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BAFTA Awards
Most Wins for Best Actress
This list features actresses that have won the most awards for Best Actress at the BAFTA Awards.
RANK | ACTRESS | NOMINATIONS | WINS | FILMS |
1 | Maggie Smith | 8 | 4 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) A Private Function (1984) A Room with a View (1986) The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1988) |
2 | Anne Bancroft | 7 | 3 | The Miracle Worker (1962), The Pumpkin Eater (1964) 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) |
3 | Simone Signoret | 6 | 3 | Golden Helmet (1952) The Witches of Salem (1957) Room at the Top (1958) |
4 | Audrey Hepburn | 5 | 3 | Roman Holiday (1953) The Nun’s Story (1959) Charade (1964) |
5 | Cate Blanchett | 5 | 3 | Elizabeth (1998) Blue Jasmine (2013) Tár (2022) |
6 | Meryl Streep | 12 | 2 | The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981) The Iron Lady (2011) |
7 | Shirley MacLaine | 7 | 2 | Ask Any Girl (1959) The Apartment (1960) |
8 | Jane Fonda | 6 | 2 | Julia (1978) The China Syndrome (1979) |
9 | Katharine Hepburn | 5 | 2 | Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; The Lion in Winter (1968) On Golden Pond (1982) |
10 | Emma Thompson | 5 | 2 | Howard’s End (1992) Sense and Sensibility (1995) |
11 | Judi Dench | 5 | 2 | Mrs Brown (1997) Iris (2001) |
12 | Frances McDormand | 3 | 2 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Nomadland (2020) |
13 | Leslie Caron | 2 | 2 | Lili (1953) The L-Shaped Room (1962) |
14 | Rachel Roberts | 2 | 2 | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) This Sporting Life (1963) |
15 | Patricia Neal | 2 | 2 | Hud (1963) In Harm’s Way (1965) |
16 | Emma Stone | 2 | 2 | La La Land (2016) Poor Things (2023) |
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