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