Logie Award for Best Actress

Logie Award for Best Actress
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	1977
Currently held by	Jessica Marais (2016)
Most awards	Lisa McCune and Asher Keddie (5)
Official website	www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Silver Logie for Best Actress is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was first awarded at the 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 1977 when the award was originally called Most Popular Australian Lead Actress.^[1] For the 2016 ceremony, it was renamed from Most Popular Actress to Best Actress.^[2] The award is given to recognise the standout performance of an actress in an Australian program. The winner and nominees of Most Popular Actress are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website.^[3] Lisa McCune and Asher Keddie hold the record for the most wins, with five each, followed by Georgie Parker with four wins.

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
	Indicates the winning actress

Year	Nominees	Program(s)	Network	Ref
1977	Ros Spiers	Power Without Glory	ABC	[1]
1978	Lorraine Bayly	The Sullivans	Nine Network	[4]
1979	Lorraine Bayly	The Sullivans	Nine Network
1980	Paula Duncan	Cop Shop	Seven Network
1981	Paula Duncan	Cop Shop	Seven Network
1982	Val Lehman	Prisoner	Network Ten	[5]
1983	Rowena Wallace	Sons and Daughters	Seven Network
1984	Rowena Wallace	Sons and Daughters	Seven Network
1985	Anne Tenney	A Country Practice	Seven Network
1986	Anne Tenney	A Country Practice	Seven Network	[6]
1987	Kylie Minogue	Neighbours	Network Ten
1988	Kylie Minogue	Neighbours	Network Ten
1989	Annie Jones	Neighbours	Network Ten
1990	Rachel Friend	Neighbours	Network Ten	[7]
1991	Georgie Parker	A Country Practice	Seven Network
1992	Georgie Parker	A Country Practice	Seven Network
1993	Georgie Parker	A Country Practice	Seven Network
1994	Sonia Todd	Police Rescue	ABC TV	[8]
1995	Melissa George	Home and Away	Seven Network
1996	Lisa McCune	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
1997	Lisa McCune	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
1998	Lisa McCune	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[9]
	Belinda Emmett	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Rebecca Gibney	Halifax f.p.	Nine Network
	Catherine McClements	Water Rats	Nine Network
	Kristy Wright	Home and Away	Seven Network
1999	Lisa McCune	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[10]
	Belinda Emmett	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Rebecca Gibney	Halifax f.p.	Nine Network
	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network
2000	Lisa McCune	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[11]
	Lucy Bell	Grass Roots	ABC TV
	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network
	Sigrid Thornton	SeaChange	ABC TV
2001	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network	[12]
	Bec Cartwright	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Rebecca Gibney	Halifax f.p.	Nine Network
	Sigrid Thornton	SeaChange	ABC TV
2002	Libby Tanner	All Saints	Seven Network	[13]
	Rebecca Gibney	Halifax f.p.	Nine Network
	Claudia Karvan	The Secret Life of Us	Network Ten
	Ada Nicodemou	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network
2003	Libby Tanner	All Saints	Seven Network	[14]
	Bridie Carter	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Lisa Chappell	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Claudia Karvan	The Secret Life of Us	Network Ten
	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network
2004	Lisa Chappell	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network	[15]
	Bridie Carter	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Bec Cartwright	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Delta Goodrem	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Tammin Sursok	Home and Away	Seven Network
2005	Bec Cartwright	Home and Away	Seven Network	[16]
	Jane Allsop	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
	Bridie Carter	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Gina Riley	Kath & Kim	ABC TV
	Magda Szubanski	Kath & Kim	ABC TV
2006	Kate Ritchie	Home and Away	Seven Network	[17]
	Natalie Bassingthwaighte	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Bridie Carter	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Bec Hewitt	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Ada Nicodemou	Home and Away	Seven Network
2007	Kate Ritchie	Home and Away	Seven Network	[18]
	Natalie Bassingthwaighte	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Natalie Blair	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Rachael Carpani	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Simmone Jade Mackinnon	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
2008	Kate Ritchie	Home and Away	Seven Network	[19]
	Natalie Blair	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Simmone Jade Mackinnon	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Lisa McCune	Sea Patrol	Nine Network
	Magda Szubanski	Kath & Kim	Seven Network
2009	Rebecca Gibney	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network	[20]
	Jodi Gordon	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Simmone Jade Mackinnon	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Kate Ritchie	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Kat Stewart	Underbelly	Nine Network
2010	Rebecca Gibney	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network	[21]
	Esther Anderson	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Rebecca Breeds	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Jessica Marais	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Jessica Tovey	Home and Away	Seven Network
2011	Asher Keddie	Offspring	Network Ten	[22]
	Rebecca Gibney	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Jessica Marais	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Margot Robbie	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Zoe Ventoura	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
2012	Asher Keddie	Offspring	Network Ten	[23]
		Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo	ABC1
	Esther Anderson	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Danielle Cormack	Underbelly: Razor	Nine Network
		East West 101	SBS
	Rebecca Gibney	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Jessica Marais	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
2013	Asher Keddie	Offspring	Network Ten	[24]
	Ashleigh Cummings	Puberty Blues	Network Ten
		Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	ABC1
	Rebecca Gibney	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Deborah Mailman	Mabo	ABC1
		Redfern Now	ABC1
		Offspring	Network Ten
	Julia Morris	House Husbands	Nine Network
2014	Asher Keddie	Offspring	Network Ten	[25]
	Essie Davis	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	ABC1
	Marta Dusseldorp	A Place to Call Home	Seven Network
	Rebecca Gibney	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Julia Morris	House Husbands	Nine Network
2015	Asher Keddie	Offspring	Network Ten	[26]
		Party Tricks
	Jessica Marais	Carlotta	ABC
		Love Child	Nine Network
	Mandy McElhinney	Love Child	Nine Network
	Julia Morris	House Husbands	Nine Network
	Bonnie Sveen	Home and Away	Seven Network
2016	Jessica Marais	Love Child	Nine Network	[27]
	Essie Davis	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	ABC
	Marta Dusseldorp	A Place to Call Home	SoHo
	Julia Morris	House Husbands	Nine Network
	Bonnie Sveen	Home and Away	Seven Network

Multiple wins

Number	Actress
Wins
5	Lisa McCune
5	Asher Keddie
4	Georgie Parker
3	Kate Ritchie
2	Lorraine Bayly
2	Paula Duncan
2	Rowena Wallace
2	Anne Tenney
2	Kylie Minogue
2	Libby Tanner
2	Rebecca Gibney

Programs with most awards

Wins	Program
5	A Country Practice
5	Home and Away
5	Blue Heelers
5	Offspring
4	Neighbours
3	All Saints

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