She played a woman attempting to find peace after suffering a terrible personal tragedy.
Russia's Konstantin Lavronenko won the festival's best actor award for his portrayal in Russian director Andrei Zviaguintsev's Izgnanie (The Banishment) about a father vacationing with his family when his wife tells him that she is pregnant with someone else's child.
French-based Iranian director Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a black-and-white animated movie about coming of age during the Iranian Revolution, shared the jury prize with Mexican director Carlos Reygadas's sparse, slow-moving Stellet Licht (Silent Light).
Set in northern Mexico, Stellet Licht documents the power of religion as it tells the story of a man torn between his wife and a secret love.
German-Turkish director Faith Akin won best screenplay for Auf der Andere Seite (The Edge of Heaven), which was a movie much like the filmmaker's own story about a generation of immigrants caught between two cultures.
After a series of strong contributions to Cannes this year from Israel, the festival's Camera d'Or for best debut film was awarded to Meduzot (Jellyfish) by Israeli filmmakers Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret.
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