# Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada

The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films (Sandalwood). The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. The year indicates the year of release of the film.

## Superlatives

| Superlative | Actress | Record |
| Actor with most awards | Aarathi, Saritha | 4 wins |
| Actor with most nominations | Ramya | 7 nominations |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Hariprriya, Rachita Ram | 3 nominations |
| Oldest winner | Lakshmi | 41 years |
| Oldest nominee | Suhasini | 46 years |
| Youngest winner | Malashri | 18 years |
| Youngest nominee | Hariprriya | 18 years |

## Multiple wins

The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress awards:
| Wins | Actress |
| 4 | AarathiSaritha |
| 3 | SuhasiniRadhika Pandit |
| 2 | Jayanthi, Shruti, Sudha Rani, Soundarya, Ramya |

## Multiple nominations

The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress nominations (Post 2005):
| Nominations | Actress |
| 6 | Ramya, Radhika Pandit |
| 4 | Aarathi, Saritha, Suhasini Maniratnam |
| 3 | Hariprriya, Rachita Ram, Shwetha Srivatsav, Sruthi Hariharan |
| 2 | Jayanthi, Shruti, Sudha Rani, Meena, Soundarya, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Pooja Gandhi, Aindrita Ray, Priyamani, Nidhi Subbaiah, Meghana Gaonkar, Ragini Dwivedi, Shanvi Srivastava, Shraddha Srinath, Milana Nagaraj |

## Winners

| Year | Image | Actress | Role | Film |
| 2023 | | Siri Ravikumar | Prerana | Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye |
| 2022 | | Chaithra J. Achar | Saaki | Taledanda |
| 2020-21 | | Yagna Shetty | Geetha | Act 1978 |
| 2018 | | Manvitha Kamath | Punarvasu | Tagaru |
| 2017 | | Sruthi Hariharan | Nandini | Beautiful Manasugalu |
| 2016 | | Shraddha Srinath | Rachana | U Turn |
| 2015 | | Parul Yadav | Mallika | Aatagara |
| 2014 | | Shwetha Srivatsav | Bhumika | Fair & Lovely |
| 2013 | | Amulya | Shravani | Shravani Subramanya |
| 2012 | | Priyamani | • Chaaru • Latha | Chaarulatha |
| 2011 | | Ramya | Geetha | Sanju Weds Geetha |
| 2010 | | Radhika Pandit | Geetha | Krishnan Love Story |
| 2009 | | Radhika Pandit | Khushi | Love Guru |
| 2008 | | Radhika Pandit | Chanchala | Moggina Manasu |
| 2007 | | Rashmi | Poornima | Duniya |
| 2006 | | Ramya | Vanaja | Tananam Tananam |
| 2005 | | Vidya Venkatesh | Indu | Nenapirali |
| 2004 | | Soundarya | Ganga | Apthamitra |
| 2003 | | Meena | Lalitha | Swathi Muthu |
| 2002 | | Soundarya | Naagi | Dweepa |
| 2001 | | Prema | Sangeetha | Kanasugara |
| 2000 | | Sudha Rani | Radha | Sparsha |
| 1999 | | Tara | Subbamma Heggadithi | Kanooru Heggadithi |
| 1998 | | Jayamala | Narmada Thaayi Saheba | Thaayi Saheba |
| 1997 | | Vijayalakshmi | Rani | Nagamandala |
| 1996 | | Shilpa | Kanaka | Janumada Jodi |
| 1995 | | Shruti | Usha | Aagatha |
| 1994 | | Shruti | | Hettha Karulu |
| 1993 | | Lakshmi | Ramabai | Hoovu Hannu |
| 1992 | | Sudha Rani | Padma | Mysooru Mallige |
| 1991 | – | Malashri | Asha | Hrudaya Haadithu |
| 1990 | | Suhasini Maniratnam | Annapoorna | Muthina Haara |
| 1989 | | Saritha | Banneri | Sankranthi |
| 1988 | | Suhasini Maniratnam | Hema | Suprabhatha |
| 1987 | | Geetha | Kamala | Shruthi Seridaaga |
| 1986 | | Saritha | | Mouna Geethe |
| 1985 | – | Saritha | Kamala | Mugila Mallige |
| 1984 | | Abhinaya | Gowri | Anubhava |
| 1983 | | Suhasini Maniratnam | Kavitha | Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu |
| 1982 | | Saritha | Vathsala | Hosa Belaku |
| 1981 | – | Aarathi | Ranganayaki / Mala | Ranganayaki |
| 1980 | | Ashwini | Savithri | Savithri |
| 1979 | | Aarathi | Thunga | Dharmasere |
| 1978 | | Shobha | Kusuma | Aparichita |
| 1977 | | Manjula | Deepa | Deepa |
| 1976 | | Jayanthi | Thulasi | Tulasi |
| 1975 | – | Aarathi | Hema | Shubhamangala |
| 1974 | | Aarathi | Sharada | Upasane |
| 1973 | – | Jayanthi | Madhavi | Edakallu Guddada Mele |
| 1972 | | Kalpana | Lalitha | Yaava Janmada Maitri |

