Screen Award for Best Actress
| Screen Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
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| 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.
Contents
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) Deepika Padukone (2013) |
2 |
Vidya Balan, with four consecutive wins, has more Best Actress wins than any other actress. Followed by Madhuri Dixit with three wins. Five actresses have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Kajol, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra & 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 and Priyanka Chopra are the only three 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 (7), Tabu / Priyanka Chopra (6).
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
- 6 Nominations : Tabu, Priyanka Chopra, deepika padukone
- 5 Nominations : Karisma Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan,
- 4 Nominations : Madhuri Dixit,
- 3 Nominations : Urmila Matondkar, Juhi Chawla, Parineeti Chopra
- 2 Nominations : Manisha Koirala, Sridevi, Kangana Ranaut
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 |
