BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 1956

Nominations

Winner	The Rose Tattoo	Anna Magnani
Winner	A Town Like Alice	Virginia McKenna
	War and Peace	Audrey Hepburn
	Baby Doll	Carroll Baker
	Smiles of a Summer Night	Eva Dahlbeck
	Bhowani Junction	Ava Gardner
	I'll Cry Tomorrow	Susan Hayward
	The Trouble with Harry	Shirley MacLaine
	Picnic	Kim Novak
	The Rose Tattoo	Marisa Pavan
	Gervaise	Maria Schell
	Guys and Dolls	Jean Simmons
	Reach for the Sky	Dorothy Alison