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]
| 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 |
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| Currently held by | |
| Website | Filmfare Awards |
Superlatives edit
| Superlative | Actress | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most awards | Vijayashanti | 6 wins |
| Youngest winner | Jyothi | 17 years |
| Youngest nominees | Sridevi, Divya Bharati | 16 years |
- 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 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 (2004–2005) and Anushka Shetty (2009–2010). Vanisri is the only actress to win the award three times consecutively.
- Jayalalithaa, Revathi and Samantha Akkineni 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 ten, followed by Anushka Shetty with nine, Soundarya, Jaya Prada and Vijayashanti each with eight.
- In 1981, the one and only time till date, two actresses were nominated for the same film: Jayasudha and Sridevi for Premabhishekam.
Multiple wins edit
The following individuals have received multiple Best Actress awards:
| Wins | Actress |
|---|---|
| 6 | Vijayashanti |
| 3 | Vanisri, Jayasudha, Soundarya, Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty |
| 2 | Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sai Pallavi |
Multiple nominations edit
The following individuals have received multiple Best Actress nominations:
| Nominations | Actress |
|---|---|
| 10 | Jayasudha |
| 9 | Vijayashanti |
| 8 | Anushka Shetty |
| 7 | Jaya Prada, Soundarya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu |
| 6 | Vanisri, Sridevi |
| 5 | Radhika Sarathkumar, Trisha Krishnan |
| 4 | Tamannaah Bhatia |
Winners and nominees edit
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
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1970s edit
1980s edit
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1990s edit
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2000s edit
2010s edit
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2020s edit
| Year | Photos of winners | 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 | |||
| Pushpa: The Rise | Srivalli |
Notes edit
- Ramachandran, T.M. (1973). Film world. Vol. 9.
- Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991.
- The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. Times of India Press. 1984.
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