Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress_-_Tamil

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
	Radhika Sarathkumar, with most wins (3), along with Revathy, Sujatha and Nayanthara
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a leading role in Tamil films
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	J. Jayalalithaa,; Pattikada Pattanama (1972);
Currently held by	Lijomol Jose,; Jai Bhim (2021);
Website	Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil

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The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972.^[1] The year indicates the year of release of the film.

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Superlatives

Nayanthara
(Most wins (3), along with three others)
Jyothika
(Most nominations (16) and 1 win)
Trisha Krishnan
(Oldest winner)
Revathi
(Oldest nominee and 3 wins)
Khushbu Sundar
(Most nominations without a win)
Sridevi
(Youngest winner and nominee)

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Actresses Sujatha won the most awards in the 1970s with three. Saritha and Radhika Sarathkumar won the award two times in the 80s, and Revathi won three times in the 1990s for the most in that decade. Laila had two wins in the 2000s, while Nayanthara has won the most in the 2010s with three wins.
Shoba, Archana and Priyamani have won Filmfare award for Best Actress Tamil and National Film Award for Best Actress for their performances in Pasi (1979), Veedu (1988) and Paruthiveeran (2006) respectively.
Jyothika and Trisha Krishnan are the two actress to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.
Radhika Sarathkumar, Simran and Jyothika have won awards in 2 different categories other than this category.^[2]^[3] Radhika Sarathkumar won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 and the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 2015. Simran has won both Debut award in 1997 and Best Supporting Actress Award in 2008, while jyothika won Debut award in 1999 and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South in 2015.^[4]^[5]
J. Jayalalithaa, Revathi and Samantha Ruth Prabhu are the only three actresses to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu in the same year for their performances in the year 1972, 1992 and 2012 respectively. Lakshmi and Poornima Bhagyaraj won Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam for their performances in the same year(1974 and 1982 respectively).
Seven actresses have won for their debut Tamil films, in chronological order Manisha Koirala (1995), Shruti (1996), Sandhya (2004), Bhavana (2006), Parvathy Thiruvothu (2008), Malavika Nair (2014) and Ritika Singh (2016).

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Wins	Actress
3	Sujatha, Radhika Sarathkumar, Revathi, Nayanthara
2	J. Jayalalithaa, Lakshmi, Saritha, Laila, Anjali

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
1972 (20th)	J. Jayalalithaa ‡	Pattikada Pattanama	Kalpana	^[6]
1973 (21st)	J. Jayalalithaa ‡	Suryakanthi	Radha	^[7]
1974 (22nd)	Lakshmi ‡	Dikkatra Parvathi	Parvathi
	Sujatha	Aval Oru Thodar Kathai	Kavitha
	Sumithra	Avalum Penn Thaane	Sita
1975 (23rd)	Sujatha ‡	Uravu Solla Oruvan	Sumathi	^[8]
	K. R. Vijaya	Aayirathil Oruthi	Janaki
	Srividya	Apoorva Raagangal	Bhairavi
1976 (24th)	Sujatha ‡	Annakili	Annakili	^[9]
	Aalam	Manmadha Leelai	Rekha
	J. Jayalalithaa	Chitra Pournami	Rani
	Rani Chandra	Bhadrakali
	Sridevi	Moondru Mudichu	Selvi
1977 (25th)	Sujatha ‡	Avargal	Annakili	^[10]
	Lakshmi	Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal	Ganga
	Sridevi	16 Vayathinile	Mayil
	Sripriya	Aattukara Alamelu	Alamelu
	Sumithra	Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri	Bhuvana
1978 (26th)	Latha ‡	Vattathukkul Chaduram	Anu	^[11]
	Lakshmi	Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral	Kalyani
	Radhika Sarathkumar	Kizhakke Pogum Rail	Panchali
	Sridevi	Sigappu Rojakkal	Sharada
	Sripriya	Aval Appadithan	Manju
1979 (27th)	Shoba ‡	Pasi	Kuppamma	^[12]
	Ashwini	Uthiripookkal	Lakshmi
	Jaya Prada	Ninaithale Inikkum	Sona
	Sridevi	Pagalil Oru Iravu	Bindhu
	Sripriya	Neeya?	Naga Rani

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
1980 (28th)	Saritha ‡	Vandichakkaram	Vadivu	^[13]
	Lakshmi	Avan Aval Adhu
	Sridevi	Varumayin Niram Sigappu	Devi
	Sripriya	Avan Aval Adhu
	Suhasini	Nenjathai Killathe	Viji
1981 (29th)	Sridevi ‡	Meendum Kokila	Kokila	^[14]
	Ambika	Andha 7 Naatkal	Vasanthi
	Radha	Alaigal Oivathillai	Mary
	Saritha	Mouna Geethangal	Suguna
	Saritha	Thanneer Thanneer	Sevanthi
	Suhasini	Palaivana Solai	Geetha
1982 (30th)	Poornima Bhagyaraj ‡	Payanangal Mudivathillai	Radha	^[15]
	Saritha	Agni Sakshi	Kannamma
	Sridevi	Moondram Pirai	Bhagyalakshmi / Viji
	Sripriya	Vazhve Mayam	Radha
	Suhasini	Gopurangal Saivathillai	Arukkani
1983 (31st)	Laskhmi ‡	Unmaigal		^[16]
	Revathi	Mann Vasanai	Muthupechi
	Saritha	Malaiyoor Mambattiyan	Kannaathaa
	Sujatha	Sumangali	Thulasi Vedarathnam
	Urvashi	Mundhanai Mudichu	Parimala
1984 (32nd)	Saritha ‡	Achamillai Achamillai	Thenmozhi	^[17]^[18]
	Lakshmi	Sirai	Bhagirathi
	Nalini	Nooravathu Naal	Devi
	Revathi	Pudhumai Penn	Seetha
	Sujatha	Alaya Deepam
1985 (33rd)	Radha ‡	Muthal Mariyathai	Kuyil	^[19]^[20]^[21]
	Kalpana	Chinna Veedu	Bhagyalakshmi
	Nadhiya	Poove Poochooda Vaa	Sundari
	Revathi	Kanni Rasi	Dhanalakshmi
	Saritha	Kalyana Agathigal	Ammulu
	Suhasini	Sindhu Bhairavi	Sindhu
1986 (34th)	Radhika Sarathkumar ‡	Dharma Devathai	Jhansi Rani	^[22]^[23]
	Amala	Mythili Ennai Kaathali	Mythili
	Lakshmi	Samsaram Adhu Minsaram	Uma
	Nadhiya	Nilave Malare	Janaki / Sheela
	Radha	Amman Kovil Kizhakale	Kanmani
	Revathi	Mouna Ragam	Divya
1987 (35th)	Radhika Sarathkumar ‡	Neethikku Thandanai	Chithra	^[24]
	Amala	Vedham Pudhithu	Vaidehi
	Archana	Rettai Vaal Kuruvi	Tulasi
	Nadhiya	Anbulla Appa	Radha
	Radha	Enga Chinna Rasa	Rukmini
1988 (36th)	Archana ‡	Veedu	Sudha
	Radhika Sarathkumar	Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran	Sivagami
	Saritha	Poo Potha Nandavanam
	Shobana	Idhu Namma Aalu	Banu
	Suhasini	En Bommukutty Ammavukku	Lakshmi
1989 (37th)	Bhanupriya ‡	Aararo Aariraro	Meenakshi	^[25]^[26]
	Radhika Sarathkumar	Thendral Sudum	Radhika
	Geetha	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	Gowri
	Kanaka	Karakattakkaran	Kamakshi
	Seetha	Pudhea Paadhai	sita

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
1990 (38th)	Radhika Sarathkumar ‡	Keladi Kannmanii	Sharada	^[27]
	Gautami	Namma Ooru Poovatha	Poovatha
	Revathi	Anjali	Chitra
	Revathi	Kizhakku Vaasal	Thaayamma
	Urvashi	Michael Madana Kama Rajan	Thiripurasundari
1991 (39th)	Gautami ‡	Nee Pathi Naan Pathi	Nivedha	^[28]
	Bhanupriya	Azhagan	Priya Ranjan
	Heera	Idhayam	Geetha
	Jayabharathi	Marupakkam	Janaki
	Khushbu Sundar	Chinna Thambi	Nandhini
1992 (40th)	Revathi ‡	Thevar Magan	Panchavarnam	^[29]^[30]
	Khushbu Sundar	Rickshaw Mama	Bhuvana
	Madhoo	Roja	Roja
	Sukanya	Chinna Gounder	Deivaanai
	Vijayashanti	Mannan	Shanthi Devi
1993 (41st)	Revathi ‡	Marupadiyum	Thulasi	^[30]
	Bhanupriya	Gokulam	Mary / Gayathri
	Khushbu Sundar	Jaathi Malli	Sriranjini
	Meena	Yajaman	Vaitheeswari Vaanavarayan
	Priya Raman	Valli	Valli
	Radhika Sarathkumar	Kizhakku Cheemayile	Virumaayi
1994 (42nd)	Revathi ‡	Priyanka	Priyanka	^[31]^[32]
	Khushbu Sundar	Nattamai	Lakshmi
	Nagma	Kadhalan	Shruthi
	Rajashree	Karuthamma	Karuthamma
	Sukanya	Mahanadhi	Yamuna
	Urvashi	Magalir Mattum	Janaki
1995 (43rd)	Manisha Koirala ‡	Bombay	Shaila banu	^[33]^[34]
	Kalpana	Sathi Leelavathi	Leelavathi
	Khushbu Sundar	Kolangal	Ganga
	Meena	Muthu	Ranganayagi
	Radhika	Pasumpon	Nachiyar
	Suvaluxmi	Aasai	saraswathi
1996 (44th)	Shruti ‡	Kalki	Kalki	^[35]
	Devayani	Kadhal Kottai	Kamali
	Meena	Avvai Shanmugi	Janaki
	Sangita	Poove Unakkaga	Priyadarshini
	Suvaluxmi	Gokulathil Seethai	Nila
	Urvashi	Irattai Roja	Uma
1997 (45th)	Meena ‡	Bharathi Kannamma	Kannamma	^[36]
	Devayani	Surya Vamsam	Nandhini
	Khushbu Sundar	Paththini
	Meena	Porkkaalam	Maragadham
	Shalini	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	Mini
1998 (46th)	Kausalya ‡	Pooveli	Mahalakshmi	^[37]
	Khushbu Sundar	Simmarasi	Sivagami Jayanthi
	Rambha	Ninaithen Vandhai	Swapna Gokula Krishnan
	Revathi	Thalaimurai	Nachiyar
	Roja	Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen	Radha
1999 (47th)	Ramya Krishnan ‡	Padayappa	Neelambari	^[38]
	Abitha	Sethu	Abitha Kujalambal
	Devayani	Nee Varuvai Ena	Nandhini
	Jyothika	Poovellam Kettuppar	Janaki Kannan / Kalyani
	Vindhya	Sangamam	Abhirami

