# Africa Movie Academy Award de la meilleure actrice

L'Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role est une récompense des Africa Movie Academy Awards remise chaque année pour la meilleure actrice dans un rôle principal.
En gras les gagnantes.

## Distinctions par année

Meilleure actrice (rôle principal) :
| Année | Nommées | Film | Résultat |
| 2005 | Genevieve Nnaji | | Lauréate |
| 2005 | Stephanie Okereke | | Nomination |
| 2006 | Joke Silva | Widow’s Cot | Lauréate |
| 2006 | Stella Damasus | Behind Closed Door | Nomination |
| 2006 | Onyeka Onwenu | Rising Moon | Nomination |
| 2006 | Akofa Asiedu | My Mother’s Heart | Nomination |
| 2006 | Alima Qiedraego | Sofia | Nomination |
| 2006 | Kudakwashe Maradzika | Tanyaradzwa | Nomination |
| 2007 | Chioma Chukwuka | Sins of the Flesh | Lauréate |
| 2007 | Nadia Buari | Beyonce: The President's Daughter | Nomination |
| 2007 | Khabirat Kafidipe | Iwalewa | Nomination |
| 2008 | Kate Henshaw-Nuttal | Stronger Than Pain | Lauréate |
| 2008 | Jackie Aygemang | Princess Tyra | Nomination |
| 2008 | Stella Damasus-Aboderin | Widow | Nomination |
| 2008 | Rakiya Attah | Across the Niger | Nomination |
| 2008 | Genevieve Nnaji | 30 Days / Keep My Will | Nomination |
| 2009 | Funke Akindele | Jenifa | Lauréate |
| 2009 | Stephanie Okereke & Nse Ikpe Etim | Reloaded | Nomination |
| 2009 | Stella Damasus-Aboderin | State of the Heart | Nomination |
| 2009 | Corine Onyango | From a Whisper | Nomination |
| 2009 | Nadia Buari | Agony of the Christ | Nomination |
| 2010 | Jackie Appiah & Lydia Forson | The Perfect Picture | Lauréate |
| 2010 | Bimbo Akintola | Freedom in Chains | Nomination |
| 2010 | Stephanie Okereke | Nnenda | Nomination |
| 2010 | Flora Suya | Season of a life | Nomination |
| 2010 | Akofa Edjeani Asiedu | I Sing of a Well | Nomination |
| 2011 | Ama Abebrese | Sinking Sands | Lauréate |
| 2011 | Genevieve Nnaji | Tango with Me | Nomination |
| 2011 | Idiat Shobande | Aramotu | Nomination |
| 2011 | Omoni Oboli | Anchor Baby | Nomination |
| 2011 | Manie Malone | Viva Riva ! | Nomination |
| 2011 | Denise Newman | Shirley Adams | Nomination |
| 2012 | Rita Dominic | Shattered | Lauréate |
| 2012 | Nse Ikpe Etim | Mr. and Mrs. | Nomination |
| 2012 | Yvonne Okoro | Single Six | Nomination |
| 2012 | Ama Abebrese | Ties That Bind | Nomination |
| 2012 | Uche Jombo | Damage | Nomination |
| 2012 | Millicent Makheido | 48 | Nomination |
| 2012 | Kudzai Sevenzo-Nyarai | Playing Warriors | Nomination |
| 2013 | Florence Masebe | Elelwani | Lauréate |
| 2013 | Yvonne Okoro | Contract | Nomination |
| 2013 | Mariam Ouedraogo | Moi Zaphira | Nomination |
| 2013 | Rita Dominic | The Meeting | Nomination |
| 2013 | Mbutung Seikeh | Ninah’s Diary | Nomination |
| 2013 | Flora Suya | Last Fishing Boat | Nomination |
| 2014 | Clarion Chukwura | Apaye | Lauréate |
| 2014 | Uche Nnadili | B for Boy | Nomination |
| 2014 | Linda Sokhulu | Felix | Nomination |
| 2014 | Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha | Accident | Nomination |
| 2014 | Uche Jombo Rodriquez, Monalisa Chinda et Daniella Okeke | Lagos Cougars | Nomination |
| 2014 | Joselyn Dumas | A Northern Affair | Nomination |
| 2015 | Lesliana Pereira | Njinga, Rainha de Angola | Lauréate |
| 2015 | Queen Nwokoye | Chetanna | Nomination |
| 2015 | Aida Wang | Juliet and Romeo | Nomination |
| 2015 | Joselyn Dumas | Silverain | Nomination |
| 2015 | Ini Edo | While You Slept | Nomination |
| 2016 | Fulu Mugovhani | Ayanda | Lauréate |
| 2016 | Zined Odieb | Behind Closed Doors | Nomination |
| 2016 | Adesua Etomi | Falling | Nomination |
| 2016 | Maimouna N'Diaye | L'Œil du cyclone | Nomination |
