British Academy Television Award for Best Actress

Honor awarded to British television actresses

British Academy Television Award for Best Actress

2025 Recipient: Marisa Abela

Country| United Kingdom
Presented by| British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award| 1954 (presented 1955)
Currently held by| Marisa Abela for Industry (2025)
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. The Actress category was split into Leading Actress and Supporting Actress, starting in 2010.

Julie Walters holds the record of most wins in this category with four, followed by Dame Judi Dench, Thora Hird, and Dame Helen Mirren, with three wins each. The nominations tally includes Helen Mirren and Francesca Annis having received 6 and Judi Dench and Julie Walters having received 7. The award is currently held by Sarah Lancashire having won most recently in 2024 for  Happy Valley.

## Winners and nominees

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Two-time winner, Gwen Watford. Billie Whitelaw won twice in 1961 and 1973. Vanessa Redgrave won this award in 1967 Judi Dench has received this award three times, for Talking to a Stranger (1968), Going Gently / A Fine Romance / The Cherry Orchard (all three in 1982) and The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001). Lee Remick won for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill in 1975. Siân Phillips won for How Green Was My Valley and I, Claudius in 1977. Penelope Keith won this award in 1978 for The Norman Conquests Peggy Ashcroft has won this award twice, for Cream in My Coffee and Caught on a Train (both in 1981) and The Jewel in the Crown (1985). Beryl Reid won in 1983 for Smiley's People. Coral Browne won for An Englishman Abroad in 1984. Claire Bloom won for Shadowlands in 1986. Emma Thompson won in 1988 for Fortunes of War and Tutti Frutti. Diana Rigg won in 1990 for Mother Love. Helen Mirren has won three consecutive times, all for the three first seasons of Prime Suspect in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Jennifer Ehle won for Pride and Prejudice in 1996. Thora Hird has won three times, for A Cream Cracker under the Settee (1989) and Waiting for the Telegram (1999), both from the series Talking Heads, and Lost for Words (2000). Julie Walters won three consecutive times, for My Beautiful Son (2002), Murder (2003), The Canterbury Tales (2004) and Mo (2010). Anamaria Marinca won for Sex Traffic in 2005. Anna Maxwell Martin won twice for Bleak House in 2005 and Poppy Shakespeare in 2009. Victoria Wood won for Housewife, 49 in 2007. Eileen Atkins won for Cranford in 2008, she also won a Primetime Emmy Award for the role. Vicky McClure won the award for This Is England '86 in 2010 Emily Watson won for Appropriate Adult in 2012. Sheridan Smith won in 2013 for Mrs Biggs.. Olivia Colman won for Broadchurch in 2014. Georgina Campbell won for Murdered by My Boyfriend in 2015. Suranne Jones won for Doctor Foster in 2016. Sarah Lancashire won twice, in 2017 and 2024 for Happy Valley. Jodie Comer has won twice, in 2019 for Killing Eve and in 2022 for Help. Glenda Jackson won in 2020 for Elizabeth Is Missing. Kate Winslet won for I Am... Ruth (2023) Marisa Abela won for Industry in 2025.

### 1950s

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1955
(1st)

Googie Withers
1956
(2nd)

Virginia McKenna
1957
(3rd)

Rosalie Crutchley
1958
(4th)

Not awarded
1959
(5th)

Gwen Watford

### 1960s

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1960
(6th)

Catherine Lacey
1961
(7th)

Billie Whitelaw
1962
(8th)

Ruth Dunning
1963
(9th)

Brenda Bruce
1964
(10th)

Vivien Merchant
1965
(11th)

Katharine Blake
1966
(12th)

Gwen Watford | The Cesar Birotteau/Madam/End Of Term/Take Care Of Madam/The Rules Of The Game | [1]
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
(13th)

Vanessa Redgrave
1968
(14th)

Judi Dench | Talking to a Stranger |
1969
(15th)

Wendy Craig | Not in Front of the Children |

### 1970s

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1970
(16th)

Margaret Tyzack | The First Churchills | Anne, Queen of Great Britain |
Sheila Allen | The Confessions of Marian Evans | Marian Evans
Eileen Atkins | The Letter / The Heiress (Play of the Month) / Double Bill (The Wednesday Play)  | Leslie Crosbie / Catherine Sloper / Woman
Gwen Watford | A Walk Through the Forest | Dorrie Clarke
1971
(17th)

Annette Crosbie | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Catherine of Aragon |
Glenda Jackson | Howards End | Margaret Schlegel
Gemma Jones | The Lie / The Spoils of Poynton | Anna Firth / Fleda Vetch
Rosemary Leach | Germinal / The Roads to Freedom | Maheude / Marcelle
Dorothy Tutin | The Six Wives of Henry VIII / Flotsam and Jetsam | Anne Boleyn / Mrs. Grange
1972
(18th)

Patricia Hayes | Edna, the Inebriate Woman | Edna |
Glenda Jackson | Elizabeth R | Elizabeth I of England
Gemma Jones | The Man in the Side Car / The Cherry Orchard | Edith / Varya
Rosemary Leach | The Mosedale Horseshoe / Cider with Rosie | Helen / Mother
1973
(19th)

Billie Whitelaw | The Sextet (8 plays) | Various Characters |
Pauline Collins | Upstairs Downstairs / "Crippled Bloom" (Country Matters)  | Sarah Moffat / Ruby
Anne Stallybrass | The Onedin Line / The Strauss Family | Anne Onedin / Anna Strauss
1974
(20th)

Celia Johnson | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | Mrs. Palfrey |
Francesca Annis | A Pin to See the Peepshow | Julia Almond
Rosemary Leach | The Adventures of Don Quioxte (Play of the Month)  | Dulcinea / Aldonza
Billie Whitelaw | "The Withered Arm" (Wessex Tales)  | Rhoda
1975
(21st)

Lee Remick | Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Jennie |
Judy Cornwell | Cakes and Ale | Rosie Gann
Janet Suzman | Florence Nightingale / Hedda Gabler (Play for Today) /  Antony and Cleopatra / "Athol Fugard" (2nd House)  | Miss Nightingale / Hedda Gabler / Cleopatra / Actress in Hello and Goodbye
Dorothy Tutin | South Riding | Sarah Burton
1976
(22nd)

Annette Crosbie | Edward the Seventh | Queen Victoria |
Francesca Annis | Madame Bovary | Emma Bovary
Virginia McKenna | Cheap in August | Mary Watson
Helen Ryan | Edward the Seventh | Queen Alexandra
1977
(23rd)

Siân Phillips | How Green Was My Valley / I, Claudius | Beth Morgan / Livia |
Julie Covington | Rock Follies | Devonia "Dee" Rhoades
Penelope Keith | Private Lives | Amanda Prynne
Gemma Jones | The Duchess of Duke Street | Louisa Trotter
1978
(24th)

Penelope Keith | The Norman Conquests | Sarah |
Geraldine James | Dummy | Sandra X
Jane Lapotaire | Marie Curie / The Return | Marie Curie / Bridget Ritsin
Susan Littler | Spend, Spend, Spend | Vivian Nicholson
1979
(25th)

Francesca Annis | Lillie | Lillie Langtry |
Peggy Ashcroft | Edward and Mrs. Simpson / Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Queen Mary / Lady G
Cheryl Campbell | Pennies from Heaven | Eileen
Cynthia Harris | Edward and Mrs. Simpson | Wallis Simpson

### 1980s

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1980
(26th)

Cheryl Campbell | Testament of Youth / Malice Aforethought / The Duke of Wellington | Vera Brittain / Madeleine Cranmere / The Duchess of Wellington |
Judi Dench | On Giant's Shoulders | Hazel Wiles
Kate Nelligan | Measure for Measure | Isabella
Beryl Reid | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Connie Sachs
1981
(27th)

Peggy Ashcroft | Cream in My Coffee / Caught on a Train | Jean Wilsher / Frau Messner |
Celia Johnson | Staying On | Lucy Smalley
Kate Nelligan | Dreams of Leaving / Thérèse Raquin / Forgive Our Foolish Ways | Caroline / Thérèse Raquin / Vivien Lanyon
Pamela Stephenson | Not the Nine O'Clock News | Various Roles
1982
(28th)

Judi Dench | Going Gently / A Fine Romance / The Cherry Orchard | Sister Scarli / Laura Dalton / Madame Ranevskaya |
Claire Bloom | Brideshead Revisited | Lady Marchmain
Celia Johnson | The Potting Shed | Mrs. Callifer
Diana Quick | Brideshead Revisited | Julia Flyte
1983
(29th)

