Empire Award for Best British Actress Empire Award for Best British Actress The Empire Award for Best British Actress was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor a British actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best British Actress was first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 with Kate Winslet receiving the award for her role in "Heavenly Creatures" and last presented at the 10th Empire Awards ceremony in 2005. It was one of three Best British awards retired that year (the others
International Emmy Award for Best Actor the Emmy in 2008 for his performance as Robert Maxwell in "Maxwell", a telefilm directed by Colin Barr. In 2009, Ben Whishaw was awarded for his role in "Criminal Justice", a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2008. In 2010, the award winning Bob Hoskins won the International Emmy for his performance in "The Street", a British television drama series created by Jimmy McGovern and directed by David Blair. This was the penultimate work of Hoskins on TV. Christopher Eccleston won the award the following year for his role in "Accused", a television anthology