Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress

Best Leading Actor or Actress is one of the most important categories at Edda Award. It has been given since 1999, annually.

1999-2003

From 1999 to 2003, there was one Edda Award to the best actor and other Edda Award to the best actress. No awards were held in 2009.

Winners - Best Actor:

• 1999 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Slurpurinn & Co
• 2000 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Englar alheimsins
• 2001 - Jón Gnarr for Fóstbræður
• 2002 - Gunnar Eyjólfsson for Hafið
• 2003 - Tómas Lemarquis for Nói albínói
• 2007 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, for Foreldrar
• 2008 - Hilmir Snær Guðnason, for Brúðguminn
• 2010 - Jón Gnarr, for Bjarnfreðarson og Fangavaktin
• 2011 - Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, for Rokland
• 2012 - Theodór Júlíusson, for Eldfjall
• 2013 - Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, for Djúpið
• 2014 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, for Hross í oss
• 2015 - Þorsteinn Bachmann, for Vonarstræti
• 2016 - Sigurður Sigurjónsson, for Hrútar

Winners - Best Actress:

• 1999 - Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir for Ungfrúin góða og húsið
• 2000 - Björk for Myrkradansarinn
• 2001 - Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir for Mávahlátur
• 2002 - Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir for Hafið
• 2003 - Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir for Stormviðri
• 2007 - Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, for Foreldrar
• 2008 - Sólveig Arnardóttir, for Svartir englar
• 2010 - Kristbjörg Kjeld, for Mamma Gógó
• 2011 - Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, for Brim
• 2012 - Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, for Eldfjall
• 2013 - Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, for Pressa 3
• 2014 - Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir, for Málmhaus
• 2015 - Hera Hilmarsdóttir, for Vonarstræti
• 2016 - Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir, for Réttur

2004-2006

Between 2004 and 2006, there was just one award to best actor/actress.

Winners:

• 2004 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Kaldaljós
• 2005 - Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir for Stelpurnar
• 2006 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Mýrin