Irish Film & Television Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film
# Irish Film & Television Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film

The eighth awards ceremony saw lead actresses in film and television combined into the same category. Up until the 2018–2019 film season, awards were given for films released in Ireland the previous year.

## Winners and nominees

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Work |
| - | - | - |
| 2010 7th |
| 2010 7th | Saoirse Ronan | The Lovely Bones |
| 2010 7th | Janice Byrne | Zonad |
| 2010 7th | Amy Kirwan | Eamon |
| 2010 7th | Jade Yourell | Happy Ever Afters |
| 2012 9th | | |
| 2012 9th | Saoirse Ronan | Hanna |
| 2012 9th | Aoife Duffin | Behold the Lamb |
| 2012 9th | Antonia Campbell-Hughes | The Other Side of Sleep |
| 2012 9th | Marcella Plunkett | Stella Days |
| 2013 10th | | |
| 2013 10th | Ruth Bradley | Grabbers |
| 2013 10th | Anne-Marie Duff | Sanctuary |
| 2013 10th | Seána Kerslake | Dollhouse |
| 2013 10th | Roisin Murphy | What Richard Did |
| 2014 11th | | |
| 2014 11th | Saoirse Ronan | Byzantium |
| 2014 11th | Antonia Campbell-Hughes | 3096 |
| 2014 11th | Jane McGrath | Black Ice |
| 2014 11th | Kelly Thornton | Life's A Breeze |
| 2015 12th | | |
| 2015 12th | Deirdre O'Kane | Noble |
| 2015 12th | Tara Breathnach | A Nightingale Falling |
| 2015 12th | Jordanne Jones | I Used to Live Here |
| 2015 12th | Simone Kirby | Jimmy's Hall |
| 2016 13th | | |
| 2016 13th | Saoirse Ronan | Brooklyn |
| 2016 13th | Eva Birthistle | Swansong |
| 2016 13th | Ruth Bradley | Pursuit |
| 2016 13th | Orla Brady | The Price of Desire |
| 2016 13th | Evanna Lynch | My Name Is Emily |
| 2017 14th | | |
| 2017 14th | Ruth Negga | Loving |
| 2017 14th | Caoilfhionn Dunne | In View |
| 2017 14th | Seána Kerslake | A Date for Mad Mary |
| 2017 14th | Aisling Loftus | Property of the State |
| 2017 14th | Catherine Walker | A Dark Song |
| 2018 15th | | |
| 2018 15th | Saoirse Ronan | Lady Bird |
| 2018 15th | Sarah Bolger | Halal Daddy |
| 2018 15th | Ann Skelly | Kissing Candice |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Work |
| - | - | - |
| 2020 16th |
| 2020 16th | Jessie Buckley | Wild Rose |
| 2020 16th | Aisling Franciosi | The Nightingale |
| 2020 16th | Bronagh Gallagher | A Bump Along The Way |
| 2020 16th | Sarah Greene | Rosie |
| 2020 16th | Seána Kerslake | The Hole in the Ground |
| 2020 16th | Saoirse Ronan | Little Women |
| 2021 17th | | |
| 2021 17th | Danika McGuigan (posthumous) | Wildfire |
| 2021 17th | Jessie Buckley | I'm Thinking of Ending Things |
| 2021 17th | Clare Dunne | Herself |
| 2021 17th | Lola Petticrew | Dating Amber |
| 2021 17th | Nora-Jane Noone | Wildfire |
| 2022 18th | | |
| 2022 18th | Catherine Clinch | An Cailín Ciúin |
| 2022 18th | Niamh Algar | Censor |
| 2022 18th | Angeline Ball | Deadly Cuts |
| 2022 18th | Gemma-Leah Devereux | The Bright Side |
| 2022 18th | Hazel Doupe | You Are Not My Mother |

## Statistics

### Multiple wins

5 wins:

* Saoirse Ronan

### Multiple nominations

7 nominations::

* Saoirse Ronan

3 nominations:

* Seána Kerslake

2 nominations:

* Ruth Bradley
* Jessie Buckley
* Antonia Campbell-Hughes
