SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for the best acting done by a female actor in a leading role in her debut Telugu film. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.

SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut  – Telugu
Description	Best performance by an actress in a leading role in her debut Telugu film
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First award	2012
Currently held by	Vaishnavi Chaitanya, Baby (2023)
Television/radio coverage
Produced by	Vibri Media Group

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Notes
Youngest winner	Avika Gor	Age 17
Oldest winner	Mrunal Thakur	Age 30

• Shruti Haasan is the only actress to have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu. She won the award thrice.
• Mrunal Thakur is the only actress to have won the SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Telugu. She won the award for the same film in the same year, Sita Ramam.

Winners and nominees

Year	Actress	Film	Ref.
2011 (1st)	Shruti Haasan	Anaganaga O Dheerudu	[1]
	Nithya Menen	Ala Modalaindi
	Isha Chawla	Prema Kavali
	Amala Paul	Bejawada
	Nikitha Narayan	It's My Love Story
	Sarah-Jane Dias	Panjaa
2012 (2nd)	Regina Cassandra	Siva Manasulo Sruthi	[2]
	Lavanya Tripathi	Andala Rakshasi
	Reshma Rathore	Ee Rojullo
	Gurshagun Kaur Sachdeva	Life Is Beautiful
	Monal Gajjar	Sudigadu
2013 (3rd)
	Avika Gor	Uyyala Jampala	[3]
	Catherine Tresa	Chammak Challo
	Isha Talwar	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
	Sharmila Mandre	Kevvu Keka
	Priya Banerjee	Kiss
2014 (4th)
	Raashi Khanna	Oohalu Gusagusalade	[4]
	Kriti Sanon	1: Nenokkadine
	Mishti Chakraborty	Chinnadana Nee Kosam
	Adah Sharma	Heart Attack
	Pooja Hegde	Oka Laila Kosam
2015 (5th)
	Pragya Jaiswal	Kanche	[5]
	Malavika Nair	Yevade Subramanyam
	Shruti Sodhi	Pataas
	Tridha Choudhury	Surya vs Surya
	Sayyeshaa	Akhil
2016 (6th)
	Nivetha Thomas	Gentleman	[6]
	Keerthy Suresh	Nenu Sailaja
	Mehreen Pirzada	Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha
	Niharika Konidela	Oka Manasu
	Anu Emmanuel	Majnu
2017 (7th)
	Kalyani Priyadarshan	Hello	[7]
	Aakanksha Singh	Malli Raava
	Megha Akash	LIE
	Nivetha Pethuraj	Mental Madhilo
	Shalini Pandey	Arjun Reddy
2018 (8th)
	Payal Rajput	RX 100	[8]
	Ashima Narwal	Natakam
	Kiara Advani	Bharat Ane Nenu
	Nidhi Agerwal	Savyasachi
	Ruhani Sharma	Chi La Sow
	Nabha Natesh	Nannu Dochukunduvate
2019 (9th)
	Shivathmika Rajashekar	Dorasaani	[9]
	Priyanka Arul Mohan	Nani's Gang Leader
	Anagha	Guna 369
	Divyansha Kaushik	Majili
	Ananya Nagalla	Mallesham
2020 (9th)
	Roopa Koduvayur	Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya	[10]
	Varsha Bollamma	Choosi Choodangaane
	Noorin Shereef	Oollalla Oollalla
	Salony Luthra	Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna
	Priyanka Sharma	Savaari
2021 (10th)
	Krithi Shetty	Uppena	[11]
	Sreeleela	Pelli SandaD
	Meenakshi Chaudhary	Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu
	Faria Abdullah	Jathi Ratnalu
	Sandhya Raju	Natyam
2022 (11th)
	Mrunal Thakur	Sita Ramam	[12]
	Saiee Manjrekar	Ghani
	Mithila Palkar	Ori Devuda
	Shirley Setia	Krishna Vrinda Vihari
	Ritika Nayak	Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam
2023 (12th)
	Vaishnavi Chaitanya	Baby	[13]
	Gayatri Bhardwaj	Tiger Nageswara Rao
	Iswarya Menon	Spy
	Pragathi Srivatsava	Peddha Kapu 1
	Sakshi Vaidya	Gandeevadhari Arjuna
	Yukti Thareja	Rangabali

See also

• SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Telugu
• SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu
• SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu