Nagrada BAFTA za najbolju glumicu u glavnoj ulozi
Nagrada za najbolju glumicu u glavnoj ulozi (engleski: Best Actress in a Leading Role Award je filmska nagrada Britanske akademije koju svake godine Britanska akademija filmske i televizijske umjetnosti (BAFTA) dodjeljuje glumici za najbolju glavnu žensku ulogu u filmu.
Pobjednici i nominirani
urediOd 1952. do 1967. su se dodjeljivale zasebne nagrade za najbolju britansku i najbolju sreanu glumicu. Spojene su ui jednu nagradu godine 1968.
1950-e
uredi- 1952
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
- Ann Todd – The Sound Barrier
- Celia Johnson – I Believe in You
- Phyllis Calvert – Mandy
- Najbolja strana glumica – Simone Signoret – Golden Helmet
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
- 1953
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
- Najbolja strana glumica – Leslie Caron – Lili
- 1954
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Yvonne Mitchell – The Divided Heart
- Brenda De Banzie – Hobson's Choice
- Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina Fair
- Margaret Leighton – Carrington V.C.
- Noelle Middleton – Carrington V.C.
- Najbolja strana glumica – Cornell Borchers – The Divided Heart
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Yvonne Mitchell – The Divided Heart
- 1955
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Katie Johnson – The Ladykillers
- Deborah Kerr – The End of the Affair
- Margaret Johnson – Touch and Go
- Najbolja strana glumica – Betsy Blair – Marty
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Katie Johnson – The Ladykillers
- 1956
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Virginia McKenna – A Town Like Alice
- Najbolja strana glumica – Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
- 1957
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Heather Sears – The Story of Esther Costello
- Najbolja strana glumica – Simone Signoret – The Witches of Salem
- 1958
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Irene Worth – Orders to Kill
- Najbolja strana glumica – Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
- 1959
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story
- Najbolja strana glumica – Shirley MacLaine – Ask Any Girl
1960-e
uredi- 1960
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Rachel Roberts – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Najbolja strana glumica – Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment
- 1961
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Dora Bryan – A Taste of Honey
- Najbolja strana glumica – Sophia Loren – Two Women
- 1962
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Leslie Caron – The L-Shaped Room
- Najbolja strana glumica – Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
- 1963
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Rachel Roberts – This Sporting Life
- Najbolja strana glumica – Patricia Neal – Hud
- Lee Remick – Days of Wine and Roses
- Daniela Rocca – Divorce, Italian Style
- Joan Crawford – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Bette Davis – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- 1964
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Audrey Hepburn – Charade
- Najbolja strana glumica – Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater
- Ava Gardner – The Night of the Iguana
- Shirley MacLaine – Irma la Douce
- Shirley MacLaine – What a Way to Go!
- Kim Stanley – Séance on a Wet Afternoon
- 1965
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Julie Christie – Darling
- Najbolja strana glumica – Patricia Neal – In Harm's Way
- 1966
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Elizabeth Taylor – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Najbolja strana glumica – Jeanne Moreau – Viva Maria!
- 1967
- Najbolja britanska glumica – Edith Evans – The Whisperers
- Najbolja strana glumica – Anouk Aimée – A Man and a Woman
- Bibi Andersson – Persona
- Bibi Andersson – Syskonbädd 1782
- Jane Fonda – Barefoot in the Park
- Simone Signoret – The Deadly Affair
- 1968 – Katharine Hepburn – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Lion in Winter
- 1969 – Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Mia Farrow – John and Mary
- Mia Farrow – Rosemary's Baby
- Mia Farrow – Secret Ceremony
- Glenda Jackson – Women in Love
- Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl
- Barbra Streisand – Hello, Dolly!
- Mary Wimbush – Oh! What a Lovely War
1970-e
uredi- 1970 – Katharine Ross – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
- 1971 – Glenda Jackson – Sunday Bloody Sunday
- 1972 – Liza Minnelli – Cabaret
- 1973 – Stéphane Audran – The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Just Before Nightfall
- 1974 – Joanne Woodward – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
- 1975 – Ellen Burstyn – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- 1976 – Louise Fletcher – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 1977 – Diane Keaton – Annie Hall
- 1978 – Jane Fonda – Julia
- 1979 – Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome
1980-e
uredi- 1980 – Judy Davis – My Brilliant Career
- 1981 – Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman
- 1982 – Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond
- 1983 – Julie Walters – Educating Rita
- Jessica Lange – Tootsie
- Phyllis Logan – Another Time, Another Place
- Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice
- 1984 – Maggie Smith – A Private Function
- 1985 – Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India
- 1986 – Maggie Smith – A Room with a View
- 1987 – Anne Bancroft – 84 Charing Cross Road
- 1988 – Maggie Smith – The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
- 1989 – Pauline Collins – Shirley Valentine
1990-e
uredi- 1990 – Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy as Miss Daisy
- 1991 – Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling
- 1992 – Emma Thompson – Howards End as Margaret Schlegel
- 1993 – Holly Hunter – The Piano as Ada McGrath
- 1994 – Susan Sarandon – The Client as Reggie Love
- 1995 – Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility as Eleanor Dashwood
- 1996 – Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley
- 1997 – Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown as Queen Victoria
- 1998 – Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I
- 1999 – Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham
2000-e
uredi- 2000 – Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich
- 2001 – Judi Dench – Iris as Iris Murdoch
- 2002 – Nicole Kidman – The Hours
- Halle Berry – Monster's Ball
- Salma Hayek – Frida
- Meryl Streep – The Hours
- Renée Zellweger – Chicago
- 2003 – Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation as Charlotte
- 2004 – Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake
- 2005 – Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter
- 2006 – Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II
- 2007 – Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose (La môme) as Édith Piaf
- 2008 – Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
- 2009 – Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor