Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada

The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films (Sandalwood). 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 – Kannada
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Kannada films
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First award	Kalpana, Yaava Janmada Maitri (1972)
Currently held by	Siri Ravikumar, Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye (2023)
Website	Filmfare Awards

Superlatives

Superlative	Actress	Record
Actor with most awards	Aarathi, Saritha	4 wins
Actor with most nominations	Ramya	7 nominations
Actor with most nominations without ever winning	Hariprriya, Rachita Ram	3 nominations
Oldest winner	Lakshmi	41 years
Oldest nominee	Suhasini	46 years
Youngest winner	Malashri	18 years
Youngest nominee	Hariprriya	18 years

Multiple wins

Actress to win hat-trick award:

Radhika Pandit - 2008, 2009 and 2010

The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress awards:

Wins	Actress
4	Aarathi Saritha
3	Suhasini Radhika Pandit
2	Jayanthi, Shruti, Sudha Rani, Soundarya, Ramya

Multiple nominations

The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress nominations (Post 2005):

Nominations	Actress
6	Ramya, Radhika Pandit
4	Aarathi, Saritha, Suhasini Maniratnam
3	Hariprriya, Rachita Ram, Shwetha Srivatsav, Sruthi Hariharan
2	Jayanthi, Shruti, Sudha Rani, Meena, Soundarya, Radhika Kumaraswamy, Pooja Gandhi, Aindrita Ray, Priyamani, Nidhi Subbaiah, Meghana Gaonkar, Ragini Dwivedi, Shanvi Srivastava, Shraddha Srinath, Milana Nagaraj

Winners

Year	Image	Actress	Role	Film	Link
2023		Siri Ravikumar	Prerana	Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye	[3]
2022		Chaithra J. Achar	Saaki	Taledanda	[4]
2020-21		Yagna Shetty	Geetha	Act 1978	[5]
2018		Manvitha Kamath	Punarvasu	Tagaru	[6]
2017		Sruthi Hariharan	Nandini	Beautiful Manasugalu	[7]
2016		Shraddha Srinath	Rachana	U Turn	[8]
2015		Parul Yadav	Mallika	Aatagara	[9]
2014		Shwetha Srivatsav	Bhumika	Fair & Lovely	[10]
2013		Amulya	Shravani	Shravani Subramanya	[11]
2012		Priyamani	• Chaaru  • Latha	Chaarulatha	[12]
2011		Ramya	Geetha	Sanju Weds Geetha	[13]
2010		Radhika Pandit	Geetha	Krishnan Love Story
2009		Radhika Pandit	Khushi	Love Guru	[14]
2008		Radhika Pandit	Chanchala	Moggina Manasu	[15]
2007		Rashmi	Poornima	Duniya	[16]
2006		Ramya	Vanaja	Tananam Tananam	[17]
2005		Vidya Venkatesh	Indu	Nenapirali	[18]
2004		Soundarya	Ganga	Apthamitra	[19]
2003		Meena	Lalitha	Swathi Muthu	[20]
2002		Soundarya	Naagi	Dweepa	[21]
2001		Prema	Sangeetha	Kanasugara	[22]
2000		Sudha Rani	Radha	Sparsha	[23]
1999		Tara	Subbamma Heggadithi	Kanooru Heggadithi	[24]
1998		Jayamala	Narmada Thaayi Saheba	Thaayi Saheba	[25]
1997		Vijayalakshmi	Rani	Nagamandala	[26][27]
1996		Shilpa	Kanaka	Janumada Jodi	[28]
1995		Shruti	Usha	Aagatha	[29]
1994		Shruti		Hettha Karulu	[30][31]
1993		Lakshmi	Ramabai	Hoovu Hannu	[32]
1992		Sudha Rani	Padma	Mysooru Mallige	[33]
1991	–	Malashri	Asha	Hrudaya Haadithu	[34]
1990		Suhasini Maniratnam	Annapoorna	Muthina Haara	[35]
1989		Saritha	Banneri	Sankranthi	[36][37]
1988		Suhasini Maniratnam	Hema	Suprabhatha	[38]
1987		Geetha	Kamala	Shruthi Seridaaga	[39][40]
1986		Saritha		Mouna Geethe	[41][42]
1985	–	Saritha	Kamala	Mugila Mallige	[43][44][45]
1984		Abhinaya	Gowri	Anubhava	[46]
1983		Suhasini Maniratnam	Kavitha	Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu	[47][48]
1982		Saritha	Vathsala	Hosa Belaku	[49]
1981	–	Aarathi	Ranganayaki / Mala	Ranganayaki	[50]
1980		Ashwini	Savithri	Savithri	[51]
1979		Aarathi	Thunga	Dharmasere	[52]
1978		Shobha	Kusuma	Aparichita	[53]
1977		Manjula	Deepa	Deepa	[54]
1976		Jayanthi	Thulasi	Tulasi	[55]
1975	–	Aarathi	Hema	Shubhamangala	[56]
1974		Aarathi	Sharada	Upasane	[57]
1973	–	Jayanthi	Madhavi	Edakallu Guddada Mele	[58][59]
1972		Kalpana	Lalitha	Yaava Janmada Maitri	[60][61][62]

Nominations

• 2005 Vidya Venkatesh – Nenapirali as Sindhu
  • Meena – My Autograph as Divya
  • Shilpa Shetty – Auto Shankar as Maya
  • Ramya – Amrithadhare as Amritha
  • Radhika Kumaraswamy – Anna Thangi as Lakshmi
• 2006 Ramya – Tananam Tananam as Vanaja
  • Meera Jasmine – Arasu as Aishwarya
  • Rakshitha – Neenello Naanalle as Siri
  • Radhika Kumaraswamy – Hatavadi as Anisha
• 2007 Rashmi – Duniya as Poornima
  • Parvathy Thiruvothu – Milana as Anjali
  • Suhasini – Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige as Kanaka
  • Jaya Prada - Ee Bandhana as Nandini
• 2008 Radhika Pandit – Moggina Manasu as Chanchala
  • Daisy Bopanna – Gaalipata as Soumya
  • Pooja Gandhi – Taj Mahal as Shruti
  • Ramya – Mussanjemaatu as Tanu
  • Suhasi – Haage Summane as Khushi
• 2009 Radhika Pandit – Love Guru as Kushi
  • Haripriya – Kallara Santhe as Roopa
  • Priyamani – Raam as Pooja
  • Priyanka Kothari – Raaj The Showman as Parvathy
  • Rekha – Parichaya as Nirmala (Nimmi)
• 2010 Radhika Pandit – Krishnan Love Story as Geetha
  • Aindrita Ray – Veera Parampare
  • Nayantara – Super as Indira
  • Nidhi Subbaiah – Pancharangi as Ambika
  • Ramya – Just Math Mathalli as Tanu
• 2011 Ramya – Sanju Weds Geetha as Geetha
  • Deepa Sannidhi – Paramathma as Deepa aka Thithi Vade
  • Nidhi Subbaiah – Krishnan Marriage Story as Khushi
  • Radhika Pandit – Hudugaru as Gayathri
  • Ragini Dwivedi – Kempe Gowda as Kavya
• 2012 Priyamani – Chaarulatha
  • Pooja Gandhi – Dandupalya
  • Pranitha Subhash – Bheema Theeradalli
  • Radhika Pandit – Addhuri
  • Ramya – Sidlingu
• 2013 Amulya – Shravani Subramanya
  • Aindrita Ray – Bhajarangi
  • Meghana Gaonkar – Charminar
  • Nithya Menen – Mynaa
  • Rachita Ram – Bulbul
  • Shwetha Srivatsav – Simple Agi Ondh Love Story
• 2014 Shwetha Srivatsav – Fair & Lovely
  • Haripriya – Ugramm
  • Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga
  • Radhika Pandit – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari
  • Ragini Dwivedi – Ragini IPS
• 2015 Parul Yadav – Aatagara
  • Mayuri Kyatari – Krishna Leela
  • Nabha Natesh – Vajrakaya
  • Rachita Ram – Ranna
  • Shanvi Srivastava – Masterpiece
• 2016 Shraddha Srinath – U Turn
  • Hariprriya – Neer Dose
  • Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan
  • Shwetha Srivatsav – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu
  • Sruthi Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
• 2017 Sruthi Hariharan – Beautiful Manasugalu
  • Nivedihta – Shuddhi
  • Rashmika Mandanna – Chamak
  • Shanvi Srivastava – Tarak
  • Shraddha Srinath – Operation Aalamelamma
• 2018 Manvitha Kamath – Tagaru
  • Ashika Ranganath – Raambo 2
  • Meghana Raj – Iruvudellava Bittu
  • Nishvika Naidu -Amma I Love You
  • Sruthi Hariharan – Nathicharami
• 2020-21 Yagna Shetty – Act 1978
  • Aarohi Narayan – Bheemasena Nalamaharaja
  • Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal
  • Asha Bhat – Roberrt
  • Kushee Ravi – Dia
  • Milana Nagaraj – Love Mocktail
  • Reba Monica John – Rathnan Prapancha
• 2022 Chaithra J. Achar – Taledanda as Saaki
  • Aishani Shetty – Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage as Shreya
  • Ganavi Laxman – Vedha as Pushpa
  • Meghana Gaonkar – Shubhamangala as Anu
  • Rachita Ram – Monsoon Raaga as Asma Begum
  • Sapthami Gowda – Kantara as Leela
• 2023 Siri Ravikumar – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye as Prerana
  • Akshatha Pandavapura – Pinki Elli
  • Amrutha Prem – Tagaru Palya as Jyothi
  • Milana Nagaraj – Kousalya Supraja Rama as Muthulakshmi
  • Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello as Priya
  • Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co as Suma