Screen Award for Best Actress
| Screen Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Screen India |
| First awarded | 1995 (for performances in films released around 1994) |
| Currently held by |
Deepika Padukone, Piku (2016) |
| Official website | Screen Awards |
The Screen Award for Best Actress is one of the Screen Awards of merit presented annually by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian "Bollywood" film industry, to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.
† - indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award.
‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award.
§ - indicates a Screen Award-winning performance that was not nominated for a Filmfare Award.
Superlatives
| Superlative | Actor | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Vidya Balan | 4 |
| Actress with most nominations | Kajol | 9 |
| Actress with most nominations without ever winning | Karisma Kapoor Preity Zinta |
5 |
| Actress with most nominations in a single year | Kajol (1999) Priyanka Chopra (2010) Vidya Balan (2012) |
2 |
Vidya Balan, with four consecutive wins, has more Best Actress wins than any other actress. Followed by Madhuri Dixit with three wins. Six actresses have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Kajol, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone.
Four actresses have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Madhuri Dixit (1995–96), Rani Mukerji (2005–06), Kareena Kapoor (2007–08), and Vidya Balan (2010–13).
Madhuri Dixit, Rani Mukerji, Tabu and Priyanka Chopra are the only four actresses who have won both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards. Rani Mukerjee is also the first and only actress to win both these awards in the same year.
Kajol, holds the record for most nominations in the Best Actress category, with 9, followed by Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji and Priyanka Chopra (7).
Only once have two actresses been nominated for the same film: Rani Mukerji and Vidya Balan for No One Killed Jessica (2011).
Kangana Ranaut is the only actress to be nominated twice for the same role; she was nominated for her role as Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi in 2012 and 2016.
Thrice have cousins been nominated for the Best Actress Award during the same year: Kajol and Rani Mukerji in 1999, Parineeti Chopra and Priyanka Chopra in 2013 and 2015.
Three actresses hold the record for the highest number of Best Actress nominations (2) in a single year; Kajol (1999), Priyanka Chopra (2010) and Vidya Balan (2012).
Multiple nominees
- 9 Nominations : Kajol
- 7 Nominations : Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra
- 6 Nominations : Tabu
- 5 Nominations : Karisma Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone
- 4 Nominations : Madhuri Dixit
- 3 Nominations : Urmila Matondkar, Juhi Chawla, Parineeti Chopra, Kangana Ranaut
- 2 Nominations : Manisha Koirala, Sridevi, Anushka Sharma, Kalki Koechlin
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first in bold, followed by the other nominees.
1990s
| Year | Actress | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | |||
| Madhuri Dixit † | Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! | Nisha Choudhury | |
| Kajol ‡ | Yeh Dillagi | Sapna Bannerjee | |
| 1996 | |||
| Madhuri Dixit | Raja | Madhu Garewal | |
| Kajol † | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Simran Singh | |
| 1997 | |||
| Manisha Koirala ‡ | Khamoshi: The Musical | Annie J. Braganza | |
| Juhi Chawla ‡ | Daraar | Priya Bhatia | |
| Karisma Kapoor † | Raja Hindustani | Aarti Sehgal | |
| 1998 | |||
| Madhuri Dixit § | Mrityudand | Ketki | |
| Juhi Chawla ‡ | Yes Boss | Seema Kapoor | |
| Rekha | Aastha | Mansi | |
| Sridevi ‡ | Judaai | Kaajal Verma | |
| Tabu ‡ | Virasat | Gehna | |
| 1999 | |||
| Kajol ‡ | Dushman | Sonia / Naina Saigal | |
| Kajol † | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | Anjali Sharma | |
| Manisha Koirala ‡ | Dil Se | Meghna | |
| Pooja Bhatt | Zakhm | Mrs. Desai | |
| Rani Mukerji | Ghulam | Alisha | |
2000s
2010s
References
- ↑ "21st Annual Life OK Screen Awards nominations". The Indian Express. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ Sharma, Sarika (14 January 2015). "Live: 21st Life OK Screen Awards". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Winners of 22nd Annual Star Screen Awards 2015". Bollywood Hungama. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
See also
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