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.

Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1.1 1950s 1.2 1960s 1.3 1970s 1.4 1980s 1.5 1990s 1.6 2000s 2 External links

[edit] Winners and nominees

Between 1952 and 1967, two distinct awards were given to the best British and best foreign actress each year. In 1968, the two prizes of British and foreign actress were combined to create a single Best Actress award. Its current title, for Best Actress in a Leading Role, has been used since 1995.

[edit] 1950s

• 1952
  • Best British Actress – Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
    • Ann Todd – The Sound Barrier
    • Celia Johnson – I Believe in You
    • Phyllis Calvert – Mandy
  • Best Foreign Actress – Simone Signoret – Golden Helmet
    • Nicole Stéphane – Les Enfants terribles
    • Judy Holliday – The Marrying Kind
    • Edwige Feuillère – Olivia
    • Katharine Hepburn – Pat and Mike

• 1953
  • Best British Actress – Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
    • Celia Johnson – The Captain's Paradise
  • Best Foreign Actress – Leslie Caron – Lili
    • Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba
    • Maria Schell – The Heart of the Matter
    • Mala Powers – The Medium

• 1954
  • Best British Actress – Yvonne Mitchell – The Divided Heart
    • Brenda De Banzie – Hobson's Choice
    • Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina Fair
    • Margaret Leighton – Carrington V.C.
    • Noelle Middleton – Carrington V.C.
  • Best Foreign Actress – Cornell Borchers – The Divided Heart
    • Shirley Booth – About Mrs. Leslie
    • Grace Kelly – Dial M for Murder
    • Gina Lollobrigida – Bread, Love and Dreams
    • Judy Holliday – Phffft!

• 1955
  • Best British Actress – Katie Johnson – The Ladykillers
    • Deborah Kerr – The End of the Affair
    • Margaret Johnson – Touch and Go
  • Best Foreign Actress – Betsy Blair – Marty
    • Dorothy Dandridge – Carmen Jones
    • Judy Garland – A Star Is Born
    • Julie Harris – I Am a Camera
    • Katharine Hepburn – Summertime
    • Grace Kelly – The Country Girl
    • Giulietta Masina – The Road
    • Marilyn Monroe – The Seven Year Itch

• 1956
  • Best British Actress – Virginia McKenna – A Town Like Alice
    • Dorothy Alison – Reach for the Sky
    • Audrey Hepburn – War and Peace
  • Best Foreign Actress – Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
    • Carroll Baker – Baby Doll
    • Ava Gardner – Bhowani Junction
    • Maria Schell – Gervaise
    • Jean Simmons – Guys and Dolls
    • Susan Hayward – I'll Cry Tomorrow
    • Kim Novak – Picnic
    • Marisa Pavan – The Rose Tattoo
    • Eva Dahlbeck – Sommarnattens leende
    • Shirley MacLaine – The Trouble with Harry

• 1957
  • Best British Actress – Heather Sears – The Story of Esther Costello
    • Deborah Kerr – Tea and Sympathy
    • Sylvia Syms – Woman in a Dressing Gown
  • Best Foreign Actress – Simone Signoret – The Witches of Salem
    • Augusta Dabney – That Night!
    • Katharine Hepburn – The Rainmaker
    • Marilyn Monroe – The Prince and the Showgirl
    • Lilli Palmer – Anastasia: Die letzte Zarentochter
    • Eva Marie Saint – A Hatful of Rain
    • Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve

• 1958
  • Best British Actress – Irene Worth – Orders to Kill
    • Virginia McKenna – Carve Her Name with Pride
    • Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top
  • Best Foreign Actress – Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
    • Karuna Bannerjee – The Unvanquished
    • Elizabeth Taylor – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    • Ingrid Bergman – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
    • Tatyana Samojlova – The Cranes Are Flying
    • Joanne Woodward – No Down Payment
    • Giulietta Masina – Nights of Cabiria
    • Anna Magnani – Wild Is the Wind

• 1959
  • Best British Actress – Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story
    • Kay Walsh – The Horse's Mouth
    • Sylvia Syms – No Trees in the Street
    • Peggy Ashcroft – The Nun's Story
    • Yvonne Mitchell – Sapphire
  • Best Foreign Actress – Shirley MacLaine – Ask Any Girl
    • Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame
    • Susan Hayward – I Want to Live!
    • Ava Gardner – On the Beach
    • Ellie Lambeti – To Telefteo psema

[edit] 1960s

• 1960
  • Best British Actress – Rachel Roberts – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
    • Hayley Mills – Pollyanna
    • Wendy Hiller – Sons and Lovers
  • Best Foreign Actress – Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment
    • Pier Angeli – The Angry Silence
    • Monica Vitti – The Adventure
    • Jean Simmons – Elmer Gantry
    • Emmanuelle Riva – Hiroshima Mon Amour
    • Melina Mercouri – Never on Sunday

