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

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

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^[1]	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

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
2004	Kate Winslet	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Clementine Kruczynski
2005	Rachel Weisz	The Constant Gardener	Tessa Abbott-Quayle
2006	Helen Mirren	The Queen	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

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

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

Winners