Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam

The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Malayalam films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972.^[1][2]The year indicates the year of release of the film.

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
Kavya Madhavan, Winner of 2011
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Malayalam films
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Roja Ramani, Chembarathy (1972)
Currently held by	Vincy Aloshious, Rekha (2024)
Website	Filmfare Awards

Superlatives : Multiple Winners

Wins	Recipient(s)
6	Manju Warrier
3	Lakshmi,Meera Jasmine
2	Srividya, Shobana, Samyuktha Varma, Parvathy Thiruvothu

Superlatives : Multiple Nominations

Nominations	Recipient(s)
4	Shobhana
	Meera Jasmine
	Mamta Mohandas
	Swetha Menon
3	Lakshmi
	Revathy
	Kavya Madhavan
	Navya Nair
	Rima Kallingal
	Nimisha Sajayan
2	Srividya
Samyuktha Varma
Priyamani
Gopika
Jyothika
Samvrutha Sunil
Anusree
Parvathy Thiruvothu
Aishwarya Lekshmi
Anu Sithara
Darshana Rajendran

Winners

Year	Actress	Role	Film	Ref
1972	Roja Ramani	Santha	Chembarathy	[3]
1973	Nanditha Bose	Gowri	Swapnam	[4][5]
1974	Lakshmi	Julie	Chattakari	[6]
1975		Pavizham	Chalanum	[7]
1976		Mohini	Mohiniyaattam	[8]
1977	Sheela	Lakshmi	Lakshmi	[9]
1978	Jayabharathi	Aswathi	Vadakakkoru Hridhyam	[10]
1979	Srividya	Rohini	Edavazhiyile Poocha Minda Poocha	[11]
1980		Sreelatha	Puzha	[12]
1981	Jalaja	Remani	Venal	[13]
1982	Poornima Jayaram	Radha Ravi Chattan	Olangal	[14][15]
1983	Seema	Neeli	Aaroodam	[16]
1985	Nadhiya	Girly Mathew	Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu	[17][18]
1986	Shari	Sofia	Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal	[19]
1987	Sharada	Saraswathi Amma	Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam	[20] [21]
1988	Revathi	Kakkothi	Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal	[22] [23]
1989	Rekha	Annie	Dasharatham	[24][25] [26]
1990	Shobana	Maya / Gowri	Innale	[27]
1991	Amala	Reshma	Ulladakkam	[28]
1992	Geetha	Sethulekshmi	Aadhaaram	[29] [30]
1993	Madhavi	Annie	Akashadoothu	[31]
1994	Shobhana	Karthumbi	Thenmavin Kombath	[32]
1995	Annie	Shruthi	Mazhayethum Munpe	[33]
1996	Manju Warrier	Anjali	Ee Puzhayum Kadannu	[34]
1997		Unnimaya Thamara	Aaraam Thampuran Kaliyattam	[35]
1998		Bhanumathi	Kanmadam	[36]
1999		Devika Shekar	Pathram	[37]
2000	Samyuktha Varma	Bhadra	Mazha	[38][39]
2001		Nanditha	Meghamalhar	[40]
2002	Navya Nair	Balamani	Nandanam	[41]
2003	Meera Jasmine	Priyamvada	Kasthoorimann	[42]
2004	Geethu Mohandas	Rose	Akale	[43]
2005	Meera Jasmine	Aswathi	Achuvinte Amma	[44]
2006	Padmapriya	Poompodi	Karutha Pakshikal	[44]
2007	Meera Jasmine	Deepthi	Ore Kadal	[45]
2008	Priyamani	Malavika	Thirakkatha	[46]
2009	Shwetha Menon	Cheeru	Paleri Manikyam	[46]
2010	Mamta Mohandas	Vidyalakshmi	Katha Thudarunnu	[47]
2011	Kavya Madhavan	Aswathi	Gaddama	[48]
2012	Rima Kallingal	Tessa K. Abraham	22 Female Kottayam	[49]
2013	Ann Augustine	Gayathri	Artist	[50]
2014	Manju Warrier	Nirupama Rajeev	How Old Are You?	[51]
2015	Parvathy Thiruvothu	Kottathil Kanchanamala	Ennu Ninte Moideen	[52]
2016	Nayanthara	Vasuki Iyer	Puthiya Niyamam	[53]
2017	Parvathy Thiruvothu	Sameera	Take Off	[54]
2018	Manju Warrier	Kamala Surayya	Aami	[55]
2020-21	Nimisha Sajayan	Unnamed Wife	The Great Indian Kitchen	[56]
2022	Darshana Rajendran	Jaya	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	[57]
2023	Vincy Aloshious	Rekha	Rekha	[58]

