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

2012 AMAA Best Actress winner Rita Dominic

2009 AMAA Best Actress winner Funke Akindele
| 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 | Nominated | ||
| Genevieve Nnaji | 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 | Uche Nnadili | B for Boy | Pending | |
| Linda Sokhulu | Felix | Pending | ||
| Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha | Accident | Pending | ||
| Clarion Chukwura | Apaye | Pending | ||
| Uche Jombo Rodriquez, Monalisa Chinda & Daniella Okeke | Lagos Cougars | Pending | ||
| Joselyn Dumas | A Northern Affair | Pending | ||
References
- ↑ "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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