BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
British film industry award
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
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The 2023 recipient: Emma Stone | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
Currently held by | Emma Stone for Poor Things (2023) |
Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.
- From 1952 to 1967, there were two Best Actress awards presented, Best British Actress and Best Foreign Actress.
- From 1968 onwards, the two awards merged into one award, which from 1968 to 1984 was known as Best Actress.[1]
- From 1985 to present, the award has been known by its current name of Best Actress in a Leading Role.[2]
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
1950s
Year | Actress | Film | Character |
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1952 (6th) | Best British Actress | ||
Vivien Leigh | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | |
Phyllis Calvert | Mandy | Christine Garland | |
Celia Johnson | I Believe in You | Matty Matheson | |
Ann Todd | The Sound Barrier | Susan Garthwaite | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Simone Signoret | Golden Helmet | Marie | |
Edwige Feuillère | Olivia | Julie | |
Katharine Hepburn | Pat and Mike | Patricia "Pat" Pemberton | |
Judy Holliday | The Marrying Kind | Florence Keefer | |
Nicole Stéphane | The Strange Ones | Elisabeth | |
1953 (7th) | Best British Actress | ||
Audrey Hepburn | Roman Holiday | Princess Ann | |
Celia Johnson | The Captain's Paradise | Maud | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Leslie Caron | Lili | Lili Daurier | |
Shirley Booth | Come Back, Little Sheba | Lola Delaney | |
Marie Powers | The Medium | Flora | |
Maria Schell | The Heart of the Matter | Helen Rolt | |
1954 (8th) | Best British Actress | ||
Yvonne Mitchell | The Divided Heart | Sonja | |
Brenda de Banzie | Hobson's Choice | Maggie Hobson | |
Audrey Hepburn | Sabrina | Sabrina Fairchild | |
Margaret Leighton | Carrington V.C. | Valerie Carrington | |
Noelle Middleton | Alison L. Graham | ||
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Cornell Borchers | The Divided Heart | Inga Hartl | |
Shirley Booth | About Mrs. Leslie | Vivien Leslie | |
Judy Holliday | Phffft | Nina Tracey | |
Grace Kelly | Dial M for Murder | Margot Wendice | |
Gina Lollobrigida | Bread, Love and Dreams | Maria de Ritis | |
1955 (9th) | Best British Actress | ||
Katie Johnson | The Ladykillers | Louisa Wilberforce | |
Margaret Johnston | Touch and Go | Helen Fletcher | |
Deborah Kerr | The End of the Affair | Sarah Miles | |
Margaret Lockwood | Cast a Dark Shadow | Freda Jefferies | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Betsy Blair | Marty | Clara Snyder | |
Dorothy Dandridge | Carmen Jones | Carmen Jones | |
Judy Garland | A Star Is Born | Esther Blodgett | |
Julie Harris | I Am a Camera | Sally Bowles | |
Katharine Hepburn | Summertime | Jane Hudson | |
Grace Kelly | The Country Girl | Georgie Elgin | |
Giulietta Masina | The Road | Gelsomina | |
Marilyn Monroe | The Seven Year Itch | The Girl | |
1956 (10th) | Best British Actress | ||
Virginia McKenna | A Town Like Alice | Jean Paget | |
Dorothy Alison | Reach for the Sky | Nurse Brace | |
Audrey Hepburn | War and Peace | Natasha Rostova | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Anna Magnani | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose | |
Carroll Baker | Baby Doll | Baby Doll Meighan | |
Eva Dahlbeck | Smiles of a Summer Night | Desiree Armfeldt | |
Ava Gardner | Bhowani Junction | Victoria Jones | |
Susan Hayward | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Lillian Roth | |
Shirley MacLaine | The Trouble with Harry | Jennifer Rogers | |
Kim Novak | Picnic | Marjorie Owens | |
Marisa Pavan | The Rose Tattoo | Rose Delle Rose | |
Maria Schell | Gervaise | Gervaise Macquart Coupeau | |
Jean Simmons | Guys and Dolls | Sister Sarah Brown | |
1957 (11th) | Best British Actress | ||
Heather Sears | The Story of Esther Costello | Esther Costello | |
Deborah Kerr | Tea and Sympathy | Laura Reynolds | |
Sylvia Syms | Woman in a Dressing Gown | Georgie Harlow | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Simone Signoret | The Witches of Salem | Elizabeth Proctor | |
Augusta Dabney | That Night! | Maggie Bowden | |
Katharine Hepburn | The Rainmaker | Lizzie Curry | |
Marilyn Monroe | The Prince and the Showgirl | Elsie Marina | |
Lilli Palmer | Is Anna Anderson Anastasia? | Anna Anderson | |
Eva Marie Saint | A Hatful of Rain | Celia Pope | |
Joanne Woodward | The Three Faces of Eve | Eve White | |
1958 (12th) | Best British Actress | ||
Irene Worth | Orders to Kill | Léonie | |
Hermione Baddeley | Room at the Top | Elspeth | |
Karuna Banerjee | Aparajito | Sarbajaya Roy | |
Virginia McKenna | Carve Her Name with Pride | Violette Szabo | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Simone Signoret | Room at the Top | Alice Aisgill | |
Ingrid Bergman | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | Gladys Aylward | |
Anna Magnani | Wild Is the Wind | Gioia | |
Giulietta Masina | Nights of Cabiria | Cabiria Ceccarelli | |
Tatiana Samoilova | The Cranes Are Flying | Veronika | |
Elizabeth Taylor | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Maggie Pollitt | |
Joanne Woodward | No Down Payment | Leola Boone | |
1959 (13th) | Best British Actress | ||
Audrey Hepburn | The Nun's Story | Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal) | |
Peggy Ashcroft | The Nun's Story | Mother Mathilde | |
Wendy Hiller | Separate Tables | Pat Cooper | |
Yvonne Mitchell | Sapphire | Mildred | |
Sylvia Syms | No Trees in the Street | Hetty | |
Kay Walsh | The Horse's Mouth | Miss. Coker | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Shirley MacLaine | Ask Any Girl | Meg Wheeler | |
Ava Gardner | On the Beach | Moira Davidson | |
Susan Hayward | I Want to Live! | Barbara Graham | |
Ellie Lambeti | A Matter of Dignity | Chloe Pella | |
Rosalind Russell | Auntie Mame | Mame Dennis |
1960s
Year | Actress | Film | Character |
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1960 (14th) | Best British Actress | ||
Rachel Roberts | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | Brenda | |
Wendy Hiller | Sons and Lovers | Gertrude Morel | |
Hayley Mills | Pollyanna | Pollyanna | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Shirley MacLaine | The Apartment | Fran Kubelik | |
Pier Angeli | The Angry Silence | Anna Curtis | |
Melina Mercouri | Never on Sunday | Illya | |
Emmanuelle Riva | Hiroshima, My Love | Elle | |
Jean Simmons | Elmer Gantry | Sharon Falconer | |
Monica Vitti | The Adventure | Claudia | |
1961 (15th) | Best British Actress | ||
Dora Bryan | A Taste of Honey | Helen | |
Deborah Kerr | The Sundowners | Ida Carmody | |
Hayley Mills | Whistle Down the Wind | Kathy Bostock | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Sophia Loren | Two Women | Cesira | |
Annie Girardot | Rocco and His Brothers | Nadia | |
Piper Laurie | The Hustler | Sarah Packard | |
Claudia McNeil | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | |
Jean Seberg | Breathless | Patricia Franchini | |
