Filmfare_Best_Actress_Award_(Telugu)

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	2021 winner
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a leading role in Telugu films
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Jayalalithaa,; Sri Krishna Satya (1972);
Currently held by	Sai Pallavi,; Love Story (2020–2021);
Website	Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu

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

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Vijayashanti has maximum awards with six wins.
Vanisri won the award the most times in the 70's with three wins. Vijayashanti won the most in the 80s and 90s with three wins each decade. In the 90s, Soundarya had three wins. Trisha Krishnan won the award three times in 2000s, while Anushka Shetty has the most wins in 2010s with three.
Jayasudha and Tabu are the two actress who have won both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu.
Six actresses have won the awards in consecutive years: Vanisri (1973–1975), Jayasudha (1976–1977), Vijayashanti (1989–1990), Soundarya (1998–1999), Trisha Krishnan (2004–2005) and Anushka Shetty (2009–2010). Vanisri is the only actress to win the award three times consecutively.
Jayalalithaa, Revathi and Samantha Ruth Prabhu are the only 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.
Five actresses have won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for their debut Telugu films. In chronological order, Radhika Sarathkumar (1981), Richa Pallod (2000), Sadha (2002), Asin (2003) and Sai Pallavi (2017).
Nithya Menon is the first actress to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu (in 2013) and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress (in 2015).
Sai Pallavi was the first actress who won both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress -Telugu awards in the same year (2022).
Vijayashanti and Keerthy Suresh both have won Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and National Film Award for Best Actress for their performances in Kartavyam (1990) and Mahanati (2018) respectively.
Jayasudha has received the most nominations with seven, followed by Jaya Prada, Anushka Shetty, and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, each with five nominations.
In 1981, the one and only time till date, two actresses were nominated for the same film: Jayasudha and Sridevi for Premabhishekam.

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Superlative	Actress	Record
Most awards	Vijayashanti	6 wins
Youngest winner	Jyothi	17 years
Youngest nominees	Sridevi, Divya Bharati	16 years

Wins	Actress
6	Vijayashanti
3	Vanisri, Jayasudha, Soundarya, Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty
2	Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sai Pallavi

Nominations	Actress
7	Jayasudha
6	Sridevi
5	Jaya Prada, Anushka Shetty, Samantha Ruth Prabhu
4	Radhika Sarathkumar, Tamannaah Bhatia
3	Vanisri, Soundarya
2	Vijayashanti, Trisha Krishnan

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
1972 (20th)	J. Jayalalithaa ‡	Sri Krishna Satya	Satyabhama / Chandrasena	^[2]
1973 (21st)	Vanisri ‡	Jeevana Tarangalu	Roja	^[3]
1974 (22nd)	Vanisri ‡	Krishnaveni	Krishnaveni	^[4]
	Roja Ramani	O Seeta Katha
	Vijaya Nirmala	Alluri Seetarama Raju	Seeta
1975 (23rd)	Vanisri ‡	Jeevana Jyothi	Lakshmi / Sobha	^[5]
	Annapurna	Swargam Narakam	Annapoorna
	Sangeeta	Mutyala Muggu	Lakshmi
1976 (24th)	Jayasudha ‡	Jyothi	Jyothi	^[6]^[7]
	Jaya Prada	Anthuleni Katha	Saritha
	Jaya Prada	Siri Siri Muvva	Lalitha
	Madhavi	Oorummadi Brathukulu	Hyma
	Vanisri	Aradhana	Radha
1977 (25th)	Jayasudha ‡	Aame Katha		^[8]
	Jaya Prada	Adavi Ramudu	Padma
	Lakshmi	Panthulamma
	Sripriya	Chilakamma Cheppindi	Malli
	Vanisri	Edureeta	Radha
1978 (26th)	Talluri Rameswari ‡	Seetamalakshmi	Seetalu	^[9]
	Mamata Shankar	Oka Oori Katha	Nilamma
	Roopa	Naalaaga Endaro
	Saritha	Maro Charitra	Swapna
	Sridevi	Padaharella Vayasu	Malli
1979 (27th)	Sujatha ‡	Guppedu Manasu	Vidya	^[10]
	Jayasudha	Idi Katha Kaadu	Suhasini
	Sarada	Nimajjanam
	Sowcar Janaki	Tayaramma Bangarayya	Tayaramma
	Sridevi	Karthika Deepam	Radha

