This is a list of the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress. The British Academy Television Awards began in 1955. The Best Actress award was initially given as an "individual honour", without credit to a particular performance, until 1969, when Wendy Craig won for her performance in Not in Front of the Children. Since 1970, nominees have been announced in addition to the winner, and are listed, with the winner highlighted in blue.
Jodie Comer is the youngest actress at only 29 years old to hold 5 Best Actress nominations. With Helen Mirren and Francesca Annis having received 6 and Judi Dench and Julie Walters having received 7. Comer received her first nomination in 2017, then for four consecutive years between 2019 and 2022. Her first win came for Killing Eve in 2019. Comer’s nominations span over three different projects (Thirteen, Killing Eve and Help). Comer won in 2022 for Help , making her the youngest actress at 29, to achieve two British Academy Television Awards.
The Actress category was split into Leading Actress and Supporting Actress, starting in 2010.
Note: Julie Walters' two mentions in 2010, count as two separate nominations.
References
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^"Television - 2020". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
^"BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
^"Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
January 08, 2023
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This is a list of the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress The British Academy Television Awards began in 1955 The Best Actress award was initially given as an individual honour without credit to a particular performance until 1969 when Wendy Craig won for her performance in Not in Front of the Children Since 1970 nominees have been announced in addition to the winner and are listed with the winner highlighted in blue British Academy Television Award for Best ActressCountryUnited KingdomPresented byBritish Academy of Film and Television ArtsFirst awarded1954 presented 1955 Currently held byJodie Comer for Help 2021 WebsiteOfficial websiteJulie Walters holds the record of most wins in this category with four followed by Judi Dench Thora Hird and Helen Mirren with three wins each Jodie Comer is the youngest actress at only 29 years old to hold 5 Best Actress nominations With Helen Mirren and Francesca Annis having received 6 and Judi Dench and Julie Walters having received 7 Comer received her first nomination in 2017 then for four consecutive years between 2019 and 2022 Her first win came for Killing Eve in 2019 Comer s nominations span over three different projects Thirteen Killing Eve and Help Comer won in 2022 for Help making her the youngest actress at 29 to achieve two British Academy Television Awards The Actress category was split into Leading Actress and Supporting Actress starting in 2010 Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 1950s 1 2 1960s 1 3 1970s 1 4 1980s 1 5 1990s 1 6 2000s 1 7 2010s 1 8 2020s 2 Superlatives 3 Actresses with multiple wins and nominations 3 1 Multiple wins 3 2 Multiple nominations 4 ReferencesWinners and nominees Edit Two time winner Gwen Watford Judi Dench has received this award three times for Talking to a Stranger 1968 Going Gently A Fine Romance The Cherry Orchard all three in 1982 and The Last of the Blonde Bombshells 2001 Lee Remick won for Jennie Lady Randolph Churchill in 1975 Sian Phillips won for How Green Was My Valley and I Claudius in 1977 Peggy Ashcroft has won this award twice for Cream in My Coffee and Caught on a Train both in 1981 and The Jewel in the Crown 1985 Beryl Reid won in 1983 for Smiley s People Coral Browne won for An Englishman Abroad in 1984 Claire Bloom won for Shadowlands in 1986 Emma Thompson won in 1988 for Fortunes of War and Tutti Frutti Diana Rigg won in 1990 for Mother Love Helen Mirren