Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role – Film

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.

Irish Film & Television Award for Best Actress – Film
Awarded forBest Actress – Film
CountryIreland
Presented byIrish Film & Television Academy
Currently held byCatherine Clinch,
An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)
Websitewww.ifta.ie

Winners and nominees

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2010s

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Year Actor Work Ref
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

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Year Actor Work Ref
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

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Multiple wins

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5 wins:

Multiple nominations

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7 nominations::

  • Saoirse Ronan

3 nominations:

2 nominations:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Saoirse Ronan, IFTA Winner 2010, Actress in a Lead Role Film for The Lovely Bones". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards IFTAs | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
  3. ^ "IFTA Lead Actress Film". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards IFTAs | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
  5. ^ "Deirdre O'Kane - Winner Best Actress Film IFTA 2015". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Saoirse Ronan 'Brooklyn' Winner Best Actress in a Leading Role Film Award - IFTA 2016". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
  8. ^ "IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
  9. ^ "IFTA Academy | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". ifta.ie.
  10. ^ "IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie.
  11. ^ "Catherine Clinch (An Cailín Ciúin) - Winner of Lead Actress - Film (Presented by Charlie Cox)". Irish Film & Television Academy – via YouTube.