• 1961
  • Best British Actress – Dora Bryan – A Taste of Honey
    • Deborah Kerr – The Sundowners
    • Hayley Mills – Whistle Down the Wind
  • Best Foreign Actress – Sophia Loren – Two Women
    • Piper Laurie – The Hustler
    • Claudia McNeil – A Raisin in the Sun
    • Annie Girardot – Rocco and His Brothers
    • Jean Seberg – Breathless

• 1962
  • Best British Actress – Leslie Caron – The L-Shaped Room
    • Janet Munro – Life for Ruth
    • Virginia Maskell – The Wild and the Willing
  • Best Foreign Actress – Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
    • Jeanne Moreau – Jules and Jim
    • Anouk Aimée – Lola
    • Melina Mercouri – Phaedra
    • Natalie Wood – Splendor in the Grass
    • Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth
    • Harriet Andersson – Såsom i en spegel

• 1963
  • Best British Actress – Rachel Roberts – This Sporting Life
    • Julie Christie – Billy Liar
    • Sarah Miles – The Servant
    • Barbara Windsor – Sparrers Can't Sing
    • Edith Evans – Tom Jones
  • Best Foreign Actress – Patricia Neal – Hud
    • Lee Remick – Days of Wine and Roses
    • Daniela Rocca – Divorce, Italian Style
    • Joan Crawford – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
    • Bette Davis – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

• 1964
  • Best British Actress – Audrey Hepburn – Charade
    • Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
    • Edith Evans – The Chalk Garden
    • Deborah Kerr – The Chalk Garden
    • Rita Tushingham – Girl with Green Eyes
  • Best Foreign Actress – Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater
    • Ava Gardner – The Night of the Iguana
    • Shirley MacLaine – Irma la Douce
    • Shirley MacLaine – What a Way to Go!
    • Kim Stanley – Séance on a Wet Afternoon

• 1965
  • Best British Actress – Julie Christie – Darling
    • Julie Andrews – The Americanization of Emily
    • Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music
    • Maggie Smith – Young Cassidy
    • Rita Tushingham – The Knack …and How to Get It
  • Best Foreign Actress – Patricia Neal – In Harm's Way
    • Lila Kedrova – Zorba the Greek
    • Simone Signoret – Ship of Fools

• 1966
  • Best British Actress – Elizabeth Taylor – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    • Julie Christie – Doctor Zhivago
    • Julie Christie – Fahrenheit 451
    • Lynn Redgrave – Georgy Girl
    • Vanessa Redgrave – Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
  • Best Foreign Actress – Jeanne Moreau – Viva Maria!
    • Brigitte Bardot – Viva Maria!
    • Joan Hackett – The Group

• 1967
  • Best British Actress – Edith Evans – The Whisperers
    • Barbara Jefford – Ulysses
    • Elizabeth Taylor – The Taming of the Shrew
  • Best Foreign Actress – Anouk Aimée – A Man and a Woman
    • Bibi Andersson – Persona
    • Bibi Andersson – Syskonbädd 1782
    • Jane Fonda – Barefoot in the Park
    • Simone Signoret – The Deadly Affair

• 1968 – Katharine Hepburn – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Lion in Winter
  • Catherine Deneuve – Belle de jour
  • Anne Bancroft – The Graduate
  • Joanne Woodward – Rachel, Rachel

• 1969 – Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  • Mia Farrow – John and Mary
  • Mia Farrow – Rosemary's Baby
  • Mia Farrow – Secret Ceremony
  • Glenda Jackson – Women in Love
  • Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl
  • Barbra Streisand – Hello, Dolly!
  • Mary Wimbush – Oh! What a Lovely War

[edit] 1970s

• 1970 – Katharine Ross – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
  • Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
  • Goldie Hawn – Cactus Flower
  • Goldie Hawn – There's a Girl in My Soup
  • Sarah Miles – Ryan's Daughter

• 1971 – Glenda Jackson – Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • Lynn Carlin – Taking Off
  • Julie Christie – The Go-Between
  • Jane Fonda – Klute
  • Nanette Newman – The Raging Moon

• 1972 – Liza Minnelli – Cabaret
  • Stéphane Audran – The Butcher
  • Anne Bancroft – Young Winston
  • Dorothy Tutin – Savage Messiah

• 1973 – Stéphane Audran – The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Just Before Nightfall
  • Julie Christie – Don't Look Now
  • Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class
  • Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues
  • Ingrid Thulin – Viskningar och rop

• 1974 – Joanne Woodward – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
  • Faye Dunaway – Chinatown
  • Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
  • Cicely Tyson The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

• 1975 – Ellen Burstyn – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  • Anne Bancroft – The Prisoner of Second Avenue
  • Valerie Perrine – Lenny
  • Liv Ullmann – Scener ur ett äktenskap

• 1976 – Louise Fletcher – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Lauren Bacall – The Shootist
  • Rita Moreno – The Ritz
  • Liv Ullmann – Ansikte mot ansikte

• 1977 – Diane Keaton – Annie Hall
  • Faye Dunaway – Network
  • Shelley Duvall – 3 Women
  • Lily Tomlin – The Late Show

