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Best British Actress
You sent in your Best British Actress nominees, and we've created a list of the top 50 of all time for you to vote on. So, whether you're wild about Winslet, or mad for Mortimer, cast your votes now.

 
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20 - Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver has risen through the ranks to become one of Britain's highest profile actresses. After debuting in Circle Of Friends (1995), she achieved critical success in Big Night, Sleepers and Good Will Hunting.

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19 - Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn came to acting late, but hit the big time in gritty dramas like Secrets And Lies and Little Voice.

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18 - Rachel Weisz
After appearing alongside Liv Tyler in Stealing Beauty, Weisz hit the Hollywood big time as the bookish damsel in distress in The Mummy (1999). Career highs since have been in both stage and film versions of Neil La Bute's The Shape Of Things, Istvan Sabo's Sunshine and con thriller Confidence.

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17 - Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave's acting brilliance was never in any doubt - Sir Laurence Olivier himself proclaimed her imminent greatness the very day she was born. With more Golden Globes and Emmys than you can shake a stick at, and six Oscar nominations for films such as Isadora, Julia, and Howard's End (1993), Redragve has certainly lived up to expectations.

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16 - Jane Horrocks
The immensely talented Jane Horrocks captured British hearts with her comic performances as the dizzy Bubbles in Absolutely Fabulous, before becoming an international star in Little Voice.

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