British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement

The British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement is an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards, formerly known as the Lifetime Achievement award until 2013. The winner is decided by a panel and celebrates the soap career and achievements of each recipient. Coronation Street is the most awarded soaps in the category, holding nine wins. Brookside, Hollyoaks and Emmerdale have also won once. It is currently held by Coronation Street actor David Neilson, who portrays Roy Cropper in the soap.

British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement
The 2025 recipient: David Neilson
Country	United Kingdom
First award	2003; 22 years ago (2003)
Currently held by	David Neilson, Coronation Street (2025)
Most awards	Coronation Street (9)

Recipients

2005 winner June Brown.

2018 winner Rudolph Walker.

Year	Actor	Role	Soap opera
2003[1]	Dean Sullivan	Jimmy Corkhill	Brookside
2004[2]	Barbara Knox	Rita Sullivan	Coronation Street
2005[3]	June Brown	Dot Branning	EastEnders
2006[4]	Johnny Briggs	Mike Baldwin	Coronation Street
2007[5]	Wendy Richard	Pauline Fowler	EastEnders
2008[6]	Liz Dawn	Vera Duckworth	Coronation Street
2009[7]	Barbara Windsor	Peggy Mitchell	EastEnders
2010[8]	Betty Driver	Betty Williams	Coronation Street
2011[9]	Bill Tarmey	Jack Duckworth	Coronation Street
2012[10]	Pam St Clement	Pat Evans	EastEnders
2013[11]	Adam Woodyatt	Ian Beale	EastEnders
2014[12]	Helen Worth	Gail McIntyre	Coronation Street
2015[13]	Anne Kirkbride	Deirdre Barlow	Coronation Street
2016[14]	Steve McFadden	Phil Mitchell	EastEnders
2017[15]	Nick Pickard	Tony Hutchinson	Hollyoaks
2018[16]	Rudolph Walker	Patrick Trueman	EastEnders
2019[17]	Sue Nicholls	Audrey Roberts	Coronation Street
2022[18]	Letitia Dean	Sharon Watts	EastEnders
2023[19]	Mark Charnock	Marlon Dingle	Emmerdale
2025[20]	David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street

Wins by soap

Soap opera	Wins
Coronation Street	9
EastEnders	8
Brookside	1
Emmerdale	1
Hollyoaks	1