Filmfare Award for Best Actress

Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	1954 (for performances in films released around 1953)
Currently held by	Kangana Ranaut, Queen (2014)
Official website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954 for the films released in preceding year 1953.

Superlatives

Nutan and Kajol (above) hold the record for most awards in this category.

Madhuri Dixit holds the record of maximum nominations (14) and most consecutive nominations(10).

Superlative	Actor	Record
Actress with most awards	Nutan Kajol	5
Actress with most nominations	Madhuri Dixit	14
Actress with most consecutive nominations	Madhuri Dixit	10
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Tabu	5
Actress with most nominations in a single year	Shabana Azmi (1983)	4
Eldest winner	Nutan	42
Eldest nominee	Sharmila Tagore	60
Youngest winner	Dimple Kapadia	16
Youngest nominee	Dimple Kapadia	16

Nutan and Kajol, with five wins each, have more Best Actress wins than any other actress. Two actresses: Meena Kumari and Madhuri Dixit, have four wins. Vyjayanthimala, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi and Vidya Balan have three wins. Seven actresses have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Waheeda Rehman, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha, Sridevi, Karisma Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and Rani Mukerji.

Five actresses have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Meena Kumari (1953–54), Jaya Bachchan (1973–74), Shabana Azmi (1983–84), Rani Mukerji (2004–05), and Vidya Balan (2011–12).

Actresses who have won both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards include Vyjayanthimala, Raakhee, Padmini Kolhapure, Nutan, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha, Karisma Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut. Rani Mukerji is the first and only actress to win both these awards in the same year (2004). Two actresses were nominated for both these awards for the same performance: Nutan for Saudagar (1973) and for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978) and Raakhee for Doosra Aadmi (1977).

There has been only one tie in the history of this category. This occurred in 1973 when Jaya Bachchan and Dimple Kapadia were both given the award.

Madhuri Dixit, holds the record for most nominations in the Best Actress category (14), followed by Meena Kumari (12), Hema Malini / Kajol (11) and Shabana Azmi / Sridevi / Aishwarya Rai (9).

Raakhee and Madhuri Dixit are the overall most-nominated performers in the female acting categories, with 16 nominations overall, Rakhee having 8 for Best Actress and 8 for Best Supporting Actress, and Madhuri Dixit, having 14 for Best Actress and 2 for Best Supporting Actress. Madhuri Dixit also holds the record for most consecutive year nominations with 10 between 1988 and 1995, being nominated twice in 1994 and 1995, winning thrice in 1990, 1992 and 1994. Later, also winning in 1997.

In 1962, Meena Kumari achieved an unusual feat by garnering all the three nominations of this category. She was nominated for Aarti, Main Chup Rahungi and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (for which she eventually won).

Shabana Azmi, who received four out of the five nominations of this category in 1983 (and eventually won for Arth), holds the record for the highest number of Best Actress nominations in a single year.

Meena Kumari and Nutan were most victorious with two wins in the 1950s. The '60s faced tough competition with four actresses having two wins each namely, Meena Kumari, Vyjayanthimala, Waheeda Rehman and Nutan. Jaya Bachchan ruled the '70s with three wins. Shabana Azmi and Rekha fetched two wins each in the '80s. In the '90s Madhuri Dixit outperformed all actresses with four wins. Cousins Kajol and Rani Mukherji had two wins each in the 2000s which were the highest. Until now Vidya Balan is the most successful actress of 2010s with two wins.

Kareena Kapoor and Karisma Kapoor are the only siblings who have both won the Best Actress Award.

Only once have siblings been nominated for the Best Actress Award during the same year: Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in 2001, and twice have cousins been nominated for the Best Actress Award during the same year: Kajol and Rani Mukerji in 2006 and Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra in 2012.

Multiple Nominees

• 14 Nominations: Madhuri Dixit
• 12 Nominations: Meena Kumari
• 11 Nominations: Hema Malini, Kajol
• 9 Nominations: Shabana Azmi, Aishwarya Rai, Sridevi
• 8 Nominations: Jaya Bachchan, Raakhee, Rani Mukerji
• 7 Nominations: Nutan, Rekha, Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone
• 6 Nominations: Juhi Chawla
• 5 Nominations: Tabu, Karisma Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra
• 4 Nominations: Vyjayanthimala, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman, Saira Banu, Smita Patil, Dimple Kapadia, Manisha Koirala, Sharmila Tagore, Urmila Matondkar
• 3 Nominations: Jaya Prada, Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor
• 2 Nominations: Sadhana Shivdasani, Nargis, Asha Parekh, Suchitra Sen, Reena Roy, Zeenat Aman, Padmini Kolhapure, Rati Agnihotri, Meenakshi Seshadri, Ameesha Patel, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Parineeti Chopra, Kangana Ranaut

