BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

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]

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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/

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

Vivien Leigh was the inaugural winner, for A Streetcar Named Desire (1952).

Simone Signoret was the inaugural winner, and she won three times for Golden Helmet (1952), The Witches of Salem (1957), and Room at the Top (1958).

Audrey Hepburn won three times for Roman Holiday (1953), The Nun's Story (1959), and Charade (1963).

Shirley MacLaine won two consecutive times for Ask Any Girl (1959) and The Apartment (1960).

Rachel Roberts won twice, for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963).

Leslie Caron won for The L-Shaped Room (1962).

Anne Bancroft won three times, for The Miracle Worker (1962), The Pumpkin Eater (1964), and 84 Charing Cross Road (1987).

Julie Christie won for Darling (1965).

Elizabeth Taylor won for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).

Katharine Hepburn won twice, for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner / The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981).

Maggie Smith holds the record for most wins in this category, with four for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), A Private Function (1984), A Room with a View (1985), and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987).

Katharine Ross won for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1970).

Glenda Jackson won for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971).

Liza Minnelli won for Cabaret (1972).

Joanne Woodward won for Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973).

Ellen Burstyn won for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974).

Diane Keaton won for Annie Hall (1977).

Jane Fonda won two consecutive times for Julia (1977) and The China Syndrome (1978).

Meryl Streep received a leading twelve nominations in this category, winning two times for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) and The Iron Lady (2011).

Julie Walters won for Educating Rita (1983).

Jodie Foster won for The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Emma Thompson won twice, for Howards End (1992) and Sense and Sensibility (1995).

Judi Dench won twice, for Mrs Brown (1997) and Iris (2001).

Cate Blanchett won three times for Elizabeth (1998), Blue Jasmine (2013), and Tár (2022).

Annette Bening won for American Beauty (1999).

Julia Roberts won for Erin Brockovich (2000).

Nicole Kidman won for The Hours (2002).

Scarlett Johansson won for Lost in Translation (2003).

Reese Witherspoon won for Walk the Line (2005).

Helen Mirren won for The Queen (2006).

Marion Cotillard won for La Vie en Rose (2007).

Kate Winslet won for The Reader (2008).

Carey Mulligan won for An Education (2009).

Natalie Portman won for Black Swan (2010).

Emmanuelle Riva won for Amour (2012); this category's oldest winner, at age 85.

Julianne Moore won for Still Alice (2014).

Brie Larson won for Room (2015).

Emma Stone won twice, for La La Land (2016) and Poor Things (2023).

Frances McDormand won twice, for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) and Nomadland (2020).

Olivia Colman won for The Favourite (2018).

Renée Zellweger won for Judy (2019).

Joanna Scanlan won for After Love (2020).

1950s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
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
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 What a Way to Go!	Irma la Douce 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 The Sound of Music	Emily Barham 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 Fahrenheit 451	Lara Antipova 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 Persona	Charlotte 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 The Lion in Winter	Christina Drayton 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, Rosemary's Baby Secret Ceremony	Mary Rosemary Woodhouse Cenci
	Glenda Jackson	Women in Love	Gudrun Brangwen
	Barbra Streisand [A]	Funny Girl Hello Dolly!	Fanny Brice Dolly Gallagher Levi

