The Empire Award for Best British Actress was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor a British actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role, while working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best British Actress was first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996, with Kate Winslet receiving the award for her role in Heavenly Creatures, and last presented at the 10th Empire Awards ceremony in 2005. It was one of three Best British awards retired that year (the others being Best British Actor and Best British Director). Winners were voted by the readers of Empire magazine.
Since its inception, the award has been given to six actress. Kate Winslet had received the most awards in this category, with five awards, and was nominated on six occasions, more than any other actress. Winslet was the last winner in this category, for her role in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in bold, 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.
1990s Year Actress Film 1996 Kate Winslet Heavenly Creatures 1997 Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies 1998 Kate Winslet Hamlet 1999 Kate Winslet Titanic Anna Friel The Land Girls Catherine Zeta-Jones The Mask of Zorro Emily Watson The Boxer Minnie Driver Good Will Hunting
2000s Year Actress Film 2000 Helena Bonham Carter Fight Club Brenda Blethyn Little Voice Kate Winslet Hideous Kinky Minnie Driver An Ideal Husband Olivia Williams Rushmore, and The Sixth Sense 2001 Julie Walters Billy Elliot Brenda Blethyn Saving Grace Kathy Burke Kevin & Perry Go Large Samantha Morton Sweet and Lowdown Thandie Newton Mission: Impossible 2 2002 Kate Winslet Enigma Catherine Zeta-Jones Traffic Helena Bonham Carter Planet of the Apes Olivia Williams Lucky Break Rachel Weisz The Mummy Returns 2003 Samantha Morton Minority Report Emily Watson Red Dragon Helen Mirren Gosford Park Keira Knightley Bend It Like Beckham Kelly Macdonald Gosford Park 2004 Emma Thompson Love Actually Emily Mortimer Young Adam Helen Mirren Calendar Girls Julie Walters Calendar Girls Keira Knightley Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2005 Kate Winslet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Kate Ashfield Shaun of the Dead Keira Knightley King Arthur Samantha Morton Enduring Love
Multiple awards and nominations
Multiple awards The following individual received two or more Best British Actress awards:
Awards Film 5 Kate Winslet
Multiple nominations The following individuals received two or more Best British Actress nominations:
Nominations Film 6 Kate Winslet 3 Brenda Blethyn Keira Knightley Samantha Morton 2 Catherine Zeta-Jones Emily Watson Helen Mirren Helena Bonham Carter Julie Walters Minnie Driver Olivia Williams
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