| 2016 | Nse Ikpe Etim, Ireti Doyle, Omoni Oboli, Dakore Egbuson-Akande | Fifty | Nomination |
| 2016 | Nomzamo Mbatha | Tell Me Sweet Something | Nomination |
| 2017 | Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu | Félicité | Lauréate |
| 2017 | Lydia Forson | Keteke | Nomination |
| 2017 | Lupita Nyong'o | La Dame de Katwe | Nomination |
| 2017 | Bimbo Akintola | 93 Days | Nomination |
| 2017 | Josette Bushell-Mingo | While We Live | Nomination |
| 2017 | Rita Dominic | 76 | Nomination |
| 2017 | Khabonina Qubeka | Dora's Peace | Nomination |
| 2017 | Zimkhitha Nyoka | Vaya | Nomination |
| 2018 | Dakore Egbuson-Akande | Isoken | Lauréate |
| 2018 | Kate Henshaw | Roti | Nomination |
| 2018 | Reine Swart | Siembamba | Nomination |
| 2018 | Okawa Shaznay | In My Country | Nomination |
| 2018 | Nana Ama McBrown Lydia Forson Sika Osei | Sidechic Gang | Nomination |
| 2018 | Mariam Phiri | The Road To Sunrise | Nomination |
| 2018 | Tunde Aladese | The Lost Café | Nomination |
| 2018 | Joselyn Dumas | Potato Potahto | Nomination |
| 2019 | Sola Sobowale | King of Boys | Lauréate |
| 2019 | Sheila Munyiva | Rafiki | Nomination |
| 2019 | Rita Dominic | Light in the Dark | Nomination |
| 2019 | Jill Levenberg | Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story | Nomination |
| 2019 | Beatrice Taisamo | Fatuma | Nomination |
| 2019 | Seyi Shay | Lara and the Beat | Nomination |
| 2019 | Jemima Osunde | The Delivery Boy | Nomination |
| 2019 | Samantha Mugotsia | Rafiki | Nomination |
| 2020 | Mary Twala-Mhlongo | L'Indomptable Feu du printemps | Lauréate |
| 2020 | Joselyn Dumas | Cold Feet | Nomination |
| 2020 | Stella Damasus | Between | Nomination |
| 2020 | Meg Otanwa | For Maria: Ebun Pataki | Nomination |
| 2020 | Zenobia Kloppers | Fiela’s Child | Nomination |
| 2020 | Elvina Ibru | The Bling Lagosians | Nomination |
| 2020 | Girley Jazama | The White Line | Nomination |
| 2020 | Kelly Khumalo | Zulu Wedding | Nomination |
| 2021 | Joan Agaba | Stain (en) | Lauréate |
| 2021 | Lucie Memba Bois | Buried | Nomination |
| 2021 | Funke Akindele | Omo Ghetto: The Saga (en) | Nomination |
| 2021 | Sarah Alina Grosz | Black Medusa | Nomination |
| 2021 | Phumi Mthembu | African American | Nomination |
| 2021 | Rita Dominic | La Femme Anjola (en) | Nomination |
| 2021 | Claudine de Groot | Hairareb (en) | Nomination |
| 2022 | Ikhlas Gafur Vora | Tug of War | Lauréate |
| 2022 | Euodia Samson | Angeliena | Nomination |
| 2022 | Bless Fortune | Road to My Fathers Compound | Nomination |
| 2022 | Osas Ighodaro | Man of God | Nomination |
| 2022 | Ronah Ninsiima | Tembele | Nomination |
| 2022 | Vanessa Vanderpuye | A song from the dark | Nomination |
| 2022 | Nanfuna Sharon | The Wave | Nomination |
| 2022 | Eniola Akinbo | Swallow | Nomination |
| 2023 | Nse Ikpe-Etim | Four Four Forty Four | Lauréate |
| 2023 | Lucie Debay | Augure | Nomination |
| 2023 | Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa (en) | Four Walls | Nomination |
| 2023 | Nafissatou Cissé | Sira | Nomination |
| 2023 | Adesua Etomi | Gangs of Lagos (en) | Nomination |
| 2023 | Bimbo Ademoye (en) | Aníkúlápó | Nomination |
| 2023 | Ama Qamata | Fight Like a Girl | Nomination |
| 2024 | Jackie Appiah | Red Carpet | Lauréate |
| 2024 | Girley Jazama (en) | Under The Hanging Tree (en) | Nomination |
| 2024 | Oyin Oladejo (en) | Orah (en) | Nomination |
| 2024 | Unati Faku | The Queenstown Kings | Nomination |
| 2024 | Uzoamaka Aniunoh (en) | The Weekend (en) | Nomination |
| 2024 | Laura Pepple | This is Lagos | Nomination |
| 2024 | Efe Irele (en) | A Smile, A Wink and A Tear | Nomination |