SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Kannada

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Kannada is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best acting done by an actress in Kannada films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Kannada
The 2022 recipient: Srinidhi Shetty
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Kannada film
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First award	2012
Currently held by	Chaithra J. Achar Toby (2023)
Most wins	Rachita Ram (3)
Most nominations	Rachita Ram (6)
Website	SIIMA Kannada

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Notes
Most awards	Rachita Ram	3 awards
Most nominations	Rachita Ram	5 nominations
Youngest winner	Shanvi Srivastava	Age 24
Oldest winner	Milana Nagaraj	Age 31

• Rachita Ram has maximum awards with three wins.
• One actress has won the awards in consecutive years: Rachita Ram (2018-2019).
• Shanvi Srivastava is the only actress to have also won the SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Kannada.
• Rachita Ram have received the most nominations with five, followed by Radhika Pandit with four nominations.

Multiple winners

Wins	Recipient(s)
3	Rachita Ram

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Recipient(s)
6	Rachita Ram
4	Radhika Pandit
3	Pranitha Subhash, Parul Yadav, Sruthi Hariharan, Rashmika Mandanna, Ashika Ranganath
2	Ramya, Kriti Kharbanda, Amulya, Shraddha Srinath, Niveditha, Nishvika Naidu, Chaithra J. Achar

Winners and nominees

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Photos of winners	Actress	Film	Ref.
2011 (1st)		Ramya ‡	Sanju Weds Geetha	[1][2]
2012 (2nd)		Priyamani ‡	Chaarulatha	[3][4]
		Ragini Dwivedi	Shiva
		Pranitha Subhash	Bheema Theeradalli
		Ramya	Sidlingu
		Radhika Pandit	Addhuri
2013 (3rd)		Aindrita Ray ‡	Bhajarangi	[5][6]
		Kriti Kharbanda	Googly
		Amulya	Shravani Subramanya
		Radhika Pandit	Dilwala
		Pranitha Subhash	Whistle
2014 (4th)		Radhika Pandit ‡	Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari	[7][8]
		Kriti Kharbanda	Super Ranga
		Amulya	Gajakesari
		Parul Yadav	Shivajinagara
		Pranitha Subhash	Brahma
2015 (5th)		Rachita Ram‡	Ranna	[9][10]
		Mayuri Kyatari	Krishna Leela
		Parul Yadav	Vaastu Prakaara
		Radhika Pandit	Endendigu
		Shanvi Srivastav	Masterpiece
2016 (6th)		Shraddha Srinath ‡	U Turn	[11]
		Hariprriya	Neer Dose
		Parul Yadav	Killing Veerappan
		Shruti Hariharan	Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
		Vedhicka	Shivalinga
2017 (7th)		Shanvi Srivastava ‡	Tarak	[12][13]
		Nivedhitha	Shuddhi
		Rashmika Mandanna	Chamak
		Shraddha Srinath	Operation Alamelamma
		Shruti Hariharan	Beautiful Manasugalu
2018 (8th)		Rachita Ram ‡	Ayogya	[14][15]
		Ashika Ranganath	Raambo 2
		Manvitha Harish	Tagaru
		Shruti Hariharan	Nathicharami
		Sonu Gowda	Gultoo
2019 (9th)		Rachita Ram ‡	Ayushman Bhava	[16][17]
		Rashmika Mandanna	Yajamana
		Shanvi Srivastava	Avane Srimannarayana
		Anupama Parameswaran	Natasaarvabhowma
		Radhika Narayan	Mundina Nildana

2020s

Year	Photos of winners	Actress	Film	Ref.
2020 (9th)		Milana Nagaraj ‡	Love Mocktail	[18]
		Nivedhitha	Popcorn Monkey Tiger
		Kushee Ravi	Dia
		Yagna Shetty	Act 1978
		Nishvika Naidu	Gentleman
2021 (10th)		Ashika Ranganath ‡	Madhagaja	[19]
		Rashmika Mandanna	Pogaru
		Rachita Ram	Love You Rachchu
		Amrutha Iyengar	Badava Rascal
		Nishvika Naidu	Sakath
2022 (11th)		Srinidhi Shetty ‡	K.G.F: Chapter 2	[20]
		Ashika Ranganath	Raymo
		Sapthami Gowda	Kantara
		Rachita Ram	Monsoon Raaga
		Sharmila Mandre	Gaalipata 2
		Chaithra J. Achar	Gilky
2023 (12th)		Chaithra J. Achar ‡	Toby	[21][22]
		Meghana Raj	Tatsama Tadbhava
		Megha Shetty	Kaiva
		Rachita Ram	Kranti
		Rukmini Vasanth	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
		Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy	Aachar & Co

See also

• SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Kannada
• Sandalwood