Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role is an annual Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to the best leading performance by an actress in a Canadian television series. Previously presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.

Prior to the creation of the Gemini Awards in 1986, the predecessor ACTRA Awards presented only a single award for Best Performance in a Continuing Role, differentiating neither by gender nor for the distinction between comedy and drama.[1]

In August 2022, the Academy announced that beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, a gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performance in a Drama Series will be presented.[2]

1980s

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Year Actor Series Ref
1986
1st Gemini Awards
Marnie McPhail The Edison Twins [3]
Jennifer Dale Night Heat [4]
Susan Walden Danger Bay
1987
2nd Gemini Awards
Dixie Seatle Adderly [5]
Stacie Mistysyn Degrassi Junior High [6]
Nicole Stoffman Degrassi Junior High
Amber-Lea Weston The Campbells
1988
3rd Gemini Awards
Sonja Smits Street Legal [7]
Ocean Hellman Danger Bay [8]
Sarah Polley Ramona
Jessica Steen Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
1989
4th Gemini Awards
Stacie Mistysyn Degrassi Junior High [9]
Alex Amini T. and T. [10]
Janet-Laine Green The Beachcombers
Dixie Seatle Adderly
Joanne Vannicola 9B

1990s

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Year Nominee Series Ref
1990
5th Gemini Awards
Jackie Burroughs Road to Avonlea [11]
Angela Deiseach Degrassi High [12]
Stacie Mistysyn Degrassi High
Marsha Moreau My Secret Identity
Sarah Polley Road to Avonlea
1991
6th Gemini Awards
Jackie Burroughs Road to Avonlea [13]
Sara Botsford E.N.G. [14]
Cynthia Dale Street Legal
Jennifer Dale No Place Like Home
Amanda Stepto Degrassi High
1992
7th Gemini Awards
Sara Botsford E.N.G. [15]
Cynthia Dale Street Legal [16]
Sarah Polley Road to Avonlea
Sonja Smits Street Legal
1993
8th Gemini Awards
Jackie Burroughs Road to Avonlea [17]
Catherine Disher Forever Knight [18]
Tina Keeper North of 60
Sophie Michaud Counterstrike
Sarah Polley Road to Avonlea
1994
9th Gemini Awards
Lally Cadeau Road to Avonlea [19]
Jackie Burroughs Road to Avonlea [20]
Tracey Cook North of 60
Cynthia Dale Street Legal
Tina Keeper North of 60
1995
10th Gemini Awards
Joely Collins Madison [21]
Tracey Cook North of 60 [22]
Catherine Disher Forever Knight
Tina Keeper North of 60
Enuka Okuma Madison
Sarah Strange Madison
1996
11th Gemini Awards
Tina Keeper North of 60 [23]
Stacy Grant Madison [24]
Barbara Eve Harris Side Effects
Jennifer Podemski The Rez
Sarah Strange Madison
Gema Zamprogna Road to Avonlea
1997
12th Gemini Awards
Patricia Harras Jake and the Kid [25]
Cynthia Belliveau Wind at My Back [26]
Tina Keeper North of 60
Sarah Strange Madison
Peta Wilson Nikita
1998
13th Gemini Awards
Sheila McCarthy Emily of New Moon [27]
Christina Cox F/X: The Series [28]
Shirley Douglas Wind at My Back
Rebecca Jenkins Black Harbour
Julie Stewart Cold Squad
1999
14th Gemini Awards
Arsinée Khanjian Foolish Heart [29]
Kathryn Greenwood Wind at My Back [30]
Rebecca Jenkins Black Harbour
Sheila McCarthy Emily of New Moon
Sonja Smits Traders
Peta Wilson Nikita

