BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
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The British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film is an annual award given to the Best Actress who starred in a British independent film. The award was introduced in 1998.
1990s [edit]
- 1998 – Kathy Burke – Nil by Mouth as Valerie
- Louise Goodall – My Name Is Joe as Sarah Downie
- Rachel Griffiths – My Son the Fanatic as Bettina/ Sandra
- Samantha Morton – Under the Skin as Iris Kelly
- Emma Thompson – The Winter Guest as Frances
- 1999 – Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie as Jackie Du Pré
- Lara Belmont – The War Zone as Jessie
- Rachel Griffiths – Hilary and Jackie as Hilary Du Pré
- Jane Horrocks – Little Voice as LV
- Gina McKee – Wonderland as Nadia
2000s [edit]
- 2000 – Gillian Anderson – The House of Mirth as Lily Bart
- Kate Ashfield – The Low Down as Ruby
- Brenda Blethyn – Saving Grace as
- Emily Watson – The Luzhin Defence as Natalia Katkov
- 2001 – Kate Ashfield – Late Night Shopping as Jody
- Susan Lynch – Beautiful Creatures as Dorothy
- Samantha Morton – Pandaemonium as Sara Coleridge
- Kate Winslet – Enigma as Hester Wallace
- 2002 – Samantha Morton – Morvern Callar as Movern Callar
- Elaine Cassidy – Disco Pigs as Rent/Sinead
- Shirley Henderson – Villa des Roses as Ella
- Harriet Walter – Villa des Roses as Olive Burrell
- 2003 – Olivia Williams – The Heart of Me as Madeleine
- Kate Ashfield – This Little Life as Sadie McGregor
- Helena Bonham Carter – The Heart of Me as Dinah
- Samantha Morton – In America as Sarah
- Tilda Swinton – Young Adam as Ella Gault
- 2004 – Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake
- Eva Birthistle – Ae Fond Kiss... as Roisin Hanlon
- Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring as Griet
- Natalie Press – My Summer of Love as Mona
- Anne Reid – The Mother as May
- 2005 – Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener as Tessa Quayle
- Joan Allen – Yes as She
- Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents as Mrs. Henderson
- Natasha Richardson – Asylum as Stella Raphael
- Emily Watson – Wah-Wah as Ruby Compton
- 2006 – Kate Dickie – Red Road as Jackie
- Juliette Binoche – Breaking and Entering as Amira
- Frances de la Tour – The History Boys as Mrs. Lintott
- Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth
- Robin Wright Penn – Breaking and Entering as Liv
- 2007 – Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett
- Tannishtha Chatterjee – Brick Lane as Nazneen Ahmed
- Anne Hathaway – Becoming Jane as Jane Austen
- Sophia Myles – Hallam Foe as Kate
- Kierston Wareing – It's a Free World... as Angela
- 2008 – Vera Farmiga – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as Mother
- Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline "Poppy" Cross
- Keira Knightley – The Duchess as Georgiana
- Samantha Morton – The Daisy Chain as Martha Conroy
- Kelly Reilly – Eden Lake as Jenny
- 2009 – Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor
- Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria as Queen Victoria
- Abbie Cornish – Bright Star as Fanny Brawne
- Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank as Mia
- Sophie Okonedo – Skin as Sandra Laing
2010s [edit]
| Year | Winners and nominees | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Carey Mulligan | Never Let Me Go | Kathy |
| Sally Hawkins | Made in Dagenham | Rita O'Grady | |
| Andrea Riseborough | Brighton Rock | Rose | |
| Ruth Sheen | Another Year | Gerri | |
| Manjinder Virk | The Arbor | Lorraine Dunbar | |
| 2011 | Olivia Colman | Tyrannosaur | Hannah |
| MyAnna Buring | Kill List | Shel | |
| Rebecca Hall | The Awakening | Florence Cathcart | |
| Tilda Swinton | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian | |
| Mia Wasikowska | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | |
| 2012 | Andrea Riseborough | Shadow Dancer | Colette McVeigh |
| Judi Dench | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade | |
| Elle Fanning | Ginger & Rosa | Ginger | |
| Alice Lowe | Sightseers | Tina | |
| Meryl Streep | The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher |
