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 and Katherine Parkinson are the only two actresses who has received this award more than once, with two wins for each of them.
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Actress Work Character Network 2010 (56th)Rebecca Front The Thick of ItRt Hon Nicola Murray MP BBC TwoJo Brand Getting OnKim WildeBBC FourJoanna ScanlanDenise "Den" FlixterMiranda Hart MirandaMiranda BBC Two 2011 (57th)Jo BrandGetting OnKim Wilde BBC FourDawn French Roger & Val Have Just Got InVal Stephenson BBC TwoKatherine ParkinsonThe IT CrowdJen Barber Channel 4Miranda HartMirandaMiranda BBC One 2012 (58th)Jennifer SaundersAbsolutely FabulousEdina Monsoon BBC OneOlivia ColmanTwenty TwelveSally Owen BBC FourTamsin Greig Friday Night DinnerJackie Goodman Channel 4Ruth JonesStellaStella Morris Sky One 2013 (59th)Olivia ColmanTwenty TwelveSally Owen BBC TwoJulia DavisHunderbyDorothy Sky AtlanticMiranda Hart MirandaMiranda BBC OneJessica HynesTwenty TwelveSiobhan Sharpe BBC Two 2014 (60th)Katherine Parkinson The IT CrowdJen Barber Channel 4Frances de la Tour ViciousViolet Crosby ITVKerry HowardHim & Her: The WeddingLaura Williams BBC ThreeDoon Mackichan PlebsFlavia ITV2 2015 (61st)Jessica HynesW1ASiobhan Sharpe BBC TwoCatherine Tate Catherine Tate's NanJoanie Taylor BBC OneOlivia Colman Rev.Alex SmallboneBBC TwoTamsin GreigEpisodesBeverly Lincoln 2016 (62nd)Michaela CoelChewing GumTracey Gordon E4Miranda Hart MirandaMirandaBBC OneSian Gibson Peter Kay's Car ShareKayleigh KitsonSharon Horgan CatastropheSharon Morris Channel 4 2017 (63rd)Phoebe Waller-BridgeFleabagFleabag BBC ThreeLesley Manville MumCathy BradshawBBC TwoDiane Morgan Cunk on ShakespearePhilomena CunkOlivia ColmanFleabagGodmother BBC Three 2018 (64th)Daisy May CooperThis CountryKerry Mucklowe BBC ThreeAnna Maxwell Martin MotherlandJulia BBC TwoSian Gibson Peter Kay's Car ShareKayleigh Kitson BBC OneSharon Horgan CatastropheSharon Morris Channel 4 2019 (65th) Jessica HynesThere She GoesEmily YatesBBC FourDaisy May CooperThis CountryKerry Mucklowe BBC ThreeJulia Davis Sally4EverEmma Sky AtlanticLesley Manville MumCathy Bradshaw BBC Two
2020s Year Actress Work Character Network 2020 (66th) 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 2021 (67th) 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 Mae Martin Feel Good Mae Channel 4 2022 (68th) 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 Three2023 (69th) Siobhán McSweeney Derry Girls Sister George MichaelChannel 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) Gbemisola Ikumelo Black Ops Dom BBC One Bridget Christie The Change Linda Channel 4 Máiréad Tyers Extraordinary Jen Disney+ Sofia Oxenham Carrie Roisin Gallagher The Lovers Janet Sky Atlantic Taj Atwal Hullraisers Rana Channel 4 2025(71st) Ruth Jones Gavin & Stacey: The Finale Nessa Jenkins BBC One 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 Sophie Willan Alma's Not Normal Alma Nuthall BBC Two 2026(72nd) Katherine Parkinson Here We Go Rachel Jessop BBC One Philippa Dunne Amandaland Anne Flynn BBC One Lucy Punch Amanda Hughes Jennifer Saunders Aunt Joan Rosie Jones Pushers Emily Dawkins Channel 4 Diane Morgan Mandy Mandy Carter 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 Katherine Parkinson
Multiple nominations The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance multiple times:
4 nominations Olivia Colman Miranda Hart Daisy May Cooper
3 nominations Jessica Hynes Gbemisola Ikumelo Diane Morgan Katherine Parkinson
2 nominations Taj Atwal Jo Brand Julia Davis Natasia Demetriou Sian Gibson Tamsin Greig Sharon Horgan Ruth Jones Lesley Manville Jennifer Saunders Anjana Vasan Phoebe Waller-Bridge Sophie Willan Aimee Lou Wood
Programmes with multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins 2 wins Fleabag
Multiple nominations 4 nominations Fleabag Miranda
3 nominations Amandaland Getting On Sex Education This Country Twenty Twelve
2 nominations Alma's Not Normal Catastrophe Extraordinary Famalam Hullraisers The IT Crowd Mum Peter Kay's Car Share We Are Lady Parts
References
External links BAFTA official site BAFTA Awards, Internet Movie Database