BAFTA de melhor atriz em cinema

BAFTA de Melhor Atriz num Papel Principal (no original, em inglês: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) é um prêmio entregue anualmente pela British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) à atriz que se tenha distinguido durante o ano num papel principal em cinema.

Vencedora mais recente: Mikey Madison por Anora

Foi dividido anteriormente em Melhor Atriz Britânica e Melhor Atriz Estrangeira até ao ano de 1968.

Atrizes de qualquer nacionalidade são elegíveis para receber o prémio.

• † indica uma vencedora do Oscar de Melhor Atriz
• ‡ indica uma nomeada/indicada ao Oscar de Melhor Atriz
• § indica uma vencedora ou indicada ao Oscar de Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante.

Vencedoras e indicadas

Melhor Atriz Britânica (1953–1968)

Ano	Atriz	Filme	Personagem
1953
	Vivien Leigh †	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois
	Phyllis Calvert	Mandy	Christine Garland
	Celia Johnson	I Believe in You	Matty Matheson
	Ann Todd	The Sound Barrier	Susan Garthwaite
1954
	Audrey Hepburn †	Roman Holiday	Princesa Ann
	Celia Johnson	The Captain's Paradise	Maud
1955
	Yvonne Mitchell	The Divided Heart	Sonja
	Brenda De Banzie	Hobson's Choice	Maggie Hobson
	Audrey Hepburn	Sabrina	Sabrina Fairchild
	Margaret Leighton	Carrington V.C.	Valerie Carrington
	Noelle Middleton		Alison L. Graham
1956
	Katie Johnson	The Ladykillers	Louisa Wilberforce
	Margaret Johnston	Touch and Go	Helen Fletcher
	Deborah Kerr	The End of the Affair	Sarah Miles
	Margaret Lockwood	Cast a Dark Shadow	Freda Jefferies
1957
	Virginia McKenna	A Town Like Alice	Jean Paget
	Dorothy Alison	Reach for the Sky	Enfermeira Brace
	Audrey Hepburn	War and Peace	Natasha Rostova
1958
	Heather Sears	The Story of Esther Costello	Esther Costello
	Deborah Kerr	Tea and Sympathy	Laura Reynolds
	Sylvia Syms	Woman in a Dressing Gown	Georgie Harlow
1959
	Irene Worth	Orders to Kill	Leonie
	Hermione Baddeley	Room at the Top	Elspeth
	Karuna Banerjee	Aparajito	Sarbajaya Roy
	Virginia McKenna	Carve Her Name with Pride	Violette Szabo
1960
	Audrey Hepburn ‡	The Nun's Story	Gabrielle
	Peggy Ashcroft	The Nun's Story	Mother Mathilde
	Yvonne Mitchell	Sapphire	Mildred
	Sylvia Syms	No Trees in the Street	Hetty
	Kay Walsh	The Horse's Mouth	Miss. Coker
	Wendy Hiller	Separate Tables	Pat Cooper
1961
	Rachel Roberts	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	Brenda
	Hayley Mills	Pollyana	Pollyanna
	Wendy Hiller	Sons and Lovers	Gertrude Morel
1962
	Dora Bryan	A Taste of Honey	Helen
	Deborah Kerr	The Sundowners	Ida Carmody
	Hayley Mills	Whistle Down the Wind	Kathy Bostock
1963
	Leslie Caron ‡	The L-Shaped Room	Jane Fosset
	Virginia Maskell	The Wild and the Willing	Virginia Chown
	Janet Munro	Life for Ruth	Pat Harris
1964
	Rachel Roberts ‡	This Sporting Life	Margaret Hammond
	Julie Christie	Billy Liar	Liz
	Edith Evans	Tom Jones	Miss Western
	Sarah Miles	The Servant	Vera
	Barbara Windsor	Sparrers Can't Sing	Maggie Gooding
1965
	Audrey Hepburn	Charade	Regina Lampert
	Edith Evans	The Chalk Garden	Sra. St. Maugham
	Deborah Kerr		Sra. Madrigal
	Rita Tushingham	Girl with Green Eyes	Kate Brady
1966
	Julie Christie †	Darling	Diana Scott
	Julie Andrews	The Americanization of Emily / The Sound of Music ‡	Emily Barham / Maria
	Maggie Smith	Young Cassidy	Nora
	Rita Tushingham	The Knack...and How to Get It	Nancy Jones
1967
	Elizabeth Taylor †	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf	Martha
	Julie Christie	Doctor Zhivago / Fahrenheit 451	Lara Antipova / Linda Montag / Clarisse
	Lynn Redgrave ‡	Georgy Girl	Georgina "Georgy" Parkin
	Vanessa Redgrave ‡	Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment	Leonie Delt
1968
	Edith Evans ‡	The Whisperers	Sra. Ross
	Barbara Jefford	Ulysses	Molly Bloom
	Elizabeth Taylor	The Taming of the Shrew	Katharina

