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 Actress the International Emmy for best actress went to French Muriel Robin for her role as Marie Besnard in the Belgian-French telefilm "The Poisoner. Lucy Cohu, Julie Walters and Helena Bonham Carter won in subsequent years, Walters is the only actress to win twice the prize in 2009, as Anne Turner in "A Short Stay in Switzerland", repeating the feat in 2011 for her performance in the telefilm "Mo", which tells the life story of the parliamentary Labour Party Mo Mowlam. The first Emmy for best actress for Latin America was won by Argentina's Cristina Banegas for her role in the