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
1980 (28th)	Jyothi ‡	Vamsa Vruksham	ASP Vyjayanthi	^[11]
	Jaya Prada	Chandipriya	Chandipriya
	Jayasudha	Pilla Zamindar
	Suryakantham	Gayyali Gangamma
	Vanisri	Mahalakshmi
1981 (29th)	Radhika Sarathkumar ‡	Nyayam Kavali	Bharathi Devi	^[12]
	Jaya Prada	47 Rojulu	Vaishali
	Jayasudha	Premabhishekam	Jayanthi
	Poornima	Mudda Mandaram
	Sridevi	Premabhishekam	Devi
1982 (30th)	Jayasudha ‡	Griha Pravesham		^[13]
	Jaya Prada	Meghasandesam	Padma
	Madhavi	Intlo Ramayya Veedhilo Krishnayya	Jayalaxmi
	Radhika Sarathkumar	Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu	Lalithamba
	Sumalatha	Subhalekha	Sujatha
1983 (31st)	Jaya Prada ‡	Sagara Sangamam	Madhavi	^[14]
	Jayasudha	Dharmaatmudu
	Radhika Sarathkumar	Abhilasha	Archana
	Saritha	Kokilamma
	Vijayashanti	Neti Bharatam
1984 (32nd)	Suhasini Maniratnam ‡	Swathi	Swati	^[15]
	Bhanupriya	Sitaara	Sitara / Kokila
	Jayasudha	Justice Chakravarthy	Jayanthi
	Poornima	Srivariki Premalekha	Swarna
	Radha	Vasantha Geetam	Madhavi / Mary
1985 (33rd)	Vijayashanti ‡	Pratighatana	Jhansi	^[16]
	Bhanupriya	Anveshana	Hema
	Jayasudha	Bharyabhartala Bandham
	Sudha Chandran	Mayuri	Mayuri Olpam
	Suhasini Maniratnam	Sravanthi	Sravanti
1986 (34th)	Lakshmi ‡	Sravana Meghalu		^[17]^[18]
	Khushbu Sundar	Kaliyuga Pandavulu	Bharathi
	Radhika Sarathkumar	Swathi Muthyam	Lalitha
	Radha	Pasupu Thadu
	Suhasini Maniratnam	Sirivennela	Subhashini
1987 (35th)	Vijayashanti ‡	Swayamkrushi	Ganga	^[19]
	Bhanupriya	Dharmapatni	SI Vidya
	Rajani	Aha Naa-Pellanta!	Padma
	Suhasini Maniratnam	Samsaram Oka Chadarangam	Uma
	Sumalatha	Sruthilayalu	Sita
1988 (36th)	Bhanupriya ‡	Swarnakamalam	Meenakshi	^[20]
	Archana	Daasi	Kamalakshi
	Shobana	Rudraveena	Lalitha Sivajyoti
	Sridevi	Aakhari Poratam	Pravallika
	Vijayashanti	Janaki Ramudu	Janaki / Lakshmi
1989 (37th)	Vijayashanti ‡	Bharatha Nari		^[21]
	Amala Akkineni	Siva	Asha
	Girija Shettar	Geethanjali	Geethanjali
	Ramya Krishnan	Sutradharulu	Maggie
	Revathi	Prema	Seethalu

Filmfare_Best_Actress_Award_(Telugu)

