Best Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners

The list Best Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners includes Helen Mirren, Lee Remick, Diana Rigg, Suranne Jones and Vanessa Redgrave. The list consists of 55 members.

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Kate Winslet

English actress

Overview: Kate Elizabeth Winslet CBE (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, and for her portrayals of headstrong and complicated women ...

Date of birth: 5 October 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: English

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Ned Rocknroll (Married)

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English expatriate actresses in the United States 144T

Actresses from Reading, Berkshire 17T

Time 100 248T
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Helen Mirren

British actor

Overview: Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, DBE (née Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. Excelling on stage with the National Youth Theatre, her performance as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra in 1965 ...

Date of birth: 26 July 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Taylor Hackford (Married)

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Naturalized citizens of the United States 511T

Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners 68T

Honorary Golden Bear recipients 39T
3.

Lee Remick

American actress (1935-1991)

Overview: Lee Ann Remick (December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film Days of Wine and Roses (1962), and for the 1966 Tony Award ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1935

Date of death: 2 July 1991

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Broadway actors 482T

20th-century American women singers 2,301T

Hewitt School alumni 17T
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Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

Overview: Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE (20 July 1938 – 10 September 2020) was an English actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–68), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond ...

Date of birth: 20 July 1938

Date of death: 10 September 2020

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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2020 deaths 11,737T

Deaths in Greater London 91T

English Shakespearean actresses 141T
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Jennifer Ehle

American actor

Overview: Jennifer Anne Ehle (born December 29, 1969) is a British-American actress. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice ...

Date of birth: 29 December 1969

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Michael Scott Ryan (spouse) (Married)

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Actresses from Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2T

Actresses of British descent 497T

Actors from Winston-Salem, North Carolina 16T
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Emma Thompson

British actress and screenwriter (born 1959)

Overview: Dame Emma Thompson DBE (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author, and comedian. She is one of Britain's most acclaimed actresses and is the recipient of numerous accolades ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Greg Wise (Married)

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Disney voice actors 118T

British women environmentalists 22T

20th-century atheists 313T
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Jodie Comer

English actress (born 1993)

Overview: Jodie Marie Comer (born 11 March 1993) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle in the BBC America black comedy-drama spy thriller Killing Eve (2018–present) ...

Date of birth: 11 March 1993

Age: 31

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: James Burke (Dating)

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Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients 157T

Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners 37T

Actresses from Liverpool 90T
8.

Suranne Jones

British actress

Overview: Sarah Anne Akers (née Jones; born 27 August 1978), known professionally as Suranne Jones, is an English actress. She rose to prominence as Karen McDonald in Coronation Street between 2000 to 2004. Upon ...

Date of birth: 27 August 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Laurence Akers (Married)

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Women television producers 947T

Actors at the Royal Exchange, Manchester 104T

Actresses from Greater Manchester 41T
9.

Sheridan Smith

English actress and singer

Overview: Sheridan Caroline Sian Smith OBE (born 25 June 1981) is an English actress, singer, and television personality. Smith came to prominence after playing a variety of characters on sitcoms such as The Royle ...

Date of birth: 25 June 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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East West Records artists 66T

WFTV Award winners 56T

English Shakespearean actresses 155T
10.

Claire Bloom

Actress

Overview: Claire Bloom CBE (born Patricia Claire Blume; 15 February 1931) is an English actress. She is known for leading roles in plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll's House, and Long Day's Journey into ...

Date of birth: 15 February 1931

Age: 93

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Actors from Finchley 14T

Caedmon Records artists 11T

BAFTA Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles winners 33T
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Vanessa Redgrave

English actress

Overview: Vanessa Redgrave CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist. Proclaimed as the "Greatest Actress of our Time" by Tennessee Williams, Redgrave is the recipient of the Triple Crown of ...

Date of birth: 30 January 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Franco Nero (Married)

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Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners 68T

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners 96T

Redgrave family 15T
12.

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

Overview: Dame Judith Olivia Dench CH DBE FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Regarded as one of Britain's best actresses, she is noted for her versatile work in various films and television programmes ...

Date of birth: 9 December 1934

Age: 89

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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Best Entertainment Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 32T

20th-century English women writers 761T

21st-century English women writers 469T
13.

Francesca Annis

English actress (born 1945)

Overview: Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress. She is known for television roles in Reckless (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999), Deceit (2000) and Cranford (2007). A six-time BAFTA TV Award ...

Date of birth: 14 May 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Actresses from London 1,359T

English stage actresses 1,764T

English television actresses 2,643T
14.

Juliet Aubrey

British actress (born 1966)

Overview: Juliet Emma Aubrey (born 17 December 1966) is a British actress of theatre, film, and television. She won the 1995 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for playing Dorothea in the BBC serial Middlemarch (1994) ...

Date of birth: 17 December 1966

Age: 57

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Steve Ritchie (Married)

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Actresses from Hampshire 24T

English voice actresses 315T

21st-century English actresses 1,157T
15.

Gina McKee

English actress

Overview: Georgina McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Our Friends in the North (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for The Lost Prince (2003) ...

Date of birth: 14 April 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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21st-century English actresses 1,309T

20th-century English actresses 1,461T

English radio actresses 276T
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Cheryl Campbell

English actress

Overview: Cheryl Campbell (born 22 May 1949) is an English actor of stage, film and television. She starred opposite Bob Hoskins in the 1978 BBC drama Pennies From Heaven, before going on to win the 1980 BAFTA TV ...

Date of birth: 25 May 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Actresses from Hertfordshire 52T

English stage actresses 1,664T

English television actresses 2,523T
17.

Penelope Keith

Actress; High Sheriff of Surrey; Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey

Overview: Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, DBE, DL (née Hatfield; born 2 April 1940) is an English actress and presenter, active in all genres, including radio, stage, television and film and primarily known ...

Date of birth: 25 April 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Rodney Timson (Married)

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Best Entertainment Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 32T

British comedy actresses 67T

21st-century English actresses 1,157T
18.

Glenda Jackson

English actress and politician (1936–2023)

Overview: Glenda May Jackson CBE (9 May 1936 – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. She was one of the few artists to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Emmy ...

Date of birth: 9 May 1936

Date of death: 15 June 2023

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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2023 deaths 4,082T

English socialist feminists 65T

21st-century British women politicians 592T
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Emily Watson

English actress (born 1967)

Overview: Emily Margaret Watson OBE (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night ...

Date of birth: 14 January 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Jack Waters (Married)

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Best Actress Bodil Award winners 32T

Best Actress Robert Award winners 18T

English Shakespearean actresses 144T
20.

Victoria Wood

British comedian

Overview: Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director.

Date of birth: 19 May 1953

Date of death: 20 April 2016

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Best Entertainment Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 32T

21st-century English comedians 249T

20th-century English comedians 250T