# SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best acting done by an actress in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Shruti Haasan is the most awarded with 3 times winning the award and Samantha is the most nominated with 9 nominations.

## Superlatives

| Categories | Recipient | Record |
| Most awards | Shruti Haasan | 3 |
| Most nominations | Samantha | 9 |
| Youngest winner | Sreeleela | Age 22 |
| Oldest winner | Kajal Aggarwal | Age 33 |
* Shruti Haasan has maximum awards with three wins.
* Shruti Haasan and Pooja Hegde have won the awards twice and both in consecutive years (2014–2015) and (2020–2021) respectively.
* Shruti Haasan is the only actress to have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu.
* Samantha has received the most nominations with nine, followed by Shruti Hasan, with six.

## Multiple winners

| Wins | Recipient(s) |
| 3 | Shruti Hasan |
| 2 | Samantha, Pooja Hegde, Keerthy Suresh |

### Multiple nominations

| Nominations | Recipient(s) |
| 9 | Samantha |
| 6 | Shruti Haasan |
| 5 | Kajal Aggarwal |
| 4 | Rashmika Mandanna |
| 3 | Anushka Shetty, Nayanthara, Nithya Menen, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Hegde |
| 2 | Tamannaah Bhatia, Sai Pallavi, Sree Leela |

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Film |
| 2011 (1st) | Nayanthara ‡ | Sri Rama Rajyam |
| 2011 (1st) | Samantha | Dookudu |
| 2011 (1st) | Kajal Aggarwal | Mr. Perfect |
| 2011 (1st) | Hansika Motwani | Kandireega |
| 2011 (1st) | Tamannaah Bhatia | 100% Love |
| 2012 (2nd) | Shruti Haasan ‡ | Gabbar Singh |
| 2012 (2nd) | Nayanthara | Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum |
| 2012 (2nd) | Kajal Aggarwal | Businessman |
| 2012 (2nd) | Samantha | Eega |
| 2013 (3rd) | Samantha ‡ | Attarintiki Daredi |
| 2013 (3rd) | Shruti Haasan | Balupu |
| 2013 (3rd) | Nithya Menen | Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde |
| 2013 (3rd) | Tamannaah Bhatia | Tadakha |
| 2013 (3rd) | Kajal Aggarwal | Baadshah |
| 2014 (6th) | Shruti Haasan ‡ | Race Gurram |
| 2014 (6th) | Nayanthara | Anamika |
| 2014 (6th) | Rakul Preet Singh | Loukyam |
| 2014 (6th) | Kajal Aggarwal | Govindudu Andarivadele |
| 2014 (6th) | Samanth | Manam |
| 2015 (5th) | Shruti Haasan ‡ | Srimanthudu |
| 2015 (5th) | Nithya Menen | Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju |
| 2015 (5th) | Anushka Shetty | Rudramadevi |
| 2015 (5th) | Lakshmi Manchu | Dongata |
| 2015 (5th) | Samantha | S/O Satyamurthy |
| 2016 (6th) | Rakul Preet Singh ‡ | Nannaku Prematho |
| 2016 (6th) | Lavanya Tripathi | Srirastu Subhamastu |
| 2016 (6th) | Regina Cassandra | Jo Achyutananda |
| 2016 (6th) | Ritu Varma | Pelli Choopulu |
| 2016 (6th) | Samantha | A Aa |
| 2017 (7th) | Kajal Aggarwal ‡ | Nene Raju Nene Mantri |
| 2017 (7th) | Anushka Shetty | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion |
| 2017 (7th) | Rakul Preet Singh | Jaya Janaki Nayaka |
| 2017 (7th) | Sai Pallavi | Fidaa |
| 2018 (8th) | Keerthy Suresh ‡ | Mahanati |
| 2018 (8th) | Aditi Rao Hydari | Sammohanam |
| 2018 (8th) | Anushka Shetty | Bhaagamathie |
| 2018 (8th) | Rashmika Mandanna | Geetha Govindam |
| 2018 (8th) | Samantha | Rangasthalam |
| 2019 (9th) | Samantha ‡ | Oh! Baby |
| 2019 (9th) | Pooja Hegde | Maharshi |
| 2019 (9th) | Shraddha Srinath | Jersey |
| 2019 (9th) | Rashmika Mandanna | Dear Comrade |
| 2019 (9th) | Raashi Khanna | Prati Roju Pandage |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Film |
| 2020 (9th) | Pooja Hegde ‡ | Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo |
| 2020 (9th) | Rashmika Mandanna | Sarileru Neekevvaru |
| 2020 (9th) | Chandini Chowdary | Colour Photo |
| 2020 (9th) | Nabha Natesh | Solo Brathuke So Better |
| 2020 (9th) | Aishwarya Rajesh | World Famous Lover |
| 2021 (10th) | Pooja Hegde ‡ | Most Eligible Bachelor |
| 2021 (10th) | Sai Pallavi | Love Story |
| 2021 (10th) | Rashmika Mandanna | Pushpa: The Rise |
| 2021 (10th) | Shruti Haasan | Krack |
| 2021 (10th) | Priyamani | Narappa |
| 2021 (10th) | Pragya Jaiswal | Akhanda |
| 2022 (11th) | Sreeleela ‡ | Dhamaka |
| 2022 (11th) | Meenakshi Chaudhary | HIT: The Second Case |
| 2022 (11th) | Mrunal Thakur | Sita Ramam |
| 2022 (11th) | Neha Shetty | DJ Tillu |
| 2022 (11th) | Nithya Menen | Bheemla Nayak |
| 2022 (11th) | Samantha | Yashoda |
| 2023 (12th) | Keerthy Suresh ‡ | Dasara |
| 2023 (12th) | Mrunal Thakur | Hi Nanna |
| 2023 (12th) | Payal Rajput | Mangalavaaram |
| 2023 (12th) | Samyuktha | Virupaksha |
| 2023 (12th) | Shruti Haasan | Veera Simha Reddy |
| 2023 (12th) | Sreeleela | Bhagavanth Kesari |