BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
| BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The 2024 recipient: Mikey Madison | |
| 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 | Mikey Madison for Anora (2024) |
| 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
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1950s
| Year | Actor | Film | Role(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Actor | Film | Role(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (74th) |
Frances McDormand | Nomadland | Fern | [25] |
| 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) |
Joanna Scanlan | After Love | Mary Hussain | [26] |
| 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) |
Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár | [27] |
| Viola Davis | The Woman King | General Nanisca | ||
| Ana de Armas | Blonde | Marilyn Monroe | ||
| Danielle Deadwyler | Till | Mamie Till | ||
| Emma Thompson | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nancy Stokes / Susan Robinson | ||
| Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Quan Wang | ||
| 2023 (77th) |
Emma Stone | Poor Things | Bella Baxter | [28] |
| Fantasia Barrino | The Color Purple | Celie Harris-Johnson | ||
| Sandra Hüller | Anatomy of a Fall | Sandra Voyter | ||
| Carey Mulligan | Maestro | Felicia Montealegre | ||
| Vivian Oparah | Rye Lane | Yas | ||
| Margot Robbie | Barbie | Barbie | ||
| 2024 (78th) |
Mikey Madison | Anora | Anora "Ani" Mikheeva | [29] |
| Cynthia Erivo | Wicked | Elphaba Thropp | ||
| Karla Sofía Gascón | Emilia Pérez | Juan "Manitas" Del Monte / Emilia Pérez | ||
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Hard Truths | Pansy Deacon | ||
| Demi Moore | The Substance | Elisabeth Sparkle | ||
| Saoirse Ronan | The Outrun | Rona |
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
- 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
- Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance
- 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.[30]
- 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 Archived 24 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine