British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance

The British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance is an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards. The award was formerly voted for by a panel, however, in 2025, it became a publicly-voted category.^[1] Coronation Street is the most awarded soap in the category, with fifteen wins. As well as this, Coronation Street actress Patti Clare holds the title for the most wins in the category, having received the Best Comedy Performance accolade three times. The award is currently held by Coronation Street actress Maureen Lipman, for her role as Evelyn Plummer in the soap.

British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance
The 2023 recipient: Maureen Lipman
Country	United Kingdom
First award	1999
Currently held by	Maureen Lipman, Coronation Street (2023)
Most awards	Patti Clare (3)

Winners and nominees

2000 winner Sue Nicholls.

Alex Carter won in 2004 and was nominated again in 2011.

Ebony Bones was nominated in 2004 and 2005.

2005 and 2006 nominee Carley Stenson.

2007 winner Gemma Merna.

2009 winner and 2010 nominee Nina Wadia.

Patti Clare has won the award three times; 2011, 2013 and 2016.

2012 winner Stephanie Cole.

2019 winner Sarah Moyle was also nominated a further four times.

After being nominated six times, Tameka Empson won in 2022.

Year	Actor	Role	Soap opera
1999[2]	John Savident	Fred Elliott	Coronation Street
	Gladys Ambrose	Julia Brogan	Brookside
	David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street
	June Brown	Dot Cotton	EastEnders
2000[3]	Sue Nicholls	Audrey Roberts	Coronation Street
	Shaun Williamson	Barry Evans	EastEnders
2001[4]	Sarah White	Bev McLoughlin	Brookside
	Shaun Williamson	Barry Evans	EastEnders
	Nick Pickard	Tony Hutchinson	Hollyoaks
2002[5]	Malcolm Hebden	Norris Cole	Coronation Street
	John Bardon	Jim Branning	EastEnders
	Nick Pickard	Tony Hutchinson	Hollyoaks
	Lesley Joseph	Rachel Culgrin	Night and Day
2003[6]	Andrew Whyment	Kirk Sutherland	Coronation Street
	Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders
	Mark Charnock	Marlon Dingle	Emmerdale
2004[7]	Alex Carter	Lee Hunter	Hollyoaks
	Tony Audenshaw	Bob Hope	Emmerdale
	Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders
	Ebony Thomas	Yasmin MacKenzie	Family Affairs
2005[8]	Maggie Jones	Blanche Hunt	Coronation Street
	Deena Payne	Viv Hope	Emmerdale
	Carley Stenson	Steph Dean	Hollyoaks
	Ebony Thomas	Yasmin Green	Family Affairs
2006[9]	Charlie Hardwick	Val Lambert	Emmerdale
	Malcolm Hebden	Norris Cole	Coronation Street
	Ricky Groves	Garry Hobbs	EastEnders
	Carley Stenson	Steph Dean	Hollyoaks
2007[10]	Gemma Merna	Carmel McQueen	Hollyoaks
	Martha Howe-Douglas	Donna Parmar	Doctors
	Ricky Groves	Garry Hobbs	EastEnders
	Charlie Hardwick	Val Lambert	Emmerdale
2008[11]	Maggie Jones	Blanche Hunt	Coronation Street
	Katherine Kelly	Becky Granger	Coronation Street
	Cheryl Fergison	Heather Trott	EastEnders
	Charlie Hardwick	Val Lambert	Emmerdale
2009[12]	Nina Wadia	Zainab Masood	EastEnders
	Simon Gregson	Steve McDonald	Coronation Street