has won three consecutive times all for the three first seasons of Prime Suspect in 1992 1993 and 1994 Jennifer Ehle won for Pride and Prejudice in 1996 Thora Hird has won three times for A Cream Cracker under the Settee 1989 and Waiting for the Telegram 1999 both from the series Talking Heads and Lost for Words 2000 Julie Walters won three consecutive times for My Beautiful Son 2002 Murder 2003 The Canterbury Tales 2004 and Mo 2010 Anamaria Marinca won for Sex Traffic in 2005 Victoria Wood won for Housewife 49 in 2007 Eileen Atkins won for Cranford in 2008 she also won a Primetime Emmy Award for the role Emily Watson won for Appropriate Adult in 2012 Sheridan Smith won in 2013 for Mrs Biggs Olivia Colman won for Broadchurch in 2014 Sarah Lancashire won for Happy Valley in 2017 Glenda Jackson won in 2020 for Elizabeth Is Missing she also won an Best Actress for the role 1950s Edit Year Actress1955Googie Withers1956Virginia McKenna1957Rosalie Crutchley1958Not awarded1959Gwen Watford1960s Edit Year Actress Work s 1960Catherine Lacey1961Billie Whitelaw1962Ruth Dunning1963Brenda Bruce1964Vivien Merchant1965Katharine Blake1966 1 Gwen Watford The Cesar Birotteau Madam End Of Term Take Care Of Madam The Rules Of The GamePeggy Ashcroft The Wars of the Roses RosmersholmJune Barry Four of Hearts Tilt Twice Upon a Time Progress to the Park No Trams to Lime StreetVivien Merchant The Tea PartyMoira Redmond Anatol The Late Edwina Black Challenge R 3 Series A Tall Stalwart Lancer1967Vanessa Redgrave1968Judi Dench Talking to a Stranger1969Wendy Craig Not in Front of the Children1970s Edit Year Actress Work s Character s 1970Margaret Tyzack The First Churchills Anne Queen of Great BritainSheila Allen The Confessions of Marian Evans Marian EvansEileen Atkins The Letter The Heiress Play of the Month Double Bill The Wednesday Play Leslie Crosbie Catherine Sloper WomanGwen Watford A Walk Through the Forest Dorrie Clarke1971Annette Crosbie The Six Wives of Henry VIII Catherine of AragonGlenda Jackson Howards End Margaret SchlegelGemma Jones The Lie The Spoils of Poynton Anna Firth Fleda VetchRosemary Leach Germinal The Roads to Freedom Maheude MarcelleDorothy Tutin The Six Wives of Henry VIII Flotsam and Jetsam Anne Boleyn Mrs Grange1972Patricia Hayes Edna the Inebriate Woman EdnaGlenda Jackson Elizabeth R Elizabeth I of EnglandGemma Jones The Man in the Side Car The Cherry Orchard Edith VaryaRosemary Leach The Mosedale Horseshoe Cider with Rosie Helen Mother1973Billie Whitelaw The Sextet 8 plays Various CharactersPauline Collins Upstairs Downstairs Crippled Bloom Country Matters Sarah Moffat RubyAnne Stallybrass The Onedin Line The Strauss Family Anne Onedin Anna Strauss1974Celia Johnson Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont Mrs PalfreyFrancesca Annis A Pin to See the Peepshow Julia AlmondRosemary Leach The Adventures of Don Quioxte Play of the Month Dulcinea AldonzaBillie Whitelaw The Withered Arm Wessex Tales Rhoda1975Lee Remick Jennie Lady Randolph Churchill JennieJudy Cornwell Cakes and Ale Rosie GannJanet Suzman Florence Nightingale Hedda Gabler Play for Today Antony and Cleopatra Athol Fugard 2nd House Miss Nightingale Hedda Gabler Cleopatra Actress in Hello and GoodbyeDorothy Tutin South Riding Sarah Burton1976Annette Crosbie Edward the Seventh Queen VictoriaFrancesca Annis Madame Bovary Emma BovaryVirginia McKenna Cheap in August Mary WatsonHelen Ryan Edward the Seventh Queen Alexandra1977Sian Phillips How Green Was My Valley I Claudius Beth Morgan LiviaJulie Covington Rock Follies Devonia Dee RhoadesPenelope Keith Private Lives Amanda PrynneGemma Jones The Duchess of Duke Street Louisa Trotter1978Penelope Keith The Norman Conquests AnnieGeraldine James Dummy Sandra XJane Lapotaire Marie Curie The Return Marie Curie Bridget RitsinSusan Littler Spend Spend Spend Vivian Nicholson1979Francesca Annis Lillie Lillie LangtryPeggy Ashcroft Edward and Mrs