# Screen Award for Best Actress

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.

## Superlatives

| Superlative | Actor | Record |
| Actress with most awards | Vidya Balan | 5 |
| Actress with most consecutive awards | Vidya Balan | 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, Ayesha Takia | 20 |

## Multiple winners

* 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

* 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

Table key :
* 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

| Year | Actress | Film | Character |
| 1995 |
| 1995 | Madhuri Dixit † | Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! | Nisha Choudhury |
| 1995 | Kajol ‡ | Yeh Dillagi | Sapna Bannerjee |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | Madhuri Dixit | Raja | Madhu Garewal |
| 1996 | Kajol † | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Simran Singh |
| 1997 |
| 1997 | Manisha Koirala ‡ | Khamoshi: The Musical | Annie J. Braganza |
| 1997 | Juhi Chawla ‡ | Daraar | Priya Bhatia |
| 1997 | Karisma Kapoor † | Raja Hindustani | Aarti Sehgal |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Madhuri Dixit | Mrityudand | Ketki |
| 1998 | Juhi Chawla ‡ | Yes Boss | Seema Kapoor |
| 1998 | Rekha | Aastha | Mansi |
| 1998 | Sridevi ‡ | Judaai | Kaajal Verma |
| 1998 | Tabu ‡ | Virasat | Gehna |
| 1999 |
| 1999 | Kajol ‡ | Dushman | Sonia / Naina Saigal |
| 1999 | Kajol † | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | Anjali Sharma |
| 1999 | Manisha Koirala ‡ | Dil Se.. | Meghna |
| 1999 | Pooja Bhatt | Zakhm | Mrs. Desai |
| 1999 | Rani Mukerji | Ghulam | Alisha |

### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Film | Character |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Aishwarya Rai † | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | Nandini Durbar |
| 2000 | Aishwarya Rai ‡ | Taal | Mansi Shankar |
| 2000 | Kajol ‡ | Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain | Megha |
| 2000 | Karisma Kapoor ‡ | Biwi No.1 | Pooja Mehra |
| 2000 | Shabana Azmi | Godmother | Rambhi |
| 2000 | Tabu ‡ | Hu Tu Tu | Paana Barve |
| 2001 |
| 2001 | Tabu ‡ | Astitva | Aditi Pandit |
| 2001 | Aishwarya Rai ‡ | Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai | Preeti Vyas |
| 2001 | Karisma Kapoor † | Fiza | Fiza Ikramullah |
| 2001 | Madhuri Dixit ‡ | Pukar | Anjali |
| 2001 | Preity Zinta ‡ | Kya Kehna | Priya Bakshi |
| 2002 |
| 2002 | Kajol † | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | Anjali Sharma |
| 2002 | Amisha Patel ‡ | Gadar: Ek Prem Katha | Sakina |
| 2002 | Karisma Kapoor ‡ | Zubeidaa | Zubeida Begum |
| 2002 | Tabu ‡ | Chandni Bar | Mumtaz Ali Ansari |
| 2002 | Urmila Matondkar | Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya | Ria Jaiswal |
| 2003 |
| 2003 | Aishwarya Rai † | Devdas | Parvati "Paro" Chakraborty |
| 2003 | Karisma Kapoor ‡ | Shakti – The Power | Nandini |
| 2003 | Preity Zinta | Dil Hai Tumhaara | Shalu |
| 2003 | Rani Mukerji ‡ | Saathiya | Suhani Sharma |
| 2003 | Tabu | Filhaal... | Rewa Singh |
| 2004 |
| 2004 | Urmila Matondkar ‡ | Bhoot | Swati |
| 2004 | Bhoomika Chawla ‡ | Tere Naam | Nirjara Bharadwaj |
| 2004 | Hema Malini ‡ | Baghban | Pooja Malhotra |
| 2004 | Preity Zinta † | Kal Ho Naa Ho | Naina Catherine Kapur |
| 2004 | Rani Mukerji ‡ | Chalte Chalte | Priya Chopra |
| 2004 | Raveena Tandon | Satta | Anuradha Sehgal |
| 2004 | Sushmita Sen | Samay: When Time Strikes | ACP Malvika Chauhan |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | Rani Mukerji † | Hum Tum | Rhea Prakash |
| 2005 | Aishwarya Rai ‡ | Raincoat | Neerja |
| 2005 | Kareena Kapoor | Dev | Aaliya |
| 2005 | Preity Zinta ‡ | Veer-Zaara | Zaara Hayaat Khan |
| 2005 | Shilpa Shetty ‡ | Phir Milenge | Tamanna Sahni |
| 2005 | Urmila Matondkar ‡ | Ek Hasina Thi | Sarika Vartak |
| 2006 |
| 2006 | Rani Mukerji † | Black | Michelle McNally |
| 2006 | Juhi Chawla | My Brother Nikhil | Anamika |
| 2006 | Konkona Sen Sharma | Page 3 | Madhvi Sharma |
| 2006 | Preity Zinta ‡ | Salaam Namaste | Ambar "Amby" Malhotra |
| 2006 | Sharmila Tagore ‡ | Viruddh... Family Comes First | Sumitra V. Patwardhan |
| 2007 |
| 2007 | Kareena Kapoor ‡ | Omkara | Dolly Mishra |
| 2007 | Aishwarya Rai ‡ | Dhoom 2 | Sunehri |
| 2007 | Amrita Rao | Vivah | Poonam |
| 2007 | Ayesha Takia | Dor | Meera |
| 2007 | Bipasha Basu ‡ | Corporate | Nishiganda 'Nishi' Dasgupta |
| 2007 | Kajol † | Fanaa | Zooni Ali Beg\Qadri |
| 2008 |
| 2008 | Kareena Kapoor † | Jab We Met | Geet Dhillon |
| 2008 | Aishwarya Rai ‡ | Guru | Sujata Desai |
| 2008 | Tabu | Cheeni Kum | Nina Verma |
| 2009 |
| 2009 | Priyanka Chopra † | Fashion | Meghna Mathur |
| 2009 | Aishwarya Rai ‡ | Jodhaa Akbar | Jodhaa Bai |
| 2009 | Asin ‡ | Ghajini | Kalpana Shetty |
| 2009 | Genelia D'souza | Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na | Aditi Mahant |
| 2009 | Kajol ‡ | U Me Aur Hum | Piya Saxena/Malhotra |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Film | Character |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Vidya Balan † | Paa | Vidya |
| 2010 | Deepika Padukone ‡ | Love Aaj Kal | Meera Pandit |
| 2010 | Kareena Kapoor ‡ | 3 Idiots | Pia Sahastrabudhhe |
| 2010 | Katrina Kaif ‡ | New York | Maya Shaikh |
| 2010 | Priyanka Chopra ‡ | Kaminey | Sweety Shekhar Bhope |
| 2010 | Priyanka Chopra | What's Your Raashee? | 12 characters |
| 2011 |
| 2011 | Vidya Balan ‡ | Ishqiya | Krishna Varma |
| 2011 | Aishwarya Rai ‡ | Guzaarish | Sofia D'Souza |