Beryl Reid | Smiley's People | Connie Sachs |
Jane Asher | A Voyage Round My Father / Love Is Old, Love Is New | Elizabeth / Katha
Maureen Lipman | Outside Edge / Rolling Home | Maggie / Val
Julie Walters | Boys from the Blackstuff / Say Something Happened | Angie Todd / June Potter
1984
(30th)

Coral Browne | An Englishman Abroad | Herself |
Blair Brown | Kennedy | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Judi Dench | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Barbara Dean
Maggie Smith | Mrs. Silly | Mrs. Silly
1985
(31st)

Peggy Ashcroft | The Jewel in the Crown | Barbara Batchelor |
Geraldine James | The Jewel in the Crown | Sarah Layton
Judy Parfitt | Mildred Layton
Susan Wooldridge | Daphne Manners
1986
(32nd)

Claire Bloom | Shadowlands | Joy Gersham |
Frances de la Tour | Duet for One | Stephanie Anderson
Mary Steenburgen | Tender Is the Night | Nicole Warren Diver
Joanne Whalley | Edge of Darkness | Emma Craven
1987
(33rd)

Anna Massey | Hotel du Lac | Edith Hope |
Joan Hickson | Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage | Miss Marple
Wendy Hiller | All Passion Spent | Lady Slane
Patricia Hodge | Hotel du Lac | Monica
Alison Steadman | The Singing Detective | Mrs. Marlow
Julie T. Wallace | The Life and Loves of a She-Devil | Ruth
1988
(34th)

Emma Thompson | Fortunes of War / Tutti Frutti | Harriet Pringle / Suzi Kettles |
Jean Alexander | Coronation Street | Hilda Ogden
Joan Hickson | Miss Marple: Nemesis | Miss Marple
Miranda Richardson | After Pilkington | Penny "Patch" Newhouse
1989
(35th)

Thora Hird | Talking Heads: A Cream Cracker Under The Settee | Doris |
Jane Lapotaire | Blind Justice | Katherine Hughes
Patricia Routledge | Talking Heads: A Lady of Letters | Irene Ruddock
Maggie Smith | Talking Heads: Bed Among the Lentils | Susan

### 1990s

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1990
(36th)

Diana Rigg | Mother Love | Helena Vesey | BBC One
Peggy Ashcroft | She's Been Away | Lillian Huckle  | BBC One
Judi Dench | Behaving Badly | Bridget Mayor  | Channel 4
Gwen Taylor | A Bit of a Do | Rita Simcock  | ITV
1991
(37th)

Geraldine McEwan | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | Mother | BBC Two
Susannah Harker | House of Cards | Mattie Storin  | BBC
Emily Aston | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | Small Jess  | BBC Two
Charlotte Coleman | Jess
1992
(38th)

Helen Mirren | Prime Suspect | Jane Tennison | ITV
Lindsay Duncan | G.B.H. | Barbara Douglas  | Channel 4
Zoe Wanamaker | Prime Suspect | Moyra Henson  | ITV
Prunella Scales | A Question of Attribution | H.M.Q.  | BBC One
1993
(39th)

Helen Mirren | Prime Suspect 2 | Jane Tennison | ITV
Maggie Smith | Memento Mori | Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew  | BBC Two
Juliet Stevenson | A Doll's House | Nora Helmer
Zoe Wanamaker | Love Hurts | Tessa Piggott  | BBC One
1994
(40th)

Helen Mirren | Prime Suspect 3 | Jane Tennison | ITV
Olympia Dukakis | Armistead Maupins Tales of the City | Anna Madrigal  | Channel 4
Siobhan Redmond | Between the Lines | Maureen "Mo" Connell  | BBC One
Julie Walters | Wide-Eyed and Legless | Diana Longden
1995
(41st)

Juliet Aubrey | Middlemarch | Dorothea Brooke | BBC Two
Siobhan Redmond | Between the Lines | Maureen "Mo" Connell  | BBC One
Victoria Wood | Pat and Margaret | Margaret Mottershead
Geraldine Somerville | Cracker | Jane Penhaligon  | ITV
1996
(42nd)

Jennifer Ehle | Pride and Prejudice | Elizabeth Bennet | BBC One
Helen Mirren | Prime Suspect 4 | Jane Tennison  | ITV
Geraldine James | Band of Gold | Rosemary "Rose" Garrity
Juliet Stevenson | The Politician's Wife | Flora Matlock  | Channel 4
1997
(43rd)

