National Film Award for Best Actress
Recipients

National Film Award for Best Actress

Section Title: Recipients
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Year	Recipient(s)	Role(s)	Work(s)	Language(s)	Refs.

1967 (15th)	Nargis Dutt	Varuna / Peggy	Raat Aur Din	Hindi

1968 (16th)	Sharada	Vijaya	Thulabharam	Malayalam

1969 (17th)	Madhabi Mukherjee	Supriya	Dibratrir Kabya	Bengali

1970 (18th)	Rehana Sultan	Salma Ahmed	Dastak	Hindi

1971 (19th)	Waheeda Rehman	Reshma	Reshma Aur Shera	Hindi

1972 (20th)	Sharada	Sita	Swayamvaram	Malayalam

1973 (21st)	Nandini Bhaktavatsala	Kamali	Kaadu	Kannada

1974 (22nd)	Shabana Azmi	Lakshmi	Ankur	Hindi

1975 (23rd)	Sharmila Tagore	Chanda Thapa Kajli	Mausam	Hindi

1976 (24th)	Lakshmi	Ganga	Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal	Tamil

1977 (25th)	Smita Patil	Urvashi / Usha	Bhumika	Hindi

1978 (26th)	Sharada	Bharathi	Nimajjanam	Telugu

1979 (27th)	Shoba	Kuppamma	Pasi	Tamil

1980 (28th)	Smita Patil	Amma	Chakra	Hindi

1981 (29th)	Rekha	Amiran (Umrao Jaan)	Umrao Jaan	Urdu

1982 (30th)	Shabana Azmi	Pooja Inder Malhotra	Arth	Hindi

1983 (31st)	Shabana Azmi	Jamini	Khandhar	Hindi

1984 (32nd)	Shabana Azmi	Rama	Paar	Hindi

1985 (33rd)	Suhasini	Sindhu	Sindhu Bhairavi	Tamil

1986 (34th)	Monisha Unni	Gouri	Nakhakshathangal	Malayalam

1987 (35th)	Archana	Sudha	Veedu	Tamil

1988 (36th)	Archana	Kamalakshi	Daasi	Telugu

1989 (37th)	Sreelekha Mukherji	Lakkhi	Parshuramer Kuthar	Bengali

1990 (38th)	Vijayashanti	Vyjayanthi	Karthavyam	Telugu

1991 (39th)	Moloya Goswami	Ritu	Firingoti	Assamese

1992 (40th)	Dimple Kapadia	Shanichari	Rudaali	Hindi

1993 (41st)	Shobana	Ganga	Manichitrathazhu	Malayalam

1994 (42nd)	Debashree Roy	Dr. Aditi Sen	Unishe April	Bengali

1995 (43rd)	Seema Biswas	Phoolan Devi	Bandit Queen	Hindi

1996 (44th)	Tabu	Virender Kaur	Maachis	Hindi

1997 (45th)	Indrani Haldar	Jhinuk	Dahan	Bengali

1997 (45th)	Rituparna Sengupta	Romita Chaudhury	Dahan	Bengali

1998 (46th)	Shabana Azmi	Rambhi	Godmother	Hindi

1999 (47th)	Kirron Kher	Banalata	Bariwali	Bengali

2000 (48th)	Raveena Tandon	Durga Saikia	Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence	Hindi

2001 (49th)	Tabu	Mumtaz Ali Ansari	Chandni Bar	Hindi

2001 (49th)	Shobana	Lakshmi	Mitr, My Friend	English

2002 (50th)	Konkona Sen Sharma	Meenakshi S. Iyer	Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	English

2003 (51st)	Meera Jasmine	Shahina	Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam	Malayalam

2004 (52nd)	Tara	Hasina	Hasina	Kannada

2005 (53rd)	Sarika	Shernaz	Parzania	English

2006 (54th)	Priyamani	Muththazhagu	Paruthiveeran	Tamil

2007 (55th)	Umashree	Gulabi	Gulabi Talkies	Kannada

2008 (56th)	Priyanka Chopra	Meghna Mathur	Fashion	Hindi

2009 (57th)	Ananya Chatterjee	Shikha	Abohoman	Bengali

2010 (58th)	Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar	Shirmi	Baboo Band Baaja	Marathi

2010 (58th)	Saranya Ponvannan	Veerayi	Thenmerku Paruvakaatru	Tamil

2011 (59th)	Vidya Balan	Reshma (Silk)	The Dirty Picture	Hindi

2012 (60th)	Usha Jadhav	Yashoda	Dhag	Marathi

2013 (61st)	Geetanjali Thapa	Kamala	Liar's Dice	Hindi

2014 (62nd)	Kangana Ranaut	Rani Mehra	Queen	Hindi

2015 (63rd)	Kangana Ranaut	Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi Kusum "Datto" Sangwan	Tanu Weds Manu Returns	Hindi

2016 (64th)	Surabhi Lakshmi	–	Minnaminungu – the Firefly	Malayalam

2017 (65th)	Sridevi (posthumously)	Devki Sabarwal	Mom	Hindi

Sentence(s)

Sharada was bestowed with the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performances in two Malayalam films: Thulabharam and Swayamvaram in 1968 and 1972 respectively, and in 1978 for the Telugu film Nimajjanam.

final_sentence: Sharada was bestowed with the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performances in two Malayalam films: Thulabharam and Swayamvaram in 1968 and 1972 respectively, and in 1978 for the Telugu film Nimajjanam.