Melhor Atriz Estrangeira (1953–1968)

Ano	Atriz	Filme	Personagem
1953
	Simone Signoret	Golden Helmet	Marie
	Edwige Feuillère	The Pit of Loneliness	Julie
	Katharine Hepburn	Pat and Mike	Patricia "Pat" Pemberton
	Judy Holliday	The Marrying Kind	Florence Keefer
	Nicole Stéphane	The Terrible Children	Elisabeth
1954
	Leslie Caron	Lili	Lili Daurier
	Shirley Booth †	Come Back, Little Sheba	Lola Delaney
	Marie Powers	The Medium	Flora
	Maria Schell	The Heart of the Matter	Helen Rolt
1955
	Cornell Borchers	The Divided Heart	Inga Hartl
	Shirley Booth	About Mrs. Leslie	Vivien Leslie
	Judy Holliday	Phffft	Nina Tracey
	Grace Kelly	Dial M for Murder	Margot Wendice
	Gina Lollobrigida	Pane, amore e fantasia (Bread, Love and Dreams)	Maria de Ritis
1956
	Betsy Blair	Marty	Clara
	Dorothy Dandridge ‡	Carmen Jones	Carmen Jones
	Judy Garland ‡	A Star is Born	Esther Blodgett
	Julie Harris	I Am a Camera	Sally Bowles
	Katharine Hepburn	Summertime	Jane Hudson
	Grace Kelly †	The Country Girl	Georgie Elgin
	Giulietta Masina	The Road	Gelsomina
	Marilyn Monroe	The Seven Year Itch	The Girl
1957
	Anna Magnani †	The Rose Tattoo	Serafina Delle Rose
	Carroll Baker	Baby Doll	Baby Doll Meighan
	Eva Dahlbeck	Smiles of a Summer Night	Desiree Armfeldt
	Ava Gardner	Bhowani Junction	Victoria Jones
	Susan Hayward ‡	I'll Cry Tomorrow	Lillian Roth
	Shirley MacLaine	The Trouble with Harry	Jennifer Rogers
	Kim Novak	Picnic	Marjorie Owens
	Marisa Pavan	The Rose Tattoo	Rose Delle Rose
	Maria Schell	Gervaise	Gervaise Macquart Coupeau
	Jean Simmons	Guys and Dolls	Sarah Brown
1958
	Simone Signoret	The Crucible	Elizabeth Proctor
	Augusta Dabney	That Night!	Maggie Bowden
	Katharine Hepburn ‡	The Rainmaker	Lizzie Curry
	Lilli Palmer	The Story of Anastasia	Anna Anderson
	Eva Marie Saint	A Hatful of Rain	Celia Pope
	Marilyn Monroe	The Prince and the Showgirl	Elsie Marina
	Joanne Woodward †	The Three Faces of Eve	Eve White
1959
	Simone Signoret †	Room at the Top	Alice Aisgill
	Ingrid Bergman	The Inn of the Sixth Happiness	Gladys Aylward
	Anna Magnani ‡	Wild Is the Wind	Gioia
	Giulietta Masina	Nights of Cabiria	Cabiria Ceccarelli
	Tatiana Samoilova	The Cranes Are Flying	Veronika
	Elizabeth Taylor	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Maggie Pollitt
	Joanne Woodward	No Down Payment	Leola Boone
1960
	Shirley MacLaine	Ask Any Girl	Meg Wheeler
	Ava Gardner	On the Beach	Moira Davidson
	Susan Hayward †	I Want to Live!	Barbara Graham
	Ellie Lambeti	A Matter of Dignity	Chloe Pella
	Rosalind Russell ‡	Auntie Mame	Mame Dennis
1961
	Shirley MacLaine	The Apartment	Fran Kubelik
	Pier Angeli	The Angry Silence	Anna Curtis
	Melina Mercouri ‡	Never on Sunday	Illya
	Emmanuelle Riva	Hiroshima mon amour	Elle
	Jean Simmons	Elmer Gantry	Sharon Falconer
	Monica Vitti	The Adventure	Claudia
1962
	Sophia Loren †	Two Women	Cesira
	Annie Girardot	Rocco and His Brothers	Nadia
	Piper Laurie ‡	The Hustler	Sarah Packard
	Claudia McNeil	A Raisin in the Sun	Lena Younger
	Jean Seberg	Breathless	Patricia Franchini
1963
	Anne Bancroft †	The Miracle Worker	Annie Sullivan
	Harriet Andersson	Through a Glass Darkly	Katrin
	Anouk Aimée	Lola	Lola
	Melina Mercouri	Phaedra	Phaedra
	Jeanne Moreau	Jules and Jim	Catherine
	Geraldine Page ‡	Sweet Bird of Youth	Alexandra del Lago
	Natalie Wood ‡	Splendor in the Grass	Deanie Loomis
1964
	Patricia Neal †	Hud	Alma Brown
	Joan Crawford	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Blanche Hudson
	Bette Davis ‡		Baby Jane Hudson
	Lee Remick	Days of Wine and Roses	Kirsten Arnesen Clay
	Daniela Rocca	Divorce Italian Style	Rosalia Cefalù
1965
	Anne Bancroft ‡	The Pumpkin Eater	Jo Armitage
	Kim Stanley	Séance on a Wet Afternoon	Myra Savage
	Ava Gardner	The Night of the Iguana	Maxine Faulk
	Shirley MacLaine	Irma la Douce ‡ & What a Way to Go!	Irma la Douce & Louisa Foster
1966
	Patricia Neal	In Harm's Way	Maggie Haines
	Jane Fonda	Cat Ballou	Catherine Ballou
	Lila Kedrova	Zorba the Greek	Madame Hortense
	Simone Signoret	Ship of Fools	La Condesa
1967
	Jeanne Moreau	Viva Maria!	Maria I
	Brigitte Bardot	Viva Maria!	Éliane Darrès
	Joan Hackett	The Group	Dottie Renfrew
	Simone Signoret	The Sleeping Car Murders	Maria II
1968
	Anouk Aimée ‡	A Man and a Woman	Anne Gauthier
	Bibi Andersson	Persona & My Sister, My Love	Alma / Charlotte
	Jane Fonda	Barefoot in the Park	Corie Bratter
	Simone Signoret	The Deadly Affair	Elsa Fennan

