Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the Best female actress in a leading role.[1]
1st AMAA Best Actress winner Genevieve Nnaji
2006 AMAA Best Actress winner Joke Silva
2008 AMAA Best Actress winner Kate Henshaw
2009 AMAA Best Actress winner Funke Akindele
2012 AMAA Best Actress winner Rita Dominic
| Best Actress (Lead role) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominees | Film | Result | |
| 2005 | Genevieve Nnaji | Won | ||
| Stephanie Okereke | Nominated | |||
| 2006 | Joke Silva | Widow’s Cot | Won | |
| Stella Damasus | Behind Closed Door | Nominated | ||
| Onyeka Onwenu | Rising Moon | Nominated | ||
| Akofa Asiedu | My Mother’s Heart | Nominated | ||
| Alima Qiedraego | Sofia | Nominated | ||
| Maradzika | Tanyaradzwa | Nominated | ||
| 2007 | Chioma Chukwuka | Sins of the Flesh | Won | |
| Nadia Buari | Beyonce: The President's Daughter | Nominated | ||
| Khabirat Kafidipe | Iwalewa | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Kate Henshaw-Nuttal | Stronger Than Pain | Won | |
| Jackie Aygemang | Princess Tyra | Nominated | ||
| Stella Damasus-Aboderin | Widow | Nominated | ||
| Rakiya Attah | Across the Niger | Nominated | ||
| Genevieve Nnaji | 30 Days / Keep My Will | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Funke Akindele | Jenifa | Won | |
| Stephanie Okereke & Nse Ikpe Etim | Reloaded | Nominated | ||
| Stella Damasus-Aboderin | State of the Heart | Nominated | ||
| Corine Onyango | From a Whisper | Nominated | ||
| Nadia Buari | Agony of the Christ | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Jackie Appiah & Lydia Forson | The Perfect Picture | Won | |
| Bimbo Akintola | Freedom in Chains | Nominated | ||
| Stephanie Okereke | Nnenda | Nominated | ||
| Flora Suya | Season of a life | Nominated | ||
| Akofa Edjeani Asiedu | I Sing of a Well | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | Ama K. Abebrese | Sinking Sands | Won | |
| Genevieve Nnaji | Tango with Me | Nominated | ||
| Idiat Shobande | Aramotu | Nominated | ||
| Omoni Oboli | Anchor Baby | Nominated | ||
| Manie Malone | Viva Riva! | Nominated | ||
| Denise Newman | Shirley Adams | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Rita Dominic | Shattered | Won | |
| Nse Ikpe Etim | Mr. and Mrs. | Nominated | ||
| Yvonne Okoro | Single Six | Nominated | ||
| Ama K. Abebrese | Ties That Bind | Nominated | ||
| Uche Jombo | Damage | Nominated | ||
| Millicent Makheido | 48 | Nominated | ||
| Kudzai Sevenzo-Nyarai | Playing Warriors | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | Florence Masebe | Elelwani | Won | |
| Yvonne Okoro | Contract | Nominated | ||
| Mariam Ouedraogo | Moi Zaphira | Nominated | ||
| Rita Dominic | The Meeting | Nominated | ||
| Mbutung Seikeh | Ninah’s Diary | Nominated | ||
| Flora Suya | Last Fishing Boat | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Clarion Chukwura | Apaye | Won | |
| Uche Nnadili | B for Boy | Nominated | ||
| Linda Sokhulu | Felix | Nominated | ||
| Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha | Accident | Nominated | ||
| Uche Jombo Rodriquez, Monalisa Chinda & Daniella Okeke | Lagos Cougars | Nominated | ||
| Joselyn Dumas | A Northern Affair | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Lesliana Pereira | Njinga: Queen of Angola | Won | |
| Queen Nwokoye | Chetanna | Nominated | ||
| Aida Wang | Juliet and Romeo | Nominated | ||
| Joselyn Dumas | Silverain | Nominated | ||
| Ini Edo | While You Slept | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Fulu Mugovhani | Ayanda | Won | |
| Zined Odieb | Behind Closed Doors | Nominated | ||
| Adesua Etomi | Falling | Nominated | ||
| Maimouna N'Daiye | Eye of the Storm | Nominated | ||
| Nse Ikpe Etim, Ireti Doyle, Omoni Oboli, Dakore Akande | Fifty | Nominated | ||
| Nomzamo Mbatha | Tell Me Sweet Something | Nominated | ||
References
- ↑ "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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