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu

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Winners and nominees

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2010s

2020s

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Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
1990 (38th)	Vijayashanti ‡	Karthavyam	ASP Vyjayanthi	^[22]
	Divya Bharti	Bobbili Raja	Rani
	Malashri	Prema Khaidi	Neelima
	Radha	Kodama Simham	Bijili
	Shobana	Alludugaru	Kalyani
	Sridevi	Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari	Indraja
1991 (39th)	Sridevi ‡	Kshana Kshanam	Satya	^[23]
	Divyavani	Pelli Pustakam	Satyabhama
	Meena	Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu	Seeta
	Sarada	Amma Rajinama	Rajinama
	Shobana	Rowdy Gaari Pellam	Anjali
1992 (40th)	Revathi ‡	Ankuram	Sindhura	^[24]
	Divya Bharti	Chittemma Mogudu	Chittemma
	Meena	Chanti	Nandini
	Meenakshi Seshadri	Aapadbandhavudu	Hema
	Nagma	Gharana Mogudu	Uma Devi
1993 (41st)	Vijayashanti ‡	Police Lockup		^[25]
	Aamani	Mister Pellam	Jhansi / Goddess Lakshmi
	Madhavi	Matru Devo Bhava	Sarada
	Ramya Krishnan	Allari Priyudu	Lalita Rani
	Revathi	Gaayam	Anitha
1994 (42nd)	Aamani ‡	Subhalagnam	Radha	^[26]^[27]
	Jayasudha	Bangaru Kutumbam	Savitri
	Ooha	Aame	Ooha
	Radhika Sarathkumar	Palnati Pourusham	Seetha
1995 (43rd)	Soundarya ‡	Ammoru	Bhavani	^[28]
	Aamani	Subha Sankalpam	Ganga
	Indraja	Sogasu Chooda Tarama!	Neelima
	Maheswari	Gulabi	Pooja
	Rohini	Stri
1996 (44th)	Tabu ‡	Ninne Pelladata	Mahalakshmi	^[29]
	Rambha	Bombay Priyudu	Raga Sudha
	Ravali	Pelli Sandadi	Kalyani
	Shilpa Shetty	Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya	Bangaram
	Soundarya	Pavitra Bandham	Radha
1997 (45th)	Vijayashanti ‡	Osey Ramulamma	Ramulamma	^[30]
	Anjala Zaveri	Preminchukundam Raa	Kaveri
	Maheswari	Pelli	Maheswari
	Sanghavi	Sindhooram	Baby
	Soundarya	Dongaata	Subbalakshmi
1998 (46th)	Soundarya ‡	Anthahpuram	Bhanumati	^[31]
	Isha Koppikar	Chandralekha	Lekha
	Keerthi Reddy	Tholi Prema	Anu
	Preity Zinta	Premante Idera	Shailaja
	Ramya Krishnan	Kante Koothurne Kanu	Jyothi
1999 (47th)	Soundarya ‡	Raja	Anjali	^[32]
	Antara Mali	Prema Katha	Divya
	Maheswari	Nee Kosam	Sasirekha
	Prema	Devi	Devi
	Raasi	Preyasi Raave	Mahalakshmi

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
2000 (48th)	Richa Pallod ‡	Nuvve Kavali	Madhu	^[33]
	Laya	Manoharam	Usha
	Soundarya	Jayam Manadera	Uma
	Soundarya	Annayya	Gajjala Kanaka Maha Lakshmi Devi
2001 (49th)	Bhumika Chawla ‡	Kushi	Madhumati	^[34]^[35]
	Laya	Preminchu	Meena
	Simran	Narasimha Naidu	Sravani
	Sonali Bendre	Murari	Vasundhara
2002 (50th)	Sadha ‡	Jayam	Sujatha	^[36]
	Aarthi Agarwal	Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu	Krishna Veni
	Kalyani	Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru!	Swathi
	Shriya Saran	Santosham	Bhanu
2003 (51st)	Asin ‡	Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi	Mugambigambal	^[37]
	Asin	Sivamani	Vasanta
	Bhumika Chawla	Missamma	Meghana
	Sridevi Vijaykumar	Ninne Ishtapaddanu	Geetanjali
2004 (52nd)	Trisha Krishnan ‡	Varsham	Sailaja	^[38]
	Jyothika	Mass	Anjali
	Kamalinee Mukherjee	Anand	Roopa
	Katrina Kaif	Malliswari	Malliswari
	Shriya Saran	Nenunnanu	Anu
2005 (53rd)	Trisha Krishnan ‡	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	Siri	^[39]
	Ayesha Takia	Super	Siri Valli
	Charmy Kaur	Anukokunda Oka Roju	Sahasra
	Shriya Saran	Chatrapathi	Neelu
	Trisha Krishnan	Athadu	Poori
2006 (54th)	Genelia D'Souza ‡	Bommarillu	Haasini Rao	^[40]
	Aarthi Aggarwal	Andala Ramudu	Radha
	Ileana D'Cruz	Pokiri	Shruti
	Jyothika	Shock	Madhurima
	Kamalinee Mukherjee	Godavari	Seetha Mahalakshmi
2007 (55th)	Trisha Krishnan ‡	Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule	Keerti / Kusumamba	^[41]
	Bhumika Chawla	Anasuya	Anasuya
	Charmy Kaur	Mantra
	Genelia D'Souza	Dhee	Pooja
	Nayantara	Tulasi	Vasundhara
2008 (56th)	Swathi Reddy ‡	Ashta Chamma	Lavanya	^[42]
	Ileana D'Cruz	Jalsa	Bhagyamathi
	Kamalinee Mukherjee	Gamyam	Janaki
	Shweta Basu Prasad	Kotha Bangaru Lokam	Swapna
	Trisha Krishnan	Krishna	Sandhya
2009 (57th)	Anushka Shetty ‡	Arundhati	Arundhati Jr / Arundhati Sr "Jejamma"	^[43]
	Ileana D'Cruz	Kick	Naina
	Kajal Aggarwal	Magadheera	Indira / Mithravinda Devi
	Kamalinee Mukherjee	Gopi Gopika Godavari	Gopika
	Tamannaah Bhatia	Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam	Geeta Subramanyam

