BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Winners

2025	Hamnet	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Jessie Buckley
2024	Anora	★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Mikey Madison
2023	Poor Things	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Emma Stone
2022	Tár	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Cate Blanchett
2021	After Love	★☆	Joanna Scanlan
2020	Nomadland	★★★★★★★★★☆☆☆	Frances McDormand
2019	Judy	★★★	Renée Zellweger
2018	The Favourite	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Olivia Colman
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Frances McDormand
2016	La La Land	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Emma Stone
2015	Room	★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Brie Larson
2014	Still Alice	★★★	Julianne Moore
2013	Blue Jasmine	★★★☆	Cate Blanchett
2012	Amour	★★☆☆☆☆☆	Emmanuelle Riva
2011	The Iron Lady	★★★	Meryl Streep
2010	Black Swan	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Natalie Portman
2009	An Education	★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Carey Mulligan
2008	The Reader	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Kate Winslet
2007	La Vie en Rose	★★	Marion Cotillard
2006	The Queen	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Helen Mirren
2005	Walk the Line	★★☆☆	Reese Witherspoon
2004	Vera Drake	★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Imelda Staunton
2003	Lost in Translation	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Scarlett Johansson
2002	The Hours	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Nicole Kidman
2001	Iris	★☆☆☆	Judi Dench
2000	Erin Brockovich	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Julia Roberts
1999	American Beauty	★★★★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Annette Bening
1998	Elizabeth	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Cate Blanchett
1997	Mrs Brown	★★☆☆☆	Judi Dench
1996	Secrets & Lies	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Brenda Blethyn
1995	Sense and Sensibility	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Emma Thompson
1994	The Client	★☆	Susan Sarandon
1993	The Piano	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Holly Hunter
1992	Howards End	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Emma Thompson
1991	The Silence of the Lambs	★★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Jodie Foster
1990	Driving Miss Daisy	★★★★☆☆	Jessica Tandy
1989	Shirley Valentine	★☆☆	Pauline Collins
1988	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne	★	Maggie Smith
1987	84 Charing Cross Road	★	Anne Bancroft
1986	A Room with a View	★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Maggie Smith
1985	A Passage to India	★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Peggy Ashcroft
1984	A Private Function	★☆	Maggie Smith
1983	Educating Rita	★★★☆☆☆☆	Julie Walters
1982	On Golden Pond	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Katharine Hepburn
1981	The French Lieutenant's Woman	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Meryl Streep
1980	My Brilliant Career	★	Judy Davis
1979	The China Syndrome	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Jane Fonda
1978	Julia	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Jane Fonda
1977	Annie Hall	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Diane Keaton
1976	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	★★★★★★★★★★★★★★	Louise Fletcher
1975	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	★★★☆☆☆	Ellen Burstyn
1974	Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams	★☆☆	Joanne Woodward
1973	Just Before Nightfall	★	Stéphane Audran
1973	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	★☆☆☆	Stéphane Audran
1972	Cabaret	★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Liza Minnelli
1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Glenda Jackson
1970	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Katharine Ross
1970	Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here	★★	Katharine Ross
1969	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	★★☆☆	Maggie Smith
1968	The Lion in Winter	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Katharine Hepburn
1968	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Katharine Hepburn
1967	A Man and a Woman	★★★★☆☆☆☆	Anouk Aimée
1967	The Whisperers	★★☆	Edith Evans
1966	Viva Maria!	★	Jeanne Moreau
1966	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Elizabeth Taylor
1965	In Harm's Way	★	Patricia Neal
1965	Darling	★★★★☆☆☆☆	Julie Christie
1964	The Pumpkin Eater	★★☆	Anne Bancroft
1964	Charade	★☆	Audrey Hepburn
1963	This Sporting Life	★☆☆☆☆	Rachel Roberts
1963	Hud	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Patricia Neal
1962	The L-Shaped Room	★★☆	Leslie Caron
1962	The Miracle Worker	★★☆☆☆☆	Anne Bancroft
1961	A Taste of Honey	★	Dora Bryan
1961	Two Women	★★	Sophia Loren
1960	The Apartment	★★★★★★☆☆☆	Shirley MacLaine
1960	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	★☆☆	Rachel Roberts
1959	Ask Any Girl	★	Shirley MacLaine
1959	The Nun's Story	★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Audrey Hepburn
1958	Orders to Kill	★☆	Irene Worth
1957	The Story of Esther Costello	★	Heather Sears
1957	The Witches of Salem	★	Simone Signoret
1956	The Rose Tattoo	★★★☆	Anna Magnani
1956	A Town Like Alice	★★☆	Virginia McKenna
1955	The Ladykillers	★☆☆	Katie Johnson
1955	Marty	★★★★★★★★☆	Betsy Blair
1954	The Divided Heart	★	Yvonne Mitchell
1953	Roman Holiday	★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Audrey Hepburn
1953	Lili	★★☆☆☆☆	Leslie Caron
1952	A Streetcar Named Desire	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Vivien Leigh
1952	Casque d'Or	★☆	Simone Signoret