Gina McKee | Our Friends in the North | Mary Soulsby | BBC Two
Helen Mirren | Prime Suspect 5 | Jane Tennison  | ITV
Alex Kingston | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders | Moll Flanders
Pauline Quirke | The Sculptress | Olive Martin  | BBC
1998
(44th)

Daniela Nardini | This Life | Anna Forbes | BBC Two
Francesca Annis | Reckless | Anna Fairley  | ITV
Kathy Burke | Tom Jones | Honour  | BBC One
Miranda Richardson | A Dance to the Music of Time | Pamela Flitton  | Channel 4
1999
(45th)

Thora Hird | Talking Heads: Waiting For The Telegram | Violet | BBC Two
Francesca Annis | Reckless | Anna Fairley  | ITV
Natasha Little | Vanity Fair | Becky Sharp | BBC
Joanna Lumley | A Rather English Marriage | Liz Franks

### 2000s

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2000
(46th)

Thora Hird | Lost for Words | Annie Longden | ITV
Francesca Annis | Wives and Daughters | Hyacinth Gibson  | BBC One
Maggie Smith | David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood
Lindsay Duncan | Shooting the Past | Marilyn Truman  | BBC Two
2001
(47th)

Judi Dench | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Elizabeth Gold | BBC
Amanda Redman | At Home with the Braithwaites | Alison Braithwaite  | ITV
Fay Ripley | Cold Feet | Jenny Gifford
Alison Steadman | Fat Friends | Betty Simpson
Geraldine James | The Sins | Gloria Green  | BBC One
2002
(48th)

Julie Walters | My Beautiful Son | Sheila Fitzpatrick | ITV
Lindsay Duncan | Perfect Strangers | Alice Hagerty  | BBC Two
Sheila Hancock | The Russian Bride | Dora Blossom  | ITV
Lesley Sharp | Bob & Rose | Rose Cooper
2003
(49th)

Julie Walters | Murder | Angela Maurer | BBC Two
Sheila Hancock | Bedtime | Alice Oldfield  | BBC One
Jessica Hynes | Tomorrow La Scala! | Victoria Stevenson  | BBC Two
Vanessa Redgrave | The Gathering Storm | Clementine Churchill | BBC
2004
(50th)

Julie Walters | The Canterbury Tales | Beth Craddock | BBC One
Helen Mirren | Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness | Jane Tennison  | ITV
Gina McKee | The Lost Prince | Charlotte Bill | BBC One
Miranda Richardson | Queen Mary
2005
(51st)

Anamaria Marinca | Sex Traffic | Elena Visinescu | Channel 4
Brenda Blethyn | Belonging | Jess Cople  | ITV
Anne-Marie Duff | Shameless | Fiona Gallagher  | Channel 4
Lia Williams | May 33rd | Ella Wilson  | BBC One
2006
(52nd)

Anna Maxwell Martin | Bleak House | Esther Summerson | BBC One
Anne-Marie Duff | Shameless | Fiona Gallagher  | Channel 4
Lucy Cohu | The Queen's Sister | Princess Margaret
Gillian Anderson | Bleak House | Lady Dedlock  | BBC One
2007
(53rd)

Victoria Wood | Housewife, 49 | Nella Last | ITV
Anne-Marie Duff | The Virgin Queen | Elizabeth I | BBC One
Ruth Wilson | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre
Samantha Morton | Longford | Myra Hindley | Channel 4
2008
(54th)

Eileen Atkins | Cranford | Deborah Jenkyns | BBC One
Kierston Wareing | It's a Free World... | Angela  | Channel 4
Gina McKee | The Street | Jan Parr  | BBC One
Judi Dench | Cranford | Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns
2009
(55th)

Anna Maxwell Martin | Poppy Shakespeare | N | Channel 4
June Brown | EastEnders | Dot Cotton | BBC One
Maxine Peake | Hancock and Joan | Joan Le Mesurier | BBC Four
Andrea Riseborough | Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley | Margaret Thatcher

### 2010s

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2010
(56th)

Julie Walters | Mo | Mo Mowlam | Channel 4
Helena Bonham Carter | Enid | Enid Blyton | BBC Four
Sophie Okonedo | Mrs. Mandela | Winnie Mandela
Julie Walters | A Short Stay in Switzerland | Dr. Anne Turner  | BBC One
2011
(57th)

Vicky McClure | This Is England '86 | Lorraine "Lol" Jenkins | Channel 4
Anna Maxwell Martin | South Riding | Sarah Burton  | BBC One
Natalie Press | Five Daughters | Paula Clennell
Juliet Stevenson | Accused | Helen Ryland
2012
(58th)

