British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement

The British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement was an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards, formerly known as the Lifetime Achievement award until 2013. The winner was decided by a panel and celebrates the soap career and achievements of each recipient. Coronation Street is the most awarded soaps in the category, holding nine wins. The final winner of the award was Coronation Street actor David Neilson, who portrays Roy Cropper in the soap.

Recipients

Year Actor Role Soap opera 2003 Dean Sullivan Jimmy Corkhill Brookside 2004 Barbara Knox Rita Sullivan Coronation Street 2005 June Brown Dot Branning EastEnders 2006 Johnny Briggs Mike Baldwin Coronation Street 2007 Wendy Richard Pauline Fowler EastEnders 2008 Liz Dawn Vera Duckworth Coronation Street 2009 Barbara Windsor Peggy Mitchell EastEnders 2010 Betty Driver Betty Williams Coronation Street 2011 Bill Tarmey Jack Duckworth Coronation Street 2012 Pam St Clement Pat Evans EastEnders 2013 Adam Woodyatt Ian Beale EastEnders 2014 Helen Worth Gail McIntyre Coronation Street 2015 Anne Kirkbride Deirdre Barlow Coronation Street 2016 Steve McFadden Phil Mitchell EastEnders 2017 Nick Pickard Tony Hutchinson Hollyoaks 2018 Rudolph Walker Patrick Trueman EastEnders 2019 Sue Nicholls Audrey Roberts Coronation Street 2022 Letitia Dean Sharon Watts EastEnders 2023 Mark Charnock Marlon Dingle Emmerdale 2025 David Neilson Roy Cropper Coronation Street

Wins by soap Soap opera Wins Coronation Street 9 EastEnders 8 Brookside 1 Emmerdale 1 Hollyoaks 1

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