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BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film

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Sasha LaneAmerican Honey, Sasha Lane, Winner, Jodie WhittakerAdult Life Skills, Jodie Whittaker, Nominee, Kate DickieCouple in a Hole, Kate Dickie, Nominee, Hayley SquiresI - Daniel Blake, Hayley Squires, Nominee, Narges RashidiUnder the Shadow, Narges Rashidi, Nominee, Saoirse RonanBrooklyn, Saoirse Ronan, Winner, Carey MulliganSuffragette, Carey Mulligan, Nominee, Marion CotillardMacbeth, Marion Cotillard, Nominee, Charlotte Rampling45 Years, Charlotte Rampling, Nominee, Alicia VikanderThe Danish Girl, Alicia Vikander, Nominee, Gugu Mbatha-RawBelle, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Winner, Cheng Pei-peiLilting, Cheng Pei-pei, Nominee, Sameena Jabeen AhmedCatch Me Daddy, Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Nominee, Alicia VikanderTestament of Youth, Alicia Vikander, Nominee, Keira KnightleyThe Imitation Game, Keira Knightley, Nominee, Lindsay DuncanLe Week-End, Lindsay Duncan, Winner, Felicity JonesThe Invisible Woman, Felicity Jones, Nominee, Judi DenchPhilomena, Judi Dench, Nominee, Scarlett JohanssonUnder the Skin, Scarlett Johansson, Nominee, Saoirse RonanHow I Live Now, Saoirse Ronan, Nominee, Andrea RiseboroughShadow Dancer, Andrea Riseborough, Winner, Meryl StreepThe Iron Lady, Meryl Streep, Nominee, Alice LoweSightseers, Alice Lowe, Nominee, Judi DenchThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Judi Dench, Nominee, Elle FanningGinger & Rosa, Elle Fanning, Nominee

The British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film is an annual award given to the Best Actress who starred in a British independent film. The award was introduced in 1998.

Contents

1990s

  • 1998 – Kathy Burke – Nil by Mouth as Valerie
  • Louise Goodall – My Name Is Joe as Sarah Downie
  • Rachel Griffiths – My Son the Fanatic as Bettina/ Sandra
  • Samantha Morton – Under the Skin as Iris Kelly
  • Emma Thompson – The Winter Guest as Frances
  • 1999 – Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie as Jackie Du Pré
  • Lara Belmont – The War Zone as Jessie
  • Rachel Griffiths – Hilary and Jackie as Hilary Du Pré
  • Jane Horrocks – Little Voice as LV
  • Gina McKee – Wonderland as Nadia

    • 2000s

  • 2000 – Gillian Anderson – The House of Mirth as Lily Bart
  • Kate Ashfield – The Low Down as Ruby
  • Brenda Blethyn – Saving Grace as Grace Trevethyn
  • Emily Watson – The Luzhin Defence as Natalia Katkov
  • 2001 – Kate Ashfield – Late Night Shopping as Jody
  • Susan Lynch – Beautiful Creatures as Dorothy
  • Samantha Morton – Pandaemonium as Sara Coleridge
  • Kate Winslet – Enigma as Hester Wallace
  • 2002 – Samantha Morton – Morvern Callar as Movern Callar
  • Elaine Cassidy – Disco Pigs as Rent/Sinead
  • Shirley Henderson – Villa des Roses as Ella
  • Harriet Walter – Villa des Roses as Olive Burrell
  • 2003 – Olivia Williams – The Heart of Me as Madeleine
  • Kate Ashfield – This Little Life as Sadie McGregor
  • Helena Bonham Carter – The Heart of Me as Dinah
  • Samantha Morton – In America as Sarah
  • Tilda Swinton – Young Adam as Ella Gault
  • 2004 – Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Rose Drake
  • Eva Birthistle – Ae Fond Kiss... as Roisin Hanlon
  • Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring as Griet
  • Natalie Press – My Summer of Love as Mona
  • Anne Reid – The Mother as May
  • 2005 – Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener as Tessa Quayle
  • Joan Allen – Yes as She
  • Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents as Mrs. Henderson
  • Natasha Richardson – Asylum as Stella Raphael
  • Emily Watson – Wah-Wah as Ruby Compton
  • 2006 – Kate Dickie – Red Road as Jackie Morrison
  • Juliette Binoche – Breaking and Entering as Amira Simić
  • Frances de la Tour – The History Boys as Mrs. Lintott
  • Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth
  • Robin Wright Penn – Breaking and Entering as Liv
  • 2007 – Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett
  • Tannishtha Chatterjee – Brick Lane as Nazneen Ahmed
  • Anne Hathaway – Becoming Jane as Jane Austen
  • Sophia Myles – Hallam Foe as Kate Breck
  • Kierston Wareing – It's a Free World... as Angela

    • References

    BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film Wikipedia
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