BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 1959

Nominations

Winner	Ask Any Girl	Shirley MacLaine
Winner	The Nun's Story	Audrey Hepburn
	I Want to Live!	Susan Hayward
	On the Beach	Ava Gardner
	Sapphire	Yvonne Mitchell
	No Trees in the Street	Sylvia Syms
	The Horse's Mouth	Kay Walsh
	Auntie Mame	Rosalind Russell
	A Matter of Dignity	Ellie Lambeti
	Separate Tables	Wendy Hiller