AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama

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The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in Television Drama is awarded annually by the Australian Film Institute as part of the awards in television for excellence in acting in television drama by an actress.

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The first Award was made in 1986. Prior to 1990, two awards existed and were called Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini Series and Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature. The awards were merged in 1990 to become Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini Series which in 1991 was renamed Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. In 2000, the Awards were again awarded in two categories, called Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature or Mini Series and Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. In 2002, the Awards were again combined under the title Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama and two years later, in 2004, the Award was named Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy. A separate comedy Award was established in 2006, and this Award became Best Lead Actress in Television Drama. [1]

Claudia Karvan has the most nominations with 11 and the most wins with 4.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini Series

YearWinnerMini SeriesNetworkOther nominees
1986 Deidre Rubenstein Palace of Dreams ABC TV
1987 Nicole Kidman Vietnam Network Ten
1988 Anne Phelan Poor Man's Orange Ten Network
1989 Julia Blake Edens Lost ABC

Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature

YearWinnerTelefeatureNetworkOther nominees
1986 Candy Raymond Breaking Up
1987 Michele Fawdon The Fish Are Safe ABC
1988 Kerry McGuire Olive ABC
1989 Pat Thomson Malpractice

Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini Series

YearWinnerTelefeature or Mini SeriesNetworkOther nominees
1990 Rebecca Gibney Come In Spinner ABC TV

Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama

YearWinnerTelevision DramaEpisodeNetworkOther nominees
1991 Sonia Todd Police Rescue "By the book"ABC TV
1992 Lisa Hensley Brides of Christ ABC TV
1993 Denise Roberts G.P. "Alone"ABC TV
1994 Monica Maughan The Damnation of Harvey McHugh "My brilliant chorea"ABC TV
1995 Jacqueline McKenzie Halifax f.p. "Lies of the Mind" Nine Network
1996 Claudia Karvan G.P."Sing me a lullaby"ABC TV
1997 Anne Looby Simone de Beauvoir's Babies Episode #3ABC TV
1998 Rachael Blake Wildside Episode #20ABC TV
1999 Jill Forster SeaChange "Manna from heaven"ABC TV
2000 Anne Phelan Something in the Air "We will remember them"ABC TV
2001 Kerry Armstrong SeaChangeABC TV
2002 Juliet Stevenson The Road from Coorain ABC TV
2003 Angie Milliken MDA ABC TV

Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature or Mini Series

YearWinnerTelefeature or Mini SeriesEpisodeNetworkOther nominees
2000 Noni Hazlehurst Waiting at the Royal Nine Network
2001Angie Milliken My Brother Jack Network Ten
  • Greta Scacchi - The Farm (ABC)
  • Ellouise Rothwell - My Brother Jack (Network Ten)

Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy

YearWinnerTelevision Drama or ComedyEpisodeNetworkOther nominees
2004 Bojana Novakovic Marking Time ABC
2005Claudia Karvan Love My Way FOX8

Best Lead Actress in Television Drama

YearWinnerTelevision DramaEpisodeNetworkOther nominees [2] [3] [4]
2006 Susie Porter RAN SBS TV
2007 Claudia Karvan Love My Way Showtime
2008 Kat Stewart Underbelly Nine Network
2009 Susie Porter East West 101 SBS TV
2010 Catherine McClements Tangle Season 2Showcase
2011 Sarah Snook Sisters of War ABC1
2012 Leah Purcell Redfern Now Episode 1: Family
2013 Claudia Karvan The Time of Our Lives
2014 Marta Dusseldorp Janet King ABC
2015 Pamela Rabe Wentworth Series 3SoHo
2016 Elizabeth Debicki The Kettering Incident Foxtel/Showcase
2017 Elisabeth Moss Top of the Lake: China Girl Foxtel/BBC First
2018 Kate Box Riot
2019 Deborah Mailman Total Control
2020 Yvonne Strahovski Stateless
2021 Anna Torv The Newsreader
2022 Tuuli Narkle Mystery Road: Origin

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