1970s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
1970 (24th)	Katharine Ross [A]	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here	Etta Place Lola
	Jane Fonda	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	Gloria Beatty
	Goldie Hawn [A]	Cactus Flower There's a Girl in My Soup	Toni Simmons Marion
	Sarah Miles	Ryan's Daughter	Rosy Ryan
1971 (25th)	Glenda Jackson	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Alex Greville
	Lynn Carlin	Taking Off	Lynn Tyne
	Julie Christie	The Go-Between	Marian
	Jane Fonda	Klute	Bree Daniels
	Nanette Newman	The Raging Moon	Jill Matthews
1972 (26th)	Liza Minnelli	Cabaret	Sally Bowles
	Stéphane Audran	The Butcher	Hélène
	Anne Bancroft	Young Winston	Lady Randolph Churchill
	Dorothy Tutin	Savage Messiah	Sophie Brzeska
1973 (27th)	Stéphane Audran [A]	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Just Before Nightfall	Alice Sénéchal Hélène Masson
	Julie Christie	Don't Look Now	Laura Baxter
	Glenda Jackson	A Touch of Class	Vicki Allessio
	Diana Ross	Lady Sings the Blues	Billie Holiday
1974 (28th)	Joanne Woodward	Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams	Rita Walden
	Faye Dunaway	Chinatown	Evelyn Mulwray
	Barbra Streisand	The Way We Were	Katie Morosky
	Cicely Tyson	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Jane Pittmann
1975 (29th)	Ellen Burstyn	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Alice Hyatt
	Anne Bancroft	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Edna Edison
	Valerie Perrine	Lenny	Honey Harlow
	Liv Ullmann	Scenes from a Marriage	Marianne
1976 (30th)	Louise Fletcher	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Nurse Ratched
	Lauren Bacall	The Shootist	Bond Rogers
	Rita Moreno	The Ritz	Googie Gomez
	Liv Ullmann	Face to Face	Jenny Isaksson
1977 (31st)	Diane Keaton	Annie Hall	Annie Hall
	Faye Dunaway	Network	Diana Christensen
	Shelley Duvall	3 Women	Millie Lammoreaux
	Lily Tomlin	The Late Show	Margo Sperling
1978 (32nd)	Jane Fonda	Julia	Lillian Hellman
	Anne Bancroft	The Turning Point	Emma Jacklin
	Jill Clayburgh	An Unmarried Woman	Erica Benton
	Marsha Mason	The Goodbye Girl	Paula McFadden
1979 (33rd)	Jane Fonda	The China Syndrome	Kimberly Wells
	Diane Keaton	Manhattan	Mary Wilkie
	Maggie Smith	California Suite	Diana Barrie
	Meryl Streep	The Deer Hunter	Linda

1980s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
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

Year	Actress	Film	Character
1990 (44th)	Jessica Tandy	Driving Miss Daisy	Daisy Werthan
	Shirley MacLaine	Postcards from the Edge	Doris Mann
	Michelle Pfeiffer	The Fabulous Baker Boys	Susie Diamond
	Julia Roberts	Pretty Woman	Vivian Ward
1991 (45th)	Jodie Foster	The Silence of the Lambs	Clarice Starling
	Geena Davis	Thelma & Louise	Thelma Dickinson
	Susan Sarandon		Louise Sawyer
	Juliet Stevenson	Truly, Madly, Deeply	Nina
1992 (46th)	Emma Thompson	Howards End	Margaret Schlegel
	Judy Davis	Husbands and Wives	Sally Simmons
	Tara Morice	Strictly Ballroom	Fran
	Jessica Tandy	Fried Green Tomatoes	Ninny Threadgoode
1993 (47th)	Holly Hunter	The Piano	Ada McGrath
	Miranda Richardson	Tom & Viv	Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot
	Emma Thompson	The Remains of the Day	Sarah Kenton
	Debra Winger	Shadowlands	Joy Davidman Gresham
1994 (48th)	Susan Sarandon	The Client	Regina "Reggie" Love
	Linda Fiorentino	The Last Seduction	Bridget Gregory
	Irène Jacob	Three Colours: Red	Valentine Dussaut
	Uma Thurman	Pulp Fiction	Mia Wallace
1995 (49th)	Emma Thompson	Sense and Sensibility	Elinor Dashwood
	Nicole Kidman	To Die For	Suzanne Stone-Maretto
	Helen Mirren	The Madness of King George	Queen Charlotte
	Elisabeth Shue	Leaving Las Vegas	Sera
1996 (50th)	Brenda Blethyn	Secrets & Lies	Cynthia Purley
	Frances McDormand	Fargo	Marge Gunderson
	Kristin Scott Thomas	The English Patient	Katharine Clifton
	Emily Watson	Breaking the Waves	Bess McNeill
1997 (51st)	Judi Dench	Mrs Brown	Queen Victoria
	Kim Basinger	L.A. Confidential	Lynn Bracken
	Helena Bonham Carter	The Wings of the Dove	Kate Croy
	Kathy Burke	Nil by Mouth	Valerie
1998 (52nd)	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth	Queen Elizabeth I
	Jane Horrocks	Little Voice	Laurie Hoff / Little Voice "LV"
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Shakespeare in Love	Viola de Lesseps
	Emily Watson	Hilary and Jackie	Jacqueline du Pré
1999 (53rd) [3]	Annette Bening	American Beauty	Carolyn Burnham
	Linda Bassett	East Is East	Ella Khan
	Julianne Moore	The End of the Affair	Sarah Miles
	Emily Watson	Angela's Ashes	Angela Sheehan McCourt

