Filmfare award for Best Actress - wikipedia 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 Meena Kumari, Baiju Bawra ( 1954 ) Currently held by Vidya Balan, Tumhari Sulu ( 2018 ) 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. Contents 1 Superlatives 1.1 Multiple nominees 1.2 Multiple winners 2 List of winners and nominees 2.1 1950s 2.2 1960s 2.3 1970s 2.4 1980s 2.5 1990s 2.6 2000s 2.7 2010s 3 References 4 External links Superlatives Superlative Actor Record Actress with most awards Nutan, Kajol 5 Actress with most nominations Madhuri Dixit 14 Actress with all nominations in a single year Meena Kumari ( 1963 ) Only Actress to achieve this feat. Actress with most nominations in a single year Shabana Azmi ( 1984 ) Actress with most consecutive year nominations Madhuri Dixit ( 1989 - 96 ) 10 Actress with most nominations without ever winning Tabu 5 Oldest winner Nutan ( 1979 ) 42 Oldest nominee Sharmila Tagore ( 2006 ) 61 Youngest winner Dimple Kapadia ( 1974 ) 16 Youngest nominee Dimple Kapadia ( 1974 ) 16 Nutan and her niece Kajol, with five wins each, have maximum awards. Meena Kumari, Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan have four wins each. Vyjayanthimala, Jaya Bachchan and Shabana Azmi have three wins each. Eight actresses have won the award twice ; in chronological order, they are Waheeda Rehman, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha, Sridevi, Karisma Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji and Deepika Padukone. Meena Kumari achieved an unusual feat by garnering all of the nominations with no other actress nominated in 1963. Uptil now, no other actress has equaled this record. Meena Kumari is the only actress to be nominated posthumously. She received this posthumous nomination at the 20th Filmfare Awards in 1973 for Pakeezah. Five actresses have won the award in consecutive years ; in chronological order, they are Meena Kumari ( 1954 -- 55 ), Jaya Bachchan ( 1974 -- 75 ), Shabana Azmi ( 1984 -- 85 ), Rani Mukerji ( 2005 -- 06 ), and Vidya Balan ( 2012 -- 13 ). There has been only one tie in the history of this category. This occurred in 1974 when Jaya Bachchan and Dimple Kapadia were both given the award. Madhuri Dixit holds the record for maximum 14 nominations, followed by Meena Kumari with 12, Hema Malini and Kajol with 11, Aishwarya Rai and Sridevi with 10 nominations. Dixit also holds the record for most consecutive nominations with 10 between 1989 and 1996 ( winning in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1998 ). She thus also holds the record of maximum awards and maximum nominations in a single decade, with 4 awards and 10 nominations in 1990s. On occasion of an actress receiving multiple nominations in the same year and won in either of them : Shabana Azmi received four nominations in 1984 and holds the record for the highest number of nominations in a single year. Meena Kumari and Kajol had three nominations each in 1963 and 1999 respectively. Vyjayanthimala, Jaya Bachchan, Rakhee, Rekha, Shabana Azmi, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan and Alia Bhatt each received two nominations in 1959, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2012 and 2017 respectively, where Deepika Padukone is the only actress who achieved this feat twice in 2014 and 2016 and won in both years. On occasion of an actress receiving multiple nominations in the same year but failed to win in any of them : Jaya Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Kareena Kapoor each received two nominations in 1972, 1996 and 2010 respectively where Hema Malini is the only actress who achieved this feet twice in 1975 and 1976 but won in none of the years. Vyjayanthimala is the only actress to win the maximum awards, without ever losing, whenever been nominated. She received three awards among four nominations, being nominated twice in 1959 and once each in 1962 and 1965, winning in all three years. She was also the first actress to win both Best Actress Award and Best Supporting Actress Award as well as the first actress to receive multiple nominations. Tabu holds the record of maximum nominations without ever winning, with five, followed by Mala Sinha, Saira Banu, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Anushka Sharma and Sonam Kapoor with four nominations each. Jaya Prada has three nominations. Nutan, who won the award for the fifth time in 1979 at the age of 42, is the eldest winner, while Sharmila Tagore became the eldest nominee in 2006 at the age of 61. Dimple Kapadia, in 1973, became the youngest winner and youngest nominee at the age of 16. Meena Kumari was the most victorious actress with two wins in the 1950s ( she won the first two awards consecutively ). Nutan peaked with three wins in ' 60s. Jaya Bachchan ruled the ' 70s with two wins. Shabana Azmi and Rekha fetched two wins each in the ' 80s. In the ' 90s, Madhuri Dixit outperformed all actresses with four wins. Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherji and Kajol had two wins each in the 2000s which were the highest. Until now, Vidya Balan is the most successful actress of 2010s with four wins. Only once have siblings been nominated during the same year : Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in 2002, and twice have cousins been nominated during the same year : Kajol and Rani Mukerji in 2007 and Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra in 2013. Among these, Kajol won in 2007. Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor are the only siblings to win the award, while Kajol and Rani Mukerji are the only cousins to win the award. Meena Kumari, Nargis, Smita Patil, Nutan, Bina Rai and Sridevi are the Six recipients who are not alive. They died in 1972, 1981, 1986, 1991, 2009 and 2018 respectively. Fourteen 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, Kangana Ranaut, Priyanka Chopra and Shabana Azmi. Mukerji is the first and only actress to win both these awards in the same year ( 2005 ). Aishwarya Rai was nominated in 2001 for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress but did not win. Nutan and Rakhee were nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards for the same performance : Nutan for Saudagar ( 1974 ) and for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki ( 1979 ) and Raakhee for Doosra Aadmi ( 1978 ) ; Nutan won Best Actress award for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki ( 1979 ). Madhuri Dixit and Rakhee are the overall most nominated performers in the female acting categories, each with overall sixteen nominations. While Dixit has fourteen nominations for Best Actress and two for Best Supporting Actress, Rakhee has eight nominations in each of these categories. Eight Actresses have won the Best Actress awards in both the Popular and Critics Categories ; in chronological order, they are Dimple Kapadia, Karisma Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Alia Bhatt. Mukerji is the first and only actress to win both these awards for the same role in the same year ( 2006 ). Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra are the only two actresses to win Filmfare Awards in five different categories, while Kangana Ranaut has won in four categories. All the three actresses have won Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Female Debut awards once each. Kapoor won twice, while Chopra and Ranaut won once each in the Best Actress ( Critics ) category. Kapoor and Chopra also won one Special Award and one Best Villain Award, respectively. Kapoor, Chopra and Ranaut, thus have 6, 5 and 4 Filmfare Awards respectively. Vidya Balan is the only actress nominated in the leading role of same franchise ( Kahaani and Kahaani 2 : Durga Rani Singh ) where she won in the former. Multiple nominees 14 Nominations : Madhuri Dixit 12 Nominations : Meena Kumari 11 Nominations : Hema Malini, Kajol, Priyanka Chopra 10 Nominations : Aishwarya Rai, Sridevi 9 Nominations : Shabana Azmi, Vidya Balan 8 Nominations : Jaya Bachchan, Raakhee, Rani Mukerji 7 Nominations : Nutan, Rekha, Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone 6 Nominations : Juhi Chawla, Alia Bhatt 5 Nominations : Tabu, Karisma Kapoor, Preity Zinta 4 Nominations : Vyjayanthimala, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman, Saira Banu, Smita Patil, Dimple Kapadia, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Sharmila Tagore, Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra 3 Nominations : Jaya Prada 2 Nominations : Amisha Patel, Sadhana Shivdasani, Asha Parekh, Suchitra Sen, Reena Roy, Zeenat Aman, Padmini Kolhapure, Rati Agnihotri, Meenakshi Seshadri, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Kangana Ranaut Multiple winners 5 Wins : Nutan, Kajol 4 Wins : Meena Kumari, Madhuri Dixit, Vidya Balan 3 Wins : Vyjayanthimala, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi 2 Wins : Waheeda Rehman, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha, Sridevi, Karisma Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt List of winners and nominees 1950s 1954 Meena Kumari -- Baiju Bawra as Gauri 1955 Meena Kumari -- Parineeta as Lalita 1956 Kamini Kaushal -- Biraj Bahu as Biraj Chakravorty Geeta Bali -- Vachan as Kamla Meena Kumari -- Azaad as Shobha 1957 Nutan -- Seema as Gauri 1958 Nargis -- Mother India as Radha 1959 Vyjayanthimala -- Sadhna as Champabai / Rajani Meena Kumari -- Sahara as Leela Vyjayanthimala -- Madhumati as Madhumati / Madhavi / Radha 1960s 1960 Nutan -- Sujata as Sujata Mala Sinha -- Dhool Ka