BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

**Best Actress in a Leading Role** is a British Academy Film award presented each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).  It is to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.

## Winners and nominees 
Between 1952 and 1967, two awards were given to the best British and best foreign actress each year. In 1968, the two prizes of British and foreign actress were combined to create a single Best Actress award. Its current title, for Best Actress in a Leading Role, has been used since 1995.

### 1950s 
* **1952**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Vivien Leigh** &ndash; ***A Streetcar Named Desire***
***Phyllis Calvert &ndash; *Mandy*
***Celia Johnson &ndash; *I Believe in You*
***Ann Todd &ndash; *The Sound Barrier*

****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Simone Signoret** &ndash; ***Golden Helmet***
***Edwige Feuillère &ndash; *Olivia*
***Katharine Hepburn &ndash; *Pat and Mike*
***Judy Holliday &ndash; *The Marrying Kind*
***Nicole Stephane &ndash; *Les Enfants terribles*

***1953 **
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Audrey Hepburn** &ndash; ***Roman Holiday***
***Celia Johnson &ndash; ''The Captain's Paradise*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Leslie Caron** &ndash; ***Lili***
***Shirley Booth &ndash; *Come Back, Little Sheba*
***Marie Powers &ndash; *The Medium*
***Maria Schell &ndash; *The Heart of the Matter*

***1954 **
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Yvonne Mitchell** &ndash; ***The Divided Heart***
***Brenda De Banzie &ndash; *Hobson's Choice*
***Audrey Hepburn &ndash; *Sabrina Fair*
***Margaret Leighton &ndash; *Carrington V.C.*
***Noelle Middleton &ndash; *Carrington V.C.*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Cornell Borchers ** &ndash; ***The Divided Heart***
***Shirley Booth &ndash; *About Mrs. Leslie*
***Judy Holliday &ndash; *Phffft!*
***Grace Kelly &ndash; *Dial M for Murder*
***Gina Lollobrigida &ndash; *Bread, Love and Dreams*

***1955**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Katie Johnson** &ndash; ***The Ladykillers***
***Margaret Johnson &ndash; *Touch and Go*
***Deborah Kerr &ndash; *The End of the Affair*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Betsy Blair** &ndash; ***Marty***
***Dorothy Dandridge &ndash; *Carmen Jones*
***Judy Garland &ndash; *A Star Is Born*
***Julie Harris &ndash; *I Am a Camera*
***Katharine Hepburn &ndash; *Summertime*
***Grace Kelly &ndash; *The Country Girl*
***Giulietta Masina &ndash; *The Road*
***Marilyn Monroe &ndash; *The Seven Year Itch*

***1956**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Virginia McKenna** &ndash; ***A Town Like Alice***
***Dorothy Alison &ndash; *Reach for the Sky*
***Audrey Hepburn &ndash; *War and Peace*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Anna Magnani** &ndash; ***The Rose Tattoo***
***Carroll Baker &ndash; *Baby Doll*
***Eva Dahlbeck &ndash; *Sommarnattens leende*
***Ava Gardner &ndash; *Bhowani Junction*
***Susan Hayward &ndash; *I'll Cry Tomorrow*
***Shirley MacLaine &ndash; *The Trouble with Harry*
***Kim Novak &ndash; *Picnic*
***Marisa Pavan &ndash; *The Rose Tattoo*
***Maria Schell &ndash; *Gervaise*
***Jean Simmons &ndash; *Guys and Dolls*

***1957**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Heather Sears** &ndash; ***The Story of Esther Costello***
***Deborah Kerr &ndash; *Tea and Sympathy*
***Sylvia Syms &ndash; *Woman in a Dressing Gown*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Simone Signoret** &ndash; ***The Witches of Salem***
***Augusta Dabney &ndash; *That Night!*
***Katharine Hepburn &ndash; *The Rainmaker*
***Marilyn Monroe &ndash; *The Prince and the Showgirl*
***Lilli Palmer &ndash; *Anastasia: Die letzte Zarentochter*
***Eva Marie Saint &ndash; *A Hatful of Rain*
***Joanne Woodward &ndash; *The Three Faces of Eve*

