British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance

British Academy Television Award
British Academy Television Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award	2009 (presented in 2010)
Currently held by	Gbemisola Ikumelo for Black Ops (2024)
Website	www.bafta.org

Last updated April 03, 2025

The British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance was instituted in 2009. It is awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media.

Since 2009 (presented in 2010), the British Academy Television Awards has presented two awards for comedy performance, the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance and the BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance. Before 2009 there was one award for Best Comedy Performance. Jessica Hynes is the only actress who has received this award more than once, with two wins.

Winners and nominees

Jo Brand won in 2011 for Getting On .

2010s

Year	Actress	Work	Character	Network
2010 (56th)
	Rebecca Front	The Thick of It	Rt Hon Nicola Murray MP	BBC Two
	Jo Brand	Getting On	Kim Wilde	BBC Four
	Joanna Scanlan	Getting On	Denise "Den" Flixter	BBC Four
	Miranda Hart	Miranda	Miranda	BBC Two
2011 (57th)
	Jo Brand	Getting On	Kim Wilde	BBC Four
	Dawn French	Roger & Val Have Just Got In	Val Stephenson	BBC Two
	Katherine Parkinson	The IT Crowd	Jen Barber	Channel 4
	Miranda Hart	Miranda	Miranda	BBC One
2012 (58th)
	Jennifer Saunders	Absolutely Fabulous	Edina Monsoon	BBC One
	Olivia Colman	Twenty Twelve	Sally Owen	BBC Four
	Tamsin Greig	Friday Night Dinner	Jackie Goodman	Channel 4
	Ruth Jones	Stella	Stella Morris	Sky One
2013 (59th)
	Olivia Colman	Twenty Twelve	Sally Owen	BBC Two
	Julia Davis	Hunderby	Dorothy	Sky Atlantic
	Miranda Hart	Miranda	Miranda	BBC One
	Jessica Hynes	Twenty Twelve	Siobhan Sharpe	BBC Two
2014 (60th)
	Katherine Parkinson	The IT Crowd	Jen Barber	Channel 4
	Frances de la Tour	Vicious	Violet Crosby	ITV
	Kerry Howard	Him & Her: The Wedding	Laura Williams	BBC Three
	Doon Mackichan	Plebs	Flavia	ITV2
2015 (61st)
	Jessica Hynes	W1A	Siobhan Sharpe	BBC Two
	Catherine Tate	Catherine Tate's Nan	Joanie Taylor	BBC One
	Olivia Colman	Rev.	Alex Smallbone	BBC Two
	Tamsin Greig	Episodes	Beverly Lincoln	BBC Two
2016 (62nd)
	Michaela Coel	Chewing Gum	Tracey Gordon	E4
	Miranda Hart	Miranda	Miranda	BBC One
	Sian Gibson	Peter Kay's Car Share	Kayleigh Kitson	BBC One
	Sharon Horgan	Catastrophe	Sharon Morris	Channel 4
2017 (63rd)
	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Fleabag	Fleabag	BBC Three
	Lesley Manville	Mum	Cathy Bradshaw	BBC Two
	Diane Morgan	Cunk on Shakespeare	Philomena Cunk	BBC Two
	Olivia Colman	Fleabag	Godmother	BBC Three
2018 (64th)
	Daisy May Cooper	This Country	Kerry Mucklowe	BBC Three
	Anna Maxwell Martin	Motherland	Julia	BBC Two
	Sian Gibson	Peter Kay's Car Share	Kayleigh Kitson	BBC One
	Sharon Horgan	Catastrophe	Sharon Morris	Channel 4
2019 (65th)
	Jessica Hynes	There She Goes	Emily Yates	BBC Four
	Daisy May Cooper	This Country	Kerry Mucklowe	BBC Three
	Julia Davis	Sally4Ever	Emma	Sky Atlantic
	Lesley Manville	Mum	Cathy Bradshaw	BBC Two

2020s

Year	Actress	Work	Character	Network
2020 (66th) ^[1]
	Sian Clifford	Fleabag	Claire	BBC Three
	Sarah Kendall	Frayed	Sammy Cooper	Sky One
	Gbemisola Ikumelo	Famalam	Various Characters	BBC Three
	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Fleabag	Fleabag	BBC Three
2021 (67th) ^[2]
	Aimee Lou Wood	Sex Education	Aimee Gibbs	Netflix
	Daisy Haggard	Breeders	Ally Worsley	Sky One
	Emma Mackey	Sex Education	Maeve Wiley	Netflix
	Daisy May Cooper	This Country	Kerry Mucklowe	BBC Three
	Gbemisola Ikumelo	Famalam	Various Characters	BBC Three
	Mae Martin	Feel Good	Mae	Channel 4
2022 (68th) ^[3]
	Sophie Willan	Alma's Not Normal	Alma Nuthall	BBC Two
	Aimee Lou Wood	Sex Education	Aimee Gibbs	Netflix
	Aisling Bea	This Way Up	Áine	Channel 4
	Anjana Vasan	We Are Lady Parts	Amina
	Natasia Demetriou	Stath Lets Flats	Sophie
	Rose Matafeo	Starstruck	Jessie	BBC Three
2023 (69th) ^[4]^[5]
	Siobhán McSweeney	Derry Girls	Sister George Michael	Channel 4
	Lucy Beaumont	Meet the Richardsons	Lucy	Dave
	Daisy May Cooper	Am I Being Unreasonable?	Nic	BBC One
	Taj Atwal	Hullraisers	Rana	Channel 4
	Diane Morgan	Cunk on Earth	Philomena Cunk	BBC Two
	Natasia Demetriou	Ellie and Natasia	Various characters	BBC Three
2024 (70th) ^[6]^[7]
	Gbemisola Ikumelo	Black Ops	Dom	BBC One
	Bridget Christie	The Change	Linda	Channel 4
	Máiréad Tyers	Extraordinary	Jen	Disney+
	Sofia Oxenham	Extraordinary	Carrie	Disney+
	Roisin Gallagher	The Lovers	Janet	Sky Atlantic
	Taj Atwal	Hullraisers	Rana	Channel 4
2025 (71st) ^[8]	Anjana Vasan	We Are Lady Parts	Amina	Channel 4
	Kate O'Flynn	Everyone Else Burns	Fiona Lewis
	Nicola Coughlan	Big Mood	Maggie
	Lolly Adefope	The Franchise	Dagmara "Dag" Nwaeze	Sky Comedy
	Ruth Jones	Gavin & Stacey: The Finale	Nessa Jenkins	BBC One
	Sophie Willan	Alma's Not Normal	Alma Nuthall	BBC Two

Superlatives

Record	Actress	Programme	Age (in years)
Oldest winner	Jo Brand	Getting On	53
Oldest nominee	Frances de la Tour	Vicious	69
Youngest winner	Aimee Lou Wood	Sex Education	26
Youngest nominee	Emma Mackey	Sex Education	24

Actresses with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

The following people have won the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance multiple times:

2 wins

Jessica Hynes

Multiple nominations

The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance multiple times:

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

Programmes with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple Nominations