Phool as Meena Khosla Meena Kumari -- Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan as Ratna 1961 Bina Rai -- Ghunghat as Parvati / Jamuna Madhubala -- Mughal - e-Azam as Anarkali Nutan -- Chhalia as Shanti 1962 Vyjayanthimala -- Gunga Jumna as Dhanno Padmini -- Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai as Kammo Saira Banu -- Junglee as Rajkumari ' Raj ' 1963 Meena Kumari -- Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam as Chhoti Bahu Meena Kumari -- Aarti as Aarti Gupta Meena Kumari -- Main Chup Rahungi as Gayetri 1964 Nutan -- Bandini as Kalyani Mala Sinha -- Bahurani as Padma Meena Kumari -- Dil Ek Mandir as Sita 1965 Vyjayanthimala -- Sangam as Radha Khanna Mala Sinha -- Jahan Ara as Jahanara Begum Sahib Sadhana -- Woh Kaun Thi ? as Sandhya 1966 Meena Kumari -- Kaajal as Madhavi Mala Sinha -- Himalay Ki Godmein as Phoolwa Sadhana -- Waqt as Meena Mittal 1967 Waheeda Rehman -- Guide as Rosie Marco Meena Kumari -- Phool Aur Patthar as Shanti Devi Suchitra Sen -- Mamta as Devyani ( Pannabai ) / Suparna 1968 Nutan -- Milan as Radha R. Rai Saira Banu -- Shagird as Poonam Waheeda Rehman -- Ram Aur Shyam as Anjana 1969 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 1970s 1970 Sharmila Tagore -- Aradhana as Vandhana Tripathi Asha Parekh -- Chirag as Asha Chibber Nanda -- Ittefaq as Rekha 1971 Mumtaz -- Khilona as Chand Sharmila Tagore -- Safar as Mrs. Neela Shekhar Kapoor Waheeda Rehman -- Khamoshi as Radha 1972 Asha Parekh -- Kati Patang as Madhavi `` Madhu '' Jaya Bachchan -- Guddi as Kusum `` Guddi '' Jaya Bachchan -- Uphaar as Minoo 1973 Hema Malini -- Seeta Aur Geeta as Seeta / Geeta Meena Kumari -- Pakeezah as Nargis / Sahibjaan ( posthumous nomination ) Raakhee -- Aankhon Aankhon Mein as Parvati 1974 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 1975 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 1976 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 1977 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 1978 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 1979 Nutan -- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki as Sanjukta Chouhan Raakhee -- Trishna as Mrs. Aarti Gupta Ranjeeta Kaur -- Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se as Lily Fernandes Rekha -- Ghar as Aarti Chandra Zeenat Aman -- Satyam Shivam Sundaram as Rupa 1980s 1980 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 1981 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 1982 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 1983 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 1984 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 1985 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 1986 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 1987 - no award 1988 - no award 1989 Rekha -- Khoon Bhari Maang as Aarti Verma / Jyoti Juhi Chawla -- Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak as Rashmi Madhuri Dixit -- Tezaab as Mohini 1990s 1990 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 1991 Madhuri Dixit -- Dil as Madhu Mehra Hema Malini -- Rihaee as Taku Juhi Chawla -- Pratibandh as Shanti Meenakshi Seshadri -- Jurm as Meena S. Varma 1992 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 1993 Madhuri Dixit -- Beta as Saraswati Juhi Chawla -- Bol Radha Bol as Radha / Rita Sridevi -- Khuda Gawah as Benazir / Mehndi 1994 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 1995 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 1996 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 1997 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 1998 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 1999 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 2000s 2000 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 2001 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 2002 Kajol -- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Anjali Sharma Raichand 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 2003 Aishwarya Rai -- Devdas as Parvati `` Paro '' Chakraborty Ameesha Patel -- Humraaz as Priya Singhania Bipasha Basu -- Raaz as Sanjana Aditya Dhanraj Karisma Kapoor -- Shakti : The Power as Nandini Rani Mukerji -- Saathiya as Suhani Sharma 2004 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 2005 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 2006 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 2007 Kajol -- Fanaa as Zooni Ali Baig Aishwarya Rai -- Dhoom 2 as Sunehri Bipasha Basu -- Corporate as Nishiganda ' Nishi ' Dasgupta Kareena Kapoor -- Omkara as Dolly Mishra Rani Mukerji -- Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Maya Talwar 2008 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 2009 Priyanka Chopra -- Fashion as Meghna Mathur Asin -- Ghajini as Kalpana Shetty Aishwarya Rai -- Jodhaa Akbar as Jodhaa Bai Anushka Sharma -- Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Taani Sahni Kajol -- U Me Aur Hum as Piya Saxena Malhotra 2010s 2010 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 2011 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 2012 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 2013 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 2014 Deepika Padukone -- Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram - Leela as Leela Sanera Deepika Padukone -- Chennai Express as Meenalochini Azhagusundaram / Meenamma ' Meena ' 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 2015 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 2016 Deepika Padukone -- Piku as Piku Banerjee Anushka Sharma -- NH10 as Meera Deepika Padukone -- Bajirao Mastani as Mastani Kajol -- Dilwale as Meera Dev Malik Kangana Ranaut -- Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Tanuja `` Tanu '' Trivedi / Kumari `` Kusum '' Sangwan ( Datto ) Sonam Kapoor -- Dolly Ki Doli as Dolly / Madhuri / Priya / Bhagyashree 2017 Alia Bhatt -- Udta Punjab as Mary Jane / Bauria Aishwarya Rai -- Sarbjit as Dalbir Kaur Alia Bhatt -- Dear Zindagi as Kaira Anushka Sharma -- Ae Dil Hai Mushkil as Alizeh Khan Sonam Kapoor -- Neerja as Neerja Bhanot Vidya Balan -- Kahaani 2 as Vidya Sinha / Durga Rani Singh 2018 Vidya Balan -- Tumhari Sulu as Sulochana `` Sulu '' Dubey Alia Bhatt -- Badrinath Ki Dulhania as Vaidehi Trivedi Bhumi Pednekar -- Shubh Mangal Saavdhan as Sugandha Saba Qamar -- Hindi Medium as Meeta Batra Sridevi -- Mom as Devki Sabarwal Zaira Wasim -- Secret Superstar as Insia Malik References Jump up ^ `` Best Actress Award ( 1953 - 2000 ) ''. 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External links Filmfare Nominees and Winners Filmfare Award Winners Official site Every Filmfare Best Actor ( Female ) Winner Ever Filmfare Award for Best Actress 1954 -- 1975 Meena Kumari ( 1954 ) Meena Kumari ( 1955 ) Kamini Kaushal ( 1956 ) Nutan ( 1957 ) Nargis ( 1958 ) Vyjayanthimala ( 1959 ) Nutan ( 1960 ) Bina Rai ( 1961 ) Vyjayanthimala ( 1962 ) Meena Kumari ( 1963 ) Nutan ( 1964 ) Vyjayanthimala ( 1965 ) Meena Kumari ( 1966 ) Waheeda Rehman ( 1967 ) Nutan ( 1968 ) Waheeda Rehman ( 1969 ) Sharmila Tagore ( 1970 ) Mumtaz ( 1971 ) Asha Parekh ( 1972 ) Hema Malini ( 1973 ) Dimple Kapadia & Jaya Bachchan ( 1974 ) Jaya Bachchan ( 1975 ) 1976 -- 2000 Lakshmi ( 1976 ) Raakhee Gulzar ( 1977 ) Shabana Azmi ( 1978 ) Nutan ( 1979 ) Jaya Bachchan ( 1980 ) Rekha ( 1981 ) Smita Patil ( 1982 ) Padmini Kolhapure ( 1983 ) Shabana Azmi ( 1984 ) Shabana Azmi ( 1985 ) Dimple Kapadia ( 1986 ) Not awarded ( 1987 ) Not awarded ( 1988 ) Rekha ( 1989 ) Sridevi ( 1990 ) Madhuri Dixit ( 1991 ) Sridevi ( 1992 ) Madhuri Dixit ( 1993 ) Juhi Chawla ( 1994 ) Madhuri Dixit ( 1995 ) Kajol ( 1996 ) Karisma Kapoor ( 1997 ) Madhuri Dixit ( 1998 ) Kajol ( 1999 ) Aishwarya Rai ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present Karisma Kapoor ( 2001 ) Kajol ( 2002 ) Aishwarya Rai ( 2003 ) Preity Zinta ( 2004 ) Rani Mukerji ( 2005 ) Rani Mukerji ( 2006 ) Kajol ( 2007 ) Kareena Kapoor ( 2008 ) Priyanka Chopra ( 2009 ) Vidya Balan ( 2010 ) Kajol ( 2011 ) Vidya Balan ( 2012 ) Vidya Balan ( 2013 ) Deepika Padukone ( 2014 ) Kangana Ranaut ( 2015 ) Deepika Padukone ( 2016 ) Alia Bhatt ( 2017 ) Vidya Balan ( 2018 ) Filmfare Awards History of film Merit awards Best Film Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Best Performance in a Negative Role Best Performance in a Comic Role Male Debut Female Debut Debut Director Music Director Lyricist Male Playback Singer Female Playback Singer Critics ' awards Best Film Best Actor Best Actress Documentary Technical awards Story Screenplay Dialogue Action Art Direction Background Score Cinematographer Editing Choreography Sound Design Special Effects Costume Design Special awards Lifetime Achievement RD Burman Award Special Award New Face of the Year Scene of the Year Power Award Award ceremonies 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 The Times Group Filmfare Awards Category Filmfare Records and facts South awards East awards Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress&oldid=835726419 '' Categories : Filmfare Awards Film awards for lead actress Talk Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা Deutsch فارسی Français हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia Italiano मैथिली मराठी नेपाली Polski Русский Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски اردو 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 10 April 2018, at 11 : 59. 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Question: who won the best actress award in filmfare 2018
Answer: Vidya Balan