Melhor Atriz num Papel Principal (1969–presente)

1969–1979

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

1980-1989

Ano	Atriz	Filme	Personagem
1980
	Jane Fonda ‡	The China Syndrome	Kimberly Wells
	Diane Keaton	Manhattan	Mary Wilkie
	Maggie Smith §	California Suite	Diana Barrie
	Meryl Streep §	The Deer Hunter	Linda
1981
	Judy Davis	My Brilliant Career	Sybylla Melvyn
	Shirley MacLaine	Being There	Eve Rand
	Bette Midler ‡	The Rose	Mary Rose Foster
	Meryl Streep §	Kramer vs. Kramer	Joanna Kramer
1982
	Meryl Streep ‡	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Anna / Sara Woodruff
	Mary Tyler Moore ‡	Ordinary People	Beth Jarrett
	Maggie Smith	Quartet	Lois Heidler
	Sissy Spacek †	Coal Miner's Daughter	Loretta Lynn
1983
	Katharine Hepburn †	On Golden Pond	Ethel Thayler
	Diane Keaton ‡	Reds	Louise Bryant
	Jennifer Kendal	36 Chowringhee Lane	Violet Stoneham
	Sissy Spacek ‡	Missing	Beth Horman
1984
	Julie Walters ‡	Educating Rita	Rita
	Jessica Lange §	Tootsie	Julie Nichols
	Phyllis Logan	Another Time, Another Place	Janie
	Meryl Streep †	Sophie's Choice	Sophie Zawistowska
1985
	Maggie Smith	A Private Function	Joyce Chilvers
	Shirley MacLaine †	Terms of Endearment	Aurora Greenaway
	Helen Mirren	Cal	Marcella
	Meryl Streep ‡	Silkwood	Karen Silkwood
1986
	Peggy Ashcroft §	A Passage to India	Sra. Moore
	Mia Farrow	The Purple Rose of Cairo	Cecilia
	Kelly McGillis	Witness	Rachel Lapp
	Alexandra Pigg	Letter to Brezhnev	Elaine
1987
	Maggie Smith §	A Room with a View	Charlotte Bartlett
	Mia Farrow	Hannah and Her Sisters	Hannah
	Meryl Streep ‡	Out of Africa	Karen Blixen
	Cathy Tyson	Mona Lisa	Simone
1988
	Anne Bancroft	84 Charing Cross Road	Helene Hanff
	Emily Lloyd	Wish You Were Here	Lynda Mansell
	Sarah Miles	Hope and Glory	Grace Rowan
	Julie Walters	Personal Services	Christine Painter
1989
	Maggie Smith	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne	Judith Hearne
	Stéphane Audran	Babette's Feast	Babette Hersant
	Cher †	Moonstruck	Loretta Castorini
	Jamie Lee Curtis	A Fish Called Wanda	Wanda Gershwitz