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
2010 (58th)	Anushka Shetty ‡	Vedam	Saroja	^[44]
	Anushka Shetty	Nagavalli	Chandramukhi/Nagavalli
	Kajal Aggarwal	Darling	Nandini
	Nayanthara	Simha	Gayatri
	Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Ye Maaya Chesave	Jessie Thekkekuttu
2011 (59th)	Nayanthara ‡	Sri Rama Rajyam	Goddess Sita	^[45]
	Kajal Aggarwal	Mr. Perfect	Priya
	Nithya Menen	Ala Modalaindi	Nithya
	Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Dookudu	Prasanthi Ajay Kumar
	Tamannaah Bhatia	100% Love	Veera Venkata Satya Sai Naga Durga Sesha Avathara Seetha Mahalakshmi
2012 (60th)	Samantha Ruth Prabhu ‡	Eega	Bindu	^[46]
	Anushka Shetty	Damarukam	Maheswari
	Hansika Motwani	Denikaina Ready	Sharmila
	Nayanthara	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	Devika
	Tamannaah Bhatia	Racha	Chaitra
2013 (61st)	Nithya Menen ‡	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde	Sravani	^[47]
	Anushka Shetty	Mirchi	Vennela
	Nanditha Raj	Prema Katha Chitram	Nanditha
	Rakul Preet Singh	Venkatadri Express	Prarthana
	Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Attarintiki Daredi	Sashi
2014 (62nd)	Shruti Haasan ‡	Race Gurram	Spandana	^[48]
	Kajal Aggarwal	Govindudu Andarivadele	Satya
	Pooja Hegde	Oka Laila Kosam	Nandana
	Rakul Preet Singh	Loukyam	Chandrakala
	Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Manam	Krishna Veni / Priya
2015 (63rd)	Anushka Shetty ‡	Rudhramadevi	Rudrama Devi	^[49]
	Hebah Patel	Kumari 21F	Meena Kumari
	Nithya Menen	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju	Nazeera Khanum
	Shruti Haasan	Srimanthudu	Charuseela
	Tamannaah Bhatia	Baahubali: The Beginning	Avantika
2016 (64th)	Samantha Ruth Prabhu ‡	A Aa	Anasuya Ramalingam	^[50]
	Keerthy Suresh	Nenu Sailaja	Sailaja
	Lavanya Tripathi	Soggade Chinni Nayana	Seetha
	Nivetha Thomas	Gentleman	Catherine
	Rakul Preet Singh	Nannaku Prematho	Divyanka Krishnamurthy
	Ritu Varma	Pelli Choopulu	Chitra
2017 (65th)	Sai Pallavi ‡	Fidaa	Bhanumati	^[51]
	Anushka Shetty	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	Devasena
	Nivetha Thomas	Ninnu Kori	Pallavi
	Rakul Preet Singh	Rarandoi Veduka Chudham	Bhramaramba
	Ritika Singh	Guru	Rameswari
2018 (66th)	Keerthy Suresh ‡	Mahanati	Savitri	^[52]
	Aditi Rao Hydari	Sammohanam	Sameera Rathore
	Anushka Shetty	Bhaagamathie	Bhaagamathie / Chanchala IAS
	Pooja Hegde	Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava	Aravindha
	Rashmika Mandanna	Geetha Govindam	Geetha
	Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Rangasthalam	Ramalakshmi

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
2020–2021 (67th)	Sai Pallavi ‡	Love Story	Mounika Rani	^[53]
	Sai Pallavi	Shyam Singha Roy	Rosie / Maithreyi
	Chandini Chowdary	Colour Photo	Deepthi Varma
	Krithi Shetty	Uppena	Sangeetha "Bebamma"
	Pooja Hegde	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	Amulya
	Rashmika Mandanna	Bheeshma	Chaitra
	Rashmika Mandanna	Pushpa: The Rise	Srivalli