***1958**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Irene Worth** &ndash; ***Orders to Kill***
***Hermione Baddeley &ndash; *Room at the Top*
***Virginia McKenna &ndash; *Carve Her Name with Pride*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Simone Signoret** &ndash; ***Room at the Top***
***Karuna Bannerjee &ndash; *The Unvanquished*
***Ingrid Bergman&ndash; *The Inn of the Sixth Happiness*
***Anna Magnani &ndash; *Wild is the Wind*
***Giulietta Masina &ndash; *Nights of Cabiria*
***Tatyana Samojlova &ndash; *The Cranes Are Flying*
***Elizabeth Taylor &ndash; *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*
***Joanne Woodward &ndash; *No Down Payment*

***1959**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Audrey Hepburn** &ndash; *'''The Nun's Story'''*
***Peggy Ashcroft &ndash; *The Nun's Story*
***Yvonne Mitchell &ndash; *Sapphire*
***Sylvia Syms &ndash; *No Trees in the Street*
***Kay Walsh &ndash; *The Horse's Mouth*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Shirley MacLaine** &ndash;  ***Ask Any Girl***
***Rosalind Russell &ndash; *Auntie Mame*
***Susan Hayward &ndash; *I Want to Live!*
***Ava Gardner &ndash; *On the Beach*
***Ellie Lambeti &ndash; *To Telefteo psema*

### 1960s 
***1960**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Rachel Roberts** &ndash; ***Saturday Night and Sunday Morning***
***Hayley Mills &ndash; *Pollyanna*
***Wendy Hiller &ndash; *Sons and Lovers*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Shirley MacLaine** &ndash; ***The Apartment***
***Pier Angeli &ndash; *The Angry Silence*
***Monica Vitti &ndash; *The Adventure*
***Jean Simmons &ndash; *Elmer Gantry*
***Emmanuelle Riva &ndash; *Hiroshima Mon Amour*
***Melina Mercouri &ndash; *Never on Sunday*

***1961**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Dora Bryan** &ndash; ***A Taste of Honey***
***Deborah Kerr &ndash; *The Sundowners*
***Hayley Mills &ndash; *Whistle Down the Wind*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Sophia Loren** &ndash; ***Two Women***
***Annie Girardot &ndash; *Rocco and His Brothers*
***Piper Laurie &ndash; *The Hustler*
***Claudia McNeil &ndash; *A Raisin in the Sun*
***Jean Seberg &ndash; *Breathless*

***1962**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Leslie Caron** &ndash; ***The L-Shaped Room***
***Virginia Maskell &ndash; *The Wild and the Willing*
***Janet Munro &ndash; *Life for Ruth*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Anne Bancroft** &ndash; ***The Miracle Worker***
** Anouk Aimee &ndash; *Lola*
***Harriet Andersson &ndash; *Såsom i en spegel*
***Melina Mercouri &ndash; *Phaedra*
***Jeanne Moreau &ndash; *Jules and Jim*
***Geraldine Page &ndash; *Sweet Bird of Youth*
***Natalie Wood &ndash; *Splendor in the Grass*

***1963**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Rachel Roberts** &ndash; ***This Sporting Life***
***Julie Christie &ndash; *Billy Liar*
***Edith Evans &ndash; *Tom Jones*
***Sarah Miles &ndash; *The Servant*
***Barbara Windsor &ndash; *Sparrers Can't Sing*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Patricia Neal** &ndash; ***Hud***
***Joan Crawford &ndash; *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?*
***Bette Davis &ndash; *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?*
***Lee Remick &ndash; *Days of Wine and Roses*
***Daniela Rocca &ndash; *Divorce, Italian Style*

***1964**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Audrey Hepburn** &ndash; ***Charade***
***Julie Andrews &ndash; *Mary Poppins*
***Edith Evans &ndash; *The Chalk Garden*
***Deborah Kerr &ndash; *The Chalk Garden*
***Rita Tushingham &ndash; *Girl with Green Eyes*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Anne Bancroft** &ndash; ***The Pumpkin Eater***
***Ava Gardner &ndash; *The Night of the Iguana*
***Shirley MacLaine &ndash; *Irma la Douce* and  *What a Way to Go!*
***Kim Stanley &ndash; *Séance on a Wet Afternoon*

