Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the Best female actress in a leading role.^[1]

2005 AMAA Best Actress winner Genevieve Nnaji

2008 AMAA Best Actress winner Kate Henshaw

Best Actress (Lead role)
Year	Nominees	Film	Result
2005	Genevieve Nnaji		Won
2005	Stephanie Okereke		Nominated
2006	Joke Silva	Widow’s Cot	Won
	Stella Damasus	Behind Closed Door	Nominated
	Onyeka Onwenu	Rising Moon	Nominated
	Akofa Asiedu	My Mother’s Heart	Nominated
	Alima Qiedraego	Sofia	Nominated
	Kudakwashe Maradzika	Tanyaradzwa	Nominated
2007	Chioma Chukwuka	Sins of the Flesh	Won
	Nadia Buari	Beyonce: The President's Daughter	Nominated
	Khabirat Kafidipe	Iwalewa	Nominated
2008	Kate Henshaw-Nuttal	Stronger Than Pain	Won
	Jackie Aygemang	Princess Tyra	Nominated
	Stella Damasus-Aboderin	Widow	Nominated
	Rakiya Attah	Across the Niger	Nominated
	Genevieve Nnaji	30 Days / Keep My Will	Nominated
2009	Funke Akindele	Jenifa	Won
	Stephanie Okereke & Nse Ikpe Etim	Reloaded	Nominated
	Stella Damasus-Aboderin	State of the Heart	Nominated
	Corine Onyango	From a Whisper	Nominated
	Nadia Buari	Agony of the Christ	Nominated
2010	Jackie Appiah & Lydia Forson	The Perfect Picture	Won
	Bimbo Akintola	Freedom in Chains	Nominated
	Stephanie Okereke	Nnenda	Nominated
	Flora Suya	Season of a life	Nominated
	Akofa Edjeani Asiedu	I Sing of a Well	Nominated
2011	Ama K. Abebrese	Sinking Sands	Won
	Genevieve Nnaji	Tango with Me	Nominated
	Idiat Shobande	Aramotu	Nominated
	Omoni Oboli	Anchor Baby	Nominated
	Manie Malone	Viva Riva!	Nominated
	Denise Newman	Shirley Adams	Nominated
2012	Rita Dominic	Shattered	Won
	Nse Ikpe Etim	Mr. and Mrs.	Nominated
	Yvonne Okoro	Single Six	Nominated
	Ama K. Abebrese	Ties That Bind	Nominated
	Uche Jombo	Damage	Nominated
	Millicent Makheido	48	Nominated
	Kudzai Sevenzo-Nyarai	Playing Warriors	Nominated
2013	Florence Masebe	Elelwani	Won
	Yvonne Okoro	Contract	Nominated
	Mariam Ouedraogo	Moi Zaphira	Nominated
	Rita Dominic	The Meeting	Nominated
	Mbutung Seikeh	Ninah’s Diary	Nominated
	Flora Suya	Last Fishing Boat	Nominated
2014	Clarion Chukwura	Apaye	Won
	Uche Nnadili	B for Boy	Nominated
	Linda Sokhulu	Felix	Nominated
	Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha	Accident	Nominated
	Uche Jombo Rodriquez, Monalisa Chinda & Daniella Okeke	Lagos Cougars	Nominated
	Joselyn Dumas	A Northern Affair	Nominated
2015	Lesliana Pereira	Njinga: Queen of Angola	Won
	Queen Nwokoye	Chetanna	Nominated
	Aida Wang	Juliet and Romeo	Nominated
	Joselyn Dumas	Silverain	Nominated
	Ini Edo	While You Slept	Nominated
2016	Fulu Mugovhani	Ayanda	Won
	Zined Odieb	Behind Closed Doors	Nominated
	Adesua Etomi	Falling	Nominated
	Maimouna N'Diaye	Eye of the Storm	Nominated
	Nse Ikpe Etim, Ireti Doyle, Omoni Oboli, Dakore Egbuson-Akande	Fifty	Nominated
	Nomzamo Mbatha	Tell Me Sweet Something	Nominated
2017^[2]	Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu	Felicite	Won
	Lydia Forson	Keteke	Nominated
	Lupita Nyong'o	Queen of Katwe	Nominated
	Bimbo Akintola	93 Days	Nominated
	Josette Bushell-Mingo	While We Live	Nominated
	Rita Dominic	76	Nominated
	Khabonina Qubeka	Dora's Peace	Nominated
	Zimkhitha Nyoka	Vaya	Nominated
2018	Dakore Egbuson-Akande	Isoken	Won
	Kate Henshaw	Roti	Nominated
	Reine Swart	Siembamba	Nominated
	Okawa Shaznay	In My Country	Nominated
	Nana Ama McBrown Lydia Forson Sika Osei	Sidechic Gang	Nominated
	Mariam Phiri	The Road To Sunrise	Nominated
	Tunde Aladese	Lost Café	Nominated
	Joselyn Dumas	Potato Potahto	Nominated
2019	Sola Sobowale	King of Boys	Won
	Sheila Munyiva	Rafiki	Nominated
	Rita Dominic	Light in the Dark	Nominated
	Jill Levenberg	Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story	Nominated
	Beatrice Taisamo	Fatuma	Nominated
	Seyi Shay	Lara and the Beat	Nominated
	Jemima Osunde	The Delivery Boy	Nominated
	Samantha Mugatsia	Rafiki	Nominated
2020	Mary Twala Mhlongo	This is Not A Burial, It’s a Resurrection	Won
	Joselyn Dumas	Cold Feet	Nominated
	Meg Otanwa	For Maria: Ebun Pataki	Nominated
	Zenobia Kloppers	Fiela’s Child	Nominated
	Elvina Ibru	The Bling Lagosians	Nominated
	Girley Jazama	The White Line	Nominated
	Kelly Khumalo	Zulu Wedding	Nominated
2021	Joan Agaba	Stain	Won
	Lucie Memba Bois	Buried	Nominated
	Funke Akindele	Omo Ghetto: The Saga	Nominated
	Sarah Alina Grosz	Black Medusa	Nominated
	Phumi Mthembu	African American	Nominated
	Rita Dominic	La Femme Anjola	Nominated
	Claudine de Groot	Hairareb	Nominated
2022	Ikhlas Gafur Vora	Tug of War	Won
	Bless Fortune	Road to my fathers compound	Nominated
	Osas Ighodaro	Man of God	Nominated
	Ronah Ninsiima	Tembele	Nominated
	Vanessa Vanderpuye	A song from the dark	Nominated
	Nanfuna Sharon	The Wave	Nominated
	Eniola Akinbo	Swallow	Nominated
2023	Nse Ikpe-Etim	4-4-44	Won
	Lucie Debay	Omen	Nominated
	Elhe Mbali Mlotshwa	4 Walls	Nominated
	Nafissaatou Sisse	Sira	Nominated
	Adesua Etomi	Gangs of Lagos	Nominated
2024	Jackie Appiah	Red Carpet	Won
	Girley Jazama	Under The Hanging Tree	Nominated
	Oyin Oladejo	Orah	Nominated
	Unati Faku	The Queentown Kings	Nominated
	Uzoamaka Aniunoh	The Weekend	Nominated
	Laura Pepple	This is Lagos	Nominated
	Efe Irele	A Smile, A Wink and A Tear	Nominated

References

^ "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ "Nigerian movies top 2017 AMAA nomination list". Premium Times. Retrieved 2017-11-06.

[1] "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[2] "Nigerian movies top 2017 AMAA nomination list". Premium Times. Retrieved 2017-11-06.

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