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| Jussi Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
 Emma Väänänen had the most wins with four | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Presented by | Filmiaura |
| First award | 1944 |
| Final award | 2022 |
| Currently held by | Seidi Haarla Compartment No. 6 (2022) |
The Jussi Award for Best Actress was an award presented annually at the Jussi Awards, the premier film industry event in Finland, between 1944 and 2022.[1][2] In the spring of 2022, Filmiaura's board introduced the gender-neutral Jussi Award for Best Leading Performance, which started from the 76th Jussi Awards in 2023.[2][3] The 1st Jussi Awards ceremony was held in 1944, with Ansa Ikonen winning the first Jussi Award for Best Actress for her performance in Vaivaisukon morsian,[4] and Seidi Haarla was the last winner in Compartment No. 6 at the 75th Jussi Awards in 2022.
- ^ "Jussi-voittajat". jussit.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b Rantanen, Miska (11 April 2022). "Näyttelijät tyytyväisiä Jussi-palkintojen sukupuolettomuuteen: "Virkistävää, että aletaan elää 2020-lukua", sanoo Elina Knihtilä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Elokuva-ala muuttaa käytäntöään: Ensi vuonna jaetaan sukupuolettomat Jussit". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 9 April 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Jussi Awards: 1944 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 13 March 2024.