Emily Watson | Appropriate Adult | Janet Leach | ITV
Romola Garai | The Crimson Petal and the White | Sugar  | BBC Two
Vicky McClure | This Is England '88 | Lorranie "Lol" Jenkins  | Channel 4
Nadine Marshall | Random | Sister
2013
(59th)

Sheridan Smith | Mrs Biggs | Charmian Biggs | ITV
Rebecca Hall | Parade's End | Sylvia Tietjens  | BBC Two
Sienna Miller | The Girl | Tippi Hedren
Anne Reid | Last Tango in Halifax | Celia Dawson  | BBC One
2014
(60th)

Olivia Colman | Broadchurch | Ellie Miller | ITV
Helena Bonham Carter | Burton & Taylor | Elizabeth Taylor | BBC Four
Kerrie Hayes | The Mill | Esther Price  | Channel 4
Maxine Peake | The Village | Grace Middleton  | BBC One
2015
(61st)

Georgina Campbell | Murdered by My Boyfriend | Ashley Jones | BBC Three
Keeley Hawes | Line of Duty | Lindsay Denton  | BBC Two
Sarah Lancashire | Happy Valley | Catherine Cawood  | BBC One
Sheridan Smith | Cilla | Cilla Black | ITV
2016
(62nd)

Suranne Jones | Doctor Foster | Gemma Foster | BBC One
Claire Foy | Wolf Hall | Anne Boleyn | BBC Two
Sheridan Smith | The C-Word | Lisa Lynch | BBC One
Ruth Madeley | Don't Take My Baby | Anna Howard  | BBC Three
2017
(63rd)

Sarah Lancashire | Happy Valley | Catherine Cawood | BBC One
Nikki Amuka-Bird | NW | Natalie Blake  | BBC Two
Claire Foy | The Crown | Queen Elizabeth II | Netflix
Jodie Comer | Thirteen | Ivy Moxam  | BBC Three / BBC 2
2018
(64th)

Molly Windsor | Three Girls | Holly Winshaw | BBC One
Claire Foy | The Crown | Queen Elizabeth II | Netflix
Sinead Keenan | Little Boy Blue | Melanie Jones  | ITV
Thandie Newton | Line of Duty | Roseanne "Roz" Huntley  | BBC Two
2019
(65th)

Jodie Comer | Killing Eve | Villanelle / Oksana Astankova | BBC One
Keeley Hawes | Bodyguard | Julia Montague  | BBC One
Sandra Oh | Killing Eve | Eve Polastri
Ruth Wilson | Mrs Wilson | Alison Wilson

### 2020s

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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
Kate Winslet | Mare of Easttown | Marianne "Mare" Sheehan  | Sky Atlantic
Lydia West | It's a Sin | Jill Baxter  | Channel 4
Niamh Algar | Deceit | Sadie Byrne / Lizzie James
Emily Watson | Too Close | Dr. Emma Robertson  | ITV
Denise Gough | Connie Mortensen
2023
(69th)
[5][6]
Kate Winslet | I Am... Ruth | Ruth | Channel 4
Sarah Lancashire | Julia | Julia Child | HBO / Sky Atlantic
Vicky McClure | Without Sin | Stella Tomlinson | ITVX
Maxine Peake | Anne | Anne Williams | ITV
Billie Piper | I Hate Suzie Too | Suzie Pickles | Sky Atlantic
Imelda Staunton | The Crown | Queen Elizabeth II | Netflix
2024
(70th)
[7]
Sarah Lancashire | Happy Valley | Sgt Catherine Cawood | BBC One
Anjana Vasan | Black Mirror: "Demon 79" | Nida Huq | Netflix
Anne Reid | The Sixth Commandment | Ann Moore-Martin | BBC One
Sharon Horgan | Best Interests | Nicci
Bella Ramsey | The Last of Us | Ellie | Sky Atlantic
Helena Bonham Carter | Nolly | Noele Gordon | ITVX
2025
(71st)
[8]
Marisa Abela |  Industry |  Yasmin Kara-Hanani |  HBO / BBC One
Sharon D. Clarke | Mr Loverman | Carmel Walker | BBC One
Monica Dolan | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | Jo Hamilton | ITV1
Anna Maxwell Martin | Until I Kill You | Delia Balmer | ITV1
Lola Petticrew | Say Nothing | Dolours Price | FX on Hulu
Billie Piper | Scoop | Sam McAlister | Netflix

## Superlatives

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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

## Actresses with multiple wins and nominations

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### Multiple wins

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The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Actress multiple times:

4 wins

* Julie Walters

3 wins

* Judi Dench
* Thora Hird
* Helen Mirren

2 wins

* Peggy Ashcroft
* Jodie Comer
* Annette Crosbie
* Catherine Lacey
* Sarah Lancashire
* Anna Maxwell Martin
* Gwen Watford
* Billie Whitelaw

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### Multiple nominations

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The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actress multiple times:

7 nominations

* Judi Dench
* Julie Walters

6 nominations

* Francesca Annis
* Helen Mirren

5 nominations

* Jodie Comer

4 nominations

* Peggy Ashcroft
* Geraldine James
* Sarah Lancashire
* Anna Maxwell Martin
* Maggie Smith

3 nominations

* Helena Bonham Carter
* Anne-Marie Duff
* Lindsay Duncan
* Claire Foy
* Thora Hird
* Glenda Jackson
* Celia Johnson
* Gemma Jones
* Rosemary Leach
* Vicky McClure
* Gina McKee
* Maxine Peake
* Billie Piper
* Miranda Richardson
* Sheridan Smith
* Juliet Stevenson
* Gwen Watford
* Billie Whitelaw

2 nominations

* Eileen Atkins
* Claire Bloom
* Cheryl Campbell
* Annette Crosbie
* Keeley Hawes
* Joan Hickson
* Suranne Jones
* Penelope Keith
* Catherine Lacey
* Jane Lapotaire
* Virginia McKenna
* Samantha Morton
* Kate Nelligan
* Vanessa Redgrave
* Anne Reid
* Alison Steadman
* Dorothy Tutin
* Zoe Wanamaker
* Emily Watson
* Ruth Wilson
* Kate Winslet
* Victoria Wood

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Note: Julie Walters' two mentions in 2010, count as two separate nominations.

## References

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1. ^ "Television - 1995". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
2. ^ "Television - 2020". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
3. ^ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
4. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
5. ^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
6. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
7. ^ "BAFTA TV Awards 2024: Nominations". BBC. 20 March 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
8. ^ "BAFTA TV Awards: 'Baby Reindeer' Leads Noms With Eight, 'Rivals,' 'Slow Horses' Earn Six Each". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.

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* Vanessa Redgrave (1967)
* Judi Dench (1968)
* Wendy Craig (1969)
* Margaret Tyzack (1970)
* Annette Crosbie (1971)
* Patricia Hayes (1972)
* Billie Whitelaw (1973)
* Celia Johnson (1974)
* Lee Remick (1975)

1976–2000|

* Annette Crosbie (1976)
* Siân Phillips (1977)
* Penelope Keith (1978)
* Francesca Annis (1979)
* Cheryl Campbell (1980)
* Peggy Ashcroft (1981)
* Judi Dench (1982)
* Beryl Reid (1983)
* Coral Browne (1984)
* Peggy Ashcroft (1985)
* Claire Bloom (1986)
* Anna Massey (1987)
* Emma Thompson (1988)
* Thora Hird (1989)
* Diana Rigg (1990)
* Geraldine McEwan (1991)
* Helen Mirren (1992)
* Helen Mirren (1993)
* Helen Mirren (1994)
* Juliet Aubrey (1995)
* Jennifer Ehle (1996)
* Gina McKee (1997)
* Daniela Nardini (1998)
* Thora Hird (1999)
* Thora Hird (2000)

2001–present|

* Judi Dench (2001)
* Julie Walters (2002)
* Julie Walters (2003)
* Julie Walters (2004)
* Anamaria Marinca (2005)
* Anna Maxwell Martin (2006)
* Victoria Wood (2007)
* Eileen Atkins (2008)
* Anna Maxwell Martin (2009)
* Julie Walters (2010)
* Vicky McClure (2011)
* Emily Watson (2012)
* Sheridan Smith (2013)
* Olivia Colman (2014)
* Georgina Campbell (2015)
* Suranne Jones (2016)
* Sarah Lancashire (2017)
* Molly Windsor (2018)
* Jodie Comer (2019)
* Glenda Jackson (2020)
* Michaela Coel (2021)
* Jodie Comer (2022)
* Kate Winslet (2023)
* Sarah Lancashire (2024)
* Marisa Abela (2025)

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