***1965**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Julie Christie** &ndash; ***Darling***
***Julie Andrews &ndash; *The Americanization of Emily* and *The Sound of Music*
***Maggie Smith &ndash; *Young Cassidy*
***Rita Tushingham &ndash; *The Knack …and How to Get It*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Patricia Neal** &ndash; *'''In Harm's Way'''*
***Jane Fonda &ndash; *Cat Ballou*
***Lila Kedrova &ndash; *Zorba the Greek*
***Simone Signoret &ndash; *Ship of Fools*

***1966**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Elizabeth Taylor** &ndash; *'''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'''*
***Julie Christie &ndash; *Doctor Zhivago* and *Fahrenheit 451*
***Lynn Redgrave &ndash; *Georgy Girl*
***Vanessa Redgrave &ndash; *Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Jeanne Moreau** &ndash; ***Viva Maria!***
***Brigitte Bardot &ndash; *Viva Maria!*
***Joan Hackett &ndash; *The Group*

***1967**
****Best British Actress** &ndash; **Edith Evans** &ndash; ***The Whisperers***
***Barbara Jefford &ndash; *Ulysses*
***Elizabeth Taylor &ndash; *The Taming of the Shrew*
****Best Foreign Actress** &ndash; **Anouk Aimée** &ndash; ***A Man and a Woman***
***Bibi Andersson &ndash; *Persona* and  *Syskonbädd 1782*
***Jane Fonda &ndash; *Barefoot in the Park*
***Simone Signoret &ndash; *The Deadly Affair*

***1968** &ndash; **Katharine Hepburn** &ndash; *'''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*** and ***The Lion in Winter'''*
** Anne Bancroft &ndash; *The Graduate*
** Catherine Deneuve &ndash; *Belle de jour*
** Joanne Woodward &ndash; *Rachel, Rachel*

***1969** &ndash; **Maggie Smith** &ndash; ***The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie***
** Mia Farrow &ndash; *John and Mary* , *Rosemary's Baby* and *Secret Ceremony*
** Glenda Jackson &ndash; *Women in Love*
** Barbra Streisand &ndash; *Funny Girl* and *Hello, Dolly!*
** Mary Wimbush &ndash; *Oh! What a Lovely War*

### 1970s 
***1970** &ndash; **Katharine Ross** &ndash; ***Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*** and ***Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here***
** Jane Fonda &ndash; *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?*
** Goldie Hawn &ndash; *Cactus Flower* as Toni Simmons
** Sarah Miles &ndash; *Ryan's Daughter*

***1971** &ndash; **Glenda Jackson** &ndash; ***Sunday Bloody Sunday***
** Lynn Carlin &ndash; *Taking Off*
** Julie Christie &ndash; *The Go-Between*
** Jane Fonda &ndash; *Klute* as Bree Daniels
** Goldie Hawn &ndash; *There's a Girl in My Soup*
** Nanette Newman &ndash; *The Raging Moon*
***1972** &ndash; **Liza Minnelli** &ndash; *'*Cabaret* as Sally Bowles'*
** Stéphane Audran &ndash; *The Butcher*
** Anne Bancroft &ndash; *Young Winston*
** Dorothy Tutin &ndash; *Savage Messiah*

***1973** &ndash; **Stéphane Audran** &ndash; ***The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie*** and ***Just Before Nightfall***
** Julie Christie &ndash; *Don't Look Now*
** Glenda Jackson &ndash; *A Touch of Class* as Vicki Allesio
** Diana Ross &ndash; *Lady Sings the Blues* as Billie Holiday
** Ingrid Thulin &ndash; *Viskningar och rop*

***1974** &ndash; **Joanne Woodward** &ndash; ***Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams***
** Faye Dunaway &ndash; *Chinatown* as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
** Barbra Streisand &ndash; *The Way We Were*
** Cicely Tyson &ndash; *The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman* as Jane Pittman

