BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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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.
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[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
- Best Foreign Actress – Simone Signoret – Golden Helmet
- 1953
- Best British Actress – Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
- Best Foreign Actress – Leslie Caron – Lili
- 1954
- Best British Actress – Yvonne Mitchell – The Divided Heart
- Best Foreign Actress – Cornell Borchers – The Divided Heart
- 1955
- Best British Actress – Katie Johnson – The Ladykillers
- Best Foreign Actress – Betsy Blair – Marty
- 1956
- Best British Actress – Virginia McKenna – A Town Like Alice
- Best Foreign Actress – Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
- 1957
- Best British Actress – Heather Sears – The Story of Esther Costello
- Best Foreign Actress – Simone Signoret – The Witches of Salem
- 1958
- Best British Actress – Irene Worth – Orders to Kill
- Best Foreign Actress – Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
- 1959
- Best British Actress – Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story
- Best Foreign Actress – Shirley MacLaine – Ask Any Girl
[edit] 1960s
- 1960
- Best British Actress – Rachel Roberts – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Best Foreign Actress – Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment
- 1961
- Best British Actress – Dora Bryan – A Taste of Honey
- Best Foreign Actress – Sophia Loren – Two Women
- 1962
- Best British Actress – Leslie Caron – The L-Shaped Room
- Best Foreign Actress – Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
- 1963
- Best British Actress – Rachel Roberts – This Sporting Life
- 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
- 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
- Best Foreign Actress – Patricia Neal – In Harm's Way
- 1966
- Best British Actress – Elizabeth Taylor – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Best Foreign Actress – Jeanne Moreau – Viva Maria!
- 1967
- Best British Actress – Edith Evans – The Whisperers
- 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
- 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
- 1971 – Glenda Jackson – Sunday Bloody Sunday
- 1972 – Liza Minnelli – Cabaret
- 1977 – Diane Keaton – Annie Hall
- 1978 – Jane Fonda – Julia
- 1979 – Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome
[edit] 1980s
- 1980 – Judy Davis – My Brilliant Career
- 1982 – Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond
- 1983 – Julie Walters – Educating Rita
- 1984 – Maggie Smith – A Private Function
- 1985 – Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India
- 1986 – Maggie Smith – A Room with a View
- 1987 – Anne Bancroft – 84 Charing Cross Road
- 1989 – Pauline Collins – Shirley Valentine
[edit] 1990s
- 1990 – Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy as Miss Daisy
- 1991 – Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling
- 1992 – Emma Thompson – Howards End as Margaret Schlegel
- 1993 – Holly Hunter – The Piano as Ada McGrath
- 1994 – Susan Sarandon – The Client as Reggie Love
- 1995 – Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility as Eleanor Dashwood
- 1996 – Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley
- 1997 – Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown as Queen Victoria
- 1998 – Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I
- 1999 – Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham
[edit] 2000s
- 2000 – Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich
- 2001 – Judi Dench – Iris as Iris Murdoch
- 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
- 2004 – Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake
- 2005 – Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter
- 2006 – Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II
- 2007 – Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose (La môme) as Édith Piaf
- 2008 – Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
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