Logie Award for Most Popular Actress explained

Logie Award for Most Popular Actress should not be confused with Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress.

Logie Award for Most Popular Actress
Presenter:TV Week
Country:Australia
Year:1977
Holder:Kitty Flanagan (2023)
Most Awards:Lisa McCune and Asher Keddie (5)

The Logie Award for Most Popular Actress is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award recognises the popularity of an actress in an Australian program. Commonly known as the Silver Logie for Best Actress, it has undergone several official changes of name. 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. It was later renamed Most Popular Actress and briefly Best Actress (2016–2017).[1] For the 2018 ceremony, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular Actress.[2]

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

YearNomineesProgram(s)NetworkRef
1977Ros SpiersPower Without Glory
1978Lorraine BaylyThe Sullivans
1979Lorraine BaylyThe Sullivans
1980Paula DuncanCop Shop
1981Paula DuncanCop Shop
1982Val LehmanPrisoner
1983Rowena WallaceSons and Daughters
1984Rowena WallaceSons and Daughters
1985Anne TenneyA Country Practice
1986Anne TenneyA Country Practice
1987Kylie MinogueNeighbours
1988Kylie MinogueNeighbours
1989Annie JonesNeighbours
1990Rachel FriendNeighbours
1991Georgie ParkerA Country Practice
1992Georgie ParkerA Country Practice
1993Georgie ParkerA Country Practice
1994Sonia ToddPolice Rescue
1995Melissa GeorgeHome and Away
1996Lisa McCuneBlue Heelers
1997Lisa McCuneBlue Heelers
1998Lisa McCuneBlue Heelers
Belinda EmmettHome and Away
Rebecca GibneyHalifax f.p.
Catherine McClementsWater Rats
Kristy WrightHome and Away
1999Lisa McCuneBlue Heelers
Belinda EmmettHome and Away
Rebecca GibneyHalifax f.p.
Georgie ParkerAll Saints
2000Lisa McCuneBlue Heelers
Lucy BellGrass Roots
Georgie ParkerAll Saints
Sigrid ThorntonSeaChange
2001Georgie ParkerAll Saints
Bec CartwrightHome and Away
Rebecca GibneyHalifax f.p.
Sigrid ThorntonSeaChange
2002Libby TannerAll Saints
Rebecca GibneyHalifax f.p.
Claudia KarvanThe Secret Life of Us
Ada NicodemouHome and Away
Georgie ParkerAll Saints
2003Libby TannerAll Saints
Bridie CarterMcLeod's Daughters
Lisa ChappellMcLeod's Daughters
Claudia KarvanThe Secret Life of Us
Georgie ParkerAll Saints
2004Lisa ChappellMcLeod's Daughters
Bridie CarterMcLeod's Daughters
Bec CartwrightHome and Away
Delta GoodremNeighbours
Tammin SursokHome and Away
2005Bec CartwrightHome and Away
Jane AllsopBlue Heelers
Bridie CarterMcLeod's Daughters
Gina RileyKath & Kim
Magda SzubanskiKath & Kim
2006Kate RitchieHome and Away
Natalie BassingthwaighteNeighbours
Bridie CarterMcLeod's Daughters
Bec HewittHome and Away
Ada NicodemouHome and Away
2007Kate RitchieHome and Away
Natalie Bassingthwaighte Neighbours
Natalie BlairNeighbours
Rachael CarpaniMcLeod's Daughters
Simmone Jade MackinnonMcLeod's Daughters
2008Kate RitchieHome and Away
Natalie BlairNeighbours
Simmone Jade MackinnonMcLeod's Daughters
Lisa McCuneSea Patrol
Magda SzubanskiKath & Kim
2009Rebecca GibneyPacked to the Rafters
Jodi GordonHome and Away
Simmone Jade MackinnonMcLeod's Daughters
Kate RitchieHome and Away
Kat StewartUnderbelly
2010Rebecca GibneyPacked to the Rafters
Esther AndersonHome and Away
Rebecca BreedsHome and Away
Jessica MaraisPacked to the Rafters
Jessica ToveyHome and Away
2011Asher KeddieOffspring
Rebecca GibneyPacked to the Rafters
Jessica MaraisPacked to the Rafters
Margot RobbieNeighbours
Zoe VentouraPacked to the Rafters
2012Asher KeddieOffspring
Esther AndersonHome and Away
Danielle Cormack
East West 101
Rebecca GibneyPacked to the Rafters
Jessica MaraisPacked to the Rafters
2013Asher KeddieOffspring
Ashleigh CummingsPuberty Blues
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Rebecca GibneyPacked to the Rafters
Deborah MailmanMabo
Redfern Now
Offspring
Julia MorrisHouse Husbands
2014Asher KeddieOffspring
Essie DavisMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Marta DusseldorpA Place to Call Home
Rebecca GibneyPacked to the Rafters
Julia MorrisHouse Husbands
2015Asher KeddieOffspring
Party Tricks
Jessica MaraisCarlotta
Love Child
Mandy McElhinneyLove Child
Julia MorrisHouse Husbands
Bonnie SveenHome and Away
2016Jessica MaraisLove Child
Essie DavisMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Marta DusseldorpA Place to Call Home
Julia MorrisHouse Husbands
Bonnie SveenHome and Away
2017Jessica MaraisLove Child
The Wrong Girl
Asher KeddieOffspring
Deborah MailmanCleverman
Jack Irish
Offspring
Wolf Creek
Jessica MauboyThe Secret Daughter
Marta DusseldorpA Place to Call Home
Jack Irish
Janet King
2018Jessica MaraisLove Child
The Wrong Girl
Asher KeddieOffspring
Celia PacquolaRosehaven
Utopia
Deborah MailmanCleverman
Julia MorrisHouse Husbands
2019Deborah MailmanBite Club
Mystery Road
Asher KeddieThe Cry
Celia PacquolaRosehaven
Eve MoreyNeighbours
Jenna ColemanThe Cry
Marta DusseldorpA Place To Call Home
Jack Irish
2022Kitty FlanaganFisk
Ada NicodemouHome and Away
Anna TorvThe Newsreader
Bojana NovakovicLove Me
Deborah MailmanTotal Control
Sophie DillmanHome and Away
2023Kitty FlanaganFisk
Ada NicodemouHome and Away
Celeste BarberWellmania
Emily SymonsHome and Away
Julia ZemiroFisk
Lynne McGrangerHome and Away

Multiple wins

NumberActress
Wins
Lisa McCune
Asher Keddie
Georgie Parker
Kate Ritchie
Lorraine Bayly
Paula Duncan
Rowena Wallace
Anne Tenney
Kylie Minogue
Libby Tanner
Rebecca Gibney
Jessica Marais
Kitty Flanagan

Programs with most awards

WinsProgram
A Country Practice
Home and Away
Blue Heelers
Offspring
Neighbours
All Saints

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Voting opens for 2016 Logie Awards. Knox. David. TV Tonight. 16 November 2015. 16 November 2015.
  2. Web site: Voting opens for 2018 Logie Awards. Knox. David. TV Tonight. 5 March 2018. 5 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Logie 2012 voting opens. Knox. David. 5 December 2011. TV Tonight. 26 January 2015.