Awards & Winners

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress

Laurence Olivier Award

Check all the winners of Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress presented under Laurence Olivier Award since 1985 .


Lesley Manville

Honored for : Ghosts

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Anna Chancellor Private Lives
Hayley Atwell The Pride
Judi Dench Peter and Alice
Lesley Manville Ghosts

Helen Mirren

Honored for : The Audience

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Helen Mirren The Audience
Hattie Morahan A Doll's House
Billie Piper The Effect
Kristin Scott Thomas Old Times

Ruth Wilson

Honored for : Anna Christie

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ruth Wilson Anna Christie
Celia Imrie Noises Off
Lesley Manville Grief
Kristin Scott Thomas Betrayal
Marcia Warren The Ladykillers

Nancy Carroll

Honored for : After The Dance

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Carroll After The Dance
Sophie Thompson Clybourne Park
Tamsin Greig The Little Dog Laughed
Tracie Bennett End Of The Rainbow

Rachel Weisz

Honored for : A Streetcar Named Desire

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gillian Anderson A Doll's House
Lorraine Burroughs The Mountaintop
Imelda Staunton Entertaining Mr Sloane
Juliet Stevenson Duet For One
Rachel Weisz A Streetcar Named Desire

Margaret Tyzack

Honored for : The Chalk Garden
(Margaret Tyzack for The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Margaret Tyzack The Chalk Garden
Margaret Tyzack for The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse
Deanna Dunagan August: Osage County
Lindsay Duncan That Face
Penelope Wilton The Chalk Garden
Margaret Tyzack for The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse

Kristin Scott Thomas

Honored for : The Seagull

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kristin Scott Thomas The Seagull
Anne-Marie Duff Saint Joan
Kelly Reilly Othello
Fiona Shaw Happy Days
Penelope Wilton John Gabriel Borkman

Tamsin Greig

Honored for : Much ado About Nothing

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tamsin Greig Much ado About Nothing
Eve Best A Moon for the Misbegotten
Sinéad Cusack Rock 'N' Roll","Rock 'N' Roll
Sinead Cusack for Rock 'N' Roll at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and the Duke Of York's
Kathleen Turner Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Eve Best

Honored for : Hedda Gabler
(Eve Best for Hedda Gabler at the Almeida and the Duke of York\u2019s)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eve Best Hedda Gabler
Eve Best for Hedda Gabler at the Almeida and the Duke of York\u2019s
Clare Higgins Death of a Salesman
Helen McCrory As You Like It
Janet McTeer Mary Stuart
Janet McTeer for Mary Stuart at the Donmar Warehouse and the Apollo
Harriet Walter Mary Stuart
Harriet Walter for Mary Stuart at the Donmar Warehouse and the Apollo

Clare Higgins

Honored for : Hecuba

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Victoria Hamilton Suddenly, Last Summer
Anna Maxwell Martin His Dark Materials
Caroline O'Connor Bombshells
Clare Higgins Hecuba

Eileen Atkins

Honored for : Honour

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eileen Atkins Honour
Helen Mirren Mourning Becomes Electra
Ann Mitchell Through The Leaves
Kelly Reilly After Miss Julie
Kristin Scott Thomas Three Sisters

Clare Higgins

Honored for : Vincent in Brixton

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Clare Higgins Vincent in Brixton
Anita Dobson Frozen
Gwyneth Paltrow Proof
Emily Watson Uncle Vanya

Lindsay Duncan

Honored for : Private Lives

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lindsay Duncan Mouth to Mouth","Mouth to Mouth
Lindsay Duncan Private Lives
Victoria Hamilton A Day in the Death of Joe Egg","A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Zoë Wanamaker Boston Marriage","Boston Marriage

Julie Walters

Honored for : All My Sons

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Julie Walters All My Sons
Jessica Lange Long Day's Journey into Night
Helen Mirren Orpheus Descending
Julia Ormond My Zinc Bed
Harriet Walter Life x 3

Janie Dee

Honored for : Comic Potential

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Janie Dee Comic Potential
Jennifer Ehle The Real Thing","The Real Thing
Maggie Smith The Lady In The Van
Alison Steadman The Memory Of Water

Eileen Atkins

Honored for : The Unexpected Man, The Unexpected Man

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eileen Atkins The Unexpected Man","The Unexpected Man
Sinéad Cusack Our Lady Of Sligo
Judi Dench Filumena
Nicole Kidman The Blue Room
Diana Rigg Britannicus","Phedre

Zoë Wanamaker

Honored for : Electra

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Zoë Wanamaker Electra
Judi Dench Amy's View
Sally Dexter Closer
Maggie Smith A Delicate Balance

Janet McTeer

Honored for : A Doll's House

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eileen Atkins John Gabriel Borkman
Janet McTeer A Doll's House
Vanessa Redgrave John Gabriel Borkman
Diana Rigg Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Judi Dench

Honored for : Absolute Hell

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Judi Dench Absolute Hell
Diana Rigg Mother Courage and Her Children
Zoë Wanamaker The Glass Menagerie","The Glass Menagerie
Lia Williams Skylight","Skylight

Clare Higgins

Honored for : Sweet Bird Of Youth

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Clare Higgins Sweet Bird Of Youth
Frances de la Tour Les Parents terribles
Sheila Gish Les Parents terribles
Margot Leicester Broken Glass","Broken Glass

Fiona Shaw

Honored for : Machinal

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Fiona Shaw Machinal
Kathryn Hunter The Skriker
Diana Rigg Medea
Penelope Wilton The Deep Blue Sea

Alison Steadman

Honored for : The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stockard Channing Six Degrees Of Separation","Six Degrees Of Separation
Judi Dench The Gift of the Gorgon","The Gift of the Gorgon
Jane Horrocks The Rise and Fall of Little Voice","The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
Alison Steadman The Rise and Fall of Little Voice","The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Juliet Stevenson

Honored for : Death and the Maiden

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Juliet Stevenson Death and the Maiden
Janet McTeer Uncle Vanya
Patricia Routledge Talking Heads
Fiona Shaw Hedda Gabler

Kathryn Hunter

Honored for : The Visit

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Penny Downie Scenes From A Marriage
Kathryn Hunter The Visit
Barbara Jefford Coriolanus
Josette Simon After The Fall

Fiona Shaw

Honored for : Electra, As You Like It, The Good Person Of Sichuan

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Fiona Shaw Electra","As You Like It","The Good Person Of Sichuan
Sheila Hancock Prin
Jane Lapotaire Shadowlands
Prunella Scales Single Spies

Judi Dench

Honored for : Antony and Cleopatra

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Judi Dench Antony and Cleopatra
Maggie Smith Lettice And Lovage","Coming in to Land
Juliet Stevenson Yerma
Miranda Richardson A Lie of the Mind

Lindsay Duncan

Honored for : Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lindsay Duncan Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Julia McKenzie Woman In Mind
Juliet Stevenson As You Like It","Les Liaisons Dangereuses","Troilus And Cressida
Irene Worth The Bay At Nice

Yvonne Bryceland

Honored for : The Road To Mecca

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yvonne Bryceland The Road To Mecca
Wendy Morgan Martine
Harriet Walter The Castle
Joanne Whalley Saved