Inside Soap Awards
The Inside Soap Awards is a yearly award ceremony run by Inside Soap magazine since 1996. The awards celebrate both British and Australian soap operas and their actors.
The current soap operas nominated for awards are Casualty, Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Holby City, Hollyoaks, Home and Away, and Neighbours. Now defunct soaps that were formerly nominated for awards are Take the High Road, Springhill, Sunset Beach The Bill, Bad Girls, Brookside, Crossroads, Family Affairs, Night and Day, Where the Heart Is and Waterloo Road.
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2018 winners
The winners were announced on 22 October 2018.Category | Winner | Nominees |
Best Soap | Coronation Street | EastEnders Emmerdale Hollyoaks |
Best Actor | Jack P. Shepherd | Shayne Ward Danny Dyer Gregory Finnegan |
Best Actress | Emma Atkins | Lucy Fallon Catherine Tyldesley Bonnie Langford |
Best Young Actor | Isobel Steele | Kyran Bowes Maisie Smith Aedan Duckworth |
Funniest Male | Simon Gregson | Joe Duttine Mark Charnock Shaun Thomas |
Funniest Female | Dolly-Rose Campbell | Tameka Empson Lorraine Stanley Nicole Barber-Lane |
Best Newcomer | Ash Palmisciano | James Burrows Tony Clay Rishi Nair |
Best Bad Boy | Connor McIntyre | Ricky Champ Thomas Atkinson Ned Porteous |
Best Bad Girl | Mollie Winnard | Tanya Franks Sally Dexter Tamara Wall |
Soap Superstar | Jennifer Metcalfe | |
Soap Superstar | Danny Miller | |
Best Shock Twist | Anna returns to kill Phelan | Lachlan kills Gerry Moira gives birth Nico's alive/Sienna kills Nico |
Best Exit | Shayne Ward | Connor McIntyre Shaheen Jafargholi Shaun Thomas |
Best Partnership | Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright | Jack P. Shepherd and Julia Goulding Danny Miller and Ryan Hawley Jacob Roberts and Adam Woodward |
Best Show-Stopper | Keegan and Shakil's knife attack | Aidan takes his own life Phelan's last stand High school explosion/Neeta dies |
Best Drama Star | Chelsea Halfpenny | William Beck Amanda Mealing Rosie Marcel |
Best Drama Storyline | The hospital shooting | Alicia's rape Connie's cancer John Gaskell's journey to the dark side |
Best Daytime Soap | Doctors | Home and Away Neighbours |
Best Daytime Star | Ray Meagher | Chris Walker Jake Ryan Jackie Woodburne |
2019 winners
The winners were announced on 7 October 2019.Category | Winner | Nominees | |
Best Soap | Hollyoaks | Coronation Street EastEnders Emmerdale | |
Best Actor | Adam Woodward | Jack P. Shepherd Danny Dyer Jeff Hordley | |
Best Actress | Stephanie Davis | Alison King Gillian Wright Lucy Pargeter | |
Best Young Actor | Kara-Leah Fernandes | Amelia Flanagan Joe-Warren Plant Aedan Duckworth | Joe Duttine Dominic Brunt Ashley Taylor Dawson |
Funniest Female | Lorraine Stanley | Patti Clare Maureen Lipman Sally Dexter | |
Best Newcomer | Maureen Lipman | Max Bowden Jessica Plummer Niamh Blackshaw | |
Best Bad Boy | Max Bowden | Mikey North Ricky Champ Kyle Pryor | |
Best Bad Girl | Louisa Clein | Tanya Franks Claire King Jennifer Metcalfe | |
Soap Superstar | Sally Dynevor | ||
Best Shock Twist | Flashback to the Big Night Out | Gary is the factory killer Linda double-crosses Stuart Breda is a serial killer | |
Best Exit | Jane Cox | Bhavna Limbachia Bonnie Langford Lauren McQueen | |
Best Partnership | Dominic Brunt and Lucy Pargeter | Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright Roger Griffiths and Kara-Leah Fernandes Emma Atkins and Michelle Hardwick | |
Best Show-Stopper | Carla's Mental Health episode | The factory collapse Sean's story Victoria's rape | |
Best Drama Star | Rosie Marcel | Amanda Mealing Michael Stevenson David Ames | |
Best Drama Storyline | Iain's depression | Duffy's dementia The Holby cyber attack Dom finds out Ange is his mother | |
Best Daytime Soap | Neighbours | Doctors Home and Away | |
Best Daytime Star | Ryan Moloney | Matthew Chambers Ray Meagher Jodi Anasta |