Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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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]
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Best Actress (Lead role) | |||
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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 | |
Kudakwashe 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'Diaye | Eye of the Storm | Nominated | |
Nse Ikpe Etim, Ireti Doyle, Omoni Oboli, Dakore Egbuson-Akande | Fifty | Nominated | |
Nomzamo Mbatha | Tell Me Sweet Something | Nominated | |
2017[2] | Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu | Felicite | Won |
Lydia Forson | Keteke | Nominated | |
Lupita Nyong'o | Queen of Katwe | Nominated | |
Bimbo Akintola | 93 Days | Nominated | |
Josette Bushell-Mingo | While We Live | Nominated | |
Rita Dominic | 76 | Nominated | |
Khabonina Qubeka | Dora's Peace | Nominated | |
Zimkhitha Nyoka | Vaya | Nominated | |
2018 | Dakore Egbuson-Akande | Isoken | Won |
Kate Henshaw | Roti | Nominated | |
Reine Swart | Siembamba | Nominated | |
Okawa Shaznay | In My Country | Nominated | |
Nana Ama McBrown Lydia Forson Sika Osei |
Sidechic Gang | Nominated | |
Mariam Phiri | The Road To Sunrise | Nominated | |
Tunde Aladese | Lost Café | Nominated | |
Joselyn Dumas | Potato Potahto | Nominated | |
2019 | Sola Sobowale | King of Boys | Won |
Sheila Munyiva | Rafiki | Nominated | |
Rita Dominic | Light in the Dark | Nominated | |
Jill Levenberg | Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story | Nominated | |
Beatrice Taisamo | Fatuma | Nominated | |
Seyi Shay | Lara and the Beat | Nominated | |
Jemima Osunde | The Delivery Boy | Nominated | |
Samantha Mugatsia | Rafiki | Nominated | |
2020 | Mary Twala Mhlongo | This is Not A Burial, It’s a Resurrection | Won |
Joselyn Dumas | Cold Feet | Nominated | |
Meg Otanwa | For Maria: Ebun Pataki | Nominated | |
Zenobia Kloppers | Fiela’s Child | Nominated | |
Elvina Ibru | The Bling Lagosians | Nominated | |
Girley Jazama | The White Line | Nominated | |
Kelly Khumalo | Zulu Wedding | Nominated | |
2021 | Joan Agaba | Stain | Won |
Lucie Memba Bois | Buried | Nominated | |
Funke Akindele | Omo Ghetto: The Saga | Nominated | |
Sarah Alina Grosz | Black Medusa | Nominated | |
Phumi Mthembu | African American | Nominated | |
Rita Dominic | La Femme Anjola | Nominated | |
Claudine de Groot | Hairareb | Nominated | |
2022 | Ikhlas Gafur Vora | Tug of War | Won |
Bless Fortune | Road to my fathers compound | Nominated | |
Osas Ighodaro | Man of God | Nominated | |
Ronah Ninsiima | Tembele | Nominated | |
Vanessa Vanderpuye | A song from the dark | Nominated | |
Nanfuna Sharon | The Wave | Nominated | |
Eniola Akinbo | Swallow | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Nigerian movies top 2017 AMAA nomination list". Premium Times. Retrieved 2017-11-06.