• 1978 – Jane Fonda – Julia
  • Anne Bancroft – The Turning Point
  • Jill Clayburgh – An Unmarried Woman
  • Marsha Mason – The Goodbye Girl

• 1979 – Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome
  • Diane Keaton – Manhattan
  • Maggie Smith – California Suite
  • Meryl Streep – The Deer Hunter

[edit] 1980s

• 1980 – Judy Davis – My Brilliant Career
  • Shirley MacLaine – Being There
  • Bette Midler – The Rose
  • Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer

• 1981 – Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman
  • Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People
  • Maggie Smith – Quartet
  • Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter

• 1982 – Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond
  • Diane Keaton – Reds
  • Jennifer Kendal – 36 Chowringhee Lane
  • Sissy Spacek – Missing

• 1983 – Julie Walters – Educating Rita
  • Jessica Lange – Tootsie
  • Phyllis Logan – Another Time, Another Place
  • Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice

• 1984 – Maggie Smith – A Private Function
  • Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
  • Helen Mirren – Cal
  • Meryl Streep – Silkwood

• 1985 – Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India
  • Mia Farrow – The Purple Rose of Cairo
  • Kelly McGillis – Witness
  • Alexandra Pigg – Letter to Brezhnev

• 1986 – Maggie Smith – A Room with a View
  • Mia Farrow – Hannah and Her Sisters
  • Meryl Streep – Out of Africa
  • Cathy Tyson – Mona Lisa

• 1987 – Anne Bancroft – 84 Charing Cross Road
  • Emily Lloyd – Wish You Were Here
  • Sarah Miles – Hope and Glory
  • Julie Walters – Personal Services

• 1988 – Maggie Smith – The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
  • Stéphane Audran – Babettes gæstebud
  • Cher – Moonstruck
  • Jamie Lee Curtis – A Fish Called Wanda

• 1989 – Pauline Collins – Shirley Valentine
  • Glenn Close – Dangerous Liaisons
  • Jodie Foster – The Accused
  • Melanie Griffith – Working Girl

[edit] 1990s

• 1990 – Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy as Miss Daisy
  • Shirley MacLaine – Postcards from the Edge
  • Michelle Pfeiffer – The Fabulous Baker Boys
  • Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman

• 1991 – Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling
  • Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise
  • Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise
  • Juliet Stevenson – Truly, Madly, Deeply

• 1992 – Emma Thompson – Howards End as Margaret Schlegel
  • Judy Davis – Husbands and Wives
  • Tara Morice – Strictly Ballroom
  • Jessica Tandy – Fried Green Tomatoes

• 1993 – Holly Hunter – The Piano as Ada McGrath
  • Miranda Richardson – Tom & Viv
  • Emma Thompson – The Remains of the Day
  • Debra Winger – Shadowlands

• 1994 – Susan Sarandon – The Client as Reggie Love
  • Linda Fiorentino – The Last Seduction
  • Irène Jacob – Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)
  • Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction

• 1995 – Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility as Eleanor Dashwood
  • Nicole Kidman – To Die For
  • Helen Mirren – The Madness of King George
  • Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas

• 1996 – Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley
  • Frances McDormand – Fargo
  • Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient
  • Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves

• 1997 – Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown as Queen Victoria
  • Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential
  • Kathy Burke – Nil by Mouth
  • Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove

• 1998 – Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I
  • Jane Horrocks – Little Voice
  • Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love
  • Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie

• 1999 – Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham
  • Linda Bassett – East is East
  • Julianne Moore – The End of the Affair
  • Emily Watson – Angela's Ashes

[edit] 2000s

• 2000 – Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich
  • Juliette Binoche – Chocolat
  • Kate Hudson – Almost Famous
  • Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry
  • Michelle Yeoh – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)

• 2001 – Judi Dench – Iris as Iris Murdoch
  • Nicole Kidman – The Others
  • Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom
  • Audrey Tautou – Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
  • Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones's Diary

• 2002 – Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf
  • Halle Berry – Monster's Ball
  • Salma Hayek – Frida
  • Meryl Streep – The Hours
  • Renée Zellweger – Chicago

• 2003 – Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation as Charlotte
  • Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring
  • Anne Reid – The Mother
  • Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  • Naomi Watts – 21 Grams

• 2004 – Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake
  • Charlize Theron – Monster
  • Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Kate Winslet – Finding Neverland
  • Zhang Ziyi – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)

• 2005 – Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter
  • Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents
  • Charlize Theron – North Country
  • Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
  • Zhang Ziyi – Memoirs of a Geisha

• 2006 – Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II
  • Penélope Cruz – To Return (Volver)
  • Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
  • Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
  • Kate Winslet – Little Children

• 2007 – Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose (La môme) as Édith Piaf
  • Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Julie Christie – Away From Her
  • Keira Knightley – Atonement
  • Ellen Page – Juno

• 2008 – Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
  • Angelina Jolie – Changeling
  • Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
  • Meryl Streep – Doubt
  • Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

[edit] External links

• BAFTA Awards Database

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