- Source: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
- Penghargaan Akademi Film Britania Raya
- Aktris Utama Terbaik (BAFTA)
- Kate Winslet
- Aktor Utama Terbaik (BAFTA)
- Natalie Portman
- Jodie Comer
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Claire Foy
- Keira Knightley
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- British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
- British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress
- British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
- British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance
- Best Actress
- British Academy Television Awards
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Ruth Wilson
- Emily Watson
This is a list of the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress. The British Academy Television Awards began in 1955. The Best Actress award was initially given as an "individual honour", without credit to a particular performance, until 1969, when Wendy Craig won for her performance in Not in Front of the Children. Since 1970, nominees have been announced in addition to the winner, and are listed, with the winner highlighted in blue. The Actress category was split into Leading Actress and Supporting Actress, starting in 2010.
Julie Walters holds the record of most wins in this category with four, followed by Dame Judi Dench, Thora Hird, and Dame Helen Mirren, with three wins each. The nominations tally includes Helen Mirren and Francesca Annis having received 6 and Judi Dench and Julie Walters having received 7. The award is currently held by Sarah Lancashire having won most recently in 2024 for Happy Valley.
Winners and nominees
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== 2000s
== 2010s
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=Superlatives
Actresses with multiple wins and nominations
= Multiple wins
=The following people have been awarded the British Academy Television Award for Actress multiple times:
= Multiple nominations
=The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Actress multiple times:
Note: Julie Walters' two mentions in 2010, count as two separate nominations.