Simpson Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie s Pictures Queen Mary Lady GCheryl Campbell Pennies from Heaven EileenCynthia Harris Edward and Mrs Simpson Wallis Simpson1980s Edit Year Actress Work s Character s 1980Cheryl Campbell Testament of Youth Malice Aforethought The Duke of Wellington Vera Brittain Madeleine Cranmere The Duchess of WellingtonJudi Dench On Giant s Shoulders Hazel WilesKate Nelligan Measure for Measure IsabellaBeryl Reid Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Connie Sachs1981Peggy Ashcroft Cream in My Coffee Caught on a Train Jean Wilsher Frau MessnerCelia Johnson Staying On Lucy SmalleyKate Nelligan Dreams of Leaving Therese Raquin Forgive Our Foolish Ways Caroline Therese Raquin Vivien LanyonPamela Stephenson Not the Nine O Clock News Various Roles1982Judi Dench Going Gently A Fine Romance The Cherry Orchard Sister Scarli Laura Dalton Madame RanevskayaClaire Bloom Brideshead Revisited Lady MarchmainCelia Johnson The Potting Shed Mrs CalliferDiana Quick Brideshead Revisited Julia Flyte1983Beryl Reid Smiley s People Connie SachsJane Asher A Voyage Round My Father Love Is Old Love Is New Elizabeth KathaMaureen Lipman Outside Edge Rolling Home Maggie ValJulie Walters Boys from the Blackstuff Say Something Happened Angie Todd June Potter1984Coral Browne An Englishman Abroad HerselfBlair Brown Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisJudi Dench Saigon Year of the Cat Barbara DeanMaggie Smith Mrs Silly Mrs Silly1985Peggy Ashcroft The Jewel in the Crown Barbara BatchelorGeraldine James The Jewel in the Crown Sarah LaytonJudy Parfitt Mildred LaytonSusan Wooldridge Daphne Manners1986Claire Bloom Shadowlands Joy GershamFrances de la Tour Duet for One Stephanie AndersonMary Steenburgen Tender Is the Night Nicole Warren DiverJoanne Whalley Edge of Darkness Emma Craven1987Anna Massey Hotel du Lac Edith HopeJoan Hickson Miss Marple The Murder at the Vicarage Miss MarpleWendy Hiller All Passion Spent Lady SlanePatricia Hodge Hotel du Lac MonicaAlison Steadman The Singing Detective Mrs MarlowJulie T Wallace The Life and Loves of a She Devil Ruth1988Emma Thompson Fortunes of War Tutti Frutti Harriet Pringle Suzi KettlesJean Alexander Coronation Street Hilda OgdenJoan Hickson Miss Marple Nemesis Miss MarpleMiranda Richardson After Pilkington Penny Patch Newhouse1989Thora Hird Talking Heads A Cream Cracker Under The Settee DorisJane Lapotaire Blind Justice Katherine HughesPatricia Routledge Talking Heads A Lady of Letters Irene RuddockMaggie Smith Talking Heads Bed Among the Lentils Susan1990s Edit Year Actors Work Character Network1990Diana Rigg Mother Love Helena Vesey BBC OnePeggy Ashcroft She s Been Away Lillian Huckle BBC OneJudi Dench Behaving Badly Bridget Mayor Channel 4Gwen Taylor A Bit of a Do Rita Simcock ITV1991Geraldine McEwan Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Mother BBC TwoSusannah Harker House of Cards Mattie Storin BBCEmily Aston Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Small Jess BBC TwoCharlotte Coleman Jess1992Helen Mirren Prime Suspect Jane Tennison ITVLindsay Duncan G B H Barbara Douglas Channel 4Zoe Wanamaker Prime Suspect Moyra Henson ITVPrunella Scales A Question of Attribution H M Q BBC One1993Helen Mirren Prime Suspect 2 Jane Tennison ITVMaggie Smith Memento Mori Mrs Mabel Pettigrew BBC TwoJuliet Stevenson A Doll s House Nora HelmerZoe Wanamaker Love Hurts Tessa Piggott BBC One1994Helen Mirren Prime Suspect 3 Jane Tennison ITVOlympia Dukakis Armistead Maupins Tales of the City Anna Madrigal Channel 4Siobhan Redmond Between the Lines Maureen Mo Connell BBC OneJulie Walters Wide Eyed and Legless Diana Longden1995Juliet Aubrey Middlemarch Dorothea Brooke BBC TwoSiobhan Redmond Between the Lines Maureen Mo Connell BBC OneVictoria Wood Pat and Margaret Margaret MottersheadGeraldine Somerville Cracker Jane Penhaligon ITV1996 42nd Jennifer Ehle Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet BBC OneHelen Mirren Prime Suspect 4 Jane Tennison ITVGeraldine James Band of Gold Rosemary Rose GarrityJuliet Stevenson The Politician s Wife Flora Matlock Channel 41997 43rd Gina McKee Our Friends in the North Mary Soulsby BBC TwoHelen Mirren Prime Suspect 5 Jane Tennison ITVAlex Kingston The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Moll FlandersPauline Quirke The Sculptress Olive Martin BBC1998 44th Daniela Nardini This Life Anna Forbes BBC TwoFrancesca Annis Reckless Anna Fairley ITVKathy Burke Tom Jones Honour BBC OneMiranda Richardson A Dance to the Music of Time Pamela Flitton Channel 41999 45th Thora Hird Talking Heads Waiting For The Telegram Violet BBC TwoFrancesca Annis Reckless Anna Fairley ITVNatasha Little Vanity Fair Becky Sharp BBCJoanna Lumley A Rather English Marriage Liz Franks2000s Edit Year Actors Work Character Network2000 46th Thora Hird Lost for Words Annie Longden ITVFrancesca Annis Wives and Daughters Hyacinth Gibson BBC OneMaggie Smith David Copperfield Betsey TrotwoodLindsay Duncan Shooting the Past Marilyn Truman BBC Two2001 47th Judi Dench The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Elizabeth Gold BBCAmanda Redman At Home with the Braithwaites Alison Braithwaite ITVFay Ripley Cold Feet Jenny GiffordAlison Steadman Fat Friends Betty SimpsonGeraldine James The Sins Gloria Green BBC One2002 48th Julie Walters My Beautiful Son Sheila Fitzpatrick ITVLindsay Duncan Perfect Strangers Alice Hagerty BBC TwoSheila Hancock The Russian Bride Dora Blossom ITVLesley Sharp Bob amp Rose Rose Cooper2003 49th Julie Walters Murder Angela Maurer BBC TwoSheila Hancock Bedtime Alice Oldfield BBC OneJessica Hynes Tomorrow La Scala Victoria Stevenson BBC TwoVanessa Redgrave The Gathering Storm Clementine Churchill BBC2004 50th Julie Walters The Canterbury Tales Beth Craddock BBC OneHelen Mirren Prime Suspect 6 The Last Witness Jane Tennison ITVGina McKee The Lost Prince Charlotte Bill BBC OneMiranda Richardson Queen Mary2005 51st Anamaria Marinca Sex Traffic Elena Visinescu Channel 4Brenda Blethyn Belonging Jess Cople ITVAnne Marie Duff Shameless Fiona Gallagher Channel 4Lia Williams May 33rd Ella Wilson BBC One2006 52nd Anna Maxwell Martin Bleak House Esther Summerson BBC OneAnne Marie Duff Shameless Fiona Gallagher Channel 4Lucy Cohu The Queen s Sister Princess MargaretGillian Anderson Bleak House Lady Dedlock BBC One2007 53rd Victoria Wood Housewife 49 Nella Last ITVAnne Marie Duff The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I BBC OneRuth Wilson Jane Eyre Jane EyreSamantha Morton Longford Myra Hindley Channel 42008 54th Eileen Atkins Cranford Deborah Jenkyns BBC OneKierston Wareing It s a Free World Angela Channel 4Gina McKee The Street Jan Parr BBC OneJudi Dench Cranford Matilda Matty Jenkyns2009 55th Anna Maxwell Martin Poppy Shakespeare N Channel 4June Brown EastEnders Dot Cotton BBC OneMaxine Peake Hancock and Joan Joan Le Mesurier BBC FourAndrea Riseborough Margaret Thatcher The Long Walk to Finchley Margaret Thatcher2010s Edit Year Actors Work Character Network2010 57th Julie Walters Mo Mo Mowlam Channel 4Helena Bonham Carter Enid Enid Blyton BBC FourSophie Okonedo Mrs Mandela Winnie MandelaJulie Walters A Short Stay in Switzerland Dr Anne Turner BBC One2011 58th Vicky McClure This Is England 86 Lorraine Lol Jenkins Channel 4Anna Maxwell Martin South Riding Sarah Burton BBC OneNatalie Press Five Daughters Paula ClennellJuliet Stevenson Accused Helen Ryland2012 59th Emily Watson Appropriate Adult Janet Leach ITVRomola Garai The Crimson Petal and the White Sugar BBC TwoVicky McClure This Is England 88 Lorranie Lol Jenkins Channel 4Nadine Marshall Random Sister2013 60th Sheridan Smith Mrs Biggs Charmian Biggs ITVRebecca Hall Parade s End Sylvia Tietjens BBC TwoSienna Miller The Girl Tippi HedrenAnne Reid Last Tango in Halifax Celia Dawson BBC One2014 61st Olivia Colman Broadchurch Ellie