***1975** &ndash; **Ellen Burstyn** &ndash; *'''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore* as Alice Hyatt*'
** Anne Bancroft &ndash; *The Prisoner of Second Avenue*
** Valerie Perrine &ndash; *Lenny* as Honey Bruce
** Liv Ullmann &ndash; *Scener ur ett äktenskap*

***1976** &ndash; **Louise Fletcher** &ndash; '''''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* as Nurse Mildred Ratched*'
** Lauren Bacall &ndash; *The Shootist*
** Rita Moreno &ndash; *The Ritz*
** Liv Ullmann &ndash; *Ansikte mot ansikte* as Dr. Jenny Isaakson

***1977** &ndash; **Diane Keaton** &ndash; '''*Annie Hall* as Annie Hall'*
** Faye Dunaway &ndash; *Network* as Diana Christensen
** Shelley Duvall &ndash; *3 Women*
** Lily Tomlin &ndash; *The Late Show*

***1978** &ndash; **Jane Fonda** &ndash; *'*Julia* as Lillian Hellman'*
** Anne Bancroft &ndash; *The Turning Point*
** Jill Clayburgh &ndash; *An Unmarried Woman*
** Marsha Mason &ndash; *The Goodbye Girl* as Paula McFadden

***1979** &ndash; **Jane Fonda** &ndash; *'*The China Syndrome* as Kimberly Wells'*
** Diane Keaton &ndash; *Manhattan*
** Maggie Smith &ndash; *California Suite* as Diana Barrie
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *The Deer Hunter* as Linda

### 1980s 
***1980** &ndash; **Judy Davis** &ndash; ***My Brilliant Career***
** Shirley MacLaine &ndash; *Being There*
** Bette Midler &ndash; *The Rose* as Mary Rose Foster
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *Kramer vs. Kramer* as Joanna Kramer

***1981** &ndash; **Meryl Streep** &ndash; *'''The French Lieutenant's Woman* as Sarah/Anna*'
** Mary Tyler Moore &ndash; *Ordinary People* as Beth Jarrett
** Maggie Smith &ndash; *Quartet*
** Sissy Spacek &ndash; ''Coal Miner's Daughter* as Loretta Lynn

***1982** &ndash; **Katharine Hepburn** &ndash; *'*On Golden Pond* as Ethel Thayer'*
** Diane Keaton &ndash; *Reds* as Louise Bryant
** Jennifer Kendal &ndash; *36 Chowringhee Lane*
** Sissy Spacek &ndash; *Missing*

***1983** &ndash; **Julie Walters** &ndash; *'*Educating Rita* as Rita'*
** Jessica Lange &ndash; *Tootsie* as Julie Nichols
** Phyllis Logan &ndash; *Another Time, Another Place*
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *Sophie's Choice* as Sophie Zawistowska

***1984** &ndash; **Maggie Smith** &ndash; ***A Private Function***
** Shirley MacLaine &ndash; *Terms of Endearment* as Aurora Greenway
** Helen Mirren &ndash; *Cal*
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *Silkwood* as Karen Silkwood

***1985** &ndash; **Peggy Ashcroft** &ndash; ***A Passage to India***
** Mia Farrow &ndash; *The Purple Rose of Cairo*
** Kelly McGillis &ndash; *Witness*
** Alexandra Pigg &ndash; *Letter to Brezhnev*

***1986** &ndash; **Maggie Smith** &ndash; ***A Room with a View***
** Mia Farrow &ndash; *Hannah and Her Sisters* as Hannah
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *Out of Africa* as Karen Blixen
** Cathy Tyson &ndash; *Mona Lisa*

***1987** &ndash; **Anne Bancroft** &ndash; ***84 Charing Cross Road***
** Emily Lloyd &ndash; *Wish You Were Here*
** Sarah Miles &ndash; *Hope and Glory*
** Julie Walters &ndash; *Personal Services*

***1988** &ndash; **Maggie Smith** &ndash; ***The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne***
** Stéphane Audran &ndash; *Babettes gæstebud*
** Cher &ndash; *Moonstruck* as Loretta Castorini
** Jamie Lee Curtis &ndash; *A Fish Called Wanda* as Wanda

