The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the Best female actress in a leading role. [1]
| Best Actress (Lead role) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominees | Film | Result |
| 2005 | Genevieve Nnaji | Won | |
| Stephanie Okereke | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Joke Silva | Widow’s Cot | Won |
| Stella Damasus | Behind Closed Door | Nominated | |
| Onyeka Onwenu | Rising Moon | Nominated | |
| Akofa Asiedu | My Mother’s Heart | Nominated | |
| Alima Qiedraego | Sofia | Nominated | |
| Kudakwashe Maradzika | Tanyaradzwa | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Chioma Chukwuka | Sins of the Flesh | Won |
| Nadia Buari | Beyonce: The President's Daughter | Nominated | |
| Khabirat Kafidipe | Iwalewa | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Kate Henshaw-Nuttal | Stronger Than Pain | Won |
| Jackie Aygemang | Princess Tyra | Nominated | |
| Stella Damasus-Aboderin | Widow | Nominated | |
| Rakiya Attah | Across the Niger | Nominated | |
| Genevieve Nnaji | 30 Days / Keep My Will | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Funke Akindele | Jenifa | Won |
| Stephanie Okereke & Nse Ikpe Etim | Reloaded | Nominated | |
| Stella Damasus-Aboderin | State of the Heart | Nominated | |
| Corine Onyango | From a Whisper | Nominated | |
| Nadia Buari | Agony of the Christ | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Jackie Appiah & Lydia Forson | The Perfect Picture | Won |
| Bimbo Akintola | Freedom in Chains | Nominated | |
| Stephanie Okereke | Nnenda | Nominated | |
| Flora Suya | Season of a life | Nominated | |
| Akofa Edjeani Asiedu | I Sing of a Well | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Ama K. Abebrese | Sinking Sands | Won |
| Genevieve Nnaji | Tango with Me | Nominated | |
| Idiat Shobande | Aramotu | Nominated | |
| Omoni Oboli | Anchor Baby | Nominated | |
| Manie Malone | Viva Riva! | Nominated | |
| Denise Newman | Shirley Adams | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Rita Dominic | Shattered | Won |
| Nse Ikpe Etim | Mr. and Mrs. | Nominated | |
| Yvonne Okoro | Single Six | Nominated | |
| Ama K. Abebrese | Ties That Bind | Nominated | |
| Uche Jombo | Damage | Nominated | |
| Millicent Makheido | 48 | Nominated | |
| Kudzai Sevenzo-Nyarai | Playing Warriors | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Florence Masebe | Elelwani | Won |
| Yvonne Okoro | Contract | Nominated | |
| Mariam Ouedraogo | Moi Zaphira | Nominated | |
| Rita Dominic | The Meeting | Nominated | |
| Mbutung Seikeh | Ninah’s Diary | Nominated | |
| Flora Suya | Last Fishing Boat | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Clarion Chukwura | Apaye | Won |
| Uche Nnadili | B for Boy | Nominated | |
| Linda Sokhulu | Felix | Nominated | |
| Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha | Accident | Nominated | |
| Uche Jombo Rodriquez, Monalisa Chinda & Daniella Okeke | Lagos Cougars | Nominated | |
| Joselyn Dumas | A Northern Affair | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Lesliana Pereira | Njinga: Queen of Angola | Won |
| Queen Nwokoye | Chetanna | Nominated | |
| Aida Wang | Juliet and Romeo | Nominated | |
| Joselyn Dumas | Silverain | Nominated | |
| Ini Edo | While You Slept | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Fulu Mugovhani | Ayanda | Won |
| Zined Odieb | Behind Closed Doors | Nominated | |
| Adesua Etomi | Falling | Nominated | |
| Maimouna N'Diaye | Eye of the Storm | Nominated | |
| Nse Ikpe Etim, Ireti Doyle, Omoni Oboli, Dakore Egbuson-Akande | Fifty | Nominated | |
| Nomzamo Mbatha | Tell Me Sweet Something | Nominated | |
| 2017 [2] | Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu | Felicite | Won |
| Lydia Forson | Keteke | Nominated | |
| Lupita Nyong'o | Queen of Katwe | Nominated | |
| Bimbo Akintola | 93 Days | Nominated | |
| Josette Bushell-Mingo | While We Live | Nominated | |
| Rita Dominic | 76 | Nominated | |
| Khabonina Qubeka | Dora's Peace | Nominated | |
| Zimkhitha Nyoka | Vaya | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Dakore Egbuson-Akande | Isoken | Won |
| Kate Henshaw | Roti | Nominated | |
| Reine Swart | Siembamba | Nominated | |
| Okawa Shaznay | In My Country | Nominated | |
| Nana Ama McBrown Lydia Forson Sika Osei | Sidechic Gang | Nominated | |
| Mariam Phiri | The Road To Sunrise | Nominated | |
| Tunde Aladese | Lost Café | Nominated | |
| Joselyn Dumas | Potato Potahto | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Sola Sobowale | King of Boys | Won |
| Sheila Munyiva | Rafiki | Nominated | |
| Rita Dominic | Light in the Dark | Nominated | |
| Jill Levenberg | Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story | Nominated | |
| Beatrice Taisamo | Fatuma | Nominated | |
| Seyi Shay | Lara and the Beat | Nominated | |
| Jemima Osunde | The Delivery Boy | Nominated | |
| Samantha Mugatsia | Rafiki | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Mary Twala Mhlongo | This is Not A Burial, It’s a Resurrection | Won |
| Joselyn Dumas | Cold Feet | Nominated | |
| Meg Otanwa | For Maria: Ebun Pataki | Nominated | |
| Zenobia Kloppers | Fiela’s Child | Nominated | |
| Elvina Ibru | The Bling Lagosians | Nominated | |
| Girley Jazama | TheWhite Line | Nominated | |
| Kelly Khumalo | Zulu Wedding | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Joan Agaba | Stain | Won |
| Lucie Memba Bois | Buried | Nominated | |
| Funke Akindele | Omo Ghetto: The Saga | Nominated | |
| Sarah Alina Grosz | Black Medusa | Nominated | |
| Phumi Mthembu | African American | Nominated | |
| Rita Dominic | La Femme Anjola | Nominated | |
| Claudine de Groot | Hairareb | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Ikhlas Gafur Vora | Tug of War | Won |
| Bless Fortune | Road to my fathers compound | Nominated | |
| Osas Ighodaro | Man of God | Nominated | |
| Ronah Ninsiima | Tembele | Nominated | |
| Vanessa Vanderpuye | A song from the dark | Nominated | |
| Nanfuna Sharon | The Wave | Nominated | |
| Eniola Akinbo | Swallow | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Nse Ikpe-Etim | 4-4-44 | Won |
| Lucie Debay | Omen | Nominated | |
| Elhe Mbali Mlotshwa | 4 Walls | Nominated | |
| Nafissaatou Sisse | Sira | Nominated | |
| Adesua Etomi | Gangs of Lagos | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Jackie Appiah | Red Carpet | Won |
| Girley Jazama | Under The Hanging Tree | Nominated | |
| Oyin Oladejo | Orah | Nominated | |
| Unati Faku | The Queentown Kings | Nominated | |
| Uzoamaka Aniunoh | The Weekend | Nominated | |
| Laura Pepple | This is Lagos | Nominated | |
| Efe Irele | A Smile, A Wink and A Tear | Nominated | |
