The British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance is an award presented annually by the

British Soap Awards The British Soap Awards (BSAs) are an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom which honours the best moments in British soap operas. The ceremony is televised on ITV and has been presented by Phillip Schofield since 2006. The trophies ...

. From 2016 to 2019, the award was split into gendered categories;

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and

male Male (Mars symbol, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot sexual reproduction, repro ...

. This was dropped in 2022 in favour of having a

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category again. The award is voted for by a panel. ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...

'' is the most awarded soap in the category, with ten wins, while '' EastEnders'' actress

Lacey Turner Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Stacey Slater on the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' (2004–2010, 2014–present), for which she has won over thirty awards, including fou ...

has won the most, with three wins. The award is currently held by ''Coronation Street'' actress

Charlotte Jordan Charlotte Jordan Evans (born 1 June 1995) is an English actress, known for her roles as Gaby Grant in the Netflix series '' Free Rein'' and Daisy Midgeley in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. The latter earned her a British Soap Award ...