Nominations

Year	Actress	Role	Film	Ref.
2008	Priyamani	Malavika	Thirakkatha
	Gopika	Bindu	Veruthe Oru Bharya
	Meera Jasmine	Krishna Priya	Calcutta News
	Padmapriya Janakiraman		Panchamara Thanalil
2009	Swetha Menon	Cheeru	Paleri Manikyam
	Gopika	Vimala	Swantham Lekhakan
	Jyothika	Nimisha	Seethakalyanam
	Kanika	Daisy	Bhagyadevatha
	Priyanka Nair	Zahira	Vilapangalkkappuram
2010	Mamta Mohandas	Vidhyalakshmi	Kadha Thudarunnu
	Archana Jose Kavi	Jewel	Mummy & Me
	Kavya Madhavan	Annie	Paappi Appacha
	Priyamani	Padmashree	Pranchiyettan & the Saint
	Samvrutha Sunil	Parvathy	Cocktail
2011	Kavya Madhavan	Ashwathi	Khaddama
	Jaya Prada	Grace	Pranayam
	Rima Kallingal	Surya Prabha	City of God
	Samvrutha Sunil	Reshmi	Swapna Sanchari
	Shwetha Menon	Maya Krishnan	Salt N' Pepper
2012	Rima Kallingal	Tessa K. Abraham	22 Female Kottayam
	Kavya Madhavan	Vanaja	Bavuttiyude Namathil
	Mamta Mohandas	Anuradha	Arike
	Revathi	Molly Aunty	Molly Aunty Rocks!
	Shweta Menon	Kali Pillai	Ozhimuri
2013	Ann Augustine	Gayathri	Artist
	Mamta Mohandas	Janet	Celluloid
	Meena	Rani George	Drishyam
	Shobhana	Dr. Rohini Pranab	Thira
	Shweta Menon	Meera	Kalimannu
2014	Manju Warrier	Nirupama Rajeev	How Old Are You?
	Anusree	Janaki	Ithihasa
	Aparna Gopinath	Anjali Arakkal	Munnariyippu
	Asha Sarath	Nandini	Varsham
	Nazriya Nazim	Pooja Mathew	Om Shanti Oshana
2015	Parvathy	Kanchanamala	Ennu Ninte Moideen
	Amala Paul	Mili	Mili
	Anusree	Sushama	Chandrettan Evideya
	Mamta Mohandas	Laya Cherian	Two Countries
	Manju Warrier	Padmini	Rani Padmini
2016	Nayanthara	Vasuki Iyer	Puthiya Niyamam
	Manju Warrier	Vandhana	Karinkunnam 6'S
	Rajisha Vijayan	Elizabeth	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
	Sai Pallavi	Anjali Siddarth	Kali
	Shruthy Menon	Anita	Kismath
2017	Parvathy	Sameera	Take Off	[59]
	Aishwarya Lekshmi	Aparna Ravi	Mayanadhi
	Anu Sithara	Malini	Ramante Edanthottam
	Manju Warrier	Sujatha Krishnan	Udaharanam Sujatha
	Nimisha Sajayan	Sreeja	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
2018	Manju Warrier	Kamala Surayya	Aami
	Aishwarya Lekshmi	Priya Paul	Varathan
	Anu Sithara	Anitha Sathyan	Captain
	Nazriya	Jennifer Maria Thomas	Koode
	Nimisha Sajayan	Aishwarya Gopal	Eeda
2020-2021	Nimisha Sajayan	The Wife	The Great Indian Kitchen	[60]
	Anna Ben	Jessy	Kappela
	Darshana Rajendran	Anumol	C U Soon
	Grace Antony	Suhara	Halal Love Story
	Kani Kusruti	Khadeeja	Biriyaani
	Rima Kallingal	Mariya	Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam
	Shobhana	Neena	Varane Avashyamund
2022	Darshana Rajendran	Jaya	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	[61]
	Aiswarya Lekshmi	Kumari	Kumari
	Devi Varma	Ayisha Rawther	Saudi Vellakka
	Navya Nair	C L Radhamani	Oruthee
	Nikhila Vimal	Jomol Palathara	Jo and Jo
	Nithya Menen	Penkutty	19(1)(a)
	Revathi	Asha	Bhoothakalam
2023	Vincy Aloshious	Rekha Rajendran	Rekha	[62]
	Anjana Jayaprakash	Hamsadhwani	Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum
	Jyothika	Omana Philip Mathew	Kaathal – The Core
	Kalyani Priyadarshan	Fathima Noorjahan	Sesham Mike-il Fathima
	Lena	Tamara	Article 21
	Manju Warrier	Nilambur Ayisha	Ayisha
	Navya Nair	Janaki	Janaki Jaane

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