1962 (16th) | Best British Actress | ||
Leslie Caron | The L-Shaped Room | Jane Fosset | |
Virginia Maskell | The Wild and the Willing | Virginia Chown | |
Janet Munro | Life for Ruth | Pat Harris | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Anne Bancroft | The Miracle Worker | Annie Sullivan | |
Anouk Aimée | Lola | Lola | |
Harriet Andersson | Through a Glass Darkly | Katrin | |
Melina Mercouri | Phaedra | Phaedra | |
Jeanne Moreau | Jules and Jim | Catherine | |
Geraldine Page | Sweet Bird of Youth | Alexandra del Lago | |
Natalie Wood | Splendor in the Grass | Deanie Loomis | |
1963 (17th) | Best British Actress | ||
Rachel Roberts | This Sporting Life | Margaret Hammond | |
Julie Christie | Billy Liar | Liz | |
Edith Evans | Tom Jones | Miss Western | |
Sarah Miles | The Servant | Vera | |
Barbara Windsor | Sparrows Can't Sing | Maggie Gooding | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Patricia Neal | Hud | Alma Brown | |
Joan Crawford | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson | |
Bette Davis | Baby Jane Hudson | ||
Lee Remick | Days of Wine and Roses | Kirsten Arnesen Clay | |
Daniela Rocca | Divorce Italian Style | Rosalia Cefalù | |
1964 (18th) | Best British Actress | ||
Audrey Hepburn | Charade | Regina Lampert | |
Edith Evans | The Chalk Garden | Mrs. St. Maugham | |
Deborah Kerr | Mrs. Madrigal | ||
Rita Tushingham | Girl with Green Eyes | Kate Brady | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Anne Bancroft | The Pumpkin Eater | Jo Armitage | |
Ava Gardner | The Night of the Iguana | Maxine Faulk | |
Shirley MacLaine [A] | Irma la Douce | Irma la Douce | |
What a Way to Go! | Louisa Foster | ||
Kim Stanley | Séance on a Wet Afternoon | Myra Savage | |
1965 (19th) | Best British Actress | ||
Julie Christie | Darling | Diana Scott | |
Julie Andrews [A] | The Americanization of Emily | Emily Barham | |
The Sound of Music | Maria von Trapp | ||
Maggie Smith | Young Cassidy | Nora | |
Rita Tushingham | The Knack ...and How to Get It | Nancy Jones | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Patricia Neal | In Harm's Way | Maggie Haines | |
Jane Fonda | Cat Ballou | Catherine Ballou | |
Lila Kedrova | Zorba the Greek | Madame Hortense | |
Simone Signoret | Ship of Fools | La Condesa | |
1966 (20th) | Best British Actress | ||
Elizabeth Taylor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | |
Julie Christie [A] | Doctor Zhivago | Lara Antipova | |
Fahrenheit 451 | Linda Montag / Clarisse | ||
Lynn Redgrave | Georgy Girl | Georgina "Georgy" Parkin | |
Vanessa Redgrave | Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment | Leonie Delt | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Jeanne Moreau | Viva Maria! | Maria I | |
Brigitte Bardot | Viva Maria! | Maria II | |
Joan Hackett | The Group | Dottie Renfrew | |
Simone Signoret | The Sleeping Car Murders | Éliane Darrès | |
1967 (21st) | Best British Actress | ||
Edith Evans | The Whisperers | Mrs. Ross | |
Barbara Jefford | Ulysses | Molly Bloom | |
Elizabeth Taylor | The Taming of the Shrew | Katharina | |
Best Foreign Actress | |||
Anouk Aimée | A Man and a Woman | Anne Gauthier | |
Bibi Andersson [A] | My Sister, My Love | Charlotte / Sister | |
Persona | Alma | ||
Jane Fonda | Barefoot in the Park | Corie Bratter | |
Simone Signoret | The Deadly Affair | Elsa Fennan | |
1968 (22nd) | Best Actress | ||
Katharine Hepburn [A] | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Christina Drayton | |
The Lion in Winter | Eleanor of Aquitaine | ||
Anne Bancroft | The Graduate | Mrs. Robinson | |
