Aktris Utama Terbaik (BAFTA)
Pemenang dan nomine > Aktris Utama Terbaik (1968–sekarang) > 1968–1979

| Tahun | Aktris | Film | Karakter |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
1968 22: 
| 1968 22 | Katharine Hepburn | The Lion in Winter & Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Eleanor dari Aquitaine † & Christina Drayton † |
| 1968 22 | Anne Bancroft | The Graduate | Ny. Robinson ‡ |
| 1968 22 | Catherine Deneuve | Beauty of the Day | Séverine Serizy |
| 1968 22 | Joanne Woodward | Rachel, Rachel | Rachel Cameron ‡ |
1969 23: 
| 1969 23 | Maggie Smith | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie † |
| 1969 23 | Mia Farrow | Secret Ceremony & Rosemary's Baby & John and Mary | Cenci / Rosemary Woodhouse / Mary |
| 1969 23 | Glenda Jackson | Women in Love | Gudrun Brangwen † |
| 1969 23 | Barbra Streisand | Funny Girl & Hello Dolly! | Fanny Brice † & Dolly Gallagher Levi |
1970 24: 
| 1970 24 | Katharine Ross | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid & Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | Etta Place / Lola |
| 1970 24 | Jane Fonda | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Gloria Beatty ‡ |
| 1970 24 | Goldie Hawn | Cactus Flower & There's a Girl in My Soup | Toni Simmons † / Marion |
| 1970 24 | Sarah Miles | Ryan's Daughter | Rosy Ryan ‡ |
1971 25: 
| 1971 25 | Glenda Jackson | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Alex Greville ‡ |
| 1971 25 | Lynn Carlin | Taking Off | Lynn Tyne |
| 1971 25 | Julie Christie | The Go-Between | Marian |
| 1971 25 | Jane Fonda | Klute | Bree Daniels † |
| 1971 25 | Nanette Newman | The Raging Moon | Jill Matthews |
1972 26: 
| 1972 26 | Liza Minnelli | Cabaret | Sally Bowles † |
| 1972 26 | Stéphane Audran | Le Boucher | Hélène |
| 1972 26 | Anne Bancroft | Young Winston | Lady Randolph Churchill |
| 1972 26 | Dorothy Tutin | Savage Messiah | Sophie Brzeska |
1973 27: 
| 1973 27 | Stéphane Audran | Just Before Nightfall & The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Hélène Masson / Alice Sénéchal |
| 1973 27 | Julie Christie | Don't Look Now | Laura Baxter |
| 1973 27 | Glenda Jackson | A Touch of Class | Vicki Allessio † |
| 1973 27 | Diana Ross | Lady Sings the Blues | Billie Holiday ‡ |
1974 28: 
| 1974 28 | Joanne Woodward | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Rita Walden ‡ |
| 1974 28 | Faye Dunaway | Chinatown | Evelyn Mulwray ‡ |
| 1974 28 | Barbra Streisand | The Way We Were | Katie Morosky ‡ |
| 1974 28 | Cicely Tyson | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Jane Pittmann |
1975 29: 
| 1975 29 | Ellen Burstyn | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Alice Hyatt † |
| 1975 29 | Anne Bancroft | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Edna Edison |
| 1975 29 | Valerie Perrine | Lenny | Honey Harlow ‡ |
| 1975 29 | Liv Ullmann | Scenes from a Marriage | Marianne |
1976 30: 
| 1976 30 | Louise Fletcher | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Nurse Ratched † |
| 1976 30 | Lauren Bacall | The Shootist | Bond Rogers |
| 1976 30 | Rita Moreno | The Ritz | Googie Gomez |
| 1976 30 | Liv Ullmann | Face to Face | Jenny Isaksson ‡ |
1977 31: 
| 1977 31 | Diane Keaton | Annie Hall | Annie Hall † |
| 1977 31 | Faye Dunaway | Network | Diana Christensen † |
| 1977 31 | Shelley Duvall | 3 Women | Millie Lammoreaux |
| 1977 31 | Lily Tomlin | The Late Show | Margo Sperling |
1978 32: 
| 1978 32 | Jane Fonda | Julia | Lillian Hellman ‡ |
| 1978 32 | Anne Bancroft | The Turning Point | Emma Jacklin ‡ |
| 1978 32 | Jill Clayburgh | An Unmarried Woman | Erica Benton ‡ |
| 1978 32 | Marsha Mason | The Goodbye Girl | Paula McFadden ‡ |
1979 33: 
| 1979 33 | Jane Fonda | The China Syndrome | Kimberly Wells ‡ |
| 1979 33 | Diane Keaton | Manhattan | Mary Wilkie |
| 1979 33 | Maggie Smith | California Suite | Diana Barrie † |
| 1979 33 | Meryl Streep | The Deer Hunter | Linda ‡ |