British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance

The British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance is an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards. From 2016 to 2019, the award was split into gendered categories; female and male. This was dropped in 2022 in favour of having a gender neutral category again.^[1] The award is voted for by a panel. Coronation Street is the most awarded soap in the category, with ten wins, while EastEnders actress Lacey Turner has won the most, with three wins. The award is currently held by Coronation Street actress Charlotte Jordan.

British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance
The 2023 recipient: Charlotte Jordan
Country	United Kingdom
First award	1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Currently held by	Charlotte Jordan, Coronation Street (2023)
Most awards	Lacey Turner (3)

Awards and nominees

Best Dramatic Performance

2002 winner Ray Quinn.

2004 and 2022 winner Mark Charnock.

2006 winner Bradley Walsh.

Lacey Turner has won the accolade three times; in 2007, 2010 and 2016.

2008 and 2012 winner Jo Joyner.

2014 winner David Neilson.

2015 winner Kellie Bright.

2023 winner Charlotte Jordan.

Year	Actor	Role	Soap opera
1999[2]	Kelvin Fletcher	Andy Sugden	Emmerdale
	Georgia Taylor	Toyah Battersby	Coronation Street
	Barbara Windsor	Peggy Mitchell	EastEnders
	Kerrie Taylor	Lucy Benson	Hollyoaks
2000[3]	Lindsey Coulson	Carol Jackson	EastEnders
	Gary Lucy	Luke Morgan	Hollyoaks
2001[4]	Georgia Taylor	Toyah Battersby	Coronation Street
2002[5]	Ray Quinn	Anthony Murray	Brookside
	Sue Nicholls	Audrey Roberts	Coronation Street
	Jessie Wallace	Kat Slater	EastEnders
	Nicola Duffett	Cat Matthews	Family Affairs
2003[6]	Sue Nicholls	Audrey Roberts	Coronation Street
	Natalie Cassidy	Sonia Jackson	EastEnders
	Leah Bracknell	Zoe Tate	Emmerdale
2004[7]	Mark Charnock	Marlon Dingle	Emmerdale
	David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street
	Letitia Dean	Sharon Watts	EastEnders
	Kazia Pelka	Chrissy Costello	Family Affairs
2005[8]	Kazia Pelka	Chrissy Costello	Family Affairs
	David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street
	Gary Beadle	Paul Trueman	EastEnders
	Lee Otway	David "Bombhead" Burke	Hollyoaks
2006[9]	Bradley Walsh	Danny Baldwin	Coronation Street
	Stirling Gallacher	George Woodson	Doctors
	Lacey Turner	Stacey Slater	EastEnders
	Ursula Holden-Gill	Alice Dingle	Emmerdale
2007[10]	Lacey Turner	Stacey Slater	EastEnders
	Kate Ford	Tracy Barlow	Coronation Street
	Bill Ward	Charlie Stubbs	Coronation Street
	James Sutton	John Paul McQueen	Hollyoaks
2008[11]	Jo Joyner	Tanya Branning	EastEnders
	Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street
	Charlotte Bellamy	Laurel Thomas	Emmerdale
	Emma Rigby	Hannah Ashworth	Hollyoaks
2009[12]	Anita Carey	Vivien March	Doctors
	Patsy Palmer	Bianca Jackson	EastEnders
	Jenna-Louise Coleman	Jasmine Thomas	Emmerdale
	Carley Stenson	Steph Cunningham	Hollyoaks
2010[13]	Lacey Turner	Stacey Branning	EastEnders
	Chris Gascoyne	Peter Barlow	Coronation Street
	Danny Miller	Aaron Livesy	Emmerdale
	Glen Wallace	Malachy Fisher	Hollyoaks
2011[14]	Jane Danson	Leanne Battersby	Coronation Street
	Lindsey Coulson	Carol Jackson	EastEnders
	Danny Miller	Aaron Livesy	Emmerdale
	Claire Cooper	Jacqui McQueen	Hollyoaks
2012[15]	Jo Joyner	Tanya Jessop	EastEnders
	Alison King	Carla Connor	Coronation Street
	Owen Brenman	Heston Carter	Doctors
	Jeff Hordley	Cain Dingle	Emmerdale
2013[16]	Natalie Gumede	Kirsty Soames	Coronation Street
	Dido Miles	Emma Reid	Doctors
	Jo Joyner	Tanya Cross	EastEnders
	Lucy Pargeter	Chas Spencer	Emmerdale
	Claire Cooper	Jacqui McQueen	Hollyoaks
2014[17]	David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street
	Chris Walker	Rob Hollins	Doctors
	Lindsey Coulson	Carol Jackson	EastEnders
	Charley Webb	Debbie Dingle	Emmerdale
	Stephanie Davis	Sinead Roscoe	Hollyoaks
2015[18]	Kellie Bright	Linda Carter	EastEnders
	Simon Gregson	Steve McDonald	Coronation Street
	Lorna Laidlaw	Mrs Tembe	Doctors
	Natalie Anderson	Alicia Metcalfe	Emmerdale
	Keith Rice	Finn O'Connor	Hollyoaks
2022[19]	Mark Charnock	Marlon Dingle	Emmerdale
	Sally Carman	Abi Webster	Coronation Street
	Dex Lee	Bear Sylvester	Doctors
	Gillian Wright	Jean Slater	EastEnders
	Harvey Virdi	Misbah Maalik	Hollyoaks
2023[20]	Charlotte Jordan	Daisy Midgeley	Coronation Street
	Chris Walker	Rob Hollins	Doctors
	Danielle Harold	Lola Pearce-Brown	EastEnders
	Jeff Hordley	Cain Dingle	Emmerdale
	Nikki Sanderson	Maxine Minniver	Hollyoaks
2025[21]	Peter Ash	Paul Foreman	Coronation Street
	Steve McFadden	Phil Mitchell	EastEnders
	Eden Taylor-Draper	Belle Dingle	Emmerdale
	Isabelle Smith	Frankie Osborne	Hollyoaks