Year	Actress	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2000 (48th)	Jyothika ‡	Kushi	Jennifer / Selvi	^[39]
	Devayani	Bharathi	Chellamal Bharathi
	Meena	Rhythm	Chitra Srikanth
	Shalini	Alaipayuthey	Dr.Sakthi
2001 (49th)	Laila ‡	Nandha	Kalyani	^[40]^[41]
	Devayani	Aanandham	Bharathi
	Jyothika	Poovellam Un Vasam	Chella
	Soundarya	Thavasi	Priyadarshini
2002 (50th)	Simran ‡	Kannathil Muthamittal	Indira Thiruchelvan	^[42]
	Nandita Das	Azhagi	Dhanalakshmi aka Dhanam
	Soundarya	Ivan	Dikshanya
	Sneha	April Madhathil	Shwetha
2003 (51st)	Laila ‡	Pithamagan	Manju	^[43]^[44]
	Jyothika	Dhool	Eeswari
	Jyothika	Kaakha Kaakha	Maya Anpbuselvan
	Sneha	Parthiban Kanavu	Sathya and Janani
2004 (52nd)	Sandhya ‡	Kadhal	Aishwarya	^[45]
	Jyothika	Perazhagan	Priya / Shenbagam
	Jyothika	Manmadhan	Mythili
	Reema Sen	Chellamae	Mythili
2005 (53rd)	Asin ‡	Ghajini	Kalpana	^[46]
	Asin	Majaa	Seetha Lakshmi
	Jyothika	Chandramukhi	Ganga Senthilnathan
	Meera Jasmine	Kasthuri Maan	Umashankari Vetrivel
	Sadha	Anniyan	Nandhini
2006 (54th)	Bhavana ‡	Chithiram Pesuthadi	Charu	^[47]
	Jyothika	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Kundavi Gowtham
	Jyothika	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Aaradhana
	Sandhya	Dishyum	Sindhya
	Sneha	Pudhupettai	Krishnaveni
2007 (55th)	Priyamani ‡	Paruthiveeran	Muththazhagu	^[48]^[49]
	Archana	Onbadhu Roobai Nottu	Velayi
	Asin	Pokkiri	Shruthi
	Jyothika	Mozhi	Archana
	Nayantara	Billa	Sasha
	Tamannaah Bhatia	Kalloori	Shobana
2008 (56th)	Parvathy Thiruvothu ‡	Poo	Maari	^[50]
	Asin	Dasavathaaram	Andal
	Genelia D'Souza	Santosh Subramaniam	Hasini
	Nayanthara	Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Keerthi
	Sneha	Pirivom Santhippom	Visalatchi
	Swathi	Subramaniyapuram	Thulasi
	Trisha Krishnan	Abhiyum Naanum	Abi
2009 (57th)	Pooja Umashankar ‡	Naan Kadavul	Hamshavalli	^[51]
	Padmapriya Janakiraman	Pokkisham	Nadhira
	Sneha	Achamundu Achamundu	Malini Kumar
	Sriya Reddy	Kanchivaram	Annam
	Tamannaah Bhatia	Kandein Kadhalai	Anjali

Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress_-_Tamil

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil

Superlatives

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

Winners and nominees

1970s

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2000s

2010s

2020s

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Superlative	Recipient(s)	Record
Most wins	Sujatha, Radhika Sarathkumar, Revathi, Nayanthara	3
Most consecutive wins	Sujatha	3
Most nominations	Jyothika	16
Most consecutive nominations	Jyothika	10
Most nominations without a win	Khushbu Sundar	7
Youngest winner	Sridevi	18
Youngest nominee	Sridevi	14
Oldest winner	Trisha Krishnan	36
Oldest nominee	Revathi	55

Nominations	Actress
16	Jyothika
9	Revathi
8	Nayanthara, Radhika Sarathkumar
7	Khushbu Sundar, Lakshmi, Sridevi, Saritha
6	Asin, Meena, Sneha, Sujatha
4	Tamannaah Bhatia

Year	Actress	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2010 (58th)	Anjali ‡	Angadi Theru	Sermakkani	^[52]
	Amala Paul	Mynaa	Mynaa
	Nayanthara	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Chandrika Shanmugasundaram
	Reema Sen	Aayirathil Oruvan	Anitha Pandiyan
	Tamannaah Bhatia	Paiyya	Charulatha
	Trisha Krishnan	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Jessy
2011 (59th)	Anjali ‡	Engaeyum Eppothum	Manimegalai Ramasamy	^[53]
	Anushka Shetty	Deiva Thirumagal	Anuradha Ragunathan
	Asin	Kaavalan	Meera
	Ineya	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Madhi
	Richa Gangopadhyay	Mayakkam Enna	Yamini
	Shruti Haasan	7aum Arivu	Subha
2012 (60th)	Samantha Ruth Prabhu ‡	Neethane En Ponvasantham	Nithya Vasudevan	^[54]
	Amala Paul	Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi	Parvathi
	Lakshmi Menon	Kumki	Alli
	Shruti Haasan	3	Janani
	Sunaina	Neerparavai	Esther
2013 (61st)	Nayanthara ‡	Raja Rani	Regina John	^[55]
	Parvathy Thiruvothu	Maryan	Panimalar
	Pooja Umashankar	Vidiyum Munn	Rekha
	Sneha	Haridas	Amudhavalli
	Trisha Krishnan	Endrendrum Punnagai	Priya
	Vedhika	Paradesi	Angamma
2014 (62nd)	Malavika Nair ‡	Cuckoo	Sudhanthirakodi	^[56]
	Amala Paul	Velaiyilla Pattathari	Shalini
	Catherine Tresa	Madras	Kalaiarasi
	Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Kaththi	Ankitha
	Vedhika	Kaaviya Thalaivan	Vadivambal
2015 (63rd)	Nayanthara ‡	Naanum Rowdy Dhaan	Kadhambari	^[57]
	Aishwarya Rajesh	Kaaka Muttai	mother
	Gautami	Papanasam	Rani Suyambulingam
	Jyothika	36 Vayadhinile	Vasanthi Tamizhselvan
	Nithya Menen	OK Kanmani	Tara Kalingarayar
2016 (64th)	Ritika Singh ‡	Irudhi Suttru	Ezhil Madhi	^[58]
	Nayanthara	Iru Mugan	Meera George
	Samantha Ruth Prabhu	24	Sathya
	Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Theri	Mithra Vijaykumar
	Tamannaah Bhatia	Devi	Devi
	Trisha Krishnan	Kodi	Rudhra
2017 (65th)	Nayanthara ‡	Aramm	Madhivadhani IAS	^[59]
	Aditi Balan	Aruvi	Aruvi
	Amala Paul	Thiruttu Payale 2	Agalya Selvam
	Andrea Jeremiah	Taramani	Althea Johnson
	Jyothika	Magalir Mattum	Prabhavathi
	Revathi	Power Paandi	Poothendral
2018 (66th)	Trisha Krishnan ‡	96	Janaki Devi	^[60]
	Aishwarya Rajesh	Kanaa	Kousalya Murugesan
	Jyothika	Kaatrin Mozhi	Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan
	Nayanthara	Kolamavu Kokila	Kokila
	Sai Pallavi	Maari 2	Anandhi

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
2020–2021 (67th)	Lijomol Jose ‡	Jai Bhim	Sengeni Rajakannu	^[61]^[62]
	Aishwarya Rajesh	Ka Pae Ranasingam	Ariyanachi Ranasingam
	Aparna Balamurali	Soorarai Pottru	Sundari "Bommi" Nedumaaran
	Dushara Vijayan	Sarpatta Parambarai	Mariyamma Kabilan
	Jyothika	Ponmagal Vandhal	Venba / Angel / Sakthijothi (imagination)
	Jyothika	Udanpirappe	Maathangi Sargunam