Country United Kingdom First awarded 2012 Category of Empire Awards | Presented by Empire magazine Instituted 2012 | |
Awarded for Best breakthrough performance by an actress Currently held by Daisy Ridley - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016) People also search for Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer Winners & Nominees Sasha LaneAmerican Honey, Sasha Lane, Nominee, Anya Taylor-JoyThe Witch, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nominee, Angourie RiceThe Nice Guys, Angourie Rice, Nominee, Sennia NenuaThe Girl with All the Gifts, Sennia Nenua, Nominee, Hayley SquiresI - Daniel Blake, Hayley Squires, Nominee, Daisy RidleyStar Wars: The Force Awakens, Daisy Ridley, Winner, Maika MonroeIt Follows, Maika Monroe, Nominee, Bel PowleyThe Diary of a Teenage Girl, Bel Powley, Nominee, Olivia CookeMe and Earl and the Dying Girl, Olivia Cooke, Nominee, Rebecca FergusonMission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Rebecca Ferguson, Nominee, Karen GillanGuardians of the Galaxy - Oculus, Karen Gillan, Winner, Essie DavisThe Babadook, Essie Davis, Nominee, Carrie CoonGone Girl, Carrie Coon, Nominee, Gugu Mbatha-RawBelle, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nominee, Sophie CooksonKingsman: The Secret Service, Sophie Cookson, Nominee, Margot RobbieThe Wolf of Wall Street, Margot Robbie, Winner, Elizabeth DebickiThe Great Gatsby, Elizabeth Debicki, Nominee, Lupita Nyong'o12 Years a Slave, Lupita Nyong'o, Nominee, Freya MavorSunshine on Leith, Freya Mavor, Nominee, Antonia ThomasSunshine on Leith, Antonia Thomas, Nominee, Adèle ExarchopoulosBlue Is the Warmest Colour, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Nominee, Samantha BarksLes Misérables, Samantha Barks, Winner, Quvenzhané WallisBeasts of the Southern Wild, Quvenzhané Wallis, Nominee, Alice LoweSightseers, Alice Lowe, Nominee, Holliday GraingerGreat Expectations, Holliday Grainger, Nominee, Alicia VikanderAnna Karenina, Alicia Vikander, Nominee | ||
The Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor an actress who has delivered a breakthrough performance while working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer is one of two ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 17th Empire Awards ceremony in 2012 (along with Best Male Newcomer) with Felicity Jones receiving the award for her role in Like Crazy. Karen Gillan is the most recent winner in this category for her roles in Oculus and Guardians of the Galaxy. Winners are voted by the readers of Empire magazine.
Winners and nominees
In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.