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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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25 - Diana Rigg
The object of a thousand schoolboy crushes thanks to her leather-clad role in camp TV series The Avengers, Dame Diana Rigg has gained immense respect for her wide-ranging work in the theatre and film.

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24 - Julie Christie
A 60s icon, whose acting talent and beauty propelled her to fame in films like Billy Liar, Dr Zhivago and Far From The Madding Crowd.

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23 - Samantha Morton
Feisty and forthright Samantha Morton is one of Britain's finest young actresses, twice Oscar-nominated for her turns as Sean Penn's mute, mistreated lover in Woody Allen's Sweet And Lowdown (1999) and the grieving mother of Jim Sheridan's In America (2004).

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22 - Kristin Scott Thomas
A superb turn as aloof Englishwoman Fiona in hit Brit rom-com Four Weddings And A Funeral finally delivered Kristin Scott Thomas the proper recognition she deserved in her native country.

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21 - Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson is currently the only MP with an Oscar (two to be exact), unless Michael Caine or Catherine Zeta-Jones decide to run, and is best known for her performances as strong, smart and sexy women.

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