Multiple Winners

• 5 Wins: Nutan, Kajol
• 4 Wins: Meena Kumari, Madhuri Dixit
• 3 Wins: Vyjayanthimala, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi,Vidya Balan
• 2 Wins: Waheeda Rahman, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha, Sridevi, Karisma Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji

List of winners and nominees

1950s

• 1953 Meena Kumari – Baiju Bawra as Gauri
• 1954 Meena Kumari – Parineeta as Lalita
• 1955 Kamini Kaushal – Biraj Bahu as Biraj Chakravorty
  • Geeta Bali – Vachan as Kamla
  • Meena Kumari – Azaad as Shobha
• 1956 Nutan – Seema as Gauri
• 1957 Nargis – Mother India as Radha
• 1958 Vyjayanthimala – Sadhna as Champabai / Rajani
  • Meena Kumari – Sahara as Leela
  • Vyjayanthimala – Madhumati as Madhumati / Madhavi / Radha
• 1959 Nutan – Sujata as Sujata
  • Mala Sinha – Dhool Ka Phool as Meena Khosla
  • Meena Kumari – Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan as Ratna

1960s

• 1960 Bina Rai – Ghunghat as Parvati / Jamuna
  • Madhubala – Mughal-e-Azam as Anarkali
  • Nutan – Chhalia as Shanti
• 1961 Vyjayanthimala – Gunga Jumna as Dhanno
  • Padmini – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai as Kammo
  • Saira Banu – Junglee as Rajkumari 'Raj'
• 1962 Meena Kumari – Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam as Chhoti Bahu
  • Meena Kumari – Aarti as Aarti Gupta
  • Meena Kumari – Main Chup Rahungi as Gayetri
• 1963 Nutan – Bandini as Kalyani
  • Mala Sinha – Bahurani as Padma
  • Meena Kumari – Dil Ek Mandir as Sita
• 1964 Vyjayanthimala – Sangam as Radha Khanna
  • Mala Sinha – Jahan Ara as Jahanara Begum Sahib
  • Sadhana – Woh Kaun Thi? as Sandhya
• 1965 Meena Kumari – Kaajal as Madhavi
  • Mala Sinha – Himalay Ki Godmein as Phoolwa
  • Sadhana – Waqt as Meena Mittal
• 1966 Waheeda Rehman – Guide as Rosie Marco
  • Meena Kumari – Phool Aur Patthar as Shanti Devi
  • Suchitra Sen – Mamta as Devyani (Pannabai) / Suparna
• 1967 Nutan – Milan as Radha R. Rai
  • Saira Banu – Shagird as Poonam
  • Waheeda Rehman – Ram Aur Shyam as Anjana
• 1968 Waheeda Rehman – Neel Kamal as Rajkumari Neel Kamal / Sita Raichand
  • Nargis – Raat Aur Din as Mrs. Varuna Verma / Peggy
  • Saira Banu – Diwana as Kamini Gupta
• 1969 Sharmila Tagore – Aradhana as Vandhana Tripathi
  • Asha Parekh – Chirag as Asha Chibber
  • Nanda – Ittefaq as Rekha

