British Academy Television Award for Best Actress | |
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2022 Recipient: Jodie Comer | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
First awarded | 1954 (presented 1955) |
Currently held by | Jodie Comer for Help (2021) |
Website | Official website |
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.
Julie 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.
Year | Actress |
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1955 | |
Googie Withers | |
1956 | |
Virginia McKenna | |
1957 | |
Rosalie Crutchley | |
1958 | |
Not awarded | |
1959 | |
Gwen Watford |
Year | Actress | Work(s) |
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1960 | ||
Catherine Lacey | ||
1961 | ||
Billie Whitelaw | ||
1962 | ||
Ruth Dunning | ||
1963 | ||
Brenda Bruce | ||
1964 | ||
Vivien Merchant | ||
1965 | ||
Katharine Blake | ||
1966[1] | ||
Gwen Watford | The Cesar Birotteau/Madam/End Of Term/Take Care Of Madam/The Rules Of The Game | |
Peggy Ashcroft | The Wars of the Roses/Rosmersholm | |
June Barry | Four of Hearts - Tilt/Twice Upon a Time/Progress to the Park/No Trams to Lime Street | |
Vivien Merchant | The Tea Party | |
Moira Redmond | Anatol/The Late Edwina Black/Challenge/R-3 Series/A Tall Stalwart Lancer | |
1967 | ||
Vanessa Redgrave | ||
1968 | ||
Judi Dench | Talking to a Stranger | |
1969 | ||
Wendy Craig | Not in Front of the Children |
Year | Actors | Work | Character | Network |
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2020 (66th) [2] | ||||
Glenda Jackson | Elizabeth is Missing | Maud Horsham | BBC One | |
Samantha Morton | I Am Kirsty | Kirsty | Channel 4 | |
Jodie Comer | Killing Eve | Villanelle / Oksana Astankova | BBC One | |
Suranne Jones | Gentleman Jack | Anne Lister | HBO/BBC One | |
2021 (67th) [3] | ||||
Michaela Coel | I May Destroy You | Arabella Essiedu | BBC One | |
Daisy Edgar-Jones | Normal People | Marianne Sheridan | BBC Three | |
Billie Piper | I Hate Suzie | Suzie Pickles | Sky Atlantic | |
Hayley Squires | Adult Material | Hayley Burrows / Jolene Dollar | Channel 4 | |
Jodie Comer | Killing Eve | Villanelle / Oksana Astankova | BBC One | |
Letitia Wright | Small Axe: Mangrove | Altheia Jones-LeCointe | ||
2022 (68th) [4] | ||||
Jodie Comer | Help | Sarah | Channel 4 | |
Lydia West | It's a Sin | Jill Baxter | Channel 4 | |
Niamh Algar | Deceit | Sadie Byrne / Lizzie James | ||
Kate Winslet | Mare of Easttown | Marianne "Mare" Sheehan | Sky Atlantic | |
Emily Watson | Too Close | Dr. Emma Robertson | ITV | |
Denise Gough | Connie Mortensen |
Record | Actress | Programme | Age (in years) |
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Oldest winner | Thora Hird | Lost for Words | 89 |
Oldest nominee | |||
Youngest winner | Molly Windsor | Three Girls | 20 |
Youngest nominee |
The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Actress multiple times:
4 wins 3 wins |
2 wins
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The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actress multiple times:
Note: Julie Walters' two mentions in 2010, count as two separate nominations.