Aktris Utama Terbaik (BAFTA)
Pemenang dan nomine > Aktris Asing Terbaik (1952–1967)

| Tahun | Aktris | Film | Karakter |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
1952 6: 
| 1952 6 | Simone Signoret | Golden Helmet | Marie |
| 1952 6 | Edwige Feuillère | The Pit of Loneliness | Julie |
| 1952 6 | Katharine Hepburn | Pat and Mike | Patricia "Pat" Pemberton |
| 1952 6 | Judy Holliday | The Marrying Kind | Florence Keefer |
| 1952 6 | Nicole Stéphane | The Terrible Children | Elisabeth |
1953 7: 
| 1953 7 | Leslie Caron | Lili | Lili Daurier ‡ |
| 1953 7 | Shirley Booth | Come Back, Little Sheba | Lola Delaney † |
| 1953 7 | Marie Powers | The Medium | Flora |
| 1953 7 | Maria Schell | The Heart of the Matter | Helen Rolt |
1954 8: 
| 1954 8 | Cornell Borchers | The Divided Heart | Inga Hartl |
| 1954 8 | Shirley Booth | About Mrs. Leslie | Vivien Leslie |
| 1954 8 | Judy Holliday | Phffft | Nina Tracey |
| 1954 8 | Grace Kelly | Dial M for Murder | Margot Wendice |
| 1954 8 | Gina Lollobrigida | Bread, Love and Dreams | Maria de Ritis |
1955 9: 
| 1955 9 | Betsy Blair | Marty | Clara ‡ |
| 1955 9 | Dorothy Dandridge | Carmen Jones | Carmen Jones ‡ |
| 1955 9 | Judy Garland | A Star is Born | Esther Blodgett ‡ |
| 1955 9 | Julie Harris | I Am a Camera | Sally Bowles |
| 1955 9 | Katharine Hepburn | Summertime | Jane Hudson ‡ |
| 1955 9 | Grace Kelly | The Country Girl | Georgie Elgin † |
| 1955 9 | Giulietta Masina | The Road | Gelsomina |
| 1955 9 | Marilyn Monroe | The Seven Year Itch | The Girl |
1956 10: 
| 1956 10 | Anna Magnani | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose † |
| 1956 10 | Carroll Baker | Baby Doll | Baby Doll Meighan ‡ |
| 1956 10 | Eva Dahlbeck | Smiles of a Summer Night | Desiree Armfeldt |
| 1956 10 | Ava Gardner | Bhowani Junction | Victoria Jones |
| 1956 10 | Susan Hayward | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Lillian Roth ‡ |
| 1956 10 | Shirley MacLaine | The Trouble with Harry | Jennifer Rogers |
| 1956 10 | Kim Novak | Picnic | Marjorie Owens |
| 1956 10 | Marisa Pavan | The Rose Tattoo | Rose Delle Rose ‡ |
| 1956 10 | Maria Schell | Gervaise | Gervaise Macquart Coupeau |
| 1956 10 | Jean Simmons | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown |
1957 11: 
| 1957 11 | Simone Signoret | The Crucible | Elizabeth Proctor |
| 1957 11 | Augusta Dabney | That Night! | Maggie Bowden |
| 1957 11 | Katharine Hepburn | The Rainmaker | Lizzie Curry ‡ |
| 1957 11 | Lili Palmer | The Story of Anastasia | Anna Anderson |
| 1957 11 | Eva Marie Saint | A Hatful of Rain | Celia Pope |
| 1957 11 | Marilyn Monroe | The Prince and the Showgirl | Elsie Marina |
| 1957 11 | Joanne Woodward | The Three Faces of Eve | Eve White † |
1958 12: 
| 1958 12 | Simone Signoret | Room at the Top | Alice Aisgill † |
| 1958 12 | Ingrid Bergman | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | Gladys Aylward |
| 1958 12 | Anna Magnani | Wild Is the Wind | Gioia ‡ |
| 1958 12 | Giulietta Masina | Nights of Cabiria | Cabiria Ceccarelli |
| 1958 12 | Tatiana Samoilova | The Cranes Are Flying | Veronika |
