Screen Award for Best Actress

The Screen Award for Best Actress is one of the Screen Awards of merit presented annually by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian "Bollywood" film industry, to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

Screen Award for Best Actress
The 2020 recipient: Alia Bhatt
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country	India
Presented by	Screen India
First award	Madhuri Dixit, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1995)
Currently held by	Alia Bhatt, Gully Boy (2020)
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Superlatives

Superlative	Actor	Record
Actress with most awards	Vidya Balan	5
Actress with most consecutive awards		4
Actress with most nominations	Kajol Aishwarya Rai	9
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Karisma Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Kangana Ranaut	5
Actress with most nominations in a single year	Kajol (1999) , Aishwarya Rai (2000) , Priyanka Chopra (2010), Vidya Balan (2012), Deepika Padukone (2014) Alia Bhatt (2017), Anushka Sharma (2017)	2
Eldest winner	Vidya Balan	38
Eldest nominee	Sharmila Tagore	61
Youngest winner	Alia Bhatt	23
Youngest nominee	Kajol, Ayesha Takia	20

Multiple winners

• 5 Wins : Vidya Balan
• 3 Wins : Madhuri Dixit, Alia Bhatt
• 2 Wins : Kajol, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone

Multiple nominees

• 9 Nominations : Kajol, Aishwarya Rai
• 8 Nominations : Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra
• 7 Nominations : Tabu, Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan
• 6 Nominations : Alia Bhatt
• 5 Nominations : Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut

Winners and nominees

Table key

Indicates the winner

† - Indicates the performance also "Won" the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
‡ - Indicates the performance was also "Nominated" for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

1990s

Year	Photos of winners	Actress	Film	Character
1995
		Madhuri Dixit †	Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!	Nisha Choudhury
		Kajol ‡	Yeh Dillagi	Sapna Bannerjee
1996
		Madhuri Dixit	Raja	Madhu Garewal
		Kajol †	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	Simran Singh
1997
		Manisha Koirala ‡	Khamoshi: The Musical	Annie J. Braganza
		Juhi Chawla ‡	Daraar	Priya Bhatia
		Karisma Kapoor †	Raja Hindustani	Aarti Sehgal
1998
		Madhuri Dixit	Mrityudand	Ketki
		Juhi Chawla ‡	Yes Boss	Seema Kapoor
		Rekha	Aastha	Mansi
		Sridevi ‡	Judaai	Kaajal Verma
		Tabu ‡	Virasat	Gehna
1999
		Kajol ‡	Dushman	Sonia / Naina Saigal
		Kajol †	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	Anjali Sharma
		Manisha Koirala ‡	Dil Se..	Meghna
		Pooja Bhatt	Zakhm	Mrs. Desai
		Rani Mukerji	Ghulam	Alisha

2000s

Year	Photos of winners	Actress	Film	Character
2000
		Aishwarya Rai †	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Nandini Durbar
		Aishwarya Rai ‡	Taal	Mansi Shankar
		Kajol ‡	Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain	Megha
		Karisma Kapoor ‡	Biwi No.1	Pooja Mehra
		Shabana Azmi	Godmother	Rambhi
		Tabu ‡	Hu Tu Tu	Paana Barve
2001
		Tabu ‡	Astitva	Aditi Pandit
		Aishwarya Rai ‡	Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai	Preeti Vyas
		Karisma Kapoor †	Fiza	Fiza Ikramullah
		Madhuri Dixit ‡	Pukar	Anjali
		Preity Zinta ‡	Kya Kehna	Priya Bakshi
2002
		Kajol †	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...	Anjali Sharma
		Amisha Patel ‡	Gadar: Ek Prem Katha	Sakina
		Karisma Kapoor ‡	Zubeidaa	Zubeida Begum
		Tabu ‡	Chandni Bar	Mumtaz Ali Ansari
		Urmila Matondkar	Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya	Ria Jaiswal
2003
		Aishwarya Rai †	Devdas	Parvati "Paro" Chakraborty
		Karisma Kapoor ‡	Shakti – The Power	Nandini
		Preity Zinta	Dil Hai Tumhaara	Shalu
		Rani Mukerji ‡	Saathiya	Suhani Sharma
		Tabu	Filhaal...	Rewa Singh
2004
		Urmila Matondkar ‡	Bhoot	Swati
		Bhoomika Chawla ‡	Tere Naam	Nirjara Bharadwaj
		Hema Malini ‡	Baghban	Pooja Malhotra
		Preity Zinta †	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Naina Catherine Kapur
		Rani Mukerji ‡	Chalte Chalte	Priya Chopra
		Raveena Tandon	Satta	Anuradha Sehgal
		Sushmita Sen	Samay: When Time Strikes	ACP Malvika Chauhan
2005
		Rani Mukerji †	Hum Tum	Rhea Prakash
		Aishwarya Rai ‡	Raincoat	Neerja
		Kareena Kapoor	Dev	Aaliya
		Preity Zinta ‡	Veer-Zaara	Zaara Hayaat Khan
		Shilpa Shetty ‡	Phir Milenge	Tamanna Sahni
		Urmila Matondkar ‡	Ek Hasina Thi	Sarika Vartak
2006
		Rani Mukerji †	Black	Michelle McNally
		Juhi Chawla	My Brother Nikhil	Anamika
		Konkona Sen Sharma	Page 3	Madhvi Sharma
		Preity Zinta ‡	Salaam Namaste	Ambar "Amby" Malhotra
		Sharmila Tagore ‡	Viruddh... Family Comes First	Sumitra V. Patwardhan
2007
		Kareena Kapoor ‡	Omkara	Dolly Mishra
		Aishwarya Rai ‡	Dhoom 2	Sunehri
		Amrita Rao	Vivah	Poonam
		Ayesha Takia	Dor	Meera
		Bipasha Basu ‡	Corporate	Nishiganda 'Nishi' Dasgupta
		Kajol †	Fanaa	Zooni Ali Beg\Qadri
2008
		Kareena Kapoor †	Jab We Met	Geet Dhillon
		Aishwarya Rai ‡	Guru	Sujata Desai
		Tabu	Cheeni Kum	Nina Verma
2009
		Priyanka Chopra †	Fashion	Meghna Mathur
		Aishwarya Rai ‡	Jodhaa Akbar	Jodhaa Bai
		Asin ‡	Ghajini	Kalpana Shetty
		Genelia D'souza	Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na	Aditi Mahant
		Kajol ‡	U Me Aur Hum	Piya Saxena/Malhotra

