Empire Award for Best Actress
Empire Award for Best Actress | |
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Awarded for | Best performance by an actress in a leading role |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | Empire magazine |
First awarded | 1996 |
Currently held by | Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2018) |
The Empire Award for Best Actress was an
Since its inception, the award was given to 20 actresses. Nicole Kidman has received the most awards in this category, with two awards. Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman were nominated on five occasions, more than any other actress. Daisy Ridley was the most recent winner in this category, for her role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Winners and nominees
In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.
Key | Description |
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Indicates the winner |
1990s
Year | Actress | Character | Film | Ref. |
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1996 (1st) |
Nicole Kidman | Suzanne Stone-Maretto | To Die For | [1] |
1997 (2nd) |
Frances McDormand | Marge Gunderson
|
Fargo | [2] |
1998 (3rd) |
Joan Allen | Elizabeth Proctor | The Crucible | [3] |
1999 (4th) |
Cate Blanchett | Queen Elizabeth I
|
Elizabeth | [4][5] |
Gwyneth Paltrow | Helen Quilley | Sliding Doors | ||
Helen Hunt | Carol Connelly | As Good as It Gets | ||
Jennifer Lopez | Karen Sisco | Out of Sight | ||
Pam Grier | Jackie Brown | Jackie Brown
|
2000s
2010s
Multiple awards and nominations
Multiple awards
The following individual received two or more Best Actress awards:
Awards | Film |
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2 | Nicole Kidman |
Multiple nominations
The following individuals received two or more Best Actress nominations:
Notes
- ^ Credited as Ellen Page; Juno was released before Page came out as transgender.[22]
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- ^ Star Wars The Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok Lead Empire Awards 2018 Nominations