***1989** &ndash; **Pauline Collins** &ndash; *'*Shirley Valentine* as Shirley Valentine Bradshaw'*
** Glenn Close &ndash; *Dangerous Liaisons*
** Jodie Foster &ndash; *The Accused* as Sarah Tobias
** Melanie Griffith &ndash; *Working Girl* as Tess McGill

### 1990s 
***1990** &ndash; **Jessica Tandy** &ndash; *'*Driving Miss Daisy* as Miss Daisy Werthan'*
** Shirley MacLaine &ndash; *Postcards from the Edge* as Suzanne Vale
** Michelle Pfeiffer &ndash; *The Fabulous Baker Boys*
** Julia Roberts &ndash; *Pretty Woman* as Vivian Ward

***1991** &ndash; **Jodie Foster** &ndash; *'*The Silence of the Lambs* as Clarice Starling'*
** Geena Davis &ndash; *Thelma & Louise* as Thelma Dickinson
** Susan Sarandon &ndash; *Thelma & Louise* as Louise Sawyer
** Juliet Stevenson &ndash; *Truly, Madly, Deeply*

***1992** &ndash; **Emma Thompson** &ndash; *'*Howards End* as Margaret Schlegel'*
** Judy Davis &ndash; *Husbands and Wives*
** Tara Morice &ndash; *Strictly Ballroom*
** Jessica Tandy &ndash; *Fried Green Tomatoes* as Ninny Threadgoode

***1993** &ndash; **Holly Hunter** &ndash; *'*The Piano* as Ada McGrath'*
** Miranda Richardson &ndash; *Tom & Viv* as Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot
** Emma Thompson &ndash; *The Remains of the Day*
** Debra Winger &ndash; *Shadowlands*

***1994** &ndash; **Susan Sarandon** &ndash; *'*The Client* as Reggie Love'*
** Linda Fiorentino &ndash; *The Last Seduction* as Bridget Gregory
** Irène Jacob &ndash; *Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)*
** Uma Thurman &ndash; *Pulp Fiction* as Mia Wallace

***1995** &ndash; **Emma Thompson** &ndash; *'*Sense and Sensibility* as Eleanor Dashwood'*
** Nicole Kidman &ndash; *To Die For* as Suzanne Stone Maretto
** Helen Mirren &ndash; *The Madness of King George*
** Elisabeth Shue &ndash; *Leaving Las Vegas* as Sera

***1996** &ndash; **Brenda Blethyn** &ndash; *'*Secrets & Lies* as Cynthia Rose Purley'*
** Frances McDormand &ndash; *Fargo* as Marge Gunderson
** Kristin Scott Thomas &ndash; *The English Patient*
** Emily Watson &ndash; *Breaking the Waves*

***1997** &ndash; **Judi Dench** &ndash; *'*Mrs. Brown* as Queen Victoria'*
** Kim Basinger &ndash; *L.A. Confidential*
** Kathy Burke &ndash; *Nil By Mouth*
** Helena Bonham Carter &ndash; *The Wings of the Dove*

***1998** &ndash; **Cate Blanchett** &ndash; *'*Elizabeth* as Queen Elizabeth I'*
** Jane Horrocks &ndash; *Little Voice*
** Gwyneth Paltrow &ndash; *Shakespeare in Love* as Viola de Lesseps
** Emily Watson &ndash; *Hilary and Jackie* as Jacqueline du Pre

***1999** &ndash; **Annette Bening** &ndash; *'*American Beauty* as Carolyn Burnham'*
** Linda Bassett &ndash; *East is East*
** Julianne Moore &ndash; *The End of the Affair*
** Emily Watson &ndash; *Angela's Ashes*

### 2000s
***2000** &ndash; **Julia Roberts** &ndash; *'*Erin Brockovich* as Erin Brockovich'*
** Juliette Binoche &ndash; *Chocolat*
** Kate Hudson &ndash; *Almost Famous* as Penny Lane
** Hilary Swank &ndash; *Boys Don't Cry* as Brandon Teena
** Michelle Yeoh &ndash; *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)*

