SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Malayalam

This is a list of winners and nominees of the South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Actress in the Malayalam film(s). The first recipient of this award was Kavya Madhavan at the 1st South Indian International Movie Awards held on 22 June 2012 in Dubai.^[1][2][3]

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
The 2023 recipient: Anaswara Rajan
Awarded for	Outstanding Lead Actress in Malayalam film(s)
Country	India
Presented by	South Indian International Movie Awards
First award	2011
Currently held by	Anaswara Rajan Neru (2023)
Website	siima.in

Superlatives

Superlative	Actor
Actress(es) with most awards	Amala Paul (2) Nayanthara (2) Manju Warrier (2) Aishwarya Lekshmi (2)
Actress(es) with most nominations	Manju Warrier (4)
Actress(es) with consecutive wins	Amala Paul (2012–2013) Nayanthara (2015–2016)

Superlatives : Multiple Winners

Wins	Recipient(s)
2	Manju Warrier, Amala Paul, Nayanthara, Aishwarya Lekshmi

Superlatives : Multiple Nominations

Nominations	Recipient(s)
5	Manju Warrier
4	Nimisha Sajayan
3	Mamta Mohandas, Amala Paul, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Darshana Rajendran
2	Kavya Madhavan, Rima Kallingal, Revathi, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Shobana, Anusree, Nayanthara, Anu Sithara, Rajisha Vijayan, Anna Ben, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Anaswara Rajan

Winners and nominees

Year	Actress	Role	Film
2011 (1st)	Kavya Madhavan	Aswathi	Khaddama
2012 (2nd)
	Amala Paul	Renuka	Run Baby Run
	Rima Kallingal	Tessa K. Abraham	22 Female Kottayam
	Kavya Madhavan	Vanaja	Bavuttiyude Namathil
	Swetha Menon	Sumithra	Ithra Mathram
	Revathi	Molly Aunty	Molly Aunty Rocks!
2013 (3rd)
	Amala Paul	Irene Gardner	Oru Indian Pranayakadha
	Ann Augustine	Gayatri	Artist
	Shobana	Dr. Rohini Pranab	Thira
	Meena	Rani George	Drishyam
	Rima Kallingal	Savithri	August Club
2014 (4th)
	Manju Warrier	Nirupama Rajeev	How Old Are You?
	Nazriya Nazim	Pooja Mathew	Ohm Shanthi Oshaana
	Aparna Gopinath	Anjali Arakkal	Munnariyippu
	Namitha Pramod	Deepika Pai	Vikramadithyan
	Anusree	Janaki	Ithihasa
2015 (5th)
	Nayanthara	Hima	Bhaskar the Rascal
	Parvathy	Kottatil Kanchanamala	Ennu Ninte Moideen
	Amala Paul	Mili	Mili
	Anusree	Sushamma	Chandrettan Evideya
	Mamta Mohandas	Laya	Two Countries
2016 (6th)
	Nayanthara	Vasuki Iyer Louis	Puthiya Niyamam
	Asha Sarath	Suma	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
	Manju Warrier	Sreebala	Vettah
	Sai Pallavi	Anjali Sidhharth	Kali
	Vedhika	Alice	James & Alice
2017 (7th)
	Parvathy	Sameera	Take Off
	Aishwarya Lekshmi	Aparna Ravi	Mayaanadhi
	Manju Warrier	Sujatha	Udaharanam Sujatha
	Nimisha Sajayan	Sreeja	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
	Anu Sithara	Malini	Ramante Edanthottam
2018 (8th)
	Aishwarya Lekshmi	Priya Paul	Varathan
	Anu Sithara	Anitha Satyan	Captain
	Nikhila Vimal	Varadha	Aravindante Athidhikal
	Trisha Krishnan	Crystal Ann Chakkraaparambil	Hey Jude
	Nimisha Sajayan	Aiswarya Gopal	Eeda
2019 (9th)
	Manju Warrier	Priyadarshini Ramdas & Madhuri	Lucifer & Prathi Poovankozhi
	Parvathy Thiruvothu	Pallavi Raveendran	Uyare
	Rajisha Vijayan	June Sara Joy	June
	Nimisha Sajayan	Janaki	Chola
	Anna Ben	Helen Paul	Helen
2020 (9th)
	Shobana	Neena	Varane Avashyamund
	Anna Ben	Jessy	Kappela
	Mamta Mohandas	ACP Rithika Xavier	Forensic
	Darshana Rajendran	Anumol Sebastian	C U Soon
	Anupama Parameswaran	Shyama	Maniyarayile Ashokan
2021 (10th)
	Aishwarya Lekshmi	Sneha George	Kaanekkaane
	Parvathy Thiruvothu	Shirley	Aarkkariyam
	Rajisha Vijayan	Deepthi	Love
	Mamta Mohandas	Simi Udayakumar	Bhramam
	Sobhita Dhulipala	Sharadamma / Sharadha Kurup	Kurup
	Nimisha Sajayan	The Wife	The Great Indian Kitchen
2022 (11th)
	Kalyani Priyadarshan	Anna Kurian	Bro Daddy
	Darshana Rajendran	Jayabharathi	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey
	Revathi	Asha	Bhoothakaalam
	Keerthy Suresh	Adv. Madhavi Mohan	Vaashi
	Anaswara Rajan	Sharanya Vasudevan / "Super Sharanya"	Super Sharanya
	Navya Nair	C. K. Radhamani	Oruthee
2023 (12th)
	Anaswara Rajan	Sara Mohammed	Neru
	Darshana Rajendran	Susan	Purusha Pretham
	Jyothika	Omana Philip Mathew	Kaathal – The Core
	Kalyani Priyadarshan	Fathima Noorjahan "Pathu"	Sesham Mike-il Fathima
	Manju Warrier	Nilambur Ayisha	Ayisha
	Vincy Aloshious	Rekha Rajendran	Rekha

See also

• SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Malayalam