The British Soap Award for Villain of the Year was an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards. Upon its inception, the award was voted for by a panel, until in 2006, it opened as a publicly voted category. This remained until 2014. However, in 2023, it was once again opened as a public vote. Coronation Street is the most awarded soap in the category, with nine wins. The final winner of the award was EastEnders actor Navin Chowdhry.
Winners and nominees
+ Winners and nominees from 1999–2004 Year Actor Role Soap opera 1999 Stephen Billington Greg Kelly Coronation Street Martin Kemp Steve Owen EastEnders Ross Kemp Grant Mitchell EastEnders Claire King Kim Tate Emmerdale 2000 Martin Kemp Steve Owen EastEnders 2001 Steve McFadden Phil Mitchell EastEnders Martin Kemp Steve Owen EastEnders 2002 Alex Ferns Trevor Morgan EastEnders Steve McFadden Phil Mitchell EastEnders Miles Anderson George Shackleford Family Affairs David Easter Pete Callan Family Affairs Tina Hall Claire Toomey Family Affairs 2003 Brian Capron Richard Hillman Coronation Street Alex Ferns Trevor Morgan EastEnders Steve McFadden Phil Mitchell EastEnders 2004 Charlie Brooks Janine Butcher EastEnders Kate Ford Tracy Barlow Coronation Street Peter Amory Chris Tate Emmerdale Henry Luxemburg Toby Mills Hollyoaks
+ Winners and nominees from 2005–2014 Year Winner Shortlisted Longlisted 2005 Sasha Behar (Maya Sharma in Coronation Street) Bill Ward (Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street) Tracy-Ann Oberman (Chrissie Watts in EastEnders) Lorraine Chase (Steph Stokes in Emmerdale) Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street) Sean Arnold (Harry Fisher in Doctors) Mandana Jones (Ria Ford in Doctors) Keeley Mills (Chloe Pearce in Doctors) Leslie Grantham (Den Watts in EastEnders) Billy Murray (Johnny Allen in EastEnders) 2006 Billy Murray (Johnny Allen in EastEnders) Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street) Bill Ward (Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street) Warren Brown (Andy Holt in Hollyoaks) Bradley Walsh (Danny Baldwin in Coronation Street) Daniel Anthony (Lex Keavey in Doctors) Lesley Harcourt (Charlotte Roberts in Doctors) Jo-Anne Stockham ("The Mantis" in Doctors) Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell in EastEnders) Tracy-Ann Oberman (Chrissie Watts in EastEnders) Nick Brimble (Terence Turner in Emmerdale) Matt Healy (Matthew King in Emmerdale) Patsy Kensit (Sadie King in Emmerdale) Chris Fountain (Justin Burton in Hollyoaks) Louis Tamone (Sam Owen in Hollyoaks) 2007 Gemma Bissix (Clare Devine in Hollyoaks) Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street) Sophie Thompson (Stella Crawford in EastEnders) Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox in Hollyoaks) Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt in Coronation Street) Pavel Douglas (Leo Jackson in Doctors) Anthony Hunt (Ian Carter in Doctors) Robert Kazinsky (Sean Slater in EastEnders) Lee Ross (Owen Turner in EastEnders) Kenneth Farrington (Tom King in Emmerdale) Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle in Emmerdale) Linda Thorson (Rosemary King in Emmerdale) 2008 Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt in Coronation Street) Sophie Thompson (Stella Crawford in EastEnders) Jake Wood (Max Branning in EastEnders) Barry Sloane (Niall Rafferty in Hollyoaks) Helen Flanagan (Rosie Webster in Coronation Street) Alison King (Carla Connor in Coronation Street) Louise Bangay (Alex Haverley in Doctors) Ken Bones (Tyrrel in Doctors) Catherine Hamilton (Ocean Kennedy in Doctors) Robert Kazinsky (Sean Slater in EastEnders) Joseph Gilgun (Eli Dingle in Emmerdale) Matt Healy (Matthew King in Emmerdale) Nicola Wheeler (Nicola King in Emmerdale) Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox in Hollyoaks) Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay in Hollyoaks) 2009 Gray O'Brien (Tony Gordon in Coronation Street) Chris Coghill (Tony King in EastEnders) Larry Lamb (Archie Mitchell in EastEnders) Barry Sloane (Niall Rafferty in Hollyoaks) Graeme Hawley (John Stape in Coronation Street) Mikey North (Gary Windass in Coronation Street) Gavin Bell (Davey Lowe in Doctors) James Gaddas (Jack Harcourt in Doctors) Badria Timimi (Layla Darwish in Doctors) John Altman (Nick Cotton in EastEnders) Matt Healy (Matthew King in Emmerdale) Paul McEwan (Shane Doyle in Emmerdale) Nicola Wheeler (Nicola King in Emmerdale) Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox in Hollyoaks) Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay in Hollyoaks) 2010 Larry Lamb (Archie Mitchell in EastEnders) Gray O'Brien (Tony Gordon in Coronation Street) Don Gilet (Lucas Johnson in EastEnders) Siân Reeves (Sally Spode in Emmerdale) Robert Beck (Jimmy Dockerson in Coronation Street) Greg Wood (Rick Neelan in Coronation Street) Debbie Chazen (Sissy Juggins in Doctors) Sam Heughan (Scott Nielson in Doctors) Philip McGough (Charlie Bradfield in Doctors) Chris Coghill (Tony King in