| BAFTA Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The 2018 recipient: Olivia Colman | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) |
| Currently held by | Olivia Colman for The Favourite (2018) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.
- From 1952 to 1967, there were two Best Actress awards presented, Best British Actress and Best Foreign Actress.
- From 1968 onwards, the two awards merged into one award, which from 1968 to 1984 was known as Best Actress.[1]
- From 1985 to present, the award has been known by its current name of Best Actress in a Leading Role.[2]
Winners and nominees
Best British Actress (1952-1967)
Best Foreign Actress (1952-1967)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (1968-present)
1968-1979
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Note: Between 1964-1973, several actresses were nominated for multiple performances in a single year, these each count as one nomination.[4]Scarlett Johansson's two mentions in 2003 count as two separate nominations.[5] The two mentions received by Kate Winslet in both 2004 and 2008, count as two separate nominations each time.
Note: The 2013 ceremony was the first time in the history of BAFTA that two French actress were nominated for French-language performances in the Best Leading Actress category. Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone and Emmanuelle Riva for Amour.[6]
Superlatives
| Superlative | Best Actress/Best Actress in a Leading Role | Best Supporting Actress | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Maggie Smith | 4 | Judi Dench | 3 | Judi Dench Maggie Smith |
5 |
| Actress with most British Actress Awards (until 1967) | Audrey Hepburn | 3 | -- | -- | Audrey Hepburn | 3 |
| Actress with most Foreign Actress Awards (until 1967) | Simone Signoret | 3 | -- | -- | Simone Signoret | 3 |
| Actress with most nominations | Meryl Streep | 12 | Judi Dench | 9 | Meryl Streep | 15 |
| Actress with most British Actress Award nominations (until 1967) | Audrey Hepburn | 5 | -- | -- | Audrey Hepburn | 5 |
| Actress with most Foreign Actress Award nominations (until 1967) | Shirley MacLaine | 5 | -- | -- | Shirley MacLaine | 5 |
Note: Meryl Streep and Judi Dench tie for the record of a total of 15 BAFTA film nominations, with Streep having 12 Best Actress nominations and 3 Best Supporting Actress nominations. Dench has 5 Best Actress nominations and 9 Best Supporting Actress nominations. Dench's 15th nomination is for Best Newcomer in 1966 (which she won). This gives her 6 BAFTA film wins. In addition, she has won 4 BAFTA television awards (from 12 nominations). In total she has received 27 BAFTA film & TV nominations with 10 wins. Dench also received an honorary BAFTA, the BAFTA Fellowship, in 2001.
Note: Maggie Smith has a total of 13 BAFTA film nominations, for Best Actress (8), Best Supporting Actress (4) and Best Newcomer (1), winning 5. She also has 5 BAFTA television nominations. This gives her a total of 18 BAFTA film & TV nominations. In addition, Smith has received two honorary awards, the BAFTA special award (1993) and the BAFTA Fellowship (1996).
Multiple nominations
- 12 nominations
- 8 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
- Anouk Aimée
- Julie Andrews
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Leslie Caron
- Glenn Close
- Marion Cotillard
- Judy Davis
- Viola Davis
- Faye Dunaway
- Jodie Foster
- Goldie Hawn
- Susan Hayward
- Judy Holliday
- Scarlett Johansson
- Celia Johnson
- Grace Kelly
- Anna Magnani
- Giulietta Masina
- Frances McDormand
- Virginia McKenna
- Melina Mercouri
- Hayley Mills
- Yvonne Mitchell
- Marilyn Monroe
- Jeanne Moreau
- Patricia Neal
- Natalie Portman
- Emmanuelle Riva
- Julia Roberts
- Rachel Roberts
- Susan Sarandon
- Maria Schell
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Jean Simmons
- Barbra Streisand
- Sylvia Syms
- Jessica Tandy
- Audrey Tautou
- Charlize Theron
- Uma Thurman
- Rita Tushingham
- Liv Ullmann
- Julie Walters
- Reese Witherspoon
- Renée Zellweger
- Ziyi Zhang
Multiple awards
- 4 wins
- Maggie Smith
- 3 wins
- Anne Bancroft
- Audrey Hepburn
- Simone Signoret
- 2 wins
- Cate Blanchett
- Leslie Caron
- Judi Dench
- Jane Fonda
- Katharine Hepburn
- Shirley MacLaine
- Patricia Neal
- Rachel Roberts
- Meryl Streep
- Emma Thompson
Notes
- ^ Wendy Hiller won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ Lila Kedrova won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ Goldie Hawn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ Meryl Streep won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ Jessica Lange won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ Peggy Ashcroft won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ Kim Basinger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ Rachel Weisz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ Alicia Vikander won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
References
- ^ http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=1984&category=Film&award=Actress
- ^ http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=1985&category=Film&award=Actress+in+a+Leading+Role
- ^ Dixon, Marcus James (10 January 2017). "BAFTA Awards 2017: Full list of nominations led by 'La La Land,' 'Arrival,' 'Nocturnal Animals'". Goldderby.
- ^ http://awards.bafta.org/award/1974/actress
- ^ http://awards.bafta.org/award/2004/actress-in-a-leading-role
- ^ http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/film/leading-actress
External links
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