Catherine Deneuve | Beauty of the Day | Séverine Serizy | |
Joanne Woodward | Rachel, Rachel | Rachel Cameron | |
1969 (23rd) | Maggie Smith | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie |
Mia Farrow [A] | John and Mary | Mary | |
Rosemary's Baby | Rosemary Woodhouse | ||
Secret Ceremony | Cenci | ||
Glenda Jackson | Women in Love | Gudrun Brangwen | |
Barbra Streisand [A] | Funny Girl | Fanny Brice | |
Hello Dolly! | Dolly Gallagher Levi |
1970s
1980s
Year | Actress | Film | Character |
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1980 (34th) | Judy Davis | My Brilliant Career | Sybylla Melvyn |
Shirley MacLaine | Being There | Eve Rand | |
Bette Midler | The Rose | Mary Rose Foster | |
Meryl Streep | Kramer vs. Kramer | Joanna Kramer | |
1981 (35th) | Meryl Streep | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Sara Woodruff and Anna |
Mary Tyler Moore | Ordinary People | Beth Jarrett | |
Maggie Smith | Quartet | Lois Heidler | |
Sissy Spacek | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn | |
1982 (36th) | Katharine Hepburn | On Golden Pond | Ethel Thayer |
Diane Keaton | Reds | Louise Bryant | |
Jennifer Kendal | 36 Chowringhee Lane | Violet Stoneham | |
Sissy Spacek | Missing | Beth Horman | |
1983 (37th) | Julie Walters | Educating Rita | Susan "Rita" White |
Jessica Lange | Tootsie | Julie Nichols | |
Phyllis Logan | Another Time, Another Place | Janie | |
Meryl Streep | Sophie's Choice | Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski | |
1984 (38th) | Maggie Smith | A Private Function | Joyce Chilvers |
Shirley MacLaine | Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenaway | |
Helen Mirren | Cal | Marcella | |
Meryl Streep | Silkwood | Karen Silkwood | |
1985 (39th) | Peggy Ashcroft | A Passage to India | Mrs. Moore |
Mia Farrow | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Cecilia | |
Kelly McGillis | Witness | Rachel Lapp | |
Alexandra Pigg | Letter to Brezhnev | Elaine | |
1986 (40th) | Maggie Smith | A Room with a View | Charlotte Bartlett |
Mia Farrow | Hannah and Her Sisters | Hannah | |
Meryl Streep | Out of Africa | Karen Blixen | |
Cathy Tyson | Mona Lisa | Simone | |
1987 (41st) | Anne Bancroft | 84 Charing Cross Road | Helene Hanff |
Emily Lloyd | Wish You Were Here | Lynda Mansell | |
Sarah Miles | Hope and Glory | Grace Rowan | |
Julie Walters | Personal Services | Christine Painter | |
1988 (42nd) | Maggie Smith | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Judith Hearne |
Stéphane Audran | Babette's Feast | Babette Hersant | |
Cher | Moonstruck | Loretta Castorini | |
Jamie Lee Curtis | A Fish Called Wanda | Wanda Gershwitz | |
1989 (43rd) | Pauline Collins | Shirley Valentine | Shirley Valentine |
Glenn Close | Dangerous Liaisons | Marquise de Merteuil | |
Jodie Foster | The Accused | Sarah Tobias | |
Melanie Griffith | Working Girl | Tess McGill |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Superlatives
Superlative | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Best Supporting Actress | Overall (including Most Promising Newcomer) | |||
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Actress with most awards | Maggie Smith | 4 | Judi Dench | 3 | Judi Dench | 6 |
Actress with most British Actress Awards (until 1967) | Audrey Hepburn | 3 | — | — | Audrey Hepburn | 3 |
Actress with most Foreign Actress Awards (until 1967) | Simone Signoret | 3 | — | — | Simone Signoret | 3 |
Actress with most nominations | Meryl Streep | 12 | Judi Dench | 9 | Judi Dench Meryl Streep | 15 |
Actress with most British Actress Award nominations (until 1967) | Audrey Hepburn | 5 | — | — | Audrey Hepburn | 5 |
