AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
| AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |
| First awarded | 1971 |
| Currently held by | Sophie Wilde, Talk to Me (2023) |
| Website | http://www.aacta.org |
The AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television".[1]
The award is presented annually at the AACTA Awards, which hands out accolades for achievements in feature films, television, documentaries, and short films.[2] From 1971 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards).[3] When the AFI launched the AACTA in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.[3]
From 1971 to 1975, it was presented as a special award, and was accompanied with a cash prize, before it became a competitive award from 1976 onward.Nitram (2021).
Candidates for this award must be
supporting actress category.[6]
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the same year.[A] The actress in bold and in dark blue background have received a special award; those in bold and in yellow background have won a regular competitive award. Those that are neither highlighted nor in bold are the nominees. When sorted chronologically, the table always lists the winning actress first and then the other nominees.[7][8]
Winner of a special prize (1971–1975)
Winner of a competitive award (1976–present)
 | This table includes a improve this table by introducing more precise citations. (May 2015) ) |
AFI Awards
1970s
| Year | Actor | Film | Character(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
1971
(13th) |
Monica Maughan | A City's Child | Woman |
1972
(14th) |
Jacki Weaver | Stork | Anna |
1973
(15th) |
Judy Morris | Libido: The Child | Sybil |
(16th and
17th) |
Julie Dawson | Who Killed Jenny Langby? | Jenny Langby |
1976
(18th) |
Helen Morse | Caddie | Caddie Marsh |
| Briony Behets | The Trespassers | Penny | |
| Helen Morse | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Mlle. de Poitiers | |
| Judy Morris | The Trespassers | Dee | |
(19th)
|
Pat Bishop | Don's Party | Jenny |
| Jeanie Drynan | Don's Party | Kath Henderson | |
| Sara Kestelman | Break of Day | Alice | |
| Robyn Nevin | The Fourth Wish | Connie | |
1978
(20th) |
Angela Punch McGregor | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Gilda Marshall |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald | The Mango Tree | Grandma Carr | |
| Wendy Hughes | Newsfront | Amy Mackenzie | |
| Kim Krejus | Mouth to Mouth | Carrie | |
(21st)
|
Michele Fawdon | Cathy's Child | Cathy |
| Ruth Cracknell | The Night the Prowler | Doris Bannister | |
| Judy Davis | My Brilliant Career | Sybylla Melvyn | |
| Sigrid Thornton | Snapshot | Madeline |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
| Year | Actor | Film | Character(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
2010
(52nd) |
Jacki Weaver | Animal Kingdom | Janine "Smurf" Cody |
| Abbie Cornish | Bright Star | Fanny Brawne | |
Morgana Davies
|
The Tree | Simone | |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | Dawn |
AACTA Awards
2010s
2020s
| Year | Actor | Film | Character(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (10th) |
Eliza Scanlen | Babyteeth | Milla Finlay |
| Tilda Cobham-Hervey | I Am Woman | Helen Reddy | |
| Laura Gordon | Undertow | Claire | |
| Elisabeth Moss | The Invisible Man | Cecilia Kass | |
| Lupita Nyong'o | Little Monsters | Miss Audrey Caroline | |
| 2021 (11th) |
Judy Davis | Nitram | Nitram's mother |
| Rose Byrne | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Bea McGregor | |
| Noni Hazlehurst | June Again | June | |
| Genevieve O'Reilly | The Dry | Gretchen | |
| Naomi Watts | Penguin Bloom | Sam Bloom | |
| 2022 (12th) |
Leah Purcell | The Drover's Wife | Molly Johnson |
| Aisha Dee | Sissy | Cecilia/Sissy | |
| Julia Savage | Blaze | Blaze | |
| Tilda Swinton | Three Thousand Years of Longing | Alithea | |
| Jackie van Beek | Nude Tuesday | Laura | |
| 2024 (13th) |
Sophie Wilde | Talk to Me | Mia |
| Shantae Barnes-Cowan | Sweet As | Murra | |
| Cate Blanchett | The New Boy | Sister Eileen | |
| Zar Amir Ebrahimi | Shayda | Shayda | |
| Julia Garner | The Royal Hotel | Hanna | |
| Sarah Snook | Run Rabbit Run | Sarah |
Notes
References
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- ^ "AACTA – The Academy – The Awards". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ a b "AACTA – The Academy – Background". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 23 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ "IMDb Australian Film Institute Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "Part2: Rule 5.6 – Special Conditions for Feature Film; Special Rules for Acting Awards" (PDF). 2013 AACTA Awards Rule Book. Australian Film Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ Winners and nominees by year:
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- 1972: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1972". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1973: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1973". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1974–75: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1974–1975". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1976: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1976". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1977: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1977". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1978: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1978". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1979: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1979". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1980: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1980". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1981: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1981". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1982: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1982". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1983: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1983". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1984: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1984". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1985: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1985". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1986: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1986". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1987: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1987". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1988: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1988". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1989: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989 – 1989". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1990: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1990". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1991: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1991". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1992: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1992". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1993: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1993". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1994: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1994". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1995: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1995". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1996: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1996". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1997: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1997". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1998: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1998". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 1999: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999 – 1999". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2000: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2000". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2001: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2001". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2002: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2002". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2003: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2003". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2004: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2004". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2005: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2005". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2006: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2006". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2007: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2007". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2008: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2008". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2009: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2009". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2010: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010 – 2010". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- 2011: "AACTA – Winners and Nominees – 2011". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ Additional winners and nominees references:
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 165.
- ^ "Winners & Nominees | AACTA".
- ^ "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979 – 1974–1975". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ Bodey, Michael (8 November 2011). "Industry academy announces new awards". The Australian. News Limited (News Corporation). Retrieved 5 June 2012.