2000s

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Year Actor Series Ref
2000
15th Gemini Awards
Torri Higginson The City [31]
Sarah Chalke Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy [32]
Kari Matchett Power Play
Caroline Néron Cover Me
Sonja Smits Traders
Julie Stewart Cold Squad
2001
16th Gemini Awards
Babz Chula These Arms of Mine [33]
Maria del Mar Blue Murder [34]
Tamara Hickey The Associates
Julie Stewart Cold Squad
Amanda Tapping Stargate SG-1
2002
17th Gemini Awards
Julie Stewart Cold Squad [35]
Tamara Hickey The Associates [36]
Janet Kidder Tom Stone
Victoria Snow Paradise Falls
Venus Terzo Da Vinci's Inquest
2003
18th Gemini Awards
Marina Orsini The Last Chapter II: The War Continues [37]
Tamara Hickey Blue Murder [38]
Mimi Kuzyk Blue Murder
Julie Stewart Cold Squad
Waneta Storms The Eleventh Hour
2004
19th Gemini Awards
Catherine Disher Snakes & Ladders [39]
Martha Burns Slings & Arrows [40]
Cara Pifko This is Wonderland
Waneta Storms The Eleventh Hour
Tracy Waterhouse Blue Murder
2005
20th Gemini Awards
Cara Pifko This is Wonderland [41]
Tammy Isbell Paradise Falls [42]
Victoria Snow Paradise Falls
Julie Stewart Cold Squad
Waneta Storms The Eleventh Hour
2006
21st Gemini Awards
Martha Burns Slings and Arrows [43]
Martha Henry At the Hotel [44]
Erin Karpluk Godiva's
Andrea Menard Moccasin Flats
Cara Pifko This Is Wonderland
2007
22nd Gemini Awards
Martha Burns Slings and Arrows [45]
Susan Coyne Slings and Arrows [46]
Gabrielle Miller Robson Arms
Klea Scott Intelligence
2008
23rd Gemini Awards
Hélène Joy Durham County [47]
Kristin Booth MVP [48]
Natalie Dormer The Tudors
Jewel Staite Stargate: Atlantis
Camille Sullivan Intelligence
2009
24th Gemini Awards
Erin Karpluk Being Erica [49]
Natalie Dormer The Tudors [50]
Amy Jo Johnson Flashpoint
Andrea Menard Rabbit Fall
Amanda Tapping Sanctuary

2010s

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Year Actor Series Ref
2010
25th Gemini Awards
Caroline Cave Cra$h & Burn [51]
Lynda Boyd Republic of Doyle [52]
Hélène Joy Durham County
Grace Park The Border
Victoria Snow Paradise Falls
2011
26th Gemini Awards
Michelle Thrush Blackstone [53]
Erin Karpluk Being Erica [54]
Carmen Moore Blackstone
Krystin Pellerin Republic of Doyle
Lauren Lee Smith The Listener
Camille Sullivan Shattered
2012
1st Canadian Screen Awards
Meg Tilly Bomb Girls [55]
Erica Durance Saving Hope [56]
Erin Karpluk Being Erica
Amy Price-Francis King
Emily Rose Haven
2013
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black [57]
Hélène Joy Murdoch Mysteries [58]
Michelle Thrush Blackstone
Meg Tilly Bomb Girls
Katheryn Winnick Vikings
2014
3rd Canadian Screen Awards
Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black [59]
Megan Follows Reign [60]
Meaghan Rath Being Human
Jennie Raymond Sex & Violence
Jackie Torrens Sex & Violence
2015
4th Canadian Screen Awards
Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black [61]
Megan Follows Reign [62]
Kristin Lehman Motive
Missy Peregrym Rookie Blue
Jennie Raymond Sex & Violence
2016
5th Canadian Screen Awards
Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black [63]
Erica Durance Saving Hope [64]
Megan Follows Reign
Kristin Lehman Motive
Carmen Moore Blackstone
2017
6th Canadian Screen Awards
Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black [65]
Caroline Dhavernas Mary Kills People [66]
Amybeth McNulty Anne with an E
Meaghan Rath Rogue
Jennie Raymond Sex & Violence
2018
7th Canadian Screen Awards
Amybeth McNulty Anne with an E [67]
Wendy Crewson The Detail [67]
Caroline Dhavernas Mary Kills People
Kristin Kreuk Burden of Truth
Melanie Scrofano Wynonna Earp
2019
8th Canadian Screen Awards
Karine Vanasse Cardinal [68]
Caroline Dhavernas Mary Kills People [69]
Amybeth McNulty Anne with an E
Lauren Lee Smith Frankie Drake Mysteries
Serinda Swan Coroner

2020s

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Year Actor Series Ref
2020
9th Canadian Screen Awards
Crystle Lightning Trickster [70]
Vinessa Antoine Diggstown [71]
Kristin Kreuk Burden of Truth
Melanie Scrofano Wynonna Earp
Karine Vanasse Cardinal: Until the Night
2021
10th Canadian Screen Awards
Laurence Leboeuf Transplant [72]
Vinessa Antoine Diggstown [73]
Kristin Kreuk Burden of Truth
Melanie Scrofano Wynonna Earp
Serinda Swan Coroner

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