| 1958 12 | Elizabeth Taylor | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Maggie Pollitt ‡ |
| 1958 12 | Joanne Woodward | No Down Payment | Leola Boone |
1959 13: 
| 1959 13 | Shirley MacLaine | Ask Any Girl | Meg Wheeler |
| 1959 13 | Ava Gardner | On the Beach | Moira Davidson |
| 1959 13 | Susan Hayward | I Want to Live! | Barbara Graham † |
| 1959 13 | Ellie Lambeti | A Matter of Dignity | Chloe Pella |
| 1959 13 | Rosalind Russell | Auntie Mame | Mame Dennis ‡ |
1960 14: 
| 1960 14 | Shirley MacLaine | The Apartment | Fran Kubelik ‡ |
| 1960 14 | Pier Angeli | The Angry Silence | Anna Curtis |
| 1960 14 | Melina Mercouri | Never on Sunday | Illya ‡ |
| 1960 14 | Emmanuelle Riva | Hiroshima mon amour | Elle |
| 1960 14 | Jean Simmons | Elmer Gantry | Sharon Falconer |
| 1960 14 | Monica Vitti | The Adventure | Claudia |
1961 15: 
| 1961 15 | Sophia Loren | Two Women | Cesira † |
| 1961 15 | Annie Girardot | Rocco and His Brothers | Nadia |
| 1961 15 | Piper Laurie | The Hustler | Sarah Packard ‡ |
| 1961 15 | Claudia McNeil | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger |
| 1961 15 | Jean Seberg | Breathless | Patricia Franchini |
1962 16: 
| 1962 16 | Anne Bancroft | The Miracle Worker | Annie Sullivan † |
| 1962 16 | Harriet Andersson | Through a Glass Darkly | Katrin |
| 1962 16 | Anouk Aimée | Lola | Lola |
| 1962 16 | Melina Mercouri | Phaedra | Phaedra |
| 1962 16 | Jeanne Moreau | Jules and Jim | Catherine |
| 1962 16 | Geraldine Page | Sweet Bird of Yout | Alexandra del Lago ‡ |
| 1962 16 | Natalie Wood | Splendor in the Grass | Deanie Loomis ‡ |
1963 17: 
| 1963 17 | Patricia Neal | Hud | Alma Brown † |
| 1963 17 | Joan Crawford | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson |
| 1963 17 | Bette Davis | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Baby Jane Hudson ‡ |
| 1963 17 | Lee Remick | Days of Wine and Roses | Kirsten Arnesen Clay ‡ |
| 1963 17 | Daniela Rocca | Divorce Italian Style | Rosalia Cefalù |
1964 18: 
| 1964 18 | Anne Bancroft | The Pumpkin Eater | Jo Armitage ‡ |
| 1964 18 | Kim Stanley | Séance on a Wet Afternoon | Myra Savage ‡ |
| 1964 18 | Ava Gardner | The Night of the Iguana | Maxine Faulk |
| 1964 18 | Shirley MacLaine | Irma la Douce & What a Way to Go! | Irma la Douce ‡ & Louisa Foster |
1965 19: 
| 1965 19 | Patricia Neal | In Harm's Way | Maggie Haines |
| 1965 19 | Jane Fonda | Cat Ballou | Catherine Ballou |
| 1965 19 | Lila Kedrova | Zorba the Greek | Madame Hortense † |
| 1965 19 | Simone Signoret | Ship of Fools | La Condesa ‡ |
1966 20: 
| 1966 20 | Jeanne Moreau | Viva Maria! | Maria I |
| 1966 20 | Brigitte Bardot | Viva Maria! | Éliane Darrès |
| 1966 20 | Joan Hackett | The Group | Dottie Renfrew |
| 1966 20 | Simone Signoret | The Sleeping Car Murders | Maria II |
1967 21: 
| 1967 21 | Anouk Aimée | A Man and a Woman | Anne Gauthier ‡ |
| 1967 21 | Bibi Andersson | Persona & My Sister, My Love | Alma / Charlotte |
| 1967 21 | Jane Fonda | Barefoot in the Park | Corie Bratter |
| 1967 21 | Simone Signoret | The Deadly Affair | Elsa Fennan |