1990-1999

Ano	Atriz	Filme	Personagem
1990
	Pauline Collins ‡	Shirley Valentine	Shirley Valentine
	Glenn Close ‡	Dangerous Liaisons	Marquesa Isabelle de Merteuil
	Jodie Foster †	The Accused	Sarah Tobias
	Melanie Griffith ‡	Working Girl	Tess McGill
1991
	Jessica Tandy †	Driving Miss Daisy	Daisy Werthan
	Shirley MacLaine	Postcards from the Edge	Doris Mann
	Michelle Pfeiffer ‡	The Fabulous Baker Boys	Susie Diamond
	Julia Roberts ‡	Pretty Woman	Vivian Ward
1992
	Jodie Foster †	The Silence of the Lambs	Clarice Starling
	Geena Davis ‡	Thelma & Louise	Thelma Elizabeth Dickinson
	Susan Sarandon ‡	Thelma & Louise	Louise Yvonne Sawyer
	Juliet Stevenson	Truly, Madly, Deeply	Nina
1993
	Emma Thompson †	Howards End	Margaret Schlegel
	Judy Davis	Husbands and Wives	Sally
	Tara Morice	Strictly Ballroom	Fran
	Jessica Tandy §	Fried Green Tomatoes	Ninny Threadgoode
1994
	Holly Hunter †	The Piano	Ada McGrath
	Miranda Richardson ‡	Tom & Viv	Vivienne Haigh-Wood
	Emma Thompson ‡	The Remains of the Day	Sarah Kenton
	Debra Winger	Shadowlands	Joy Davidman Gresham
1995
	Susan Sarandon ‡	The Client	Regina "Reggie" Love
	Linda Fiorentino	The Last Seduction	Bridget Gregory
	Irène Jacob	Three Colors: Red	Valentine Dusot
	Uma Thurman §	Pulp Fiction	Mia Wallace
1996
	Emma Thompson ‡	Sense and Sensibility	Elinor Dashwood
	Nicole Kidman	To Die For	Suzanne Stone-Maretto
	Helen Mirren §	The Madness of King George	Rainha Charlotte
	Elisabeth Shue ‡	Leaving Las Vegas	Sera
1997
	Brenda Blethyn ‡	Secrets & Lies	Cynthia Rose Purley
	Frances McDormand †	Fargo	Marge Gunderson
	Kristin Scott Thomas ‡	The English Patient	Katharine Clifton
	Emily Watson ‡	Breaking the Waves	Bess McNeill
1998
	Judi Dench ‡	Mrs. Brown	Rainha Vitória do Reino Unido
	Kim Basinger §	L.A. Confidential	Lynn Bracken
	Helena Bonham Carter ‡	The Wings of the Dove	Kate Croy
	Kathy Burke	Nil by Mouth	Valerie
1999
	Cate Blanchett ‡	Elizabeth	Rainha Elizabeth I da Inglaterra
	Jane Horrocks	Little Voice	Laurie Hoff / Little Voice
	Gwyneth Paltrow †	Shakespeare in Love	Viola De Lesseps
	Emily Watson ‡	Hilary and Jackie	Jacqueline du Pré

