Youngest winner of a BAFTA film award (female)

Jodie Foster (USA, b. Alicia Foster, 19 Nov 1962) was 14 years 125 days old when she collected the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – for portraying Tallulah in Bugsy Malone (USA/UK, 1976) and Iris Steensma in Taxi Driver (USA, 1976) – at the 30th British Academy Film Awards on 24 March 1977. Foster’s third award of the night was for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. The now-discontinued prize was presented between 1953 and 1985 to the likes of Norman Wisdom (1954), Julie Andrews (1965), Judi Dench (1966), Dustin Hoffman (1969), Christopher Reeve (1979) and Ben Kingsley (1983), but in 1977, for the only time in BAFTAs history, Foster was the sole nominee for her two supporting roles.

Following a Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination – for playing Sarah Tobias in The Accused (USA, 1988) – at the 43rd British Academy Film Awards in 1990, Foster returned to winning ways in the same category two years later, beating Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon and Juliet Stevenson to the award at the 45th edition of the BAFTAs for portraying Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (USA, 1991).

Cherry Campbell (UK, b. 21 May 2005) was just 9 years 186 days old when she took home the Best Performer trophy at the British Academy Children’s Awards on 23 November 2014, for her role as Katie Morag McColl in the BBC TV series Katie Morag (2013-15). She remains the BAFTAs’ youngest-ever award-winner.