1970s

• 1970 Mumtaz – Khilona as Chand
  • Sharmila Tagore – Safar as Mrs. Neela Shekhar Kapoor
  • Waheeda Rehman – Khamoshi as Radha
• 1971 Asha Parekh – Kati Patang as Madhavi "Madhu"
  • Jaya Bachchan – Guddi as Kusum "Guddi"
  • Jaya Bachchan – Uphaar as Minoo
• 1972 Hema Malini – Seeta Aur Geeta as Seeta / Geeta
  • Meena Kumari – Pakeezah as Nargis / Sahibjaan (posthumous nomination)
  • Raakhee – Aankhon Aankhon Mein as Parvati
• 1973 Dimple Kapadia – Bobby as Bobby J. Braganza and Jaya Bachchan – Abhimaan as Uma Kumar
  • Jaya Bachchan – Koshish as Aarti Mathur
  • Moushumi Chatterjee – Anuraag as Shivani
  • Nutan – Saudagar as Mahjubhi
• 1974 Jaya Bachchan – Kora Kagaz as Archana Gupta
  • Hema Malini – Amir Garib as Sunita "Soni"
  • Hema Malini – Prem Nagar as Lata
  • Saira Banu – Sagina as Lalita
  • Shabana Azmi – Ankur as Laxmi
• 1975 Lakshmi – Julie as Julie
  • Hema Malini – Khushboo as Kusum
  • Hema Malini – Sanyasi as Champa
  • Jaya Bachchan – Mili as Mili Khanna
  • Suchitra Sen – Aandhi as Aarti Devi
• 1976 Raakhee – Tapasya as Indrani "Indu" Sinha
  • Hema Malini – Mehbooba as Ratna / Jhumri
  • Raakhee – Kabhi Kabhie as Pooja Khanna
  • Reena Roy – Nagin as Nagin
  • Sharmila Tagore – Mausam as Chanda Thapa / Kajli Thapa
• 1977 Shabana Azmi – Swami as Saudamini "Mini"'
  • Hema Malini – Kinara as Aarti Sanyal
  • Raakhee – Doosra Aadmi as Nisha
  • Smita Patil – Bhumika as Usha (Urvashi) Dalvi
  • Zarina Wahab – Gharaonda as Chaya
• 1978 Nutan – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki as Sanjukta Chouhan
  • Raakhee – Trishna as Mrs. Aarti Gupta
  • Ranjeeta – Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se as Lily Fernandes
  • Rekha – Ghar as Aarti Chandra
  • Zeenat Aman – Satyam Shivam Sundaram as Rupa
• 1979 Jaya Bachchan – Nauker as Geeta
  • Hema Malini – Meera as Meera Rathod
  • Jaya Prada – Sargam as Hema Pradhan
  • Poonam Dhillon – Noorie as Noorie Nabi
  • Raakhee – Jurmana as Rama Sharma

1980s

• 1980 Rekha – Khubsoorat as Manju Dayal
  • Reena Roy – Aasha as Asha
  • Rekha – Judaai as Gauri Singh Verma
  • Shabana Azmi – Thodisi Bewafaii as Nima Choudhary
  • Zeenat Aman – Insaaf Ka Tarazu as Bharti Saxena
• 1981 Smita Patil – Chakra as Amma
  • Hema Malini – Naseeb as Asha
  • Jaya Bachchan – Silsila as Shobha Malhotra
  • Raakhee – Baseraa as Sharda Balraj Kohli
  • Rati Agnihotri – Ek Duuje Ke Liye as Sapna
  • Rekha – Umrao Jaan as Umrao Jaan
• 1982 Padmini Kolhapure – Prem Rog as Manorama "Rama"
  • Raakhee – Shakti as Sheetal Kumar
  • Rekha – Jeevan Dhaara as Sangeeta Shrivastav
  • Salma Agha – Nikaah as Niloufer Bano / Habiba Shabnam Rehmani
  • Smita Patil – Bazaar as Najma
• 1983 Shabana Azmi – Arth as Mrs. Pooja Inder Malhotra
  • Shabana Azmi – Avtaar as Radha Krishen
  • Shabana Azmi – Mandi as Rukmini Bai
  • Shabana Azmi – Masoom as Indu D. Malhotra
  • Sridevi – Sadma as Nehalata Malhotra
• 1984 Shabana Azmi – Bhavna as Bhavna Saxena
  • Jaya Prada – Sharaabi as Meena
  • Rohini Hattangadi – Saaransh as Parvati Pradhan
  • Shabana Azmi – Sparsh as Kavita
  • Smita Patil – Aaj Ki Awaaz as Rajni V. Deshmukh
• 1985 Dimple Kapadia – Saagar as Mona D'Silva
  • Jaya Prada – Sanjog as Yashoda / Asha
  • Mandakini – Ram Teri Ganga Maili as Ganga Singh
  • Padmini Kolhapure – Pyaar Jhukta Nahin as Preeti B. Pratap
  • Rati Agnihotri – Tawaif as Sultana
• 1986 No award
• 1987 No award
• 1988 Rekha – Khoon Bhari Maang as Aarti Verma/Jyoti
  • Juhi Chawla – Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak as Rashmi
  • Madhuri Dixit – Tezaab as Mohini
• 1989 Sridevi – ChaalBaaz as Anju Das / Manju Das
  • Bhagyashree – Maine Pyar Kiya as Suman
  • Madhuri Dixit – Prem Pratigyaa as Laxmi M. Rao
  • Sridevi – Chandni as Chandni Mathur
  • Vijayashanti – Eeshwar as Lalita

1990s

• 1990 Madhuri Dixit – Dil as Madhu Mehra
  • Hema Malini – Rihaee as Taku
  • Juhi Chawla – Pratibandh as Shanti
  • Meenakshi Seshadri – Jurm as Meena S. Varma
• 1991 Sridevi – Lamhe as Pallavi / Pooja Bhatnagar
  • Dimple Kapadia – Lekin... as Reva
  • Madhuri Dixit – Saajan as Pooja Saxena
  • Rekha – Phool Bane Angaray as Namrita Singh
  • Zeba Bakhtiar – Henna as Henna
• 1992 Madhuri Dixit – Beta as Saraswati
  • Juhi Chawla – Bol Radha Bol as Radha / Rita
  • Sridevi – Khuda Gawah as Benazir / Mehndi
• 1993 Juhi Chawla – Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke as Vaijanti Iyer
  • Dimple Kapadia – Rudaali as Shanichari
  • Madhuri Dixit – Khalnayak as Gangotri "Ganga" Devi
  • Meenakshi Seshadri – Damini as Damini Gupta
  • Sridevi – Gumrah as Roshni Chadha
• 1994 Madhuri Dixit – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as Nisha Choudhury
  • Kajol – Yeh Dillagi as Sapna Bannerjee
  • Madhuri Dixit – Anjaam as Shivani Chopra
  • Manisha Koirala – 1942: A Love Story as Rajeshwari "Rajjo" Pathak
  • Sridevi – Laadla as Sheetal Jetley
• 1995 Kajol – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge as Simran Singh
  • Madhuri Dixit – Raja as Madhu Garewal
  • Madhuri Dixit – Yaraana as Lalita
  • Manisha Koirala – Akele Hum Akele Tum as Kiran Kumar
  • Urmila Matondkar – Rangeela as Mili Joshi
• 1996 Karisma Kapoor – Raja Hindustani as Aarti Sehgal
  • Juhi Chawla – Daraar as Priya Bhatia
  • Manisha Koirala – Khamoshi: The Musical as Annie J. Braganza
  • Seema Biswas – Bandit Queen as Phoolan Devi
  • Tabu – Maachis as Virender "Veeru" Kaur
• 1997 Madhuri Dixit – Dil To Pagal Hai as Pooja
  • Juhi Chawla – Yes Boss as Seema Kapoor
  • Mahima Chaudhry – Pardes as Kusum Ganga
  • Sridevi – Judaai as Kaajal Verma
  • Tabu – Virasat as Gehna
• 1998 Kajol – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai as Anjali Sharma
  • Kajol – Dushman as Sonia / Naina Saigal
  • Kajol – Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha as Sanjana
  • Manisha Koirala – Dil Se.. as Moina alias Meghna
  • Urmila Matondkar – Satya as Vidya
• 1999 Aishwarya Rai – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as Nandini Durbar
  • Aishwarya Rai – Taal as Mansi Shankar
  • Kajol – Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain as Megha
  • Karisma Kapoor – Biwi No.1 as Pooja Mehra
  • Tabu – Hu Tu Tu as Panna Barve

2000s

• 2000 Karisma Kapoor – Fiza as Fiza Ikramullah
  • Aishwarya Rai – Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai as Preeti Vyas
  • Madhuri Dixit – Pukar as Anjali
  • Preity Zinta – Kya Kehna as Priya Baxi
  • Tabu – Astitva as Aditi Pandit
• 2001 Kajol – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Anjali Sharma
  • Ameesha Patel – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as Sakina
  • Kareena Kapoor – Asoka as Kaurwaki
  • Karisma Kapoor – Zubeidaa as Zubeida Begum
  • Tabu – Chandni Bar as Mumtaz Ali Ansari
• 2002 Aishwarya Rai – Devdas as Parvati "Paro" Chakraborty
  • Ameesha Patel – Humraaz as Priya
  • Bipasha Basu – Raaz as Sanjana Aditya Dhanraj
  • Karisma Kapoor – Shakti: The Power as Nandini
  • Rani Mukerji – Saathiya as Suhani Sharma
• 2003 Preity Zinta – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Naina Catherine Kapur
  • Bhumika Chawla – Tere Naam as Nirjara Bharadwaj
  • Hema Malini – Baghban as Pooja Malhotra
  • Preity Zinta – Koi... Mil Gaya as Nisha
  • Rani Mukerji – Chalte Chalte as Priya Chopra
  • Urmila Matondkar – Bhoot as Swati
• 2004 Rani Mukerji – Hum Tum as Rhea Prakash
  • Aishwarya Rai – Raincoat as Neerja "Neeru"
  • Preity Zinta – Veer-Zaara as Zaara Hayaat Khan
  • Shilpa Shetty – Phir Milenge as Tamanna Sahni
  • Urmila Matondkar – Ek Hasina Thi as Sarika Vartak
• 2005 Rani Mukerji – Black as Michelle McNally
  • Preity Zinta – Salaam Namaste as Ambar "Amby" Malhotra
  • Rani Mukerji – Bunty Aur Babli as Vimmi "Babli" Saluja
  • Sharmila Tagore – Viruddh... Family Comes First as Sumitra V. Patwardhan
  • Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita
• 2006 Kajol – Fanaa as Zooni Ali Beg / Zooni Rehan Qadri
  • Aishwarya Rai – Dhoom 2 as Sunehri
  • Bipasha Basu – Corporate as Nishiganda Dasgupta
  • Kareena Kapoor – Omkara as Dolly Mishra
  • Rani Mukerji – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Maya Talwar
• 2007 Kareena Kapoor – Jab We Met as Geet Dhillon
  • Aishwarya Rai – Guru as Sujata Desai
  • Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om as Shantipriya / Sandhya "Sandy"
  • Madhuri Dixit – Aaja Nachle as Dia Srivastav
  • Rani Mukerji – Laaga Chunari Mein Daag as Vibhavari "Badki" S. Sahay
  • Vidya Balan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa as Avni S. Chaturvedi / Manjulika
• 2008 Priyanka Chopra – Fashion as Meghna Mathur
  • Aishwarya Rai – Jodhaa Akbar as Jodhaa Bai
  • Anushka Sharma – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Taani Sahni
  • Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana Shetty
  • Kajol – U Me Aur Hum as Piya Saxena Malhotra
• 2009 Vidya Balan – Paa as Vidya
  • Deepika Padukone – Love Aaj Kal as Meera Pandit
  • Kareena Kapoor – 3 Idiots as Pia Sahastrabuddhe
  • Kareena Kapoor – Kurbaan as Avantika Ahuja/Khan
  • Katrina Kaif – New York as Maya Shaikh
  • Priyanka Chopra – Kaminey as Sweety Shekhar Bhope

2010s

• 2010 Kajol – My Name is Khan as Mandira Khan
  • Aishwarya Rai – Guzaarish as Sofia D'Souza
  • Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat as Shruti Kakkar
  • Kareena Kapoor – Golmaal 3 as Daboo
  • Vidya Balan – Ishqiya as Krishna Verma
• 2011 Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture as Reshma/Silk
  • Katrina Kaif – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan as Dimple Dixit
  • Mahi Gill – Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster as Madhavi Devi
  • Priyanka Chopra – 7 Khoon Maaf as Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes
  • Vidya Balan – No One Killed Jessica as Sabrina Lal
• 2012 Vidya Balan – Kahaani as Vidya Venkatesan Bagchi
  • Deepika Padukone – Cocktail as Veronica Malaney
  • Kareena Kapoor – Heroine as Mahi Arora
  • Parineeti Chopra – Ishaqzaade as Zoya Qureshi
  • Priyanka Chopra – Barfi! as Jhilmil Chatterjee
  • Sridevi – English Vinglish as Shashi Godbole
• 2013 Deepika Padukone – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Leela Sanera
  • Deepika Padukone - Chennai Express as Meenalochini Azhagusundaram
  • Parineeti Chopra – Shuddh Desi Romance as Gayatri
  • Shraddha Kapoor – Aashiqui 2 as Aarohi Keshav Shirke
  • Sonakshi Sinha – Lootera as Pakhi Roy Chaudhary
  • Sonam Kapoor – Raanjhanaa as Zoya Haider
• 2014 Kangana Ranaut – Queen as Rani Mehra
  • Alia Bhatt – Highway as Veera Tripathi
  • Madhuri Dixit – Dedh Ishqiya as Begum Para
  • Priyanka Chopra – Mary Kom as Mary Kom
  • Rani Mukerji – Mardaani as Shivani Shivaji Roy
  • Sonam Kapoor – Khoobsurat as Dr Mrinalini "Milli" Chakravarty
• 2015
  • Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi / Kumari "Kusum" Sangwan (Datto)
  • Anushka Sharma – NH10 as Meera
  • Deepika Padukone – Piku as Piku Banerjee
  • Deepika Padukone – Bajirao Mastani as Mastani
  • Kajol – Dilwale as Meera Dev Malik
  • Sonam Kapoor – Dolly Ki Doli as Dolly / Madhuri / Priya / Bhagyashree

External links

• Filmfare Nominees and Winners
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