Miller ITVHelena Bonham Carter Burton amp Taylor Elizabeth Taylor BBC FourKerrie Hayes The Mill Esther Price Channel 4Maxine Peake The Village Grace Middleton BBC One2015 62nd Georgina Campbell Murdered by My Boyfriend Ashley Jones BBC ThreeKeeley Hawes Line of Duty Lindsay Denton BBC TwoSarah Lancashire Happy Valley Catherine Cawood BBC OneSheridan Smith Cilla Cilla Black ITV2016 63rd Suranne Jones Doctor Foster Gemma Foster BBC OneClaire Foy Wolf Hall Anne Boleyn BBC TwoSheridan Smith The C Word Lisa Lynch BBC OneRuth Madeley Don t Take My Baby Anna Howard BBC Three2017 64th Sarah Lancashire Happy Valley Catherine Cawood BBC OneNikki Amuka Bird NW Natalie Blake BBC TwoClaire Foy The Crown Queen Elizabeth II NetflixJodie Comer Thirteen Ivy Moxam BBC Three BBC Two2018 64th Molly Windsor Three Girls Holly Winshaw BBC OneClaire Foy The Crown Queen Elizabeth II NetflixSinead Keenan Little Boy Blue Melanie Jones ITVThandie Newton Line of Duty Roseanne Roz Huntley BBC Two2019 65th Jodie Comer Killing Eve Villanelle Oksana Astankova BBC OneKeeley Hawes Bodyguard Julia Montague BBC OneSandra Oh Killing Eve Eve PolastriRuth Wilson Mrs Wilson Alison Wilson2020s Edit Year Actors Work Character Network2020 66th 2 Glenda Jackson Elizabeth is Missing Maud Horsham BBC OneSamantha Morton I Am Kirsty Kirsty Channel 4Jodie Comer Killing Eve Villanelle Oksana Astankova BBC OneSuranne Jones Gentleman Jack Anne Lister HBO BBC One2021 67th 3 Michaela Coel I May Destroy You Arabella Essiedu BBC OneDaisy Edgar Jones Normal People Marianne Sheridan BBC ThreeBillie Piper I Hate Suzie Suzie Pickles Sky AtlanticHayley Squires Adult Material Hayley Burrows Jolene Dollar Channel 4Jodie Comer Killing Eve Villanelle Oksana Astankova BBC OneLetitia Wright Small Axe Mangrove Altheia Jones LeCointe2022 68th 4 Jodie Comer Help Sarah Channel 4Kate Winslet Mare of Easttown Marianne Mare Sheehan Sky AtlanticLydia West It s a Sin Jill Baxter Channel 4Niamh Algar Deceit Sadie Byrne Lizzie JamesEmily Watson Too Close Dr Emma Robertson ITVDenise Gough Connie MortensenSuperlatives EditRecord Actress Programme Age in years Oldest winner Thora Hird Lost for Words 89Oldest nomineeYoungest winner Molly Windsor Three Girls 20Youngest nomineeActresses with multiple wins and nominations EditMultiple wins Edit The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Actress multiple times 4 wins Julie Walters3 wins Judi Dench Thora Hird Helen Mirren 2 wins Peggy Ashcroft Jodie Comer Annette Crosbie Catherine Lacey Anna Maxwell Martin Gwen Watford Billie Whitelaw Multiple nominations Edit The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actress multiple times 7 nominations Judi Dench Julie Walters6 nominations Francesca Annis Helen Mirren5 nominations Jodie Comer4 nominations Peggy Ashcroft Geraldine James Maggie Smith3 nominations Anne Marie Duff Lindsay Duncan Claire Foy Thora Hird Glenda Jackson Celia Johnson Gemma Jones Rosemary Leach Gina McKee Anna Maxwell Martin Miranda Richardson Sheridan Smith Juliet Stevenson Gwen Watford Billie Whitelaw 2 nominations Eileen Atkins Helena Bonham Carter Claire Bloom Cheryl Campbell Annette Crosbie Keeley Hawes Joan Hickson Suranne Jones Penelope Keith Catherine Lacey Jane Lapotaire Sarah Lancashire Maxine Peake Vicky McClure Virginia McKenna Samantha Morton Kate Nelligan Vanessa Redgrave Alison Steadman Dorothy Tutin Zoe Wanamaker Emily Watson Ruth Wilson Victoria Wood Note Julie Walters two mentions in 2010 count as two separate nominations References Edit Television 1995 British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA Retrieved 26 February 2021 Television 2020 British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA Retrieved 26 February 2021 BAFTA TV 2021 Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards www bafta org 2021 04 28 Retrieved 2021 04 28 Bafta TV awards 2022 full list of 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