British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement

The British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement is an award presented annually by The British Soap Awards, formerly known as the Lifetime Achievement award until 2013. The winner is decided by a panel and celebrates the soap career and achievements of each recipient. Coronation Street and EastEnders are the most awarded soaps in the category, each holding eight wins. Brookside, Hollyoaks and Emmerdale have also won once. It is currently held by Emmerdale actor Mark Charnock.

British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement
Country	United Kingdom
First awarded	2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Currently held by	Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale)
Most awards	Coronation Street EastEnders (both 8)

Recipients

2005 winner June Brown.

2018 winner Rudolph Walker.

2019 winner Sue Nicholls.

Year	Actor	Role	Soap opera
2003[1]	Dean Sullivan	Jimmy Corkhill	Brookside
2004[2]	Barbara Knox	Rita Sullivan	Coronation Street
2005[3]	June Brown	Dot Branning	EastEnders
2006[4]	Johnny Briggs	Mike Baldwin	Coronation Street
2007[5]	Wendy Richard	Pauline Fowler	EastEnders
2008[6]	Liz Dawn	Vera Duckworth	Coronation Street
2009[7]	Barbara Windsor	Peggy Mitchell	EastEnders
2010[8]	Betty Driver	Betty Williams	Coronation Street
2011[9]	Bill Tarmey	Jack Duckworth	Coronation Street
2012[10]	Pam St Clement	Pat Butcher	EastEnders
2013[11]	Adam Woodyatt	Ian Beale	EastEnders
2014[12]	Helen Worth	Gail Platt	Coronation Street
2015[13]	Anne Kirkbride	Deirdre Barlow	Coronation Street
2016[14]	Steve McFadden	Phil Mitchell	EastEnders
2017[15]	Nick Pickard	Tony Hutchinson	Hollyoaks
2018[16]	Rudolph Walker	Patrick Trueman	EastEnders
2019[17]	Sue Nicholls	Audrey Roberts	Coronation Street
2022[18]	Letitia Dean	Sharon Watts	EastEnders
2023[19]	Mark Charnock	Marlon Dingle	Emmerdale

Wins by soap

Soap opera	Wins
Coronation Street	8
EastEnders	8
Brookside	1
Emmerdale	1
Hollyoaks	1

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