## Nominations

* 2005 Vidya Venkatesh – Nenapirali as Sindhu
** Meena – My Autograph as Divya
** Shilpa Shetty – Auto Shankar as Maya
** Ramya – Amrithadhare as Amritha
** Radhika Kumaraswamy – Anna Thangi as Lakshmi
* 2006 Ramya – Tananam Tananam as Vanaja
** Meera Jasmine – Arasu as Aishwarya
** Rakshitha – Neenello Naanalle as Siri
** Radhika Kumaraswamy – Hatavadi as Anisha
* 2007 Rashmi – Duniya as Poornima
** Parvathy Thiruvothu – Milana as Anjali
** Suhasini – Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige as Kanaka
** Jaya Prada - Ee Bandhana as Nandini
* 2008 Radhika Pandit – Moggina Manasu as Chanchala
** Daisy Bopanna – Gaalipata as Soumya
** Pooja Gandhi – Taj Mahal as Shruti
** Ramya – Mussanjemaatu as Tanu
** Suhasi – Haage Summane as Khushi
* 2009 Radhika Pandit – Love Guru as Kushi
** Haripriya – Kallara Santhe as Roopa
** Priyamani – Raam as Pooja
** Priyanka Kothari – Raaj The Showman as Parvathy
** Rekha – Parichaya as Nirmala (Nimmi)
* 2010 Radhika Pandit – Krishnan Love Story as Geetha
** Aindrita Ray – Veera Parampare
** Nayantara – Super as Indira
** Nidhi Subbaiah – Pancharangi as Ambika
** Ramya – Just Math Mathalli as Tanu
* 2011 Ramya – Sanju Weds Geetha as Geetha
** Deepa Sannidhi – Paramathma as Deepa aka Thithi Vade
** Nidhi Subbaiah – Krishnan Marriage Story as Khushi
** Radhika Pandit – Hudugaru as Gayathri
** Ragini Dwivedi – Kempe Gowda as Kavya
* 2012 Priyamani – Chaarulatha
** Pooja Gandhi – Dandupalya
** Pranitha Subhash – Bheema Theeradalli
** Radhika Pandit – Addhuri
** Ramya – Sidlingu
* 2013 Amulya – Shravani Subramanya
** Aindrita Ray – Bhajarangi
** Meghana Gaonkar – Charminar
** Nithya Menen – Mynaa
** Rachita Ram – Bulbul
** Shwetha Srivatsav – Simple Agi Ondh Love Story
* 2014 Shwetha Srivatsav – Fair & Lovely
** Haripriya – Ugramm
** Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga
** Radhika Pandit – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari
** Ragini Dwivedi – Ragini IPS
* 2015 Parul Yadav – Aatagara
** Mayuri Kyatari – Krishna Leela
** Nabha Natesh – Vajrakaya
** Rachita Ram – Ranna
** Shanvi Srivastava – Masterpiece
* 2016 Shraddha Srinath – U Turn
** Hariprriya – Neer Dose
** Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan
** Shwetha Srivatsav – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu
** Sruthi Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
* 2017 Sruthi Hariharan – Beautiful Manasugalu
** Nivedihta – Shuddhi
** Rashmika Mandanna – Chamak
** Shanvi Srivastava – Tarak
** Shraddha Srinath – Operation Aalamelamma
* 2018 Manvitha Kamath – Tagaru
** Ashika Ranganath – Raambo 2
** Meghana Raj – Iruvudellava Bittu
** Nishvika Naidu -Amma I Love You
** Sruthi Hariharan – Nathicharami
* 2020-21 Yagna Shetty – Act 1978
** Aarohi Narayan – Bheemasena Nalamaharaja
** Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal
** Asha Bhat – Roberrt
** Kushee Ravi – Dia
** Milana Nagaraj – Love Mocktail
** Reba Monica John – Rathnan Prapancha
* 2022 Chaithra J. Achar – Taledanda as Saaki
** Aishani Shetty – Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage as Shreya
** Ganavi Laxman – Vedha as Pushpa
** Meghana Gaonkar – Shubhamangala as Anu
** Rachita Ram – Monsoon Raaga as Asma Begum
** Sapthami Gowda – Kantara as Leela
* 2023 Siri Ravikumar – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye as Prerana
** Akshatha Pandavapura – Pinki Elli
** Amrutha Prem – Tagaru Palya as Jyothi
** Milana Nagaraj – Kousalya Supraja Rama as Muthulakshmi
** Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello as Priya
** Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co as Suma