Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress

has won this award five times, for in 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, and 1996 won this award twice in 1986 and 2002 won this award twice in 1989 and 1994 won for Death and the Maiden (1992) won this award three times in 1995, 2003, and 2005 won for ''A Doll's House'' (1997) won twice for The Unexpected Man (1999) and Honour (2005) won for All My Sons (2001) won for The Seagull (2008) won for Much Ado About Nothing (2009) won for A Streetcar Named Desire (2010) won for Anna Christie (2012) won for The Audience (2013) won twice for Ghosts (2014) and Oedipus (2025) won for Taken at Midnight (2015) won for The Ferryman (2019) won for Death of a Salesman (2020) won for Constellations (2022) won for Prima Facie (2023) won for The Portrait of Dorian Gray (2024) 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Multiple awards and nominations for Best Actress==

Note: The below awards and nominations include individuals awarded and nominated under the now-defunct categories Actress of the Year in a New Play and Actress of the Year in a Revival as well as the current combined Best Actress category. Awards ;Five awards • Judi Dench ;Three awards • Clare Higgins ;Two awards • Eileen Atkins • Lindsay Duncan • Lesley Manville • Fiona Shaw • Frances de la Tour • Dorothy Tutin • Margaret Tyzack • Zoë Wanamaker Nominations ;Nine nominations • Judi Dench ;Six nominations • Eileen Atkins • Penelope Wilton ;Five nominations • Sinéad Cusack • Glenda Jackson • Janet McTeer • Kristin Scott Thomas • Juliet Stevenson • Maggie Smith • Zoë Wanamaker ;Four nominations • Lindsay Duncan • Clare Higgins • Helen Mirren • Diana Rigg • Fiona Shaw • Harriet Walter ;Three nominations • Gillian Anderson • Lesley Manville • Joan Plowright • Vanessa Redgrave • Imelda Staunton • Frances de la Tour ;Two nominations ==See also==