SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best acting done by an actress in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Shruti Haasan is the most awarded with 3 times winning the award and Samantha is the most nominated with 9 nominations.

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu
The 2023 recipient: Keerthy Suresh
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Telugu film
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First award	2012
Currently held by	Keerthy Suresh, Dasara (2023)
Most wins	Shruti Haasan (3)
Most nominations	Samantha (9)

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Record
Most awards	Shruti Haasan	3
Most nominations	Samantha	9
Youngest winner	Keerthy Suresh	Age 22
Oldest winner	Kajal Aggarwal	Age 33

• Shruti Haasan has maximum awards with three wins.
• Shruti Haasan and Pooja Hegde have won the awards twice and both in consecutive years (2014–2015) and (2020–2021) respectively.
• Shruti Haasan is the only actress to have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu.
• Samantha has received the most nominations with nine, followed by Shruti Hasan, with six.

Multiple winners

Wins	Recipient(s)
3	Shruti Hasan
2	Samantha, Pooja Hegde, Keerthy Suresh

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Recipient(s)
9	Samantha
6	Shruti Haasan
5	Kajal Aggarwal
4	Rashmika Mandanna
3	Anushka Shetty, Nayanthara, Nithya Menen, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Hegde
2	Tamannaah Bhatia, Sai Pallavi, Sree Leela

Winners and nominees

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Actress	Film	Ref.
2011 (1st)	Nayanthara ‡	Sri Rama Rajyam	[1][2]
	Samantha	Dookudu
	Kajal Aggarwal	Mr. Perfect
	Hansika Motwani	Kandireega
	Tamannaah Bhatia	100% Love
2012 (2nd)	Shruti Haasan ‡	Gabbar Singh	[3]
	Nayanthara	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum
	Kajal Aggarwal	Businessman
	Samantha	Eega
2013 (3rd)	Samantha ‡	Attarintiki Daredi	[4]
	Shruti Haasan	Balupu
	Nithya Menen	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
	Tamannaah Bhatia	Tadakha
	Kajal Aggarwal	Baadshah
2014 (6th)	Shruti Haasan ‡	Race Gurram	[5][6]
	Nayanthara	Anamika
	Rakul Preet Singh	Loukyam
	Kajal Aggarwal	Govindudu Andarivadele
	Samanth	Manam
2015 (5th)	Shruti Haasan ‡	Srimanthudu	[7][8]
	Nithya Menen	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju
	Anushka Shetty	Rudramadevi
	Lakshmi Manchu	Dongata
	Samantha	S/O Satyamurthy
2016 (6th)	Rakul Preet Singh ‡	Nannaku Prematho	[9]
	Lavanya Tripathi	Srirastu Subhamastu
	Regina Cassandra	Jo Achyutananda
	Ritu Varma	Pelli Choopulu
	Samantha	A Aa
2017 (7th)	Kajal Aggarwal ‡	Nene Raju Nene Mantri	[10]
	Anushka Shetty	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
	Rakul Preet Singh	Jaya Janaki Nayaka
	Sai Pallavi	Fidaa
2018 (8th)	Keerthy Suresh ‡	Mahanati	[11][12]
	Aditi Rao Hydari	Sammohanam
	Anushka Shetty	Bhaagamathie
	Rashmika Mandanna	Geetha Govindam
	Samantha	Rangasthalam
2019 (9th)	Samantha ‡	Oh! Baby	[13][14]
	Pooja Hegde	Maharshi
	Shraddha Srinath	Jersey
	Rashmika Mandanna	Dear Comrade
	Raashi Khanna	Prati Roju Pandage

2020s

Year	Actress	Film	Ref.
2020 (9th)	Pooja Hegde ‡	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	[15]
	Rashmika Mandanna	Sarileru Neekevvaru
	Chandini Chowdary	Colour Photo
	Nabha Natesh	Solo Brathuke So Better
	Aishwarya Rajesh	World Famous Lover
2021 (10th)	Pooja Hegde ‡	Most Eligible Bachelor	[16]
	Sai Pallavi	Love Story
	Rashmika Mandanna	Pushpa: The Rise
	Shruti Haasan	Krack
	Priyamani	Narappa
	Pragya Jaiswal	Akhanda
2022 (11th)	Sreeleela ‡	Dhamaka	[17]
	Meenakshi Chaudhary	HIT: The Second Case
	Mrunal Thakur	Sita Ramam
	Neha Shetty	DJ Tillu
	Nithya Menen	Bheemla Nayak
	Samantha	Yashoda
2023 (12th)	Keerthy Suresh ‡	Dasara	[18][19]
	Mrunal Thakur	Hi Nanna
	Payal Rajput	Mangalavaaram
	Samyuktha	Virupaksha
	Shruti Haasan	Veera Simha Reddy
	Sreeleela	Bhagavanth Kesari

See also

• SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Telugu
• SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu
• Cinema of India
• Telugu cinema