EastEnders) Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle in Emmerdale) Lyndon Ogbourne (Nathan Wylde in Emmerdale) Joel Goonan (Gaz Bennett in Hollyoaks) Lydia Kelly (Lydia Hart in Hollyoaks) Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox in Hollyoaks) 2011 Emmett J. Scanlan (Brendan Brady in Hollyoaks) Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street) Charlie Brooks (Janine Butcher in EastEnders) Don Gilet (Lucas Johnson in EastEnders) Graeme Hawley (John Stape in Coronation Street) Paula Lane (Kylie Platt in Coronation Street) Emma Stansfield (Lesley Hammond in Doctors) Matilda Ziegler (Susan Oakley in Doctors) Philip McGough (Charlie Bradfield in Doctors) Glynis Barber (Glenda Mitchell in EastEnders) Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle in Emmerdale) Michael McKell (Nick Henshall in Emmerdale) Lyndon Ogbourne (Nathan Wylde in Emmerdale) Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox in Hollyoaks) Jeff Rawle (Silas Blissett in Hollyoaks) 2012 Andrew Lancel (Frank Foster in Coronation Street) Ace Bhatti (Yusef Khan in EastEnders) Joshua Pascoe (Ben Mitchell in EastEnders) Jeff Rawle (Silas Blissett in Hollyoaks) Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street) Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames in Coronation Street) James Larkin (Harrison Kellor in Doctors) Marian McLoughlin (Marina Bonnaire in Doctors) Laurence Saunders (Trevor Waterhouse in Doctors) Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell in EastEnders) Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle in Emmerdale) Tom Lister (Carl King in Emmerdale) Jason Merrells (Declan Macey in Emmerdale) Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox in Hollyoaks) Emmett J. Scanlan (Brendan Brady in Hollyoaks) 2013 Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames in Coronation Street) Nigel Havers (Lewis Archer in Coronation Street) Jamie Foreman (Derek Branning in EastEnders) Dominic Power (Cameron Murray in Emmerdale) Emmett J. Scanlan (Brendan Brady in Hollyoaks) John Michie (Karl Munro in Coronation Street) Sophie Abelson (Cherry Malone in Doctors) Sam Barriscale (Andrei Mitkov in Doctors) Gary Lucy (Danny Pennant in EastEnders) Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell in EastEnders) Tom Lister (Carl King in Emmerdale) Charley Webb (Debbie Dingle in Emmerdale) James Atherton (Will Savage in Hollyoaks) Joseph Thompson (Doctor Browning in Hollyoaks) 2014 Anna Passey (Sienna Blake in Hollyoaks) Charlie Brooks (Janine Butcher in EastEnders) Dominic Power (Cameron Murray in Emmerdale) Jesse Birdsall (Fraser Black in Hollyoaks) Greg Wood (Trevor Royle in Hollyoaks) Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow in Coronation Street) Connor McIntyre (Pat Phelan in Coronation Street) Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt in Coronation Street) Mark Cameron (Tom in Doctors) Neil Haigh (Gus Harper in Doctors) Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Zara Carmichael in Doctors) Daniel Coonan (Carl White in EastEnders) Cornell John (Sam James in EastEnders) Emma Atkins (Charity Dingle in Emmerdale) Michael Parr (Ross Barton in Emmerdale)
+ Winners and nominees from 2015–present Year Actor Role Soap opera 2015 Jeremy Sheffield Patrick Blake Hollyoaks Sean Ward Callum Logan Coronation Street Daniel Schutzmann Franc Christophe Doctors John Altman Nick Cotton EastEnders Ryan Hawley Robert Sugden Emmerdale 2016 Connor McIntyre Pat Phelan Coronation Street Adam Astill Anthony Harker Doctors Ellen Thomas Claudette Hubbard EastEnders Ryan Hawley Robert Sugden Emmerdale Sophie Austin Lindsey Butterfield Hollyoaks 2017 Lucy-Jo Hudson Rhiannon Davis Doctors Connor McIntyre Pat Phelan Coronation Street Jake Wood Max Branning EastEnders Gillian Kearney Emma Barton Emmerdale Persephone Swales-Dawson Nico Blake Hollyoaks 2018 Connor McIntyre Pat Phelan Coronation Street Ryan Prescott Liam Slade Doctors Jake Wood Max Branning EastEnders Gillian Kearney Emma Barton Emmerdale David Easter Mac Nightingale Hollyoaks 2019 Nathan Sussex Buster Smith Hollyoaks Greg Wood Rick Neelan Coronation Street Matthew Chambers Daniel Granger Doctors Ricky Champ Stuart Highway EastEnders Claire King Kim Tate Emmerdale 2022 Maximus Evans Corey Brent Coronation Street Laura White Princess Buchanan Doctors Toby-Alexander Smith Gray Atkins EastEnders Paige Sandhu Meena Jutla Emmerdale Rhiannon Clements Summer Ranger Hollyoaks 2023 Aaron Thiara Ravi Gulati EastEnders Todd Boyce Stephen Reid Coronation Street Laura White Princess Buchanan Doctors Michael Wildman Al Chapman Emmerdale Angus Castle-Doughty Eric Foster Hollyoaks 2025 Navin Chowdhry Nish Panesar EastEnders Calum Lill Joel Deering Coronation Street Ned Porteous Joe Tate Emmerdale Tyler Conti Abe Fielding Hollyoaks
Wins and nominations by soap Soap opera Wins Shortlist nominations Coronation Street 9 13 EastEnders 8 25 Hollyoaks 5 15 Doctors 1 6 Emmerdale 0 14 Family Affairs 0 3
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