# Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut

The Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (previously known as Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year) is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films to recognise a performance by a female actor in their debut role.
The first recipient of the award was Juhi Chawla, who was honored at the 34th Filmfare Awards in the year 1989. Preity Zinta and Ananya Panday are the only actresses who won the award for 2 different films. As of 2021, Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra are the only cousins to win the award while Sara Ali Khan and Abhimanyu Dassani are the only winners whose parents (Saif Ali Khan and Bhagyashree respectively) have won a Filmfare Best Debut award. Divya Bharti is the only actress to win the award for her fifth film and not for her first film.
Juhi Chawla, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone, Kangana Ranaut and Kriti Sanon are the only recipients who also won Filmfare Award for Best Actress, with Balan winning four times and Padukone winning twice.
Tabu, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Kangana Ranaut have all won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) (Tabu winning the most at 4 times and Kapoor with 2 wins) and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, while Vidya Balan has won the former award once. The award was not given in this category in the years 1997, 2010 and 2018. The most recent recipient of the award is Alizeh Agnihotri, who was honored at the 69th Filmfare Awards.

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
| † | Indicates the winner |
| ‡ | Indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress |

### 1980s

| Year | Photo of winner | Actress | Role | Film |
| 1989 (34th) | | Juhi Chawla ‡ | Rashmi Rajput | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak |
| No Other Nominee |||

### 1990s

| Year | Photo of winners | Actress | Role(s) | Film(s) |
| 1990 (35th) | | Bhagyashree † | Suman | Maine Pyar Kiya |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 1991 (36th) | | Pooja Bhatt † | Pooja Sarin | Daddy |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 1992 (37th) | | Raveena Tandon † | Kiran Khanna | Patthar Ke Phool |
| 1992 (37th) | | Madhoo | Pooja | Phool Aur Kaante |
| 1992 (37th) | | Manisha Koirala | Radha | Saudagar |
| 1992 (37th) | | Zeba Bakhtiar | Henna Khan | Henna |
| 1993 (38th) | | Divya Bharti ‡ | Kaajal "Sonu" Pratap | Deewana |
| 1993 (38th) | | Ayesha Jhulka | Neelam Chaudhary | Khiladi |
| 1993 (38th) | | Kajol | Radhika | Bekhudi |
| 1993 (38th) | | Karisma Kapoor | Jyoti | Sapne Sajan Ke |
| 1994 (39th) | - | Mamta Kulkarni † | Jyoti Tripathi | Aashik Awara |
| 1994 (39th) | - | Shilpa Shetty | Seema Chopra | Baazigar |
| 1995 (40th) | | Sonali Bendre † | Sonali | Naaraaz |
| 1995 (40th) | | Tabu † | Sapna | Pehla Pehla Pyar |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 1996 (41st) | | Twinkle Khanna † | Tina Oberoi | Barsaat |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 1997 (42nd) | | Seema Biswas ‡ | Phoolan Devi | Bandit Queen |
| 1997 (42nd) | | Priya Gill | Paro Shastri | Tere Mere Sapne |
| 1998 (43rd) | | Mahima Chaudhry ‡ | Kusum Ganga | Pardes |
| 1998 (43rd) | | Aishwarya Rai | Ashi Kapoor | Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya |
| 1998 (43rd) | | Pooja Batra | Anita | Virasat |
| 1999 (44th) | | Preity Zinta † | Preeti Nair | Dil Se.. |
| 1999 (44th) | | Preity Zinta † | Preeti Singh | Soldier |
| 1999 (44th) | | Isha Koppikar | Anita | Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan |
| 1999 (44th) | | Jyothika | Pallavi Sinha | Doli Saja Ke Rakhna |

### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 2000 (45th) | Nandita Das † | Shanta | 1947: Earth |
| 2000 (45th) | Soundarya | Radha Singh-Thakur | Sooryavansham |
| 2001 (46th) | Kareena Kapoor † | Nazneen "Naaz" Ahmed | Refugee |
| 2001 (46th) | Ameesha Patel | Sonia Saxena | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai |
| 2001 (46th) | Keerthi Reddy | Pooja Sinha | Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa |
| 2001 (46th) | Preeti Jhangiani | Kiran | Mohabbatein |
| 2001 (46th) | Shamita Shetty | Ishika | Mohabbatein |
| 2002 (47th) | Bipasha Basu † | Neeta / Sonia Bajaj | Ajnabee |
| 2002 (47th) | Dia Mirza | Reena Malhotra | Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein |
| 2003 (48th) | Esha Deol † | Eisha Singh | Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe |
| 2003 (48th) | Amrita Rao | Anjali Thapar / Nandini | Ab Ke Baras |
| 2004 (49th) | Lara Dutta † | Kajal Singhania | Andaaz |
| 2004 (49th) | Priyanka Chopra † | Jiya Singhania | Andaaz |
| 2004 (49th) | Bhumika Chawla | Nirjara Bharadwaj | Tere Naam |
| 2004 (49th) | Neha Dhupia | Sapna | Qayamat: City Under Threat |
| 2004 (49th) | Rimi Sen | Anjali Patekar | Hungama |
| 2005 (50th) | Ayesha Takia † | Priya Kapoor | Taarzan: The Wonder Car |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 2006 (51st) | Vidya Balan † | Lalita Roy | Parineeta |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 2007 (52nd) | Kangana Ranaut † | Simran | Gangster |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 2008 (53rd) | Deepika Padukone ‡ | Shantipriya / Sandy | Om Shanti Om |
| 2008 (53rd) | Hansika Motwani | Priya Bakshi | Aap Ka Suroor |
| 2008 (53rd) | Jiah Khan | Jia | Nishabd |
| 2008 (53rd) | Sonam Kapoor | Sakina | Saawariya |
| 2008 (53rd) | Urvashi Sharma | Sophia D'Costa | Naqaab |
| 2009 (54th) | Asin ‡ | Kalpana Shetty | Ghajini |
| 2009 (54th) | Adah Sharma | Lisa Singh Rathod | 1920 |
| 2009 (54th) | Anushka Sharma | Taani Sahni | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi |
| 2009 (54th) | Mugdha Godse | Janet Sequeira | Fashion |
| 2009 (54th) | Prachi Desai | Sakshi Shroff | Rock On!! |
| 2009 (54th) | Sonal Chauhan | Zoya Mathur | Jannat |

