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presented by the British

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''Empire''. The Empire Inspiration Award was first introduced at the 2nd Empire Awards ceremony in 1997 with the

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team receiving the award. The award was absent from the 3rd,

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, 12th and 14th Empire Awards ceremonies.

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is the most recent winner in this category. At the most recent awards ceremony three honorary awards were presented:

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, Empire Inspiration Award and Empire Legend Award.

Winners

In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.

Winners

1990s

2000s

2010s

References

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