Penghargaan Film Nasional untuk Aktris Terbaik
Penerima

Shobana (atas), Tabu (tengah) dan Kangana Ranaut (bawah) adalah aktris-aktris yang dianugerahi penghargaan tersebut sebanyak dua kali.
Indrani Halder (atas) dan Rituparna Sengupta (bawah) adalah dua aktris yang dianugerahi penghargaan tersebut untuk film yang sama —.
| Tahun | Penerima | Peran | Karya | Bahasa | Ref>  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1967(ke-15) | Nargis Dutt | Varuna / Peggy | Raat Aur Din | Hindi |  |
| 1968(ke-16) | Sharada | Vijaya | Thulabharam | Malayalam |  |
| 1969(ke-17) | Madhabi Mukherjee | Supriya | Dibratrir Kabya | Bengali |  |
| 1970(ke-18) | Rehana Sultan | Salma Ahmed | Dastak | Hindi |  |
| 1971(ke-19) | Waheeda Rehman | Reshma | Reshma Aur Shera | Hindi |  |
| 1972(ke-20) | Sharada | Sita | Swayamvaram | Malayalam |  |
| 1973(ke-21) | Nandini Bhaktavatsala | Kamali | Kaadu | Kannada |  |
| 1974(ke-22) | Shabana Azmi | Lakshmi | Ankur | Hindi |  |
| 1975(ke-23) | Sharmila Tagore | Chanda Thapa, Kajli | Mausam | Hindi |  |
| 1976(ke-24) | Lakshmi | Ganga | Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal | Tamil |  |
| 1977(ke-25) | Smita Patil | Urvashi / Usha | Bhumika | Hindi |  |
| 1978(ke-26) | Sharada | Bharathi | Nimajjanam | Telugu |  |
| 1979(ke-27) | Shoba | Kuppamma | Pasi | Tamil |  |
| 1980(ke-28) | Smita Patil | Amma | Chakra | Hindi |  |
| 1981(ke-29) | Rekha | Amiran (Umrao Jaan) | Umrao Jaan | Urdu |  |
| 1982(ke-30) | Shabana Azmi | Pooja Inder Malhotra | Arth | Hindi |  |
| 1983(ke-31) | Shabana Azmi | Jamini | Khandhar | Hindi |  |
| 1984(ke-32) | Shabana Azmi | Rama | Paar | Hindi |  |
| 1985(ke-33) | Suhasini | Sindhu | Sindhu Bhairavi | Tamil |  |
| 1986(ke-34) | Monisha Unni | Gouri | Nakhakshathangal | Malayalam |  |
| 1987(ke-35) | Archana | Sudha | Veedu | Tamil |  |
| 1988(ke-36) | Archana | Kamalakshi | Daasi | Telugu |  |
| 1989(ke-37) | Sreelekha Mukherji | Lakkhi | Parshuramer Kuthar | Bengali |  |
| 1990(ke-38) | Vijayashanti | Vyjayanthi | Karthavyam | Telugu |  |
| 1991(ke-39) | Moloya Goswami | Ritu | Firingoti | Assam |  |
| 1992(ke-40) | Dimple Kapadia | Shanichari | Rudaali | Hindi |  |
| 1993(ke-41) | Shobana | Ganga | Manichitrathazhu | Malayalam |  |
| 1994(ke-42) | Debashree Roy | Dr. Aditi Sen | Unishe April | Bengali |  |
| 1995(ke-43) | Seema Biswas | Phoolan Devi | Bandit Queen | Hindi |  |
| 1996(ke-44) | Tabu | Virender Kaur | Maachis | Hindi |  |
| 1997(ke-45) | Indrani Haldar | Jhinuk | Dahan | Bengali |  |
| 1997(ke-45) | Rituparna Sengupta | Romita Chaudhury | Dahan | Bengali |  |
| 1998(ke-46) | Shabana Azmi | Rambhi | Godmother | Hindi |  |
| 1999(ke-47) | Kirron Kher | Banalata | Bariwali | Bengali |  |
| 2000(ke-48) | Raveena Tandon | Durga Saikia | Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence | Hindi |  |
| 2001(ke-49) | Tabu | Mumtaz Ali Ansari | Chandni Bar | Hindi |  |
| 2001(ke-49) | Shobana | Lakshmi | Mitr, My Friend | Inggris |  |
| 2002(ke-50) | Konkona Sen Sharma | Meenakshi S. Iyer | Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | Inggris |  |
| 2003(ke-51) | Meera Jasmine | Shahina | Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam | Malayalam |  |
| 2004(ke-52) | Tara | Hasina | Hasina | Kannada |  |
| 2005(ke-53) | Sarika | Shernaz | Parzania | Inggris |  |
| 2006(ke-54) | Priyamani | Muththazhagu | Paruthiveeran | Tamil |  |
| 2007(ke-55) | Umashree | Gulabi | Gulabi Talkies | Kannada |  |
| 2008(ke-56) | Priyanka Chopra | Meghna Mathur | Fashion | Hindi |  |
| 2009(ke-57) | Ananya Chatterjee | Shikha | Abohoman | Bengali |  |
| 2010(ke-58) | Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar | Shirmi | Baboo Band Baaja | Marathi |  |
| 2010(ke-58) | Saranya Ponvannan | Veerayi | Thenmerku Paruvakaatru | Tamil |  |
| 2011(ke-59) | Vidya Balan | Reshma (Silk) | The Dirty Picture | Hindi |  |
| 2012(ke-60) | Usha Jadhav | Yashoda | Dhag | Marathi |  |
| 2013(ke-61) | Geetanjali Thapa | Kamala | Liar's Dice | Hindi |  |
| 2014(ke-62) | Kangana Ranaut | Rani Mehra | Queen | Hindi |  |
| 2015(ke-63) | Kangana Ranaut | Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi, Kusum "Datto" Sangwan | Tanu Weds Manu Returns | Hindi |  |
| 2016(ke-64) | Surabhi Lakshmi | – | Minnaminungu – the Firefly | Malayalam |  |
| 2017(ke-65) | Sridevi | Devki Sabarwal | Mom | Hindi |  |
| 2018(ke-66) | Keerthy Suresh | Savitri | Mahanati | Telugu |  |