Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress
Best Leading Actor or Actress is one of the categories at the Edda Awards. It has been given since 1999, annually.
1999-2025
From 1999 to 2003, 2007 to 2008, and 2010 to 2016, 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:
| Year | Actor | Film |
| 1999 | Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Slurpurinn & Co |
| 2000 | Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Englar alheimsins |
| 2001 | Jón Gnarr | Fóstbræður |
| 2002 | Gunnar Eyjólfsson | Hafið |
| 2003 | Tómas Lemarquis | Nói albínói |
| 2007 | Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Foreldrar |
| 2008 | Hilmir Snær Guðnason | Brúðguminn |
| 2010 | Jón Gnarr | Bjarnfreðarson and Fangavaktin |
| 2011 | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Rokland |
| 2012 | Theódór Júlíusson | Eldfjall |
| 2013 | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Djúpið |
| 2014 | Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Hross í oss |
| 2015 | Þorsteinn Bachmann | Vonarstræti |
| 2016 | Sigurður Sigurjónsson | Hrútar |
| 2017 | Blær Hinriksson | Hjartasteinn |
| 2018 | Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson | Undir trénu |
| 2019 | Gísli Örn Garðarsson | Vargur |
| 2020 | Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur |
| 2021 | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Ráðherrann |
| 2022 | Hilmir Snær Guðnason | Dýrið |
| 2023 | Gísli Örn Garðarsson | Verbúðin |
| 2024 | Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson | Á ferð með mömmu |
| 2025 | Egill Ólafsson | Snerting |
Winners – Best Actress:
| Year | Actress | Film |
| 1999 | Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir | Ungfrúin góða og húsið |
| 2000 | Björk | Dancer in the Dark |
| 2001 | Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir | Mávahlátur |
| 2002 | Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir | Hafið |
| 2003 | Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir | Stormviðri |
| 2007 | Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir | Foreldrar |
| 2008 | Sólveig Arnardóttir | Svartir englar |
| 2010 | Kristbjörg Kjeld | Mamma Gógó |
| 2011 | Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir | Brim |
| 2012 | Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir | Eldfjall |
| 2013 | Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir | Pressa 3 |
| 2014 | Thora Bjorg Helga | Málmhaus |
| 2015 | Hera Hilmar | Vonarstræti |
| 2016 | Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir | Réttur |
| 2017 | Hera Hilmar | Eiðurinn |
| 2018 | Edda Björgvinsdóttir | Undir trénu |
| 2019 | Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir | Kona fer í stríð |
| 2020 | Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir | Agnes Joy |
| 2021 | Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir | Gullregn |
| 2022 | Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir | Systrabönd |
| 2023 | Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir | Verbúðin |
| 2024 | Kristbjörg Kjeld | Á ferð með mömmu |
| 2025 | Elín Hall | Ljósbrot |
2004-2006
Between 2004 and 2006, one award was given to the best actor/actress.Winners:
| Year | Actor | Film |
| 2004 | Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Kaldaljós |
| 2005 | Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir | Stelpurnar |
| 2006 | Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Mýrin |