Critics' Circle Theater Award / Best Actress
The following Critics' Circle Theater Awards were presented in the Best Actress category .
1982 to 1989
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Actress Judi Dench
- 1982: Judi Dench for A Kind of Alaska and The Importance of Being Earnest
- 1983: Juliet Stevenson for Measure for Measure
- 1984: Glenda Jackson for Strange Interlude
- 1985: Vanessa Redgrave for The Seagull
- 1986: Joan Plowright for The House of Bernarda Alba
- 1987: Judi Dench for Antony and Cleopatra
- 1988: Pauline Collins for Shirley Valentine
- 1989: Fiona Shaw for Electra and The Good Person of Sichuan
1990 to 1999
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Actress Fiona Shaw (2011)
- 1990: Josette Simon for After the Fall
- 1991: Fiona Shaw for Hedda Gabler
- 1992: Eileen Atkins for The Night of the Iguana
- 1993: Penelope Wilton for The Deep Blue Sea
- 1994: Clare Higgins for The Children's Hour and Sweet Bird of Youth
- 1995: Claire Skinner for The Glass Menagerie
- 1996: Janet McTeer for A Doll's House
- 1997: Judi Dench for Amy's View
- 1998: Sinéad Cusack for Our Lady of Sligo
- 1999: Janie Dee for Comic Potential
2000 to 2009
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Actress Lindsay Duncan (2011)
- 2000: Victoria Hamilton for As You Like It
- 2001: Lindsay Duncan for Mouth to Mouth and Private Lives
- 2002: Clare Higgins for Vincent in Brixton
- 2003: Eve Best for Mourning Becomes Electra
- 2004: Victoria Hamilton for Suddenly Last Summer
- 2005: Eve Best for Hedda Gabler
- 2006: Kathleen Turner for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 2007: Anne-Marie Duff for Saint Joan
- 2008: Margaret Tyzack for The Chalk Garden
- 2009: Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire
Since 2010
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Helen McCrory (2015)
- 2010: Jenny Jules for Ruined
- 2011: Sheridan Smith for Flare Path
- 2012: Hattie Morahan for A Doll's House
- 2013: Lesley Manville for Ghosts
- 2014: Helen McCrory for Medea
- 2015: Denise Gough for People, Places and Things
Web links
- Critics' Circle Theater Awards at the Albemarle of London.
- Critics 'Circle Theater Awards at The Critics' Circle.