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Meet the 2025 US Breakthroughs
Meet the 2025 US Breakthroughs
Through the Years
Television / Actress
Recent Winners
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Jennifer Ehle
Pride And Prejudice
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Gina McKee
Our Friends In The North
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Daniela Nardini
This Life
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Thora Hird
Talking Heads: Waiting For The Telegram
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Thora Hird
Lost For Words
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Judi Dench
Last Of The Blonde Bombshells
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Julie Walters
My Beautiful Son
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Julie Walters
Murder
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Through The Years
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Olivia Colman
BroadchurchActressNomineeMaxine Peake
The VillageActressNomineeKerrie Hayes
The MillActressNomineeHelena Bonham Carter
Burton And TaylorActress -
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Anna Maxwell Martin
Poppy ShakespeareActressNomineeAndrea Riseborough
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk To FinchleyActressNomineeMaxine Peake
Hancock And JoanActressNomineeJune Brown
EastEndersActress -
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Eileen Atkins
CranfordActressNomineeKierston Wareing
It's A Free WorldActressNomineeGina McKee
The StreetActressNomineeJudi Dench
CranfordActress -
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Victoria Wood
Housewife, 49ActressNomineeSamantha Morton
LongfordActressNomineeRuth Wilson
Jane EyreActressNomineeAnne-Marie Duff
The Virgin QueenActress -
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Anna Maxwell Martin
Bleak HouseActressNomineeLucy Cohu
The Queen's SisterActressNomineeAnne-Marie Duff
ShamelessActressNomineeGillian Anderson
Bleak HouseActress -
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Anamaria Marinca
Sex TrafficActressNomineeLia Williams
May 33rdActressNomineeAnne-Marie Duff
ShamelessActressNomineeBrenda Blethyn
BelongingActress -
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Julie Walters
The Canterbury Tales: The Wife Of BathActressNomineeHelen Mirren
Prime SuspectActressNomineeMiranda Richardson
The Lost PrinceActressNomineeGina McKee
The Lost PrinceActress -
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Julie Walters
MurderActressNomineeVanessa Redgrave
The Gathering StormActressNomineeJessica Stevenson
Tomorrow La Scala!ActressNomineeSheila Hancock
BedtimeActress -
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Julie Walters
My Beautiful SonActressNomineeSheila Hancock
The Russian BrideActressNomineeLesley Sharp
Bob And RoseActressNomineeLyndsay Duncan
Perfect StrangersActress -
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Judi Dench
Last Of The Blonde BombshellsActressNomineeAlison Steadman
Fat FriendsActressNomineeFay Ripley
Cold FeetActressNomineeAmanda Redman
At Home With The BraithwaitesActressNomineeGeraldine James
The SinsActress -
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Thora Hird
Lost For WordsActressNomineeMaggie Smith
David CopperfieldActressNomineeLindsay Duncan
Shooting The PastActressNomineeFrancesca Annis
Wives And DaughtersActress -
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Thora Hird
Talking Heads: Waiting For The TelegramActressNomineeJoanna Lumley
A Rather English MarriageActressNomineeNatasha Little
Vanity FairActressNomineeFrancesca Annis
RecklessActress -
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Daniela Nardini
This LifeActressNomineeMiranda Richardson
A Dance To The Music Of TimeActressNomineeKathy Burke
Tom JonesActressNomineeFrancesca Annis
RecklessActress -
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Gina McKee
Our Friends In The NorthActressNomineePauline Quirke
The SculptressActressNomineeHelen Mirren
Prime Suspect 5ActressNomineeAlex Kingston
Moll FlandersActress -
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Jennifer Ehle
Pride And PrejudiceActressNomineeJuliet Stevenson
The Politician's WifeActressNomineeHelen Mirren
Prime SuspectActressNomineeGeraldine James
Band Of GoldActress -
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Juliet Aubrey
MiddlemarchActressNomineeVictoria Wood
Pat And MargaretActressNomineeGeraldine Somerville
CrackerActressNomineeSiobhan Redmond
Between The LinesActress -
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Helen Mirren
Prime Suspect 3ActressNomineeJulie Walters
Wide-Eyed And LeglessActressNomineeSiobhan Redmond
Between The LinesActressNomineeOlympia Dukakis
Armistead Maupin's Tales Of The CityActress -
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Helen Mirren
Prime Suspect 2ActressNomineeZoe Wanamaker
Love HurtsActressNomineeJuliet Stevenson
A Doll's HouseActressNomineeMaggie Smith
Memento MoriActress -
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Helen Mirren
Prime SuspectActressNomineeZoe Wanamaker
Prime SuspectActressNomineePrunella Scales
A Question Of AttributionActressNomineeLindsay Duncan
GBHActress -
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Geraldine McEwan
Oranges Are Not The Only FruitActressNomineeCharlotte Coleman
Oranges Are Not The Only FruitActressNomineeSusannah Harker
House Of CardsActressNomineeEmily Aston
Oranges Are Not The Only FruitActress -
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Diana Rigg
Mother LoveActressNomineeGwen Taylor
A Of A DoActressNomineeJudi Dench
Behaving BadlyActressNomineePeggy Ashcroft
She's Been AwayActress -
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Thora Hird
A Cream Cracker Under The SetteeActressNomineeMaggie Smith
Bed Among The LentilsActressNomineePatricia Routledge
A Lady Of LettersActressNomineeJane Lapotaire
Blind JusticeActress -
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Emma Thompson
Fortunes Of War/Tutti FruttiActressNomineeJoan Hickson
Miss Marple: NemesisActressNomineeMiranda Richardson
After PilkingtonActressNomineeJean Alexander
Coronation StreetActress -
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Anna Massey
Hotel Du LacActressNomineeJulie T Wallace
The Life And Loves Of A She-DevilActressNomineeAlison Steadman
The Singing DetectiveActressNomineePatricia Hodge
Hotel Du LacActressNomineeWendy Hiller
All Passion SpentActressNomineeJoan Hickson
Murder At The VicarageActress -
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Claire Bloom
ShadowlandsActressNomineeJoanne Whalley
Edge Of DarknessActressNomineeMary Steenburgen
Tender Is The NightActressNomineeFrances De La Tour
Duet For OneActress -
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Peggy Ashcroft
The Jewel In The CrownActressNomineeSusan Wooldridge
The Jewel In The CrownActressNomineeJudy Parfitt
The Jewel In The CrownActressNomineeGeraldine James
The Jewel In The CrownActress -
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Coral Browne
An Englishman AbroadActressNomineeMaggie Smith
Mrs SillyActressNomineeJudi Dench
Saigon - Year Of The CatActressNomineeBlair Brown
KennedyActress -
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Beryl Reid
Smiley's PeopleActressNomineeJulie Walters
Boys From The Blackstuff/Say Something HappenedActressNomineeMaureen Lipman
Outside Edge/Rolling HomeActressNomineeJane Asher
A Voyage Round My Father/Love Is Old, Love Is NewActress -
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Judi Dench
Going Gently, A Fine Romance, The Cherry OrchardActressNomineeDiana Quick
Brideshead RevisitedActressNomineeCelia Johnson
The Potting ShedActressNomineeClaire Bloom
Brideshead RevisitedActress -
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Peggy Ashcroft
Caught On A Train/Cream In My CoffeeActressNomineePamela Stephenson
Not The Nine O'Clock NewsActressNomineeKate Nelligan
Dreams Of Leaving/Thérèse Raquin/Forgive Our Foolish WaysActressNomineeCelia Johnson
Staying OnActress -
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Cheryl Campbell
Testament Of Youth/Blue Peter Special Assignment: The Duke Of Wellington/Malice AforethoughtActressNomineeBeryl Reid
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyActressNomineeKate Nelligan
Measure For MeasureActressNomineeJudi Dench
On Giant's Shoulders/A Village Wooing/MacbethActress -
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Francesca Annis
Lillie/The Comedy Of ErrorsActressNomineeCynthia Harris
Edward And Mrs SimpsonActressNomineeCheryl Campbell
Pennies From HeavenActressNomineePeggy Ashcroft
