London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year

The London Film Critics Circle Award for British/Irish Actress of the Year in an annual award given by the London Film Critics Circle.

Winners

1990s

Year Winner Film Role
1993 Miranda Richardson Damage Ingrid Fleming
1994 Crissy Rock Ladybird, Ladybird Maggie Conlan
1995 Kate Winslet Heavenly Creatures Juliet Hulme
1996 Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies Cynthia Rose Purley
1997 Judi Dench Mrs Brown Queen Victoria
1998 Helena Bonham Carter The Wings of the Dove Kate Croy
1999 Emily Watson Angela's Ashes and Hilary and Jackie Angela McCourt and Jacqueline du Pré

2000s

Year Winner Film Role
2000 Julie Walters Billy Elliot Sandra Wilkinson
2001 Judi Dench Iris Iris Murdoch
2002 Lesley Manville All or Nothing Penny
2003 Anne Reid The Mother May
2004 Eva Birthistle Ae Fond Kiss... Roisin Hanlon
Kate Winslet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Clementine Kruczynski
2005 Rachel Weisz The Constant Gardener Tessa Abbott-Quayle
2006 Helen Mirren The Queen Elizabeth II
2007 Julie Christie Away from Her Fiona Anderson
2008 Kristin Scott Thomas I've Loved You So Long Juliette Fontaine
2009 Carey Mulligan An Education Jenny Mellor

2010s

Year Winner Film Role
2010 Lesley Manville Another Year Mary Smith
2011 Olivia Colman The Iron Lady and Tyrannosaur Carol Thatcher and Hannah
2012 Andrea Riseborough Shadow Dancer Colette McVeigh
2013 Judi Dench Philomena Philomena Lee
2014 Rosamund Pike Gone Girl and What We Did on Our Holiday Amy Elliott-Dunne and Abi McLeod
2015 Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn and Lost River Eilis Lacey and Rat
2016 Kate Beckinsale Love and Friendship Lady Susan Vernon
2017 Sally Hawkins Maudie, Paddington 2, and The Shape of Water Maud Lewis, Mary Brown, and Elisa Esposito
2018 Jessie Buckley Beast and Wild Rose Moll Huntford and Rose-Lynn Harlan
2019 Florence Pugh Fighting with My Family, Little Women, and Midsommar Saraya "Paige" Knight, Amy March, and Dani Ardor

2020s

Year Winner Film Role
2020 Morfydd Clark Eternal Beauty and Saint Maud Young Jane and Katie / Maud
2021 Tilda Swinton The French Dispatch, Memoria and The Souvenir Part II J.K.L. Berensen, Jessica Holland and Rosalind Hart
2022 Florence Pugh Don't Worry Darling, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Wonder Alice Chambers, Goldilocks, and Elizabeth "Lib" Wright