2000s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
2000 (54th) [4][5]	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich
	Juliette Binoche	Chocolat	Vivianne Rocher
	Kate Hudson	Almost Famous	Penny Lane
	Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry	Brandon Teena
	Michelle Yeoh	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Yu Shu Lien
2001 (55th) [6]	Judi Dench	Iris	Iris Murdoch
	Nicole Kidman	The Others	Grace Stewart
	Sissy Spacek	In the Bedroom	Ruth Fowler
	Audrey Tautou	Amélie	Amélie Poulain
	Renée Zellweger	Bridget Jones's Diary	Bridget Jones
2002 (56th) [7]	Nicole Kidman	The Hours	Virginia Woolf
	Halle Berry	Monster's Ball	Leticia Musgrove
	Salma Hayek	Frida	Frida Kahlo
	Meryl Streep	The Hours	Clarissa Vaughan
	Renée Zellweger	Chicago	Roxie Hart
2003 (57th) [8]	Scarlett Johansson	Lost in Translation	Charlotte
	Scarlett Johansson	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Griet
	Anne Reid	The Mother	May
	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Beatrix Kiddo
	Naomi Watts	21 Grams	Cristina Peck
2004 (58th) [9]	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake	Vera Drake
	Charlize Theron	Monster	Aileen Wuornos
	Kate Winslet	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Clementine Kruczynski
		Finding Neverland	Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
	Zhang Ziyi	House of Flying Daggers	Mei
2005 (59th) [10]	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line	June Carter Cash
	Judi Dench	Mrs Henderson Presents	Laura Henderson
	Charlize Theron	North Country	Josey Aimes
	Rachel Weisz	The Constant Gardener	Tessa Abbott-Quayle
	Zhang Ziyi	Memoirs of a Geisha	Chiyo Sakamoto / Sayuri Nitta
2006 (60th) [11]	Helen Mirren	The Queen	Queen Elizabeth II
	Penélope Cruz	Volver	Raimunda
	Judi Dench	Notes on a Scandal	Barbara Covett
	Meryl Streep	The Devil Wears Prada	Miranda Priestly
	Kate Winslet	Little Children	Sarah Pierce
2007 (61st) [12]	Marion Cotillard	La Vie en Rose	Édith Piaf
	Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Queen Elizabeth I
	Julie Christie	Away from Her	Fiona Anderson
	Keira Knightley	Atonement	Cecilia Tallis
	Elliot Page [B]	Juno	Juno MacGuff
2008 (62nd) [13]	Kate Winslet	The Reader	Hanna Schmitz
	Angelina Jolie	Changeling	Christine Collins
	Kristin Scott Thomas	I've Loved You So Long	Juliette Fontaine
	Meryl Streep	Doubt	Sister Aloysius Beauvier
	Kate Winslet	Revolutionary Road	April Wheeler
2009 (63rd) [14]	Carey Mulligan	An Education	Jenny Mellor
	Saoirse Ronan	The Lovely Bones	Susie Salmon
	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious	Claireece "Precious" Jones
	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia	Julia Child
	Audrey Tautou	Coco Before Chanel	Coco Chanel

2010s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
2010 (64th) [15]	Natalie Portman	Black Swan	Nina Sayers
	Annette Bening	The Kids Are All Right	Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood
	Julianne Moore		Jules Allgood
	Noomi Rapace	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Lisbeth Salander
	Hailee Steinfeld	True Grit	Mattie Ross
2011 (65th) [16]	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	Margaret Thatcher
	Bérénice Bejo	The Artist	Peppy Miller
	Viola Davis	The Help	Aibleen Clark
	Tilda Swinton	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Eva Khatchadourian
	Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn	Marilyn Monroe
2012 (66th) [17]	Emmanuelle Riva [C]	Amour	Anne Laurent
	Jessica Chastain	Zero Dark Thirty	Maya Harris
	Marion Cotillard [C]	Rust and Bone	Stéphanie
	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	Tiffany Maxwell
	Helen Mirren	Hitchcock	Alma Reville Hitchcock
2013 (67th) [18]	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
	Amy Adams	American Hustle	Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly
	Sandra Bullock	Gravity	Dr. Ryan Stone
	Judi Dench	Philomena	Philomena Lee
	Emma Thompson	Saving Mr. Banks	P. L. Travers
2014 (68th) [19]	Julianne Moore	Still Alice	Dr. Alice Howland
	Amy Adams	Big Eyes	Margaret Keane
	Felicity Jones	The Theory of Everything	Jane Wilde Hawking
	Rosamund Pike	Gone Girl	Amy Elliott-Dunne
	Reese Witherspoon	Wild	Cheryl Strayed
2015 (69th) [20]	Brie Larson	Room	Joy "Ma" Newsome
	Cate Blanchett	Carol	Carol Aird
	Saoirse Ronan	Brooklyn	Eilis Lacey
	Maggie Smith	The Lady in the Van	Mary Shepherd / Margaret Fairchild
	Alicia Vikander	The Danish Girl	Gerda Wegener
2016 (70th) [21]	Emma Stone	La La Land	Mia Dolan
	Amy Adams	Arrival	Dr. Louise Banks
	Emily Blunt	The Girl on the Train	Rachel Watson
	Natalie Portman	Jackie	Jackie Kennedy
	Meryl Streep	Florence Foster Jenkins	Florence Foster Jenkins
2017 (71st) [22]	Frances McDormand	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Mildred Hayes
	Annette Bening	Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool	Gloria Grahame
	Sally Hawkins	The Shape of Water	Elisa Esposito
	Margot Robbie	I, Tonya	Tonya Harding
	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
2018 (72nd) [23]	Olivia Colman	The Favourite	Queen Anne
	Glenn Close	The Wife	Joan Castleman
	Viola Davis	Widows	Veronica Rawlings
	Lady Gaga	A Star Is Born	Ally Maine
	Melissa McCarthy	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Lee Israel
2019 (73rd) [24]	Renée Zellweger	Judy	Judy Garland
	Jessie Buckley	Wild Rose	Rose-Lynn Harlan
	Scarlett Johansson	Marriage Story	Nicole Barber
	Saoirse Ronan	Little Women	Josephine "Jo" March
	Charlize Theron	Bombshell	Megyn Kelly

2020s

Year	Actress	Film	Character
2020 (74th) [25]	Frances McDormand	Nomadland	Fern
	Bukky Bakray	Rocks	Olushola "Rocks" Omotoso
	Radha Blank	The Forty-Year-Old Version	Radha Blank
	Vanessa Kirby	Pieces of a Woman	Martha Weiss
	Wunmi Mosaku	His House	Rial Majur
	Alfre Woodard	Clemency	Bernardine Williams
2021 (75th) [26]	Joanna Scanlan	After Love	Mary Hussain
	Lady Gaga	House of Gucci	Patrizia Reggiani
	Alana Haim	Licorice Pizza	Alana Kane
	Emilia Jones	CODA	Ruby Rossi
	Renate Reinsve	The Worst Person in the World	Julie
	Tessa Thompson	Passing	Irene Redfield
2022 (76th) [27]	Cate Blanchett	Tár	Lydia Tár
	Viola Davis	The Woman King	General Nanisca
	Danielle Deadwyler	Till	Mamie Till
	Ana de Armas	Blonde	Marilyn Monroe
	Emma Thompson	Good Luck to You, Leo Grande	Nancy Stokes / Susan Robinson
	Michelle Yeoh	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Evelyn Quan Wang
2023 (77th) [28]	Emma Stone	Poor Things	Bella Baxter
	Fantasia Barrino	The Color Purple	Celie Harris-Johnson
	Sandra Huller	Anatomy of a Fall	Sandra Voyter
	Carey Mulligan	Maestro	Felicia Montealegre
	Vivian Oparah	Rye Lane	Yas
	Margot Robbie	Barbie	Barbie

Superlatives

Superlative	Best Actress in a Leading Role		Best Supporting Actress		Overall (including Most Promising Newcomer)
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

• Meryl Streep

8 nominations

• Maggie Smith

7 nominations

• Anne Bancroft
• Shirley MacLaine

6 nominations

• Julie Christie
• Jane Fonda
• Simone Signoret

5 nominations

• Cate Blanchett
• Judi Dench
• Audrey Hepburn
• Katharine Hepburn
• Emma Thompson
• Kate Winslet

4 nominations

• Deborah Kerr
• Helen Mirren
• Saoirse Ronan
• Joanne Woodward

3 nominations

• Amy Adams
• Stéphane Audran
• Annette Bening
• Viola Davis
• Edith Evans
• Mia Farrow
• Ava Gardner
• Glenda Jackson
• Scarlett Johansson
• Diane Keaton
• Nicole Kidman
• Frances McDormand
• Sarah Miles
• Julianne Moore
• Sissy Spacek
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Charlize Theron
• Emily Watson
• Renée Zellweger

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

4 wins Maggie Smith 3 wins Anne Bancroft Cate Blanchett Audrey Hepburn Simone Signoret

2 wins Leslie Caron Judi Dench Jane Fonda Katharine Hepburn Shirley MacLaine Frances McDormand Patricia Neal Rachel Roberts Emma Stone Meryl Streep Emma Thompson

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 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

A^{1 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]

C^{1 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