Through the Years

Television / Leading Actress

Recent Winners

2026
Winner

Narges Rashidi

Prisoner 951
Leading Actress
2025
Winner

Marisa Abela

Industry
Leading Actress
2024
Winner

Sarah Lancashire

Happy Valley
Leading Actress
2023
Winner

Kate Winslet

I Am Ruth
Leading Actress
2022
Winner

Jodie Comer

Help
Leading Actress
2021
Winner

Michaela Coel

I May Destroy You
Leading Actress
2020
Winner

Glenda Jackson

Elizabeth is Missing
Leading Actress
2019
Winner

Jodie Comer

Killing Eve
Leading Actress

Through The Years

  • Winner

    Narges Rashidi

    Prisoner 951
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Aimee Lou Wood

    Film Club
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Erin Doherty

    A Thousand Blows
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jodie Whittaker

    Toxic Town
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sheridan Smith

    I Fought The Law
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Siân Brooke

    Blue Lights
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Marisa Abela

    Industry
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Anna Maxwell Martin

    Until I Kill You
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Billie Piper

    Scoop
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Lola Petticrew

    Say Nothing
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Monica Dolan

    Mr Bates vs The Post Office
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sharon D Clarke

    Mr Loverman
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Sarah Lancashire

    Happy Valley
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Bella Ramsey

    The Last of Us
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Anne Reid

    The Sixth Commandment
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Anjana Vasan

    Demon 79 (Black Mirror)
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Helena Bonham Carter

    Nolly
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sharon Horgan

    Best Interests
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Kate Winslet

    I Am Ruth
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Billie Piper

    I Hate Suzie Too
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sarah Lancashire

    Julia
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Imelda Staunton

    The Crown
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Vicky McClure

    Without Sin
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Maxine Peake

    Anne
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Jodie Comer

    Help
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Emily Watson

    Too Close
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Niamh Algar

    Deceit
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Lydia West

    It's A Sin
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Kate Winslet

    Mare of Easttown
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Michaela Coel

    I May Destroy You
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Billie Piper

    I Hate Suzie
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Daisy Edgar-Jones

    Normal People
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Hayley Squires

    Adult Material
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jodie Comer

    Killing Eve
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Letitia Wright

    Small Axe
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Glenda Jackson

    Elizabeth is Missing
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jodie Comer

    Killing Eve
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Samantha Morton

    I Am Kirsty
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Suranne Jones

    Gentleman Jack
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Jodie Comer

    Killing Eve
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Keeley Hawes

    Bodyguard
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Ruth Wilson

    Mrs Wilson
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sandra Oh

    Killing Eve
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Molly Windsor

    Three Girls
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Claire Foy

    The Crown
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sinead Keenan

    Little Boy Blue
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Thandie Newton

    Line of Duty
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Sarah Lancashire

    Happy Valley
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Claire Foy

    The Crown
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Jodie Comer

    Thirteen
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Nikki Amuka-Bird

    NW
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Suranne Jones

    Doctor Foster
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Claire Foy

    Wolf Hall
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Ruth Madeley

    Don’t Take My Baby
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sheridan Smith

    The C Word
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Georgina Campbell

    Murdered by My Boyfriend
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Keeley Hawes

    Line of Duty
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sarah Lancashire

    Happy Valley
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sheridan Smith

    Cilla
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Sheridan Smith

    Mrs Biggs
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Anne Reid

    Last Tango in Halifax
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Rebecca Hall

    Parade’s End
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sienna Miller

    The Girl
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Emily Watson

    Appropriate Adult
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Romola Garai

    The Crimson Petal And The White
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Nadine Marshall

    Random
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Vicky McClure

    This Is England '88
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Vicky McClure

    This is England '86
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Anna Maxwell Martin

    South Riding
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Natalie Press

    Five Daughters
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Juliet Stevenson

    Accused
    Leading Actress
  • Winner

    Julie Walters

    Mo
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Julie Walters

    A Short Stay In Switzerland
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Helena Bonham Carter

    Enid
    Leading Actress
    Nominee

    Sophie Okonedo

    Mrs Mandela
    Leading Actress