### 2010s

| Year | Photo of winners | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 2010 (55th) | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED |
| 2011 (56th) | | Sonakshi Sinha † | Rajjo Shreshawat | Dabangg |
| 2011 (56th) | | Amrita Puri | Shefali Thakur | Aisha |
| 2011 (56th) | | Sandeepa Dhar | Rajnandini Khandelwal | Isi Life Mein...! |
| 2011 (56th) | | Shraddha Kapoor | Aparna Khanna | Teen Patti |
| 2011 (56th) | | Trisha | Gehna Ganpule | Khatta Meetha |
| 2012 (57th) | | Parineeti Chopra † | Dimple Chaddha | Ladies vs Ricky Bahl |
| 2012 (57th) | | Kajal Aggarwal | Kavya Bhosle | Singham |
| 2012 (57th) | | Myra Karn | Jessica Lal | No One Killed Jessica |
| 2012 (57th) | | Nargis Fakhri | Heer Kaul | Rockstar |
| 2013 (58th) | | Ileana D'Cruz † | Shruti Ghosh Sengupta | Barfi! |
| 2013 (58th) | | Alia Bhatt | Shanaya Singhania | Student of the Year |
| 2013 (58th) | | Diana Penty | Meera Sahni | Cocktail |
| 2013 (58th) | | Yami Gautam | Ashima Roy | Vicky Donor |
| 2014 (59th) | | Vaani Kapoor † | Tara | Shuddh Desi Romance |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 2015 (60th) | | Kriti Sanon † | Dimpy Chaudhary | Heropanti |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 2016 (61st) | | Bhumi Pednekar † | Sandhya | Dum Laga Ke Haisha |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 2017 (62nd) | | Ritika Singh † | Ezhil Madhi | Saala Khadoos |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 2018 (63rd) | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED |
| 2019 (64th) | | Sara Ali Khan † | Mandakini "Mukku" | Kedarnath |
| 2019 (64th) | | Banita Sandhu | Shiuli Iyer | October |
| 2019 (64th) | | Janhvi Kapoor | Parthavi Singh Rathore | Dhadak |
| 2019 (64th) | | Mouni Roy | Monobina Das | Gold |
| 2019 (64th) | | Radhika Madan | Chamki Kumari | Pataakha |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film(s) |
| 2020 (65th) | Ananya Panday † | Shreya Randhawa Tapasya Singh | Student of the Year 2 Pati Patni Aur Woh |
| 2020 (65th) | Pranutan Bahl | Firdaus Quadri | Notebook |
| 2020 (65th) | Saiee Manjrekar | Khushi Chautala | Dabangg 3 |
| 2020 (65th) | Sharmin Segal | Astha Tripathi | Malaal |
| 2020 (65th) | Shivaleeka Oberoi | Mitee Deora | Yeh Saali Aashiqui |
| 2020 (65th) | Tara Sutaria | Mridula "Mia" Chawla | Student of the Year 2 |
| 2021 (66th) | Alaya F † | Tia Singh | Jawaani Jaaneman |
| 2021 (66th) | Sadia Khateeb | Shanti Dhar | Shikara |
| 2022 (67th) | Sharvari † | Sonia Rawat / Jasmine "Jazz" | Bunty Aur Babli 2 |
| No Other Nominee |||
| 2023 (68th) | Andrea Kevichüsa † | Aido | Anek |
| 2023 (68th) | Khushalii Kumar | Saanchi Sinha | Dhokha: Round D Corner |
| 2023 (68th) | Manushi Chhillar | Sanyogita | Samrat Prithviraj |
| 2023 (68th) | Prajakta Koli | Ginny Sahni | Jugjugg Jeeyo |
| 2024 (69th) | Alizeh Agnihotri † | Nitya | Farrey |
| No Other Nominee |||