2010s

Year	Photos of winners	Actress	Film	Character
2010
		Vidya Balan †	Paa	Vidya
		Deepika Padukone ‡	Love Aaj Kal	Meera Pandit
		Kareena Kapoor ‡	3 Idiots	Pia Sahastrabudhhe
		Katrina Kaif ‡	New York	Maya Shaikh
		Priyanka Chopra ‡	Kaminey	Sweety Shekhar Bhope
		Priyanka Chopra	What's Your Raashee?	12 characters
2011
		Vidya Balan ‡	Ishqiya	Krishna Varma
		Aishwarya Rai ‡	Guzaarish	Sofia D'Souza
		Anushka Sharma ‡	Band Baaja Baaraat	Shruti Kakkar
		Kajol †	My Name Is Khan	Mandira Khan
		Neetu Singh	Do Dooni Chaar	Kusum Duggal
2012
		Vidya Balan †	The Dirty Picture	Silk / Reshma
		Kalki Koechlin	Shaitan	Amrita Jayshankar
		Kangana Ranaut	Tanu Weds Manu	Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi
		Priyanka Chopra ‡	7 Khoon Maaf	Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes
		Rani Mukerji † won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	No One Killed Jessica	Meera Gaity
		Vidya Balan ‡		Sabrina Lal
2013
		Vidya Balan †	Kahaani	Vidya Bagchi
		Deepika Padukone ‡	Cocktail	Veronica Malaney
		Kareena Kapoor ‡	Heroine	Mahi Arora
		Parineeti Chopra ‡	Ishaqzaade	Zoya Qureshi
		Priyanka Chopra ‡	Barfi!	Jhilmil Chatterjee
		Sridevi ‡	English Vinglish	Shashi Godbole
2014
		Deepika Padukone †	Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela	Leela Sanera
		Deepika Padukone ‡	Chennai Express	Meenalochini Azhagu Sundaram
		Chitrangada Singh	Inkaar	Maya Luthra
		Nimrat Kaur	The Lunchbox	Ila
		Parineeti Chopra ‡	Shuddh Desi Romance	Gayatri
		Shraddha Kapoor ‡	Aashiqui 2	Aarohi Keshav Shirke
		Sonakshi Sinha ‡	Lootera	Pakhi Roy Choudhary
2015[1][2]
		Priyanka Chopra ‡	Mary Kom	Mary Kom
		Alia Bhatt ‡	Highway	Veera Tripathi
		Deepika Padukone	Finding Fanny	Angelina 'Angie'
		Kangana Ranaut †	Queen	Rani Mehra
		Parineeti Chopra	Hasee Toh Phasee	Dr. Meeta Solanki
		Rani Mukerji ‡	Mardaani	Shivani Shivaji Roy
2016[3]
		Deepika Padukone †	Piku	Piku Banerjee
		Anushka Sharma ‡	NH10	Meera
		Kalki Koechlin	Margarita with a Straw	Laila
		Kangana Ranaut ‡	Tanu Weds Manu Returns	Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi / Kumari "Kusum" Sangwan (Datto)
		Priyanka Chopra	Dil Dhadakne Do	Ayesha Mehra/Sangha
		Sonam Kapoor ‡	Dolly Ki Doli	Dolly
2017
		Alia Bhatt †	Udta Punjab	Bauria/ Mary Jane
		Alia Bhatt ‡	Dear Zindagi	Kaira
		Anushka Sharma ‡	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil	Alizeh Khan
		Anushka Sharma	Sultan	Aarfa Ali Khan
		Sonam Kapoor ‡	Neerja	Neerja Bhanot
		Taapsee Pannu	Pink	Meenal Arora
2018
		Vidya Balan †	Tumhari Sulu	Sulochana/Sulu
		Alia Bhatt ‡	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Vaidehi Trivedi
		Bhumi Pednekar ‡	Shubh Mangal Saavdhan	Sugandha
		Fatima Sana Shaikh	Dangal	Geeta Phogat
		Kangana Ranaut	Simran	Praful Patel / Simran
		Kriti Sanon	Bareilly Ki Barfi	Bitti Mishra
		Sridevi ‡	Mom	Devki Sabarwal
2019
		Alia Bhatt †	Raazi	Sehmat Khan
		Deepika Padukone ‡	Padmaavat	Rani Padmani
		Rani Mukerji ‡	Hichki	Ms. Naina Mathur
		Taapsee Pannu	Manmarziyaan	Rumi Bagga
		Tabu ‡	Andhadhun	Simi

2020s

Year	Photos of winners	Actress	Film	Character
2020
		Alia Bhatt †	Gully Boy	Safeena Firdausi
		Kangana Ranaut ‡	Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi	Rani Lakshmi Bai
		Katrina Kaif	Bharat	Kumud Raina
		Taapsee Pannu	Badla	Naina Sethi
		Vidya Balan ‡	Mission Mangal	Tara Shinde