole	^[26]
	Anne Dorval	Mommy	Diane Després	^[27]
	Dagny Backer Johnsen	Violent	Dagny	^[27]
2015	Brie Larson	Room	Joy Newsome	^[28]
	Marie Brassard	The Heart of Madame Sabali (Le Coeur de Madame Sabali)	Jeannette	^[29]
	Julia Sarah Stone	Wet Bum	Sam	^[29]
2016	Bhreagh MacNeil	Werewolf	Vanessa	^[30]
	Deragh Campbell	Never Eat Alone	Audrey Benac	^[31]
	Tatiana Maslany	The Other Half	Emily	^[31]
2017	Shirley Henderson	Never Steady, Never Still	Judy	^[32]
	Deragh Campbell	Fail to Appear	Isolde	^[33]
	Rose-Marie Perreault	Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages)	Mag	^[33]
2018	Arlen Aguayo-Stewart	Roads in February (Les routes en février)	Sara	^[34]
	Troian Bellisario	Clara	Clara	^[35]
	Jennifer Hardy CK	Spice It Up	Rene	^[35]
	Michaela Kurimsky	Firecrackers	Lou	^[35]
2019	Deragh Campbell	Anne at 13,000 Ft.	Anne	^[36]
	Violet Nelson	The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open	Rosie	^[37]
	Kacey Rohl	White Lie	Katie Arneson	^[37]

2020s

Year	Actress	Film	Role	Ref.
2020	Madeleine Sims-Fewer	Violation	Miriam	^[38]
	Carrie Coon	The Nest	Alison O'Hara	^[39]
	Andrea Riseborough	Possessor	Tasya Vos	^[39]
2021	Alison Pill	All My Puny Sorrows	Yoli Von Riessen	^[40]
	Piercey Dalton	Be Still	Hannah Maynard	^[41]
	Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers	Night Raiders	Niska	^[41]
2022	Choi Seung-yoon	Riceboy Sleeps	So-Young	^[42]
	Grace Glowicki	Until Branches Bend	Robin	^[43]
	Hayley Law	Door Mouse	Mouse	^[43]
2023	Sara Montpetit	Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)	Sasha	^[44]
	Rachel Sennott	I Used to Be Funny	Sam	^[45]
	Amanda Seyfried	Seven Veils	Jeanine	^[45]

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