| 2011 | Anushka Sharma ‡ | Band Baaja Baaraat | Shruti Kakkar |
| 2011 | Kajol † | My Name Is Khan | Mandira Khan |
| 2011 | Neetu Singh | Do Dooni Chaar | Kusum Duggal |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | Vidya Balan † | The Dirty Picture | Silk / Reshma |
| 2012 | Kalki Koechlin | Shaitan | Amrita Jayshankar |
| 2012 | Kangana Ranaut | Tanu Weds Manu | Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi |
| 2012 | Priyanka Chopra ‡ | 7 Khoon Maaf | Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes |
| 2012 | Rani Mukerji † won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress | No One Killed Jessica | Meera Gaity |
| 2012 | Vidya Balan ‡ | No One Killed Jessica | Sabrina Lal |
| 2013 |
| 2013 | Vidya Balan † | Kahaani | Vidya Bagchi |
| 2013 | Deepika Padukone ‡ | Cocktail | Veronica Malaney |
| 2013 | Kareena Kapoor ‡ | Heroine | Mahi Arora |
| 2013 | Parineeti Chopra ‡ | Ishaqzaade | Zoya Qureshi |
| 2013 | Priyanka Chopra ‡ | Barfi! | Jhilmil Chatterjee |
| 2013 | Sridevi ‡ | English Vinglish | Shashi Godbole |
| 2014 |
| 2014 | Deepika Padukone † | Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela | Leela Sanera |
| 2014 | Deepika Padukone ‡ | Chennai Express | Meenalochini Azhagu Sundaram |
| 2014 | Chitrangada Singh | Inkaar | Maya Luthra |
| 2014 | Nimrat Kaur | The Lunchbox | Ila |
| 2014 | Parineeti Chopra ‡ | Shuddh Desi Romance | Gayatri |
| 2014 | Shraddha Kapoor ‡ | Aashiqui 2 | Aarohi Keshav Shirke |
| 2014 | Sonakshi Sinha ‡ | Lootera | Pakhi Roy Choudhary |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | Priyanka Chopra ‡ | Mary Kom | Mary Kom |
| 2015 | Alia Bhatt ‡ | Highway | Veera Tripathi |
| 2015 | Deepika Padukone | Finding Fanny | Angelina 'Angie' |
| 2015 | Kangana Ranaut † | Queen | Rani Mehra |
| 2015 | Parineeti Chopra | Hasee Toh Phasee | Dr. Meeta Solanki |
| 2015 | Rani Mukerji ‡ | Mardaani | Shivani Shivaji Roy |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Deepika Padukone † | Piku | Piku Banerjee |
| 2016 | Anushka Sharma ‡ | NH10 | Meera |
| 2016 | Kalki Koechlin | Margarita with a Straw | Laila |
| 2016 | Kangana Ranaut ‡ | Tanu Weds Manu Returns | Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi / Kumari "Kusum" Sangwan (Datto) |
| 2016 | Priyanka Chopra | Dil Dhadakne Do | Ayesha Mehra/Sangha |
| 2016 | Sonam Kapoor ‡ | Dolly Ki Doli | Dolly |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Alia Bhatt † | Udta Punjab | Bauria/ Mary Jane |
| 2017 | Alia Bhatt ‡ | Dear Zindagi | Kaira |
| 2017 | Anushka Sharma ‡ | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Alizeh Khan |
| 2017 | Anushka Sharma | Sultan | Aarfa Ali Khan |
| 2017 | Sonam Kapoor ‡ | Neerja | Neerja Bhanot |
| 2017 | Taapsee Pannu | Pink | Meenal Arora |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Vidya Balan † | Tumhari Sulu | Sulochana/Sulu |
| 2018 | Alia Bhatt ‡ | Badrinath Ki Dulhania | Vaidehi Trivedi |
| 2018 | Bhumi Pednekar ‡ | Shubh Mangal Saavdhan | Sugandha |
| 2018 | Fatima Sana Shaikh | Dangal | Geeta Phogat |
| 2018 | Kangana Ranaut | Simran | Praful Patel / Simran |
| 2018 | Kriti Sanon | Bareilly Ki Barfi | Bitti Mishra |
| 2018 | Sridevi ‡ | Mom | Devki Sabarwal |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Alia Bhatt † | Raazi | Sehmat Khan |
| 2019 | Deepika Padukone ‡ | Padmaavat | Rani Padmani |
| 2019 | Rani Mukerji ‡ | Hichki | Ms. Naina Mathur |
| 2019 | Taapsee Pannu | Manmarziyaan | Rumi Bagga |
| 2019 | Tabu ‡ | Andhadhun | Simi |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Film | Character |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Alia Bhatt † | Gully Boy | Safeena Firdausi |
| 2020 | Kangana Ranaut ‡ | Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi | Rani Lakshmi Bai |
| 2020 | Katrina Kaif | Bharat | Kumud Raina |
| 2020 | Taapsee Pannu | Badla | Naina Sethi |
| 2020 | Vidya Balan ‡ | Mission Mangal | Tara Shinde |