BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

🏆 WinnerJessie BuckleyHamnet (2025)

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🏆 WinnerMikey MadisonAnora (2024)

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🏆 WinnerEmma StonePoor Things (2023)

🏆 WinnerSandra HüllerAnatomy of a Fall (2023)

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🏆 WinnerKate WinsletI Am...

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🏆 WinnerCate BlanchettTÁR (2022)

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🏆 WinnerJoanna ScanlanAfter Love (2021)

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🏆 WinnerFrances McDormandNomadland (2021)

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🏆 WinnerRenée ZellwegerJudy (2019)

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Scarlett JohanssonMarriage StoryNominee

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🏆 WinnerOlivia ColmanThe Favourite (2018)

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Melissa McCarthyCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominee

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🏆 WinnerFrances McDormandThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

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Margot RobbieI, TonyaNominee

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🏆 WinnerEmma StoneLa La Land (2016)

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🏆 WinnerBrie LarsonRoom (2015)

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🏆 WinnerJulianne MooreStill Alice (2014)

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🏆 WinnerCate BlanchettBlue Jasmine (2013)

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Sandra BullockGravityNominee

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🏆 WinnerEmmanuelle RivaAmour (2012)

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Silver Linings PlaybookNominee

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🏆 WinnerMeryl StreepThe Iron Lady (2011)

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Tilda SwintonWe Need to Talk About KevinNominee

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🏆 WinnerNatalie PortmanBlack Swan (2010)

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🏆 WinnerCarey MulliganAn Education (2009)

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Audrey TautouCoco Before ChanelNominee

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🏆 WinnerKate WinsletThe Reader (2008)

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Angelina JolieChangelingNominee

Kristin Scott ThomasI've Loved You So LongNominee

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🏆 WinnerHelen MirrenThe Queen (2006)

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🏆 WinnerReese WitherspoonWalk the Line (2005)

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Rachel WeiszThe Constant GardenerNominee

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🏆 WinnerImelda StauntonVera Drake (2004)

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🏆 WinnerScarlett JohanssonLost in Translation (2003)

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Naomi Watts21 GramsNominee

Anne ReidThe MotherNominee

GWScarlett JohanssonGirl with a Pearl EarringNominee

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Halle BerryMonster's BallNominee

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🏆 WinnerNicole KidmanThe Hours (2002)

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🏆 WinnerJulia RobertsErin Brockovich (2000)

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Juliette BinocheChocolatNominee

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The End of the AffairNominee

Angela's AshesNominee

Linda BassettEast Is EastNominee

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🏆 WinnerCate BlanchettElizabeth (1998)

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Kristin Scott ThomasThe English PatientNominee

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🏆 WinnerEmma ThompsonSense and Sensibility (1995)

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Pulp FictionNominee

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🏆 WinnerHolly HunterThe Piano (1993)

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🏆 WinnerJodie FosterThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)

🏆 WinnerEmma ThompsonHowards End (1992)

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🏆 WinnerJessica TandyDriving Miss Daisy (1989)

🏆 WinnerWhoopi GoldbergGhost (1990)

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🏆 WinnerMaggie SmithThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)

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Jamie Lee CurtisA Fish Called WandaNominee

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🏆 WinnerAnne Bancroft84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

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🏆 WinnerMaggie SmithA Room with a View (1986)

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🏆 WinnerPeggy AshcroftA Passage to India (1984)

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🏆 WinnerMaggie SmithA Private Function (1984)

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🏆 WinnerJulie WaltersEducating Rita (1983)

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Phyllis LoganAnother Time, Another PlaceNominee

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Diane KeatonRedsNominee

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🏆 WinnerMeryl StreepThe French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

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Mary Tyler MooreOrdinary PeopleNominee

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🏆 WinnerMeryl StreepThe French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

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Diane KeatonManhattanNominee

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🏆 WinnerJane FondaJulia (1977)

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Anne BancroftThe Turning PointNominee

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🏆 WinnerDiane KeatonAnnie Hall (1977)

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Lauren BacallThe ShootistNominee

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🏆 WinnerEllen Burstyn

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Anne BancroftThe Prisoner of Second AvenueNominee

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Joanne WoodwardSummer Wishes, Winter DreamsNominee

Cicely TysonThe Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanNominee

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🏆 WinnerJoanne WoodwardSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)

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🏆 WinnerStéphane AudranThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

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Anne BancroftYoung WinstonNominee

Pauline CollinsUpstairs, DownstairsNominee

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?Nominee

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🏆 WinnerMaggie SmithThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

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Catherine DeneuveBelle de JourNominee

Joanne WoodwardRachel, RachelNominee

Anne BancroftThe GraduateNominee

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🏆 WinnerAnouk AiméeA Man and a Woman (1966)

🏆 WinnerEdith EvansThe Whisperers (1967)

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🏆 WinnerJeanne MoreauViva Maria! (1965)

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🏆 WinnerPatricia NealIn Harm's Way (1965)

🏆 WinnerElizabeth TaylorWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

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🏆 WinnerPatricia NealHud (1963)

🏆 WinnerRachel RobertsThis Sporting Life (1963)

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🏆 WinnerLeslie CaronThe L-Shaped Room (1962)

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Hayley MillsWhistle Down the WindNominee

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Hayley MillsPollyannaNominee

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🏆 WinnerRachel RobertsSaturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)

🏆 WinnerShirley MacLaineThe Apartment (1960)

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Monica VittiL'AvventuraNominee

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🏆 WinnerShirley MacLaineAsk Any Girl

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Peggy AshcroftThe Nun's StoryNominee

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🏆 WinnerSimone SignoretRoom at the Top (1958)

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WIAnna MagnaniWild Is the WindNominee

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🏆 WinnerSimone SignoretThe Witches of Salem (1957)

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🏆 WinnerYvonne MitchellThe Divided Heart (1954)

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🏆 WinnerLeslie CaronLili (1953)

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🏆 WinnerSimone SignoretCasque d'Or (1952)

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