British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance explained

British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance
Country:United Kingdom
Holder:Charlotte Jordan
(Daisy Midgeley in Coronation Street)
Most Awards:Lacey Turner (3)

The British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance is an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards. From 2016 to 2019, the award was split into gendered categories; female and male. This was dropped in 2022 in favour of having a gender neutral category again.[1] The award is voted for by a panel. Coronation Street is the most awarded soap in the category, with ten wins, while EastEnders actress Lacey Turner has won the most, with three wins. The award is currently held by Coronation Street actress Charlotte Jordan.

Awards and nominees

Best Dramatic Performance

YearActorRoleSoap opera
1999[2] Kelvin FletcherAndy SugdenEmmerdale
Georgia TaylorToyah BattersbyCoronation Street
Barbara WindsorPeggy MitchellEastEnders
Kerrie TaylorLucy BensonHollyoaks
2000[3] Lindsey CoulsonCarol JacksonEastEnders
Gary LucyLuke MorganHollyoaks
2001[4] Georgia TaylorToyah BattersbyCoronation Street
2002[5] Ray QuinnAnthony MurrayBrookside
Sue NichollsAudrey RobertsCoronation Street
Jessie WallaceKat SlaterEastEnders
Nicola DuffettCat MatthewsFamily Affairs
2003[6] Sue NichollsAudrey RobertsCoronation Street
Natalie CassidySonia FowlerEastEnders
Leah BracknellZoe TateEmmerdale
2004[7] Mark CharnockMarlon DingleEmmerdale
David NeilsonRoy CropperCoronation Street
Letitia DeanSharon WattsEastEnders
Kazia PelkaChrissy CostelloFamily Affairs
2005[8] Kazia PelkaChrissy CostelloFamily Affairs
David NeilsonRoy CropperCoronation Street
Gary BeadlePaul TruemanEastEnders
Lee OtwayDavid "Bombhead" BurkeHollyoaks
2006[9] Bradley WalshDanny BaldwinCoronation Street
Stirling GallacherGeorge WoodsonDoctors
Lacey TurnerStacey SlaterEastEnders
Ursula Holden-GillAlice DingleEmmerdale
2007[10] Lacey TurnerStacey SlaterEastEnders
Kate FordTracy BarlowCoronation Street
Bill WardCharlie StubbsCoronation Street
James SuttonJohn Paul McQueenHollyoaks
2008[11] Jo JoynerTanya BranningEastEnders
Jack P. ShepherdDavid PlattCoronation Street
Charlotte BellamyLaurel ThomasEmmerdale
Emma RigbyHannah AshworthHollyoaks
2009[12] Anita CareyVivien MarchDoctors
Patsy PalmerBianca JacksonEastEnders
Jenna-Louise ColemanJasmine ThomasEmmerdale
Carley StensonSteph CunninghamHollyoaks
2010[13] Lacey TurnerStacey SlaterEastEnders
Chris GascoynePeter BarlowCoronation Street
Danny MillerAaron LivesyEmmerdale
Glen WallaceMalachy FisherHollyoaks
2011[14] Jane DansonLeanne BattersbyCoronation Street
Lindsey CoulsonCarol JacksonEastEnders
Danny MillerAaron LivesyEmmerdale
Claire CooperJacqui McQueenHollyoaks
2012[15] Jo JoynerTanya JessopEastEnders
Alison KingCarla ConnorCoronation Street
Owen BrenmanHeston CarterDoctors
Jeff HordleyCain DingleEmmerdale
2013[16] Natalie GumedeKirsty SoamesCoronation Street
Dido MilesEmma ReidDoctors
Jo JoynerTanya CrossEastEnders
Lucy PargeterChas SpencerEmmerdale
Claire CooperJacqui McQueenHollyoaks
2014[17] David NeilsonRoy CropperCoronation Street
Chris WalkerRob HollinsDoctors
Lindsey CoulsonCarol JacksonEastEnders
Charley WebbDebbie DingleEmmerdale
Stephanie DavisSinead RoscoeHollyoaks
2015[18] Kellie BrightLinda CarterEastEnders
Simon GregsonSteve McDonaldCoronation Street
Lorna LaidlawMrs TembeDoctors
Natalie AndersonAlicia MetcalfeEmmerdale
Keith RiceFinn O'ConnorHollyoaks
2022[19] Mark CharnockMarlon DingleEmmerdale
Sally CarmanAbi WebsterCoronation Street
Dex LeeBear SylvesterDoctors
Gillian WrightJean SlaterEastEnders
Harvey VirdiMisbah MaalikHollyoaks
2023[20] Charlotte JordanDaisy MidgeleyCoronation Street
Chris WalkerRob HollinsDoctors
Danielle HaroldLola Pearce-BrownEastEnders
Jeff HordleyCain DingleEmmerdale
Nikki SandersonMaxine MinniverHollyoaks

Best Female Dramatic Performance

YearActressRoleSoap opera
2016[21] Lacey TurnerStacey SlaterEastEnders
Tina O'BrienSarah PlattCoronation Street
Sarah MoyleValerie PitmanDoctors
Charlotte BellamyLaurel ThomasEmmerdale
Zöe LuckerReenie McQueenHollyoaks
2017[22] Kym MarshMichelle ConnorCoronation Street
Dido MilesEmma ReidDoctors
Diane ParishDenise FoxEastEnders
Charlotte BellamyLaurel ThomasEmmerdale
Nadine Rose MulkerrinCleo McQueenHollyoaks
2018[23] Lucy FallonBethany PlattCoronation Street
Laura RollinsAyesha LeeDoctors
Lacey TurnerStacey FowlerEastEnders
Natalie J. RobbMoira DingleEmmerdale
Nadine Rose MulkerrinCleo McQueenHollyoaks
2019[24] Gillian WrightJean SlaterEastEnders
Katie McGlynnSinead TinkerCoronation Street
Elisabeth Dermot WalshZara CarmichaelDoctors
Lucy PargeterChas DingleEmmerdale
Nadine Rose MulkerrinCleo McQueenHollyoaks

Best Male Dramatic Performance

YearActorRoleSoap opera
2016Danny MillerAaron LivesyEmmerdale
Jack P. ShepherdDavid PlattCoronation Street
Adrian Lewis MorganJimmi ClayDoctors
Steve McFaddenPhil MitchellEastEnders
Jeremy SheffieldPatrick BlakeHollyoaks
2017John MiddletonAshley ThomasEmmerdale
Simon GregsonSteve McDonaldCoronation Street
Ian MidlaneAl HaskeyDoctors
Steve McFaddenPhil MitchellEastEnders
Kieron RichardsonSte HayHollyoaks
2018Ross AdamsScott DrinkwellHollyoaks
Connor McIntyrePat PhelanCoronation Street
Chris WalkerRob HollinsDoctors
Jake WoodMax BranningEastEnders
Jeff HordleyCain DingleEmmerdale
2019Adam WoodwardBrody HudsonHollyoaks
Rob MallardDaniel OsbourneCoronation Street
Ian MidlaneAl HaskeyDoctors
Zack MorrisKeegan BakerEastEnders
Dominic BruntPaddy KirkEmmerdale

Wins and nominations by soap

Soap operaWinsNominations
Coronation Street1016
EastEnders818
Emmerdale518
Hollyoaks219
Doctors115
Brookside10
Family Affairs02

Notes and References

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