Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role – Film
Irish acting award
Irish Film & Television Award for Best Actress – Film | |
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Awarded for | Best Actress – Film |
Country | Ireland |
Presented by | Irish Film & Television Academy |
Currently held by | Catherine Clinch, An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) |
Website | www |
The eighth awards ceremony saw lead actresses in film and television combined into the same category. Up until the 2018–2019 film season, awards were given for films released in Ireland the previous year.
Winners and nominees
2010s
Year | Actor | Work | Ref |
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2010 7th | |||
Saoirse Ronan | The Lovely Bones | [1] | |
Janice Byrne | Zonad | ||
Amy Kirwan | Eamon | ||
Jade Yourell | Happy Ever Afters | ||
2012 9th | |||
Saoirse Ronan | Hanna | [2] | |
Aoife Duffin | Behold the Lamb | ||
Antonia Campbell-Hughes | The Other Side of Sleep | ||
Marcella Plunkett | Stella Days | ||
2013 10th | |||
Ruth Bradley | Grabbers | [3] | |
Anne-Marie Duff | Sanctuary | ||
Seána Kerslake | Dollhouse | ||
Roisin Murphy | What Richard Did | ||
2014 11th | |||
Saoirse Ronan | Byzantium | [4] | |
Antonia Campbell-Hughes | 3096 | ||
Jane McGrath | Black Ice | ||
Kelly Thornton | Life's A Breeze | ||
2015 12th | |||
Deirdre O'Kane | Noble | [5] | |
Tara Breathnach | A Nightingale Falling | ||
Jordanne Jones | I Used to Live Here | ||
Simone Kirby | Jimmy's Hall | ||
2016 13th | |||
Saoirse Ronan | Brooklyn | [6] | |
Eva Birthistle | Swansong | ||
Ruth Bradley | Pursuit | ||
Orla Brady | The Price of Desire | ||
Evanna Lynch | My Name Is Emily | ||
2017 14th | |||
Ruth Negga | Loving | [7] | |
Caoilfhionn Dunne | In View | ||
Seána Kerslake | A Date for Mad Mary | ||
Aisling Loftus | Property of the State | ||
Catherine Walker | A Dark Song | ||
2018 15th | |||
Saoirse Ronan | Lady Bird | [8] | |
Sarah Bolger | Halal Daddy | ||
Ann Skelly | Kissing Candice |
2020s
Year | Actor | Work | Ref |
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2020 16th | |||
Jessie Buckley | Wild Rose | [9] | |
Aisling Franciosi | The Nightingale | ||
Bronagh Gallagher | A Bump Along The Way | ||
Sarah Greene | Rosie | ||
Seána Kerslake | The Hole in the Ground | ||
Saoirse Ronan | Little Women | ||
2021 17th | |||
Nika McGuigan (posthumous) | Wildfire | [10] | |
Jessie Buckley | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | ||
Clare Dunne | Herself | ||
Lola Petticrew | Dating Amber | ||
Nora-Jane Noone | Wildfire | ||
2022 18th | |||
Catherine Clinch | An Cailín Ciúin | [11] | |
Niamh Algar | Censor | ||
Angeline Ball | Deadly Cuts | ||
Gemma-Leah Devereux | The Bright Side | ||
Hazel Doupe | You Are Not My Mother |
Statistics
Multiple wins
5 wins:
Multiple nominations
7 nominations::
- Saoirse Ronan
3 nominations:
2 nominations:
See also
- Irish Film & Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Irish Film & Television Award for Best Supporting Actress – Film
References
- ^ "Saoirse Ronan, IFTA Winner 2010, Actress in a Lead Role Film for The Lovely Bones". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.
- ^ "Winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards IFTAs | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
- ^ "IFTA Lead Actress Film". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.
- ^ "Winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards IFTAs | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
- ^ "Deirdre O'Kane - Winner Best Actress Film IFTA 2015". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.
- ^ "Saoirse Ronan 'Brooklyn' Winner Best Actress in a Leading Role Film Award - IFTA 2016". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.
- ^ "IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
- ^ "IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
- ^ "IFTA Academy | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". ifta.ie.
- ^ "IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
- ^ "Catherine Clinch (An Cailín Ciúin) - Winner of Lead Actress - Film (Presented by Charlie Cox)". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.
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Years indicate the years of release, not the date of the ceremony; e.g. "2008" indicates a ceremony that took place in 2009, honouring films and television released in 2008.