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Screen Award for Best Actress 
Summary
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.
| Screen Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
 The 2020 recipient: Alia Bhatt | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Screen India |
| First awarded | Madhuri Dixit, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1995) |
| Currently held by | Alia Bhatt, Gully Boy (2020) |
| Website | [1] |
Superlatives edit
| Superlative | Actor | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Vidya Balan | 5 |
| Actress with most consecutive awards | 4 | |
| Actress with most nominations | Kajol Aishwarya Rai |
9 |
| Actress with most nominations without ever winning | Karisma Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Kangana Ranaut |
5 |
| Actress with most nominations in a single year | Kajol (1999) , Aishwarya Rai (2000) , Priyanka Chopra (2010), Vidya Balan (2012), Deepika Padukone (2014) Alia Bhatt (2017), Anushka Sharma (2017) |
2 |
| Eldest winner | Vidya Balan | 38 |
| Eldest nominee | Sharmila Tagore | 61 |
| Youngest winner | Alia Bhatt | 23 |
| Youngest nominee | Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Ayesha Takia |
20 |
Multiple winners edit
- 5 Wins : Vidya Balan
- 3 Wins : Madhuri Dixit, Alia Bhatt
- 2 Wins : Kajol, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone
Multiple nominees edit
- 9 Nominations : Kajol, Aishwarya Rai
- 8 Nominations : Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra
- 7 Nominations : Tabu, Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan
- 6 Nominations : Alia Bhatt
- 5 Nominations : Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut
Winners and nominees edit
| Indicates the winner |
† - Indicates the performance also "Won" the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
‡ - Indicates the performance was also "Nominated" for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
1990s edit
| Year | Photos of winners | 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 edit
2010s edit
2020s edit
| Year | Photos of winners | Actress | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |  | |||
| Alia Bhatt † | Gully Boy | Safeena Firdausi | ||
| Kangana Ranaut ‡ | Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi | Rani Lakshmi Bai | ||
| Katrina Kaif | Bharat | Kumud Raina | ||
| Taapsee Pannu | Badla | Naina Sethi | ||
| Vidya Balan ‡ | Mission Mangal | Tara Shinde |
References edit
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.