Best Female Dramatic Performance

2017 winner Kym Marsh.

2018 winner Lucy Fallon.

Year	Actress	Role	Soap opera
2016[22]	Lacey Turner	Stacey Fowler	EastEnders
	Tina O'Brien	Sarah Platt	Coronation Street
	Sarah Moyle	Valerie Pitman	Doctors
	Charlotte Bellamy	Laurel Thomas	Emmerdale
	Zöe Lucker	Reenie McQueen	Hollyoaks
2017[23]	Kym Marsh	Michelle Connor	Coronation Street
	Dido Miles	Emma Reid	Doctors
	Diane Parish	Denise Fox	EastEnders
	Charlotte Bellamy	Laurel Thomas	Emmerdale
	Nadine Mulkerrin	Cleo McQueen	Hollyoaks
2018[24]	Lucy Fallon	Bethany Platt	Coronation Street
	Laura Rollins	Ayesha Lee	Doctors
	Lacey Turner	Stacey Fowler	EastEnders
	Natalie J. Robb	Moira Dingle	Emmerdale
	Nadine Mulkerrin	Cleo McQueen	Hollyoaks
2019[25]	Gillian Wright	Jean Slater	EastEnders
	Katie McGlynn	Sinead Tinker	Coronation Street
	Elisabeth Dermot Walsh	Zara Carmichael	Doctors
	Lucy Pargeter	Chas Dingle	Emmerdale
	Nadine Mulkerrin	Cleo McQueen	Hollyoaks

Best Male Dramatic Performance

2016 winner Danny Miller.

2018 winner Ross Adams.

Year	Actor	Role	Soap opera
2016[22]	Danny Miller	Aaron Livesy	Emmerdale
	Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street
	Adrian Lewis Morgan	Jimmi Clay	Doctors
	Steve McFadden	Phil Mitchell	EastEnders
	Jeremy Sheffield	Patrick Blake	Hollyoaks
2017[23]	John Middleton	Ashley Thomas	Emmerdale
	Simon Gregson	Steve McDonald	Coronation Street
	Ian Midlane	Al Haskey	Doctors
	Steve McFadden	Phil Mitchell	EastEnders
	Kieron Richardson	Ste Hay	Hollyoaks
2018[24]	Ross Adams	Scott Drinkwell	Hollyoaks
	Connor McIntyre	Pat Phelan	Coronation Street
	Chris Walker	Rob Hollins	Doctors
	Jake Wood	Max Branning	EastEnders
	Jeff Hordley	Cain Dingle	Emmerdale
2019[25]	Adam Woodward	Brody Hudson	Hollyoaks
	Rob Mallard	Daniel Osbourne	Coronation Street
	Ian Midlane	Al Haskey	Doctors
	Zack Morris	Keegan Baker	EastEnders
	Dominic Brunt	Paddy Kirk	Emmerdale

Achievements

Performers with multiple wins

Actress	Role	Soap opera	Wins	Nominations[a]
Lacey Turner	Stacey Slater	EastEnders	3	1
Mark Charnock	Marlon Dingle	Emmerdale	2	0
Jo Joyner	Tanya Branning	EastEnders	2	1

Wins and nominations by soap

Soap opera	Wins	Nominations
Coronation Street	10	17
EastEnders	8	19
Emmerdale	5	19
Hollyoaks	2	20
Doctors	1	15
Brookside	1	0
Family Affairs	0	2

Notes

1. These nominations did not result in a win.