	Dominic Brunt	Paddy Kirk	Emmerdale
	Hollie-Jay Bowes	Michaela McQueen	Hollyoaks
2010[13]	Craig Gazey	Graeme Proctor	Coronation Street
	Nina Wadia	Zainab Masood	EastEnders
	Dominic Brunt	Paddy Kirk	Emmerdale
	Bronagh Waugh	Cheryl Brady	Hollyoaks
2011[14]	Patti Clare	Mary Taylor	Coronation Street
	Tameka Empson	Kim Fox	EastEnders
	Charlie Hardwick	Val Pollard	Emmerdale
	Alex Carter	Lee Hunter	Hollyoaks
2012[15]	Stephanie Cole	Sylvia Goodwin	Coronation Street
	Jan Pearson	Karen Hollins	Doctors
	Tameka Empson	Kim Fox	EastEnders
	Joe Tracini	Dennis Savage	Hollyoaks
2013[16]	Patti Clare	Mary Taylor	Coronation Street
	Ian Kelsey	Howard Bellamy	Doctors
	Ricky Norwood	Arthur "Fatboy" Chubb	EastEnders
	Dominic Brunt	Paddy Kirk	Emmerdale
	Nicole Barber-Lane	Myra McQueen	Hollyoaks
2014[17]	Simon Gregson	Steve McDonald	Coronation Street
	Sarah Moyle	Valerie Pitman	Doctors
	Linda Henry	Shirley Carter	EastEnders
	Laura Norton	Kerry Wyatt	Emmerdale
	Dan Tetsell	Jim McGinn	Hollyoaks
2015[18]	Sally Dynevor	Sally Webster	Coronation Street
	Sarah Moyle	Valerie Pitman	Doctors
	Tameka Empson	Kim Fox-Hubbard	EastEnders
	Laura Norton	Kerry Wyatt	Emmerdale
	Fabrizio Santino	Ziggy Roscoe	Hollyoaks
2016[19]	Patti Clare	Mary Taylor	Coronation Street
	Sarah Moyle	Valerie Pitman	Doctors
	Tameka Empson	Kim Fox-Hubbard	EastEnders
	Matthew Wolfenden	David Metcalfe	Emmerdale
	Ross Adams	Scott Drinkwell	Hollyoaks
2017[20]	Dolly-Rose Campbell	Gemma Winter	Coronation Street
	Elisabeth Dermot Walsh	Zara Carmichael	Doctors
	Tameka Empson	Kim Fox-Hubbard	EastEnders
	Dominic Brunt	Paddy Kirk	Emmerdale
	Nicole Barber-Lane	Myra McQueen	Hollyoaks
2018[21]	Ian Midlane	Al Haskey	Doctors
	Louiza Patikas	Moira Pollock	Coronation Street
	Nitin Ganatra	Masood Ahmed	EastEnders
	Sally Dexter	Faith Dingle	Emmerdale
	Nicole Barber-Lane	Myra McQueen	Hollyoaks
2019[22]	Sarah Moyle	Valerie Pitman	Doctors
	Patti Clare	Mary Taylor	Coronation Street
	Tameka Empson	Kim Fox-Hubbard	EastEnders
	Nicola Wheeler	Nicola King	Emmerdale
	Jessamy Stoddart	Liberty Savage	Hollyoaks
2022[23]	Tameka Empson	Kim Fox	EastEnders
	Jane Hazlegrove	Bernie Winter	Coronation Street
	Sarah Moyle	Valerie Pitman	Doctors
	Lisa Riley	Mandy Dingle	Emmerdale
	Chelsee Healey	Goldie McQueen	Hollyoaks
2023[24]	Maureen Lipman	Evelyn Plummer	Coronation Street
	Ian Midlane	Al Haskey	Doctors
	Jonny Freeman	Reiss Colwell	EastEnders
	Samantha Giles	Bernice Blackstock	Emmerdale
	Kieron Richardson	Ste Hay	Hollyoaks
2025[1]	Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street
	Patsy Palmer	Bianca Jackson	EastEnders
	Nicola Wheeler	Nicola King	Emmerdale
	Nicole Barber-Lane	Myra McQueen	Hollyoaks

Achievements

Performers with multiple wins

Actress	Role	Soap opera	Wins	Nominations[a]
Patti Clare	Mary Taylor	Coronation Street	3	1
Maggie Jones	Blanche Hunt	Coronation Street	2	0

Wins and nominations by soap

Soap opera	Wins	Nominations
Coronation Street	15	8
EastEnders	2	21
Hollyoaks	2	18
Doctors	2	9
Emmerdale	1	18
Brookside	1	1
Family Affairs	0	2
Night and Day	0	1

Notes

1. These nominations did not result in a win.