***2001** &ndash; **Judi Dench** &ndash; *'*Iris* as Iris Murdoch'*
** Nicole Kidman &ndash; *The Others*
** Sissy Spacek &ndash; *In the Bedroom* as Ruth Fowler
** Audrey Tautou &ndash; *Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)*
** Renée Zellweger &ndash; *Bridget Jones's Diary* as Bridget Jones

***2002** &ndash; **Nicole Kidman** &ndash; *'*The Hours* as Virginia Woolf'*
** Halle Berry &ndash; *Monster's Ball* as Leticia Musgrove
** Salma Hayek &ndash; *Frida* as Frida Kahlo
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *The Hours* as Clarissa Vaughan
** Renée Zellweger &ndash; *Chicago* as Roxie Hart

***2003** &ndash; **Scarlett Johansson** &ndash; *'*Lost in Translation* as Charlotte'*
** Scarlett Johansson &ndash; *Girl with a Pearl Earring*
** Anne Reid &ndash; *The Mother*
** Uma Thurman &ndash; *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* as The Bride
** Naomi Watts &ndash; *21 Grams*

***2004** &ndash; **Imelda Staunton** &ndash; *'*Vera Drake* as Vera Drake'*
** Charlize Theron &ndash; *Monster* as Aileen Wuornos
** Kate Winslet &ndash; *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* as Clementine Kruczynski
** Kate Winslet &ndash; *Finding Neverland*
** Zhang Ziyi &ndash; *House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)*

***2005** &ndash; **Reese Witherspoon** &ndash; *'*Walk the Line* as June Carter'*
** Judi Dench &ndash; *Mrs Henderson Presents*
** Charlize Theron &ndash; *North Country* as Josey Aimes
** Rachel Weisz &ndash; *The Constant Gardener*
** Zhang Ziyi &ndash; *Memoirs of a Geisha*

***2006** &ndash; **Helen Mirren** &ndash; *'*The Queen* as Queen Elizabeth II'*
** Penélope Cruz &ndash; *To Return (Volver)*
** Judi Dench &ndash; *Notes on a Scandal*
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *The Devil Wears Prada* as Miranda Priestly
** Kate Winslet &ndash; *Little Children*

***2007** &ndash; **Marion Cotillard** &ndash; *'*La Vie en Rose (La môme)* as Édith Piaf'*
**Cate Blanchett &ndash; *Elizabeth: The Golden Age* as Queen Elizabeth I
**Julie Christie &ndash; *Away From Her* as Fiona Anderson
**Keira Knightley &ndash; *Atonement*
**Ellen Page &ndash; *Juno* as Juno MacGuff

***2008** &ndash; *'Kate Winslet &ndash; *The Reader* as Hanna Schmitz'*
**Angelina Jolie &ndash; *Changeling* as Christine Collins
**Kristin Scott Thomas &ndash; *I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)*
**Meryl Streep &ndash; *Doubt* as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
**Kate Winslet &ndash; *Revolutionary Road* as April Wheeler

***2009** &ndash; *'Carey Mulligan &ndash; *An Education* as Jenny Mellor'*
**Saoirse Ronan &ndash; *The Lovely Bones*
**Gabourey Sidibe &ndash; *Precious* as Claireece "Precious" Jones
**Meryl Streep &ndash; *Julie & Julia* as Julia Child
**Audrey Tautou &ndash; *Coco Before Chanel*

### 2010s
***2010** &ndash; *'Natalie Portman - *Black Swan* as Nina Sayers'*
** Annette Bening &ndash; *The Kids Are All Right* as Nic
** Julianne Moore &ndash; *The Kids Are All Right* as Jules
** Noomi Rapace &ndash; *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*
** Hailee Steinfeld &ndash; *True Grit* as Mattie Ross

***2011** &ndash; *'Meryl Streep &ndash; *The Iron Lady* as Margaret Thatcher'*
** Bérénice Bejo &ndash; *The Artist* as Peppy Miller
** Viola Davis &mdash; *The Help* as Aibileen Clark
** Tilda Swinton &ndash; *We Need to Talk About Kevin* as Eva Khatchadourian
** Michelle Williams &ndash; *My Week with Marilyn'' as Marilyn Monroe

## Other websites
* BAFTA Awards Database