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Caroline Ann O'Connor AM is an Anglo-Australian singer, dancer, and actress. For her theatre work she has won three Helpmann Awards: Best Female Actor in a Play for Edith Piaf in Piaf in 2001; in the same category for Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow in 2006; and Best Female Actor in a Musical for Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes in 2015.
Caroline Goodall (born 13 November 1959) is a British/Australian actress and screenwriter and producer.Awards and nominations include Best Actress nominations AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries Cassidy and the 1995 film Hotel Sorrento, a Logie Awards Nomination for the mini series A Difficult Woman, and a Best Actress award (Rome Film Festival).
Ronni Ancona. Veronica "Ronni" Jane Ancona is a British actress, comedian, impressionist and writer best known for The Big Impression, which she co-wrote and starred in [1] and was, for four years, one of BBC One 's top-rated comedy programmes, [2] winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003. [3] Ancona also starred in the first series ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 September 2024. British actress and screenwriter (born 1959) Not to be confused with Emma Thomas. For the Australian cricketer, see Emma Thompson (cricketer). Dame Emma Thompson DBE Thompson in 2022 Born (1959-04-15) 15 April 1959 (age 65) London, England Alma mater Newnham College, Cambridge ...
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in the British crime drama film Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile ...
Kate Elizabeth Winslet CBE (/ ˈ w ɪ n z l ə t /; [2] born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. [3] Known for her roles as headstrong and complicated women in independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.
Gina McKee. Georgina McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Our Friends in the North (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for The Lost Prince (2003) and The Street (2007). She also starred on television in The Forsyte Saga (2002) and as Caterina Sforza in The Borgias (2011).
From 1952 to 1967, there were two Best Actress awards presented, Best British Actress and Best Foreign Actress. From 1968 onwards, the two awards merged into one award, which from 1968 to 1984 was known as Best Actress. [1] From 1985 to present, the award has been known by its current name of Best Actress in a Leading Role. [2]