Actress with most Foreign Actress Award nominations (until 1967) | Simone Signoret | 6 | — | — | Simone Signoret | 6 |
Multiple nominations
- 12 nominations
- 8 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
- Anouk Aimée
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Leslie Caron
- Glenn Close
- Marion Cotillard
- Judy Davis
- Faye Dunaway
- Jodie Foster
- Lady Gaga
- Susan Hayward
- Judy Holliday
- Celia Johnson
- Grace Kelly
- Anna Magnani
- Giulietta Masina
- Virginia McKenna
- Melina Mercouri
- Hayley Mills
- Yvonne Mitchell
- Marilyn Monroe
- Jeanne Moreau
- Carey Mulligan
- Patricia Neal
- Natalie Portman
- Emmanuelle Riva
- Margot Robbie
- Julia Roberts
- Rachel Roberts
- Susan Sarandon
- Maria Schell
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Jean Simmons
- Emma Stone
- Barbra Streisand
- Sylvia Syms
- Jessica Tandy
- Audrey Tautou
- Uma Thurman
- Rita Tushingham
- Liv Ullmann
- Julie Walters
- Reese Witherspoon
- Michelle Yeoh
- Ziyi Zhang
Multiple wins
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See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Notes
- A1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 : Rules from the 1960s to the 1970s allowed for a performer to receive a single citation which could honor their work in more than one film. Shirley MacLaine, Julie Andrews, Julie Christie, Bibi Andersson, Katharine Hepburn, Barbra Streisand, Katharine Ross, Goldie Hawn, and Stéphane Audran were all nominated for their roles in two different films in the same category, while Mia Farrow was nominated for three films.
- B^ : Elliot Page was nominated before his gender transition in 2020.[29]
- C1 2 : Emmanuelle Riva and Marion Cotillard both received nominations for French-speaking roles. It was the first time that multiple foreign-language performances were nominated for Best Actress in the same year since separate Best Foreign Actress and Best British Actress awards were folded into a single category in 1968.
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External links
- BAFTA Awards Database
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BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Foreign |
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- Katharine Hepburn (1968)
- Maggie Smith (1969)
- Katharine Ross (1970)
- Glenda Jackson (1971)
- Liza Minnelli (1972)
- Stéphane Audran (1973)
- Joanne Woodward (1974)
- Ellen Burstyn (1975)
- Louise Fletcher (1976)
- Diane Keaton (1977)
- Jane Fonda (1978)
- Jane Fonda (1979)
- Judy Davis (1980)
- Meryl Streep (1981)
- Katharine Hepburn (1982)
- Julie Walters (1983)
- Maggie Smith (1984)
- Peggy Ashcroft (1985)
- Maggie Smith (1986)
- Anne Bancroft (1987)
- Maggie Smith (1988)
- Pauline Collins (1989)
- Jessica Tandy (1990)
- Jodie Foster (1991)
- Emma Thompson (1992)
- Holly Hunter (1993)
- Susan Sarandon (1994)
- Emma Thompson (1995)
- Brenda Blethyn (1996)
- Judi Dench (1997)
- Cate Blanchett (1998)
- Annette Bening (1999)
- Julia Roberts (2000)
- Judi Dench (2001)
- Nicole Kidman (2002)
- Scarlett Johansson (2003)
- Imelda Staunton (2004)
- Reese Witherspoon (2005)
- Helen Mirren (2006)
- Marion Cotillard (2007)
- Kate Winslet (2008)
- Carey Mulligan (2009)
- Natalie Portman (2010)
- Meryl Streep (2011)
- Emmanuelle Riva (2012)
- Cate Blanchett (2013)
- Julianne Moore (2014)
- Brie Larson (2015)
- Emma Stone (2016)
- Frances McDormand (2017)
- Olivia Colman (2018)
- Renée Zellweger (2019)
- Frances McDormand (2020)
- Joanna Scanlan (2021)
- Cate Blanchett (2022)
- Emma Stone (2023)