Edward And Mrs Simpson/Hullabaloo Over Georgie And Bonnie's PicturesActress -
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Penelope Keith
The Norman Conquests/Saving It For AlbieActressNomineeSusan Littler
Spend, Spend, SpendActressNomineeJane Lapotaire
Marie Curie/The ReturnActressNomineeGeraldine James
DummyActress -
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Sian Phillips
I, Claudius/How Green Was My ValleyActressNomineeGemma Jones
The Duchess Of Duke StreetActressNomineePenelope Keith
Private LivesActressNomineeJulie Covington
Rock FolliesActress -
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Annette Crosbie
Edward VIIActressNomineeHelen Ryan
Edward VIIActressNomineeVirginia McKenna
Cheap In AugustActressNomineeFrancesca Annis
Madame BovaryActress -
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Lee Remick
JennieActressNomineeDorothy Tutin
South RidingActressNomineeJanet Suzman
Florence Nightingale/Hedda Gabler/Antony And Cleopatra/Second House - Athol FugardActressNomineeJudy Cornwell
Cakes And AleActress -
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Celia Johnson
Mrs Palfrey At The ClaremontActressNomineeBillie Whitelaw
Wessex Tales: The Withered ArmActressNomineeRosemary Leach
The Adventures Of Don QuixoteActressNomineeFrancesca Annis
A Pin To See The PeepshowActress -
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Billie Whitelaw
The Sextet (8 Plays)ActressNomineeAnne Stallybrass
The Onedin Line/The Strauss FamilyActressNomineePauline Collins
Upstairs, Downstairs/Country Matters: Crippled BloomActress -
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Patricia Hayes
Edna, The Inebriate WomanActressNomineeRosemary Leach
The Mosedale Horseshoe/Cider With RosieActressNomineeGemma Jones
The Man In The Sidecar/The Cherry OrchardActressNomineeGlenda Jackson
Elizabeth RActress -
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Annette Crosbie
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII: Catherine Of AragonActressNomineeDorothy Tutin
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII: Anne Boleyn/Somerset Maugham: Flotsam And JetsamActressNomineeRosemary Leach
Germinal/The Roads To FreedomActressNomineeGemma Jones
The Lie/The Spoils Of PoyntonActressNomineeGlenda Jackson
Howards EndActress -
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Margaret Tyzack
The First ChurchillsActressNomineeGwen Watford
A Walk Through The ForestActressNomineeEileen Atkins
The Letter/The Heiress/Double BillActressNomineeSheila Allen
Omnibus: The Confessions Of Marian EvansActress -
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Wendy Craig
Not In Front Of The ChildrenActress -
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Judi Dench
Judi DenchActress -
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Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa RedgraveActress -
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Gwen Watford
The Cesar Birotteau/Madam/End Of Term/Take Care Of Madam/The Rules Of The GameActressNomineeMoira Redmond
Anatol/The Late Edwina Black/Challenge/R-3 Series/A Tall Stalwart LancerActressNomineeVivien Merchant
The Tea PartyActressNomineeJune Barry
Four of Hearts - Tilt/Twice Upon a Time/Progress to the Park/No Trams to Lime StreetActressNomineePeggy Ashcroft
The Wars of the Roses/RosmersholmActress -
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Katharine Blake
Katharine BlakeActress -
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Vivien Merchant
Vivien MerchantActress -
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Brenda Bruce
Brenda BruceActress -
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Ruth Dunning
Ruth DunningActress -
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Billie Whitelaw
Billie WhitelawActress -
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Catherine Lacey
Catherine LaceyActress -
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Gwen Watford
Gwen WatfordActress -
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Rosalie Crutchley
Rosalie CrutchleyActress -
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Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKennaActress -
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Googie Withers
Googie WithersActress