2000-2009

Ano	Atriz	Filme	Personagem
2000
	Annette Bening ‡	American Beauty	Carolyn Burnham
	Linda Bassett	East is East	Ella Khan
	Julianne Moore ‡	The End of the Affair	Sarah Miles
	Emily Watson	Angela's Ashes	Angela Sheehan McCourt
2001
	Julia Roberts †	Erin Brockovich	Erin Brockovich
	Juliette Binoche ‡	Chocolat	Vivian Rocher
	Kate Hudson §	Almost Famous	Penny Lane
	Hilary Swank †	Boys Don't Cry	Brandon Teena
	Michelle Yeoh	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Yu Shu Lien
2002
	Judi Dench ‡	Iris	Iris Murdoch
	Nicole Kidman	The Others	Grace Stewart
	Sissy Spacek ‡	In the Bedroom	Ruth Fowler
	Audrey Tautou	Amélie	Amélie Poulain
	Renée Zellweger ‡	Bridget Jones's Diary	Bridget Jones
2003
	Nicole Kidman †	The Hours	Virginia Woolf
	Halle Berry †	Monster's Ball	Leticia Musgrove
	Salma Hayek ‡	Frida	Frida Kahlo
	Meryl Streep	The Hours	Clarissa Vaughan
	Renée Zellweger ‡	Chicago	Roxie Hart
2004
	Scarlett Johansson	Lost in Translation	Charlotte
	Scarlett Johansson	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Griet
	Anne Reid	The Mother	May
	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill Vol. 1	Beatrix Kiddo / A Noiva
	Naomi Watts ‡	21 Grams	Christina Peck
2005
	Imelda Staunton ‡	Vera Drake	Vera Drake
	Charlize Theron †	Monster	Aileen Wuornos
	Kate Winslet	Finding Neverland	Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
	Kate Winslet ‡	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Clementine Kruczynski
	Ziyi Zhang	House of Flying Daggers	Mei
2006
	Reese Whiterspoon †	Walk the Line	June Carter Cash
	Judi Dench ‡	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Laura Henderson
	Charlize Theron ‡	North Country	Josey Aimes
	Rachel Weisz §	The Constant Gardener	Tessa Quayle
	Ziyi Zhang	Memoirs of a Gueisha	Chiyo Sakamoto / Sayuri Nitta
2007
	Helen Mirren †	The Queen	Rainha Elizabeth II do Reino Unido
	Penélope Cruz ‡	Volver	Raimunda
	Judi Dench ‡	Notes on a Scandal	Barbara Covett
	Meryl Streep ‡	The Devil Wears Prada	Miranda Priestly
	Kate Winslet ‡	Little Children	Sarah Pierce
2008
	Marion Cotillard †	La Vie En Rose	Edith Piaf
	Cate Blanchett ‡	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Rainha Elizabeth I da Inglaterra
	Julie Christie ‡	Away from Her	Fiona Anderson
	Keira Knightley	Atonement	Cecilia Tallis
	Elliot Page ‡	Juno	Juno MacGuff
2009
	Kate Winslet †	The Reader	Hanna Schmitz
	Angelina Jolie ‡	Changeling	Christine Collins
	Kristin Scott Thomas	I've Loved You So Long	Juliette Fontaine
	Meryl Streep ‡	Doubt	Irmã Aloysius Beauvier
	Kate Winslet	Revolutionary Road	April Wheeler

2010-2019

Ano	Atriz	Filme	Personagem
2010
	Carey Mulligan ‡	An Education	Jenny Mellor
	Saoirse Ronan	The Lovely Bones	Susan "Susie" Salmon
	Gabourey Sidibe ‡	Precious	Claireece "Precious" Jones
	Meryl Streep ‡	Julie & Julia	Julia Child
	Audrey Tautou	Coco Before Chanel	Coco Chanel
2011
	Natalie Portman †	Black Swan	Nina Sayers
	Annette Bening ‡	The Kids Are All Right	Nicole "Nic" Allgood
	Julianne Moore	The Kids Are All Right	Julianna "Jules" Allgood
	Noomi Rapace	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Lisbeth Salander
	Hailee Steinfeld §	True Grit	Mattie Ross
2012
	Meryl Streep †	The Iron Lady	Margaret Thatcher
	Bérénice Bejo §	The Artist	Peppy Miller
	Viola Davis ‡	The Help	Aibileen Clark
	Tilda Swinton	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Eva Katchadourian
	Michelle Williams ‡	My Week with Marilyn	Marilyn Monroe
2013
	Emmanuelle Riva ‡	Amour	Anne Laurent
	Jessica Chastain ‡	Zero Dark Thirty	Maya
	Marion Cotillard	Rust and Bone	Stéphanie
	Jennifer Lawrence †	Silver Linings Playbook	Tiffany Maxwell
	Helen Mirren	Hitchcock	Alma Reville
2014
	Cate Blanchett †	Blue Jasmine	Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
	Amy Adams ‡	American Hustle	Sydney Prosser / Edith Greensly
	Sandra Bullock ‡	Gravity	Dra. Ryan Stone
	Judi Dench ‡	Philomena	Philomena Lee
	Emma Thompson	Saving Mr. Banks	P.L. Travers
2015
	Julianne Moore †	Still Alice	Dra. Alice Howland
	Amy Adams	Big Eyes	Margaret Keane
	Felicity Jones ‡	The Theory of Everything	Jane Wilde Hawking
	Rosamund Pike ‡	Gone Girl	Amy Elliott-Dunne
	Reese Witherspoon ‡	Wild	Cheryl Strayed
2016
	Brie Larson †	Room	Joy "Ma" Newsome
	Cate Blanchett ‡	Carol	Carol Aird
	Saoirse Ronan ‡	Brooklyn	Eilis Lacey
	Maggie Smith	The Lady in the Van	Miss Mary Shepherd
	Alicia Vikander §	The Danish Girl	Gerda Wegener
2017
	Emma Stone †	La La Land	Mia Dolan
	Amy Adams	Arrival	Dra. Louise Banks
	Emily Blunt	The Girl on the Train	Rachel Watson
	Natalie Portman ‡	Jackie	Jacqueline Kennedy
	Meryl Streep ‡	Florence Foster Jenkins	Florence Foster Jenkins
2018
	Frances McDormand †	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Mildred Hayes
	Annette Bening	Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool	Gloria Grahame
	Margot Robbie ‡	I, Tonya	Tonya Harding
	Sally Hawkins ‡	The Shape of Water	Elisa Esposito
	Saoirse Ronan ‡	Lady Bird	Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
2019
	Olivia Colman †	The Favourite	Ana da Grã-Bretanha|
	Glenn Close ‡	The Wife	Joan Castleman
	Lady Gaga ‡	A Star Is Born	Ally Maine
	Melissa McCarthy ‡	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Lee Israel
	Viola Davis	Widows	Veronica Rawlings

2020–presente

Ano	Atriz	Filme	Personagem
2020
	Renée Zellweger †	Judy	Judy Garland
	Charlize Theron ‡	Bombshell	Megyn Kelly
	Saoirse Ronan ‡	Little Women	Josephine "Jo" March
	Scarlett Johansson ‡	Marriage Story	Nicole Barber
	Jessie Buckley	Wild Rose	Rose-Lynn Harlan
2021
	Frances McDormand †	Nomadland	Fern
	Bukky Bakray	Rocks	Olushola "Rocks" Omotoso
	Radha Blank	The Forty-Year-Old Version	Radha Blank
	Vanessa Kirby ‡	Pieces of a Woman	Martha Weiss
	Wunmi Mosaku	His House	Rial Majur
	Alfre Woodard	Clemency	Bernardine Williams
2022
	Joanna Scanlan	After Love	Mary Hussain
	Lady Gaga	House of Gucci	Patrizia Reggiani
	Alana Haim	Licorice Pizza	Alana Kane
	Emilia Jones	CODA	Ruby Rossi
	Renate Reinsve	Verdens verste menneske (The Worst Person in the World)	Julie
	Tessa Thompson	Passing	Irene Redfield
2023
	Cate Blanchett ‡	Tár	Lydia Tár
	Michelle Yeoh †	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Evelyn Quan Wang
	Ana de Armas ‡	Blonde	Norma Jeane Mortensen/ Marilyn Monroe
	Viola Davis	The Woman King	General Nanisca
	Emma Thompson	Good Luck to You, Leo Grande	Nancy Stokes / Susan Robinson
	Danielle Deadwyler	Till	Mamie Till-Bradley
2024
	Emma Stone †	Poor Things	Bella Baxter
	Fantasia Barrino	The Color Purple	Celie Harris-Johnson
	Sandra Hüller ‡	Anatomie d'une chute (Anatomy of a Fall)	Sandra Voyter
	Carey Mulligan ‡	Maestro	Felicia Montealegre
	Margot Robbie	Barbie	Barbie
	Vivian Oparah	Rye Lane	Yas
2025
	Mikey Madison ‡	Anora	Anora
	Cynthia Erivo ‡	Wicked	Elphaba Thropp
	Demi Moore ‡	The Substance	Elisabeth Sparkle
	Karla Sofía Gascón ‡	Emilia Pérez	Emilia Pérez / Juan "Small Hands" Del Monte
	Marianne Jean-Baptiste	Hard Truths	Pansy Deacon
	Saoirse Ronan	The Outrun	Rona

Ver também

• BAFTA de Melhor Ator em Cinema
• BAFTA de Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante em Cinema