Ireland

Irish Film & Television Awards

The Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA), presented by the Irish Film & Television Academy since 2003, honour Irish and international film and television. This page lists the acting awards.

Winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards (Ireland), year by year. Names link to the film or person page when they are on Sinekatalog. Compiled from Wikidata.

Best Actor Best Actress

Best Actor

21 years listed (2003–2025); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2025	Éanna Hardwicke	Saipan
2024	Cillian Murphy	Small Things Like These
2023	Paul Mescal	Aftersun
2022	Moe Dunford	Nightride
2021	Gabriel Byrne	Death of a Ladies' Man
2019	Tom Vaughan-Lawlor	Rialto
2017	John Connors	Cardboard Gangsters
2016	Colm Meaney	The Journey (2017)
2015	Michael Fassbender	Steve Jobs
2014	Moe Dunford	Patrick's Day
2013	Brendan Gleeson	Calvary
2012	Jack Reynor	What Richard Did
2011	Michael Fassbender	Shame (2011)
2010	Martin McCann	Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
2009	Colin Farrell	Ondine
2008	Michael Fassbender	Hunger
2007	Pat Shortt	Garage
2006	Cillian Murphy	Breakfast on Pluto
2005	Liam Neeson	Kinsey
2004	Gerard McSorley	Omagh
2003	Andrew Scott	Dead Bodies

Best Actress

18 years listed (2003–2025); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2025	Jessie Buckley	Hamnet
2024	Saoirse Ronan	The Outrun
2023	Bríd Ní Neachtain	Róise & Frank
	Agnes O'Casey	Lies We Tell
2022	Catherine Clinch	The Quiet Girl
2021	Nika McGuigan	Wildfire
2019	Jessie Buckley	Wild Rose
2017	Saoirse Ronan	Lady Bird
2016	Ruth Negga	Loving
2014	Deirdre O'Kane	Noble
2013	Saoirse Ronan	Byzantium
2012	Ruth Bradley	Grabbers
2010	Amy Huberman	Rewind
2009	Saoirse Ronan	The Lovely Bones
2008	Eileen Walsh	Eden (2008)
2007	Bríd Ní Neachtain	Cré na Cille
2006	Eva Birthistle	Middletown
2